I have been amazed by Marcus Millers work, both on his solo album and work with SMV. His music is definitely put in the blues and jazz genre with some hip hop aspects in there, overall it's ab amazing tone. His album 'Tales' is the first I heard and it blew me away especially the first track 'the blues' it takes a while toget into the song, but it is one of my favorites to date. Secondly I got his M2 album which was recommended to me by one of my bass playing friends, that album is definitely a stand out to me, filled with lots of contemp jazz.
I recommend you listen to some of his stuff if you're into the whole modernistic jazz scene