For starters try the more organic hip hop albums like:
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Joyful Rebellion - k-os (also his debut Exit)
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def (also his first album, made with Talib Kweli called Black Star)
Other stuff:
Talib Kweli's song Get By.
Roots Manuva (British, more left-field and introspective)
Jean Grae (This Week is a great album)
Common (try Be, produced by Kanye)
Outlandish (from Denmark, I think. Quite pop and accessible.)
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Joyful Rebellion - k-os (also his debut Exit)
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def (also his first album, made with Talib Kweli called Black Star)
Other stuff:
Talib Kweli's song Get By.
Roots Manuva (British, more left-field and introspective)
Jean Grae (This Week is a great album)
Common (try Be, produced by Kanye)
Outlandish (from Denmark, I think. Quite pop and accessible.)