The only reason I occasionally listen to some Hip Hop works and not Techno or Classical Music, is that if there’s something that should be spoken over the real music, it has to make a worthwhile point, and of music with the spoken word, real Hip Hop is the work of true masters in this regard.
I listen to Hip Hop that has something to say: KRS-1, Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique, Canibus, Rakim, Public Enemy and those other masters in that league.
In my other life, I also love creating with tech, researching wyrd things, and being in the wilderness…