While 50 Cent & Eminem kept me as a fan of HipHop for 3 years from 2002 to 2005 i then began to slowly get tired of their music.
I just so happened after going through a emo period of not knowing what music i really love anymore through 2005 to 2006 I just happened to throw that random swedish channel "ZTV" on one day and it just started playing "What You Know".
Converted me right back to a HipHop fan and been a TIP fan since. You could pretty much say his music is what kept me alive back then too.