ironchef, you explain my problem perfectly.
I listen to a few good groups in my opinion and then i stick to them.
like for example, I've been listening to the Gangs of NewYork Soundtrack for the past week, and I can't get Peter Gabriel's, Signal to Noise out of my head; such an awesome song.
I'll take a look into all those hip-hop groups/artist that you suggested
I have listened to a few of them, such as Mos Def, Atmosphere, Jay-Z, Nas (damn good I might add); all of which i enjoyed for their music, all different in their own way.
good stuff
I also checked out Opeth, they are one hellofa hardcore band, they got some interesting stuff, I'll definitely look into more music from them, their Drapery Falls song was pretty kickass too.
Ya know what soundtrack I always wanted?
the I, Robot soundtrack, I loved the songs in that movie, not to mention the movie was pretty good
**Edit**
Ok, I said that Opeth seemed to be a sort of hardcore group to me, but I was wrong, they F&*KING ROCK!!!!, god their music is awesome, they mix the sounds of all their instruments sooo well, I love it!!!!