Welcome to the forum!
I use my Virus to make mainly Break-beat tunes recently. I think making traditional Hip-hop would be difficult to pull off, but making stuff more on the Trip-hop side would be alright for sure.
If you wanna listen to my Break-beat tracks (no vocals on them though), go to my Electromancer link and listen to "Ugliop" and "Romlet". Many of the sounds on those 2 tracks are the Virus. If you want to know exactly what sounds came from what machines in either of those tracks, just ask.
Good luck with the choice!