Hip hop

[Hardcore Newbie]

I don't really like most hip hop these days, some of it's cool to nod your head to, but everyone's either commercial, or trying way too hard to be anti-commercial and anti-mainstream. If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

Hardcore Newbie Reviewed by Hardcore Newbie on 01-29-2007. Hip hop What happened to the real music, Gang Starr, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, why dont i hear this quality music on the radio? Its so confusing these days, whos good, and whos real, and whos fake. What do you like/hate about it? :confused: Rating: 5

[spliffstar22]

The South HAS taken over the MAINSTREAM, but that ain't gettin pumped in the streets..........Chicken Noodle Soup, Laffy Taffy, what the fuck is that shit.........Come on, the south can't fuck with the east lyrically and everyone knows it........If it does come into a REAL hiphop beef, whos steppin up for the south?? If you want good music from the south yu gotta go to the Project Pat's, the Scarface's and other guys who actually have lyrical talent.....Not this laffy taffy shit..........I admit some of the south tracks are Club BANGERS, but again they aren't gettin pumped in the streets, they are gettin no Street Fame through this mainstream bullshit, and that's where the real hiphop heads are at............

[Steezy]

yea true, turn your fucking radios off.

and check out posta boy! holla!

www.myspace.com/postaboyyy

he used to be on 106 and park i think

[Podge_Boro]

If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

QN5 MUSIC :: NO RICH RELATIVES - cunninlynguists, tonedeff, pack fm etc. some good underground
The Roots - really good music, amazing beats
UGK - Underground Kings, also good music
LoopTroop - Scandanavian rap group, rap in english
Apathy - another good underground artist
MF Doom - really good producer also
Eyedea and DJ abilities - good music to chill to
Slug/Atmosphere - just like eyedea, they collab quite a bit

and if you like english rap i highly recommend Kano

i can name more if you like
that should do for a while tho

[JeenYuss]

bone thugs is on interscope?

[budsmoker only]

ya dude im pretty sure, they work with swizz beats a lot... and it comes out april 17th..

[Matt the Funk]

I don't really like most hip hop these days, some of it's cool to nod your head to, but everyone's either commercial, or trying way too hard to be anti-commercial and anti-mainstream. If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

Use a site like pandora and you can find a lot of music that you will love.

[Hardcore Newbie]

QN5 MUSIC :: NO RICH RELATIVES - cunninlynguists, tonedeff, pack fm etc. some good underground
The Roots - really good music, amazing beats
UGK - Underground Kings, also good music
LoopTroop - Scandanavian rap group, rap in english
Apathy - another good underground artist
MF Doom - really good producer also
Eyedea and DJ abilities - good music to chill to
Slug/Atmosphere - just like eyedea, they collab quite a bit

and if you like english rap i highly recommend Kano

i can name more if you like
that should do for a while tho

Thanks a lot, I've heard about half of that list and like most of it so I'll check out the rest.

[13 Amp]

the reason eyedea and slug collab alot is because their on the same Label...Rhymesayers Entertainment....(i believe it's slug's label)....

it also is the home to
Brother Ali
Mf Doom
Felt
Blueprint...

dope label

But my fav. emcees from the underground are
Chino XL
Copywrite
Cage
Atmosphere
Scram Jones
Crooked I
Canibus
Brother Ali
and thats all i can think of right now...i'll hit yall back up with some more dope emcees to check out

[freddy fred]

i hate commercial hip hop, 50 cent is a pop artist, not a rap artist

true, but what can u do when you have millions of fans demanding ur music, ur kind of forced to be a 'pop' artist