Jay Electronica/B.o.B/J.Cole/Asher Roth/Charles Hamilton...

"Nas and Lu are my all time favorites but sometimes they piss me off for the reason they say shit they will contradict later, and to me that either makes them fake, or bi-polar, or even a pawn for record labels..." or maybe they're just human...at the end of the day,these guys are just rappers,they're no guardian angels.take what you like and leave out the parts you don't

I think J. Cole is next up in terms of being that MC both respected in the mainstream and lyrical realm. He's under Jay and is capable of doing radio jawns... B.o.B. is doing his thing and besides J. Cole I think he can do it. Jay Elec is nice but dude is stuck on that underground OKP steeze, Asher is a nice MC but he lacks the mass appeal... he's white but the wrong kinda white to appease everyone (the hood niggas i know still clown him despite his mic skills). Charles pretty much ethered his career. He is dope off the dome and is even capable of some great song-writing (The Pink Lavalamp IMO is dope status), but his refusal to compromise his "art" for the record label is not gonna get him far...

theres new diggy feat lu and p. find it yourselves

Sky doesn't have swagger? First off, that term I don't care about. That term is giving men an excuse to call eachother cute, so no swagger from this side here (if that is your thing though, please do what you do). I like my lyricists with simply the ability to rhyme, and be able to ride a beat. Plus they should have a good ear for beats, and sound like they actually care. Skyzoo is what he is, and he is actually doing hip-hop his own way. Yeah, I consider him a 90's throwback because of the sort of beats he is good at rapping over. As for holding his tongue, I doubt that is the reason, but if it is, good for him. Nas and Lu are my all time favorites but sometimes they piss me off for the reason they say shit they will contradict later, and to me that either makes them fake, or bi-polar, or even a pawn for record labels... And yes Malik, Sean Price is a beast and very underrated. I would still take Styles P or Sky but Sean Price would be right behind there

Also, one has to respect Skyzoo for being a street/gangster rapper that never uses the N word in his music, and can make a love song without using a single curseword. Dude is the most underrated rapper in the game other than Styles P (had to get the phantom in there) lol

distant relatives was one of the best albums this year, in a strong year too. Doubt we'll see a whole album from lu and J.E. though

j cole. b.o.b. will probably go on to good things, maybe on a level between cudi and ye. but i see j cole going far, cant see the album getting much radio play outside of hip hop radio, but the albums been described as a mix between illmatic and college dropout.

Well, Jay Electronica is the most talented of that group. Also, you forgot an emcee from NY by the name of Skyzoo, who is just as good if not better than all of them. But to answer the question, it will be B.O.B.