Elektron Musical Instruments

I am definitely using my MD for hiphop style music and beats. Let me start by saying 
that the MD is two different things in one: a drum-sound synthesizer and a 
sequencer. The MD sequencer is incredible for hiphop, absolutely stunning, no more 
need be said - except that it can sequence/write for external modules as well, so I 
often use it to trigger samples or other synths. The drum-sound synth on the other is, 
indeed, often more used for tech/house/lectro type applications, because it is very 
easy to come up with fucked up electronic sounds. However, 2 of its four synths are 
heavily based on the 808/909 and the Emu SP12, respectively, which were the two 
drum machines that created hiphop (pre MPC). So my recommendation is absolutely 
go for, with the caveat that the MD excels much more at 'snappy', synthy sounding 
drums (think Neptunes, Grandmaster Flash, Dre) than, say, DJ Shadow-type 
breakbeats. Which isn't to say that it necessarily sounds clean or polished or 
commercial, it can be very dirty and raw. Last thing to say is that, the samples on the 
web don't do it justice; nothing can until you start tweaking sounds and puitting 
together your own patterns on it.

Hope that helps.

Puretokyo.