There's only one artist for whom I am literally the only fan. He was a greeter where I work 8 or 9 years ago -- a kid at the time, maybe 16. But he would produce his own rap music. He went by the name MaZe and he had an album, an EP called the Smoker's Section.
The album tells a story where he gets up in the morning, smokes weed, has breakfast, his friends come over, they smoke, they go get some snacks at the corner store, and that's about it. But think about it, have you ever heard a "hip hopera" like this before? There have been some rap concept albums, but I'm not aware of any story albums like this in the tradition Tommy and The Wall.
It's an exceedingly clever concept, when you think about it. For a stone cold loner like me, the EP was revelatory. I could sit at home and spin this album, and it would feel like I was having an adventure with friends. But without all the anxiety and disappointments.
I doubt he raps anymore and if you asked him HE probably doesn't even like his music anymore, but it remains one of my favorite albums. I consider it a truly visionary work of art, and something that is objectively unique. But it doesn't exactly conform to typical radio standards (the production, though inventive, is extremely primitive), and none of the friends I've played it for over the years have been impressed.
I'd heard the name before but never heard them. Damn, you could've said this was Garbage and I would've bought it hook, line and sinker. This is as a Garbage fan who owns all their albums. 
