I've never found a reliable way to find quality blogs. The only ones I check regularly were referred to me by a friend. I would love to spend a few days really digging to build an RSS feed of specific blogs tailored to my interests but I'm still not really sure where to start.<p>I have got a few specific topics I'm looking for. One is on intelligent underground hip hop. I'm talking about people who aren't signed, haven't released an album, but have a few mp3s up on the internet. I'm always digging through the internet to find and meet these artists but I can not find a reliable blog that does this. If I can't find one I will make one, but I would be shocked if nobody is doing this.<p>I would also be interested in other blogs about discovering books and movies. The more I think about it I'm interested in people who are "culture diggers," focused on finding and sharing hidden gems rather than commenting on already popular culture.<p>The real question of mine is not whether you can point me to some relevant blogs (if you can I'll still take them, haha!) but rather how should I go about searching for such specific blog topics. I've found a few blog aggregation sites but they're usually sorted by depressingly irrelevant metrics. Searching for "Hip Hop blog" on Google is laughable, and as "underground" has become a rap buzzword it doesn't help either. Poking through places like www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads sometimes points me in the right direction, but not often.<p>Help me sail the seas of blog!