I've heard Larry Mizell Jr. play various cuts by local hip-hop outfit Dark Time Sunshine a few times on KEXP and it catches my ear each time. The beat on this one is especially solid:

Dark Time Sunshine The Wrong Kids mp3

The rest of their densely layered debut album, Believeyoume, falls somewhere between Company Flow and left of there (I can't give specifics, my eyes glaze over when people mention stuff like Aesop Rock and Jedi Mind Tricks) but it has that certain I-don't-know-what that makes it a good album. Download the whole thing (plus coveted instrumentals) for free at fakefourinc.com.