Can we say that Eminem or The Game "still" make music? If so, they are up there with Jay-Z as the best RAPPERs today. If 50 Cent can figure out how to give a f*** about making music again, he'd be the best, he's got all the talent but he's just gotten lazy with his last 2 albums (though he had a few good tracks on each).
Kanye is probably the best HIP HOP artist, but as an MC he's not very good. He' a great producer, a good lyricist, but not great at flowin' (which is fine, Dr. Dre wasn't a great MC either, but I love all two of his albums 
, plus all the NWA work).
Lil Wayne flows better than just about anyone NOT named Eminem, Game, 50 or Jay...BUT his lyrics are whack, and I am not all that up on his music/beats. This isn't old fuddy duddy syndrome, as I've always liked OLD and MODERN music, but the current era of Pop Rap/Whiny Rock just isn't doing it for me, and what I mean by this "era," I don't mean what "you young kids are listening to now a days" I mean specifically the current musical movement. Since styles of whats mainstream/popular change all the time, I am sure at some point I'll like whatever is modern again.
