Underground Hip-Hop Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0yTwC_8ng

Also Cold Vein has the best lyrics I've ever heard on a record, pure genius.

this album's beats are way too focused on being 'unique' and 'interesting' before actually being listenable

iron galaxy, f-word and pigeon are great songs but the rest is just garbage for white people to stroke their beards to

>>70964298
oh and the lyricism is garbage half the time, just a bunch of barely related sentences that attempt to sound cool but just come off cringe

vast aire in particular sounds fucking autistic

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>>70964333
Yeah I wasn't really talking about the whole record, more the three tracks you mentioned, particularly Pigeon which is still unmatched for me so far

>>70964298
>>70964333
Shitaste. Leave.

>>70964475
no u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPfDgFfoEns

Apparently he's not underground anymore, but fuck it he'll always have that vibe.

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you're welcome

>>70964532
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izRY3yiqudw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrVSGt3j1M
God tier hip hop songs

>>70964573
bruh this song samples an accordion. god tier indeed
https://youtu.be/3CHc-D2c02U

>>70964682
>>70964573
sounds like shit

>>70964203
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUO94g011Q
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcN17a-9hla9u2F50YHF6qOugWFkC-xTp
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs1K3DzzUmowbpzRzLTN_mO4XixLqmS0j
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_lryQvImwk

Undisputed 10/10 albums that you may not have heard yet.

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https://saturdaymorningsoundtrack.bandcamp.com/album/saturday-morning-soundtrack

>>70964203
not "underground" but there is a lot of stuff you may be overlooking unintentionally. Lately I've been getting a lot of play from revisiting stuff like

Busta Rhyme's first three albums
Souls of Mischief- 93 Til Infinity
Pharaoh Monch- Internal Affairs
Missy Elliot- Supa Dupa Fly
Organized Konfusion- Stress: The Extinction Agenda
The unreleased Notorious BIG mixtapes
Lupe Fiasco- Farenheit 1/15, Revenge of the Nerds and A Rhyming Ape
Das EFX- Hold It Down
Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
The Roots- Illadelph Half Life
J Dilla- Jay Dee Unreleased EP and Dillanthology 1 & 2
Das Racist- Unreleased compilation
The How High OST (seriously)
Redman discog from Whut Thee Album to Docs Da Name 2000, including his collab album with Method Man

As for current "underground" artists I feel like former Greedhead artists still put out the best stuff- check out Big Baby Gandhi's post-NO1 2 LOOK UP 2 discog as well as Kool AD's new album The Natural

>>70964711
*binary star*
*10/10*
choose one

>>70964765
Must be b8. Absolute cult classic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy37ym00p6E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJLV9bcT4Lw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X0cvfzK3kA

>>70964810
It's pretty good but no album with a storytelling werewolf song can be 10/10. It's not that special.

>>70964711
Death is silent is the only 10/10 you posted

>>70964810
do you understand what 10/10 means?

>>70964916
pleb taste

a piece of strange is one of the best hip hop records ever

>>70964934
It isn't as good as oneirology
most of the features suck on a piece of strange

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>>70964711
a piece of strange is amazingly written but why the fuck is it so loud?

this shit hurts my ears yo and comes close to ruining a brilliant album

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q5gMuWe3u4

>>70964956
oneirology is good, always felt a bit heavy like they were trying too hard

whereas a piece of strange is what cunninlynguists are all about. bizarre samples, emphatic funk rhythm and their ethos of not taking themselves too seriously

i phantom - mr lif

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not too obscure, but still godlike

>>70965346
literally 1 good song, or 2 at most

>>70964974
Just turn it down pussy

>>70965543
like, even if you aren't into the more experimental/ noisy part of the album, the first 3 and last 3 tracks are straight fire at the very least

>>70965633
are you trolling? this is not how overcompression works. listening to piece of strange with the volume at 10 is more fatiguing than listening to 36 chambers turned up to 50.

>>70965950
No, they're straight boring. Spiritual Healing is the 10/10 track and then the next track is kinda ok, but then on...

I remember Absence being worse in that it just sounds like one long track - again starting off good but then unless that's your musical fetish or something, you just get bored

>>70965950
your copy or setup is dodgy then

kno is arguably the best producer in underground hip hop

>>70965950
>this is not how overcompression works
That is EXACTLY how compression works. How many albums have you produced or mastered?
>listening to piece of strange with the volume at 10 is more fatiguing than listening to 36 chambers turned up to 50.
Turn it down.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2AXNiWNVAc

>>70966247
kill yourself

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This man's pretty dope desu

>>70966357
Typical rapfags promoting violence

desu i think desu is dope

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>>70964203

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Kill the Vultures - S/T
Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star + S/T

>>70966366
XXX ON THE KILL STREAK

AESOP ROCK LABOR DAYS

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>>70964203
Gangsta Pat - Deadly Verses

I found it on a shitty underground hip hop forum and i must say that is pretty good

>>70964203
>>70964271
>>70964746
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>>70966596
didn't expect to see so many of my favorite albums

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>>70968372
And forgot my pic

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It's in my top 5 albums of all time
https://exordiummusic.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-toxic-jungle

>>70964203
>Underground Hip-Hop
but i thought monkeys lived in trees

>>70968550
Ah, stop

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POSSESSED
POSSESSED

>>70964746
didn't expect to see this one. Good taste

>>70964203
I fucking hate this album. The harshness in the vocals are awful and unlistenable.

>>70965543
>Spiritual Healing
>Speak Volumes
>From Mole Hills
>Black Smoke Rises
>Forever Close My Eyes
>Classical Homicide

Shush.

>>70968405
NOTHIN' BUT SUNSHINE

>>70970020
pleb

>>70967976
Fuck yea, love this album

>>70969526
The best song on that album isn't even a spaceghostpurrp track

>>70968526
ok its a decent bandcamp project but let's not get ahead of ourselves

>>70964298
Fucking pleb

>>70964746
Legit surprised to see SMS. Good taste

Niggas of Destruction my dude

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>We will never get an Eyedea album ever again

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one of my favourite albums

>>70964203
honestly just check out more def jux albums

>>70972085
KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT IM THE FUCKIN SON OF SAM

>>70964532
check out that new EP he did with Your Old Droog. It's fucking amazing

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This is a 10/10

>>70974820
that is a 4/10

>>70975442
ok pleb

>>70975464
Pharoe Monch is a bad rapper

Enta Da Stage - Black Moon
A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul

>>70974820
I also concur with this and Internal Affairs by Pharoahe Monch

>>70972085
kill yourself, son of sam is good, but the lum song is one of his worst. almost as bad as anything on playaz circle

>>70968405
i used to listen to a lot of atmosphere but then realized Lucy Ford and Overcast is all i like
Slug annoys the fuck out of me for the most part, especially now

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Check my channel out. Here is an older song i did along with a new freestyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px3du6ADbkk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7ZOUeCDX8

>>70976364
you just have shit taste

>>70976364
You can't just leave GodLovesUgly out of that list, man. Though I agree with you. Their music has steadily declined over time. Ant's production is always solid, and there's been a few standout tracks here and there, but it's incredibly tiring trying to listen to their whole discography past the first few albums/EPs.

>>70970217
Ace argument, my man. Really convinced me.

>>70972671
No fucking way. E&A is 10/10 stuff. By The Throat is too sporadic and not enough good wordplay to be anything more than a 6 or 7.

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>>70972671
>>70972796
>>70968405
>We'll never get a full length project from The Orphanage
>why even live

>>70976724
The only album that really feels "tiring" is The Family Sign due to shit tracks like Bad Bad Daddy. Great album otherwise, same with Southsiders.

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YOU BETTER LISTEN

>>70976505
eh
>>70976724
i enjoy GodLovesUgly but kinda just burned out on it. i've always enjoyed the production but Slug's lyrical content is so tiring from When Life Gives You Lemons onward pretty much. Not to say I don't enjoy parts of that album and To All My Friends, but Southsiders no thanks. I have a soft spot for You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having though because it was the favorite album of the girl who got me into them who I also was tryna fuk so

goddamnit /mu/, a good thread finally and you ignore it.

>>70976864
hoestly i think impossible kid is his best project

>>70975952
Yo I love Prince Among Thieves.

goes without saying but madvillainy is a 10/10

>>70968526
Pretty quality, good rec

Here are some artists/songs/albums i think are underrated
https://3rdiiiuth.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857acvJ4l2A&index=476&list=WL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ko7pNJj4tU&list=WL&index=559
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5g6Rga5ot4&list=WL&index=851
https://soundcloud.com/hujili/sets/hugedealep
https://soundcloud.com/lordapex/sets/hyoko-meiso-elevation-meditation
You guys posted most of my albums and i wanted to contribute so here you go

>>70966590
>Mos Def is not underground, he is just "old."

vaudeville villain

>>70967976
WE DROPPIN THIS SHIT LIKE BOMBS

>>70964298
>Vein, Ridiculoid, Scream Pheonix >Literally the entire fucking album
>Garbage

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Airospace

mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBgEW762qo0

Lil Ugly Mane, Chris Travis, Robb Banks, Denzel Curry, Supernatural, dxct, Children of the Corn, Nacho Picasso, Sir Michael Rocks, Lil Ced, IndigoChildRick, Pretty Tony, SpaceGhostPurrp, 38 Slug, Tommy Wright III, K-Rock, Nickelus F, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Avatar Darko, Prophet Posse, Yung Simmie, Spark Master Tape, Chilly D, Pouya, Destineal, Red Dog, ZelooperZ, Gangsta Pat, Z-Dogg, Face Vega, Killa Korporation, SDotBraddy, Criminal Manne, Cellski, T-Rock, Heems, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Antwon, Kool A.D., J-Green, Heltah Skeltah, 211, Germ, Young Pappy, Gangsta Blac, Lil Gin, Key Nyata, Gifted Gab, Nell, Rell, Al Kapone, Blackout, Bones, Na$ty Matt, Brotha Lynch Hung, 2-Nes, Captial Steez, 196 Clique, Deniro Farrar, Quelle Chris, Evil Pimp, Frayser Click, G.R.I.M.M., Young Breed, K9

>>70964236
literally only 10/10

>>70965267
i second this

K.A.A.N.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hWZPD1kR0
Faces
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8iQRWarKDg
Shamen
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aN1eIBUY8Uc
Devin the dude
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKXflPq2fu
Night Lovell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aXugDTv2mH0
Edward Scissortongue
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c_2HUo2pDtw
Sadistik
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lBqfZgDc7vk

>>70966366
"king" is one of my favorites rap songs rn
fuck "look at me" tho

>>70976442
Never heard something so forgettable
I mean it's not bad,
but the lyrics are the most generic I've ever heard
delivery is nothing new
and the instrumentals sound like royalty free youtube videos (wouldn't be surprised if they were)
Try to be different.
Try to have other influences than rap. Kendrick mixes his rap with jazz, bones with metal, XXXtentacion with pretty much anything (mostly rock and grunge tho)....
You're forgettable.

>>70976833
>Ace argument, my man. Really convinced me
implying i care to convince you lmao stay pleb son

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>>70986303
Ayy man. Came back with another ace argument! All that time to think one up, you really did it.

>>70986449
>argument
back to r/eddit my friend

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>>70986468
Another one. Man, you're really killing it.

>>70986482
>he keeps repeating the same trash

bye fag

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>>70986506
Another ace argument. Real good stuff.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht8FlJjdBJY

100% sure you haven't heard this before

>>70986599
def did, but yeah shit is tight af, belg?

>>70987256
>belg?
I'm not sure what you are asking me
This album was made in belgium, if that's what you ment

is CYNE considered underground?
if so, I recommend everyone to check them out

>>70985155
This but vol3 is better

>>70964765
I literally have on be lo's verse on reality check memorized and recite it once every few days

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Billy Woods - Dour Candy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5kGGU9eUHg

>>70984253
the first one and the second one are nice, the third one is fucking awful, and I can't be bothered to check out the souncloud ones

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>>70986449
>>70976864
>>70972796
>>70972671
>>70966596
>>70965346
>>70964746
these are all top

also - I love every single one of doseones projects, so yea, all of those too

>>70991290
first 10/10 so far

Ka - Death of a Samuari was AOTY 2016 fight me

Also why did nobody listen to the last Mick Jenkins

>>70991560
I love Ka, I think Yen Lo is my favourite project of his from what I've heard (that, Grief Pedigree and Samurai).

>>70964429
It is patently disrespectful to put this slopping piece of fucking garbage anywhere near Cold Vein

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right here mang

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Jazz Spastiks - The Goods Feat. Rebels to the Grain

Think they're going by Slipmat Brothers these days.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKS4lwtHtz8&list=PLjPgmWrSqGoGucPCCcOmNt6_zfmgbX1jE&index=10

>>70964429
fastrap is a fucking meme. also this guy is hispanic or something and says nigga

>>70991898
>also this guy is hispanic or something and says nigga
why are english speaking people so offended by two syllables?

this is the worst thread about the best topic

>>70993428
what would make the thread better in your opinion?

>>70964765
>not knowing how to greentext

>>70991726
cold vein sucks

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>Ctrl+F Non Phixion
Fags, all of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoJ0k8SWTWI
battle star galactica

>>70991898
It isn't even that fast

slangcorp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1RUMTzyfxM

https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=RKVHe8heStE

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Trapo - Shade Trees

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyfYtlKesVo

>>70994145
I dislike him because of the whole sonic thing

>>70994375
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UfgzgyleE
don't do that though

>>70964271
This album is fucking boring. Shittest beats ever.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kEcz629tuc

>>70991560
Yeah, the Mick Jenkins album was a huge disappointment. I can't say that it was bad, but it was nowhere near as good as The Water[s]

>>70964765
What a fucking pleb

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Pic related.

Much slept on classic.

>>70994769
>comic sans

>>70964203
Scaramanga

>>70995223
>Webdings

>>70964236
damn this is good

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only old but no one reps it so there

>>70997475
>no one reps it
bait?

>>70994769
best post in thread

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>>70991290
doseone is a godform

>>70995178
paradise don't come cheap is a masterpiece tho

>>70994769
>blackout
>NOD
aye

>>70964765
binary star really are awful though, if you enjoy binary star you really don't value any of hip hop's founding features

i'd just do coursework if i wanted to hear such lifeless humourless garbage

>>70991290
Reminder that he has a new project out this year.