Great start to your list, I'll try and suggest some stuff you might get into. If I list things you already have, sorry in advance.
Fleshing out some artists you've already listed:
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels..., Low End Theory
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Gang Starr - Daily Operation, Moment Of Truth, The Ownerz
Nas - It Was Written, God's Son, Stillmatic
Throwing in some more late 80s/early 90s: (with the odd more recent release)
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary, Sex & Violence
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane, It's A Big Daddy Thing
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead, The Grind Date
Del - No Need For Alarm, Both Sides Of The Brain, Deltron 3030
EPMD - Strictly Business, Business As Usual
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
KRS One - Return Of The Boom Bap, KRS One
Low Profile - We're In This Together
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - All Souled Out, The Main Ingredient, Mecca and the Soul Brother
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation..., Fear Of A Black Planet, Apocalypse '91, He Got Game
Rakim - The 18th Letter
Redhead Kingpin & The F.B.I. - A Shade Of Red
Souls of Mischief - '93 'Til Infinity
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Not sure if you're into gangster stuff, but just in case:
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays, Power, O.G. Original Gangster
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Westside Connection - Bow Down
More contemporary stuff that isn't quite more than 10 years old:
Black Star - Black Star
Eminem - Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP
Hieroglyohics - Third Eye Vision
Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, ATLiens, Aquemini
The Roots - Home Grown! 1 and 2 (I don't normally recommend Greatest Hits packages, but these discs are a fantastic way to get into The Roots)
If you love Little Brother (great choice), check these out:
9th Wonder - Dream Merchant, Volume 1
Away Team - National Anthem
L.E.G.A.C.Y. - Project Mayhem
Murs - Murs 3:16, The 9th Edition, Murray's Revenge
Nas - God's Stepson (God's Son remixed by 9th Wonder)
And some good ole Canadian content so the CRTC doesn't hunt me down:
DL Incognito - A Sample And A Drum Machine, Life's A Collection Of Experiences
k-os - Exit, Joyful Rebellion
Like I said, sorry if I listed a bunch of stuff you already have.
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