Who's the Next Bruce Springsteen?

The Milwaukee Whogivesashit,we'remilwaukee newspaper lists a few choices, including the usual suspects  hood/finn/lucero guy/gaslight anthem (introduced to the Boss by his kids.) The more interesting choice is obviously Ghostface Killah. Of course "interesting" probably equals "correct." I have never listened to Ghostface, as I do not listen to albums made after 1985 (strict policy), but this does somewhat intrigue me:

Just like The Boss, Ghostface reps the East Coast (Staten Island, N.Y.) and spits out detailed memoirs of love, betrayal, and murder. Essentially, these same themes comprised most of Springsteen’s 1982 masterpiece, Nebraska. Additionally, both artists have fallen into and subsequently escaped the trenches of modernization. For Springsteen, 1987’s Tunnel Of Love was violated by corny new-romantic synthesizers, while Ghost’s 2004 effort, The Pretty Toney Album, had an out of place, sexed-up cameo from Missy Elliot. Just as Springsteen’s appeal stretches miles beyond blues and Americana dorks, Ghostface—a respected hip-hop legend in his own time--has gained plenty of crossover from suburbanite white kids who couldn’t give a shit about the history of hip-hop (see his contribution to DangerDoom).

Interesting.