Music Who listens to Underground Hip-Hop?

[ethereal]

i'm jus curious if anyone here has somewhat of the same taste in music as i'm not talkin' about HipHop/Rap 'mainstream' shit that you hear on the radio, that shit is as exciting as cat litter to me... example: 50 cent, Gay-Unit, Ludacris, etc etc. BAHH unskilled. -what i'm talkin' about IS: Zion I, Pete Rock, Ras Kass, etc etc...it's weird how the music industry operates. 50's huge status n unskilled technique has the music industry nmajority of ppl blinded like zombies whereas Zion I has REAL, skilled, conscious, insightful lyrics ANDfuturistic-type trippy beats on majority of everything he's dropped. yet, Zion I is still slept on... very few recognize his dopeness.

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[markdahman]

Underground HipHop? Yeh i listen 2 some of tht... Such as non-phixion, Benefit, Celph titled, Necro, Imoortal technique, Jedi mind tricks!

We call tht stuff Underground HipHop up here in ontario? Is it anything like ur tlaking about?

[ethereal]

Originally Posted by markdahman

Underground HipHop? Yeh i listen 2 some of tht... Such as non-phixion, Benefit, Celph titled, Necro, Imoortal technique, Jedi mind tricks!

We call tht stuff Underground HipHop up here in ontario? Is it anything like ur tlaking about?

hell yea man! Benefit, Celph Titled, and IT are dope. you ever hearda Zion I? good shit!

[polloloco001]

Jedi Mind is pretty raw

[ventrue]

i love me some jedi mind, necro too. i dont guess i can leave out taib kwali...damn where is the ipod when i need to scroll

[Diphenhydramine]

Yeah, I dunno...I used to really be into that shit awhile ago, but I got bored of it I guess. It really shaped my preference for electronic music though...from hiphop to acid jazz to ambient electronica and beyond.

[CrystalDextro]

Zion I has a song called Luv, some true shit, they speak their minds and their hearts out man and they have talent to make it sound impressive. Anyone listen to Lennox from Cleaveland man every song ive heard is good. Young Snead, Tech N9ne & his clique he raps with (underground to me cuz my homeboy grew up with it), SPM, Slaughterhouse, Qualo, L of Khemistry, Homegrown Playas, D.S.G.B.(no one i know has heard of them cept me) & Blazek which his rap style is actually underground rap (its a type of sound)

[jaked588]

zions the shit, same with aesop, atmosphere, living legends, pharcyde, sweatshop union, and swollen members. most of the music i listen to is underground and bay area rap.

[jaked588]

E-40, keak the sneak, turf talk, the frontline, the team, mac dre (cant forget him), and san quinn are all good bay area artists. i think zions from the bay too

[nera]

Blackalicious, Mr Lif, Aesop Rock, Del, yea... Hip hop is the shit. People need to broaden their horizions, nothing better than rocking out some Areatha Franklin, John Coltrane, or some Cream...

-- Nera

[Creeping Death]

Immortal Technique is damn good. He's got this song called "dance with the devil" wich has just wicked rhymes all the way through.

[armatitumor]

Immortal Technique went to my school.

Aesop Rock, anyone?

[bcStoner420]

Immortal technique is pretty good, i listen to em every now n them but there still not quite what i like the best. My 2 favorite rappers arent underground but their bay area which is andre nickatina and mac dre(r.i.p). I also like e-40, keak da sneak, a little of smoov e. I like a different style of rap than most people i seem to personally know, its all eminem 50 cent g-unit bullshit. Im gonna try to find some of these other guys your all talkin about though, oh i also listen to necro every now n then.

[kai]

i'll just name three labels.
you all do the rest:

quannum
stones throw
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peace

[mmilam]

I personally love Lil Wayne and The Sqad's mixtapes. I have all volumes 1-7. and also the suffix, mayor of the south, c squared, lilweezyana, waynes world presents vol 1. and 2, Dedication, da drought, and the prefix.

These mixtapes are so good that you could actually say they arent underground. Because everyone knows about them, well at least from my hometown.

I also love lil boosie, who recently became mainstream, but he still has tons of classics that and underground.

Also: currency, lil wyte aint underground but hes definitly not mainstream like 50 cent. Lil wyte is awesome.

[C2001]

Originally Posted by mmilam

I personally love Lil Wayne and The Sqad's mixtapes. I have all volumes 1-7. and also the suffix, mayor of the south, c squared, lilweezyana, waynes world presents vol 1. and 2, Dedication, da drought, and the prefix.

These mixtapes are so good that you could actually say they arent underground. Because everyone knows about them, well at least from my hometown.

I also love lil boosie, who recently became mainstream, but he still has tons of classics that and underground.

Also: currency, lil wyte aint underground but hes definitly not mainstream like 50 cent. Lil wyte is awesome.

Uh, Lil Wyte is garbage and Lil Wayne definitely ain't underground.

[jaked588]

Originally Posted by bcStoner420

My 2 favorite rappers arent underground but their bay area which is andre nickatina and mac dre(r.i.p). I also like e-40, keak da sneak, a little of smoov e.

it says u live in canada, do they play any bay rap up there?

[sidewalkpharmacist]

Yeah bedlam, natas, insane clown posse, ABK,twiztid,myzery,HekTiK, Michigan rappers are the best they are like all under ground and they are EXTREMELY violent especially bedlam and icp bedlam is basically a fukin serial killer rapper he is facinated by charlie manson and jeffery dahmer hes sick,hence the name bedlam

[bcStoner420]

its not common at all, I introduced everyone i know to it, most of em end up liking it. You dont hear of bay area publicly,none at all. I found out about them from the internet a long time ago.

[C2001]

Some underground shit, but I prefer not to call it that cause most underground hip hop is corny as hell. Aesop Rock and MF Doom are straight up garbage, fuckin gimmicks. I can't believe people say MF Doom is carrying the legacy of the Wu-Tang style.
Immortal Technique is ill though.

[bewilderment]

I like Saul Williams (my fav), Atmosphere, Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, and Blackalicious.

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[infekt]

I listen to A LOT of underground hiphop. In fact, I make hiphop beats and just put out my first cd

[grecian]

Im more into my UK scene like skinnyman, blak twang, foreign beggars, million dan. Underground US is good too, but i gotta admit we dont get much access to it here. Had a listen to a few of the artists mentioned in this thread and im quite impressedd.

A couple of US acts i have listened to before and liked is Roosevelt Franklin and foundation movement. dunno if they are underground or not though.

[raccchhl]

Well, I love Sage Francis and The Streets.

[Orchid_Suspiria]

The only nice thing about hip hop is watching the phat asses in the videos shake.