underground hip-hop MEGATHREAD!

[coloradosfinest]

I've mostly seen rock/metal fans on this board, where are the heads at?
I'll Start by listen my favorite albums and you guys can add on with yours

Blackstar-Blackstar
93 Til'- Souls of Mischief
Deltron 3030-Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
The Greenhouse Effect- Up To Speed
White People- Handsome Boy Modeling School
Full Circle- Hieroglyphics
Reflection Eternal/Train of Thought- Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek
Black on Both Sides- Mos Def
DC2- 7L & Esoteric
Sin-o-Matic- Louis Logic
Illmatic- Nas

[justinsane]

i dont think Nas is underground anymore..

but as far as the more overlooked hip hop

im all for Jurassic 5 and Zion I

[coloradosfinest]

yeah i guess not, but i still think illmatic is a classic. Where i live Zion I is pretty popular but Nas isnt, its weird.

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Blockhead - Music By Cavelight
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Deltron 3030 (fuck yeah)
Atmosphere - Overcast
People Under The Stairs - Acid Raindrops (song)
LoopTroop - All
Josh Martinez - Uphill Climb (song)
Glue - Seconds Away
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain

What do you guys think of these?

[welshkillabee]

Dangerdoom is a really solid album

[welshkillabee]

Madvillainy as well.
Mr Lif - I Phantom

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madvillainy was good, but I still think MF is a lot better in Vaudeville Villain.

[welshkillabee]

Yeah thats a crazy album I like the battle track awesome!.
The Operation Doomsday CD is nice too.
Doom is doing an album with Ghostface soon I cant wait for that.
Sean P's Monkey Barz was my favorite CD of last year.
:rasta:

[duckfool]

Anything del or hiero works for me.

Illmatic is a classic. Newer nas doesnt do it for me.

also a fan of kool kieth, paul barman, princess superstar.. all that stuff. Its a shame, where i live nobody enjoys this sort of music. Its jack johnson left right and center... lame.

[UnViaje]

Immortal Technique
Asheru, BlueBlack, Dyabolic, Jedi Mind Tricks, Slum Village, Jean Grae, Boot Camp Click, MF Doom/Grimm, Heiroglyphics, Masta Ace, Ras Kass, Defari, Brotha Lynch Hung, C-Bo, X-Raided, Mr. Shadow, Dyablo, Magno, KnightOwl, Lil Rob, Kid Frost, Mr. Capone E, Lil Keke, Fat Pat, Ghostwriters, Juan Gotti, Kinto Sol, Tech N9ne, Street Military, AZ, Gang Starr [slept on], Chino XL, Slug, Tonedeff, Dilated Peoples, ESG, Cunning Lynguists, PeanutButterWolf, Crucial Conflict, Mad Lib, Wordsworth, Aceyalone...
some stand out more

[pixel]

gym class heroes, they're a local getup that raps over indy beats, interesting stuff. check em out~

[yoda]

i like immortal technique, especially industrial revolution, but i dont think it classifies as underground

[D.Boone]

Big L
Just Ice
Krs-One
Wu Tang
ODB RIP
Eyedea & Abilities
Atmosphere
Anticon
Mos Def
Mobb Deep
Tru Life
Guru
Cannibus
Binary Star
One Be Lo
Jedi Mind Tricks
Billy Briscoe(Midwest Quality)
The Material Minds
Guilty By Association
Bad Fathers

i could go on for awhile

[saucetheboss]

atmosphere kicks ass.benefitand lil whyte too

[GanjaSmugler]

wu tang, nas, immortal technique, pharcyde, organized konfusion,deltron, hyroglyphics, (old) outkast, papoose, acey alone, diolated peoples, krs one, digital underground, grand puba, bootkamp click, mottormouth, talib kwali, mobb deep, (old) cassidy, big l, camron, kool g rap, jedi mind tricks, tribe called quest, and many many more.

alot of these are no longer undetground, but were when i first started liking them

[coloradosfinest]

I was talking about albums, but if we are just gonna list artists/ groups i also like cloudDead, Anticon, Monster Island Czars, Cunninglynguists, Swollen Members, The Livng Legends, The Grouch, Eligh , Apathy, Sage Francis, Louis Logic, Gangstarr, Guru, Pep Love, Sunspot Jonz, MF Grimm, Large Professor, and many many more

[justinsane]

wooah, i was just checkin out some of these artists that i havent heard of.

deltron 3030 is the shit

[RedRainDrop]

Undergground rap, is definately the best rap out there....

I listen to
Eminem, D12, outsidaz underground raps mostly.... If you like underground rap, they are definately amazing at it.

[justinsane]

Haha, if i'm not mistaken Del was on THPS. Jedi Mind is good, as is some of Nas's older stuff. Anyone here get Vibe? Haha.

yeah, with that funny ass hygene song

[silasbotwin]

The song Thieves in the Night by Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) is really good, one of my fav songs. Mos Def's solo stuff is so-so but not underground. Del the funkee homosapien (my avatar) is really good. I like the album Future Development by him. De La Soul is really good, just don't own his stuff.

Asheru does the Boondocks theme song, www.myspace.com/asheru1 . haha it's actually a 20 second song. The lyrics are really good though.

I am the stone that the builder refused, I am the visual
The inspiration that made Lady sing the blues
I'm the spark that makes your idea bright
The same spark that lights the dark so that you can know your left from your right
I am the ballot in your box, the bullet in the gun
The inner glow that lets you know to call your brother "son"
The story's that's just begun, the promise of what's to come
And I will remain a soldier 'til the war is won...

[iamenfuego]

YESSS....
talib kweli is the illest..i have so many to name, mos def the roots souls of mischief hieroglyphics, tribe called quest, de la soul, big L and sooooooo many more.

[iamenfuego]

Undergground rap, is definately the best rap out there....

I listen to
Eminem, D12, outsidaz underground raps mostly.... If you like underground rap, they are definately amazing at it.

WTF r u talking about eminem can go f*ck his mom he sucks major balls.
do u kno wat underground rap is??
eminem and D12 is all commercial shit that sucks

[coloradosfinest]

Undergground rap, is definately the best rap out there....

I listen to
Eminem, D12, outsidaz underground raps mostly.... If you like underground rap, they are definately amazing at it.

Dude if you really want to get into some good underground that will blow your mind, go out and buy the following albums:
Deltron 3030- Del
Blackstar-Blackstar
Train of Thought- Reflection Eternal
and the new Wu Tang CD (Think Differently Music), because it features alot of ill underground rappers on it, including Vast Aire, Aesop Rock, and Del. Oh i almost forgot get "The Cold Vein" by cannibal ox it will blow your mind. or just download alot of shit and educate yourself thats what i did. But i wouldnt try to rep eminem and d12 as underground, thats just playin yourself homeboy.

[Coloonel Forbin]

Aesop Rock
Del
Heiroglyphics
MF Doom
De La Soul
People Under The Stairs
RJD2

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Aesop Rock gets too whiny for me after a while.
PUTS is dope as fuck.
Like I keep preaching, Vaudeville Villain
Asheru is the shit.

Anyone every hear of:
Typical Cats
Crown City Rockers
Josh Martinez
Beans
Braille
DM&Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life

[coloradosfinest]

Aesop Rock gets too whiny for me after a while.
PUTS is dope as fuck.
Like I keep preaching, Vaudeville Villain
Asheru is the shit.

Anyone every hear of:
Typical Cats
Crown City Rockers
Josh Martinez
Beans
Braille
DM&Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life

yeah Aesop Rock gets on my nerves some times, and I agree, PUTS are the dopest group out there

[coloradosfinest]

bump

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Crown City Rockers has dope ass beats, so-so lyrics.
For some reason I keep listening to Murs

[MullManiac]

Do any of you guys know any aussie hip hop? Hilltop hoods, koolism, downsyde?
If not you should realy check it out.

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You ever heard of dizzy rascal? From the UK? Funny shit

[phillytoker]

papoose

[Exsaverof]

A lot of good shit has already been named.

Akrobatik - EP and Balance

[blazeyadeadhomiecg]

Big L R.I.P.
Mobb Deep
Gangstarr
Psychopathic
Yukmouth
Dilated Peoples
KRS One
Ol Dirty Bastard R.I.P.
Natas
TNT
Natorious B.I.G.
The Atoms Family
Tupac and Eminem the only mainstream I listen too, underground def. more poetic and better

[woaaahh]

Heiro,
Peanut Butter Wolf,
Aesop,
PUTS,
Radioinactive,
AOI,
so, so much more

[fatweedsack]

yeah this aint all underground but...
Tribe Called Quest
Cypress Hill
J5
Three 6 Mafia
Paul Wall

[stayblazed88]

i guess no1 ever heard of little brother if u didnt u shuld deff cop a couple of there albums.....shits hott as hell

[Matt the Funk]

First thread I think i've seen where anyone knew who asheru was. He is sick. Mostly good music has been named in this thread. As of right now my favorite MC is eyedea.....Another good MC is tonedeff.

[Brett1038]

cassidy really isn't "underground anymore"

but Sage, JR Writer, Jedi Mind Tricks, Copywrite are just a few that i know of and used to listen to

[dkeltz]

Sean Price
Jeru the Damaja
Cheif Kamachi
Jedi Mind Tricks
Ill Bill
Sabac Red
Immortal Technique
Black Star
ATCQ
Aceyalone
RJD2
EL-P
Aesop Rock
Afu-Ra
Big L
Black Moon
Kool G Rap
One Be Lo

[thcbongman]

^^^^^

This guy has great tastes. EL-P new album, I'll sleep when you're dead is sick. Live, Sean Price is rock solid, I'm impressed with this man's skill. IT, JMT, RJD2. Good shit.

[Metaphor]

Edan
Eyedeas & Ablilities
Murs
Jedi Mind Tricks
Wu-Tang (Gza & Raekwon mainly)
Tribe Called Quest << nobody mentioned them?!?!
Immortal Technique

then theres the shit like Rjd2, Jay Dee (J-dilla), DJ Shadow & Prefuse

[Metaphor]

I was talking about albums, but if we are just gonna list artists/ groups i also like cloudDead, Anticon, Monster Island Czars, Cunninglynguists, Swollen Members, The Livng Legends, The Grouch, Eligh , Apathy, Sage Francis, Louis Logic, Gangstarr, Guru, Pep Love, Sunspot Jonz, MF Grimm, Large Professor, and many many more

im reppin you for mentioning cLOUDDEAD, one of my faves, i dont know if i would consider them underground rap tho.

[katyowns]

no love in this thread for Busdriver?

YouTube - Busdriver - Imaginary Places (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpP-8tJ-9Js)

YouTube - Busdriver - Avantcore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HalDFVVo4aY)