I can't stand listening to crude hip-hop. Cursing isn't really an issue for me, but misogyny, hate, violence, and gangster life doesn't appeal. These are my favourite hip-hop artists, most of them talk about real issues and are more poetic than the pop/crap being pushed today:
Dark Time Sunshine
Shad
Gorillaz
Dangerdoom
k-os
Lauryn Hill/Fugees
Missy Elliot (lots of crude songs, but also the best female rapper)
Macklemore X Ryan Lewis
Marcus D
Substantial
Bop Alloy
MC Yogi (rapping about Hinduism, truly a beautiful artist)
Non-Prophets
Digable Planets
OutKast
Bliss N Eso
Classified
Deltron 3030 (sci-fi hip hop)
Dilated Peoples