Hip Hop

So... I've finished the list. There are albums I know are missing either because they were lost from my I-Tunes during a hard drive crash in 2010 and I never recovered them (and thus spaced on them during this curation process) or because I was skimming through my artists list pretty rapidly. I also changed up the way I formatted it since it got so wonky for the first batch. Your gonna have to track them down on your own this time. But I did put the ones closest to my heart in bold.

Oh, and I'm gonna re-post the first batch so that they are all together. I'm also wondering if people want to make a separate thread for this so that people can add their own picks and we can attempt to create a master list of underground albums that are quickly being forgotten in this era of mass streaming. (Most of these are out of print or were never pressed on wax. Some of them you even have to dig up on Youtube.).
 
Last edited:
Abadawn: Good Villian (2008):
Abstract Giants: Unearthed (2008):
Abzorbr: Capable of Teetering (2005):
Aceyalone: Love and Hate (2003)
Aesop Rock: Float (1999):
Aesop Rock: Labor Days (2001)
Aesop Rock: None Shall Pass (2005)
Alias: The Other Side of the Looking Glass (2002)
All Natural: Second Nature (2001)
Another Rap Group: They Call Us (2007)
Asamov: And Now (2005)
The A-Team: Who Framed the A Team? (2000)
Atmosphere: The Lucy Ford EP's (2001)
Atmosphere: Seven's Travels (2003)
Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly (2002)
Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold (2007)
Automato: Advance (2004)
AZ: Pieces of A Man (1998)
Binary Star: Masters of the Universe (2001)
Blackalicious: Nia (1999)
Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow (2002)
Blackstar: Blackstar (1998)
Blockhead: Music By Cavelight (2004)
Blockhead: Downtown Science (2005)
Blockhead: Uncle Tony's Coloring Book (2007)
Blu & Exile: Below the Heavens (2007)
Blue Scholars: Blue Scholars (2005)
Blueprint: 1988 (2005)
Boom Bip & Dose One: Circle (2000)
Brother Ali: Shadow of the Sun (2003)
Brother Ali: The Undisputed Truth (2007)
Busdriver: Temporary Forever (2002)
Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat (2007)
Cage: Hell's Winter (2005)
Calm: Anti-Smiles (2006)
Canibul Ox: The Cold Vein (2001)
Cecil Otter: Rebel Yellow (2009)
Cenospecies: Indefinition (2001)
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf: Big Shots (2003)
The Chicharones: When Pigs Fly (2005)
Common: Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
Common Market: Tobacco Road (2008)
Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus (1997)
The Coup: Steal This Album (1998)
Cunninlynguists: Will Rap For Food (2001)
Cunninlynguists: A Piece of Strange (2006)
Cut Chemist: The Auidence's Listening (2006)
Davu & Eyamme: The Sun Do Move (2005)
Dead Prez: Let's Get Free (2000)
Deep Puddle Dynamics: The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
Del the Funky Homosapien: Both Sides of the Brain (2000)
Deltron 3030: Deltron 3030 (2000)
Dilated Peoples: The Platform (2000)
Dlated Peoples: Expansion Team
Diverse: One A.M. (2003)
DJ AmpLive: Beats, Remixes & A Side of Mashups (2006)
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist: Brainfreeze
Doomtree: Doomtree (2008)
Dynospectrum: Dynospectrum (1999)
 
Last edited:
Edan: The Beauty and the Beat (2005)
Eligh: Enigma (2005)
Eligh: As They Pass (2000)
El-P: I’ll Sleep When Your Dead (2007)
El-P: Fantastic Damage (2002)
Emancipator: Soon It Wil Be Cold Enough (2008)
Eyedea and Abilities: First Born (2001)
Eyedea and Abilities: By the Throat (2009)
Face Candy: This Is Where We Are (2006)
Felt: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet (2005)
Felt: A Tribute to Rosie Perez (2009)
Foreign Beggars: Asylum Speakers (2003)
Foreign Exchange: Connected (2003)
Gift of Gab: 4th Dimensional Rocket Ships Going Up (2004)
Grayskul: Deadlivers (2005) [I don't like this album but feel inclined to include it due to an ex-girlfriend who was obsessed with them]
Greenhouse Effect [With Blueprint]: Columbus or Bust (2005)
Grieves: Irreversible (2007)
Grouch: Making Perfect Sense (2000)
Grouch: & Eligh: Say G&E (2009)
Gaunte: An Unwelcome Guest (2009)
Handsome Boy Modeling School [Prince Paul + Dan the Automator]: So How’s Your Girl? (1999)
Herioglyphics: 3rd Eye Vision (1998)
Heiroglyphics: Full Circle (2003)
Hilltop Hoods: The Calling (2003)
Home Brew: Home Brew (2012) CHEATING BY INLUDING IT BUT IT”S ABSOLUTE FIRE
Homeboy Sandman: Actual Factual Pterodactyl (2008)
I Self Devine: Self Destruction (2005)
Illogic: Celestial Clockwork (2004)
Immortal Technique: Revolutionary Vol 2. (2003)
J Dilla: Donuts (2006)
J Dilla Welcome to Detroit (2001)
Jake One: White Van Music (2008)
Jaydiodead: Jay-Z Vs. Radiohead (2009)
Jaylib: Champion Sound (2003)
Dangermouse: The Grey Album (2004)
Jedi Mind Tricks: Violent By Design (2000)
J-Live: All of the Above (2002)
J-Live: The Best Part (2001)
Josh Martinez: Buck Up Princess (2003)
Jurassic 5: Quality Control (2000)
Jurassic 5: Power in Numbers (2002)
Kanser: Kanser (2005)
Kanser: Future Retro Legacy (2008)
Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJ’s (2003)
Kid Koala: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2000)
Kreators: No Context (1999)
L.A. Symphony: Unleashed (2007)
The Let Go: Tomorrow Handles That (2008)
Living Legends: Classic (2007)
Little Brother: The Listening (2003)
Little Brother The Minstrel Show (2005)
Lootpack: Soundpieces: Da Antitode! (1999)
Louis Logic: Sin-A-Matic (2003)
LuckyIAm: Most Likely to Succeed (2007)
Lyrics Born: Same Shit, Different Day (2005)
Macklemore: The Language of My World (2006) [Fuck you, it’s a great album]
Madvillain: Madvillainy (2004)
Masta Ace: Disposable Arts (2001)
MF Doom: Operation: Doomsday
MF Doom: Vauderville Villain
Mood: Doom (1997)
Mos Def: Black on Both Sides (1999)
Mr. Lif: I Phantom (2002)
Mr. Lif Emergency Rations (2002)
Mr. SOS: SOS for President (2004)
Murs: 3:16 The 9th Edition (2004)
Murs: ….The End of the Beginning (2002)
Nappy Roots: Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz (2002)
Nujabes: Modal Soul (2005)
Oddjobs: Drums (2002)
Oddjobs: The Shopkeepers Wife (2003)
One Be Low: S.o.n.o.g.r.a.m. (2005)
P.O.S: Ippeac Neat (2007)
P.O.S.: Never Better (2009)
Peanut Butter Wolf: My Vinyl Weighs A Ton (1999)
People Under the Stairs: O.S.T.
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor II (2004)
Pharoahe Monach: Internal Affairs (1999)
Pigeon John: Pigeon John is Dating Your Sister (2003)
Plan B: Paint It Blacker Bootleg (2007)
Prince Paul: A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
Quasimoto: The Unseen
Quasimoto: The Futher Adventures of Lord Quas
Reks: Grey Hairs (2008)
RJD2: Deadringer (2002)
The Roots: Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Roots: Phrenology (2002)
The Roots: Game Theory (2006)
Sage Francis: Personal Journals (2002)
Sage Francis: A Healthy Distrust (2006)
Sandpeople: An Honest Racket (2007)
Sapient: Letterhead (2008)
Saul Williams: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust! (2007)
Shad: The Old Prince (2007)
Sims: Bad Time Zoo (2011) [cheating date again]
Sleep: Christopher (2005)
Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000)
Sole: Bottle of Humans (2000)
Soul Position: 8 Million Stories (2003)
Storm Davis: Kegstand Poetry for the Recovering Alcoholic (2006)
Styles of Beyond: 2000 Fold (1998)
Supastition: Chain Letters (2005)
Sweatshop Union: United We Fall (2005)
Swollen Members: Bad Dreams (2001)
Symmetry: Dusty Pickup (2007)
Talib Kweli: Quality (2002)
Tech Nine: Absolute Power (2002)
TM Juke: Maps from the Wilderness (2003)
Traditional Methods: Falling Forward (2004)
Typical Cats: Typical Cats (2000)
Vakill: Worst Fears Confirmed (2006)
Whiskey Blanket: It’s Warmer Down Here (2007)
Wugazi: 13 Chambers (2011) [Another cheat]
Wycleaf Jean: The Preachers Son (2003)
Zachariah: White Jesus (2007)
Zion I: Truth & Livin (2005)
 
Last edited:
Whats the list for? For people who want to listen to albums you consider good?

I never stream music its basically stealing from the artist I like..
 
Believer101 said:
I never stream music its basically stealing from the artist I like..
Click to expand...

We're all entitled to our opinions on this front. For some people, it's all they can afford, or it fits better into their lifestyle. I think streaming services should better compensate the artists, for sure. But one the whole, I don't think streaming is inherently bad.
 
Last edited:
Alexander said:
We're all entitled to our opinions of this front. For some people, it's all they can afford, or it fits better into their lifestyle. I think streaming services should better compensate the artists, for sure. But one the whole, I don't think streaming is inherently bad.
Click to expand...

The only people who get any kind of appropriate income from streaming are those who are HUGE.
So the only time streaming I think isnt so bad is if your streaming the latest rihanna cd or something similar.

But if your listening to some underground artist then you is cold hearted.
Have some empathy peoples! Imagine if you got paid a few cents for your work you would be super mad. Bills? Food? Rent?
Always think of that before u stream.

giphy.gif


200.gif


ConcreteAcidicGreendarnerdragonfly-size_restricted.gif
 
Believer101 said:
Whats the list for? For people who want to listen to albums you consider good?

I never stream music its basically stealing from the artist I like..
Click to expand...

It's a list of Underground hip-hop albums from last decade or the late 90s that are worth checking out if you like the genre. Some of them are stone cold classics that most people here have heard, some of them are are personal favorites that I've wandered upon via forums or life experiences over the years.

The idea spawned because I'm always struggling to recall albums I loved back in the day (but don't own on wax) now that I've moved away from utilizing my iTunes library. And a good majority of these are not on wax...

The idea was then reinforced by somebody mentioning that they had just heard Hieroglyphics for the first time. A lot of people on this site are young and have no memory of this era of rap. And it's a damn worthwhile era. It was also a scene that relied heavily on word of mouth and often had "well known" artists releasing stuff to no reviews because they werent on a major lable. Which means they are susceptible to being forgotten to future generations. (Thus the idea of creating a group curated master list in a different thread.)

As to your streaming = piracy comment. I understand where you are coming from but we also live in an era where wages have been stagnant since the 70s while prices on everything (vinyl included) has gone up. I drop a grand or two on vinyl every year and another 500 or so on shows. There is no way in hell I can afford to buy everything I listen to as a music junkie who has never made more than 35k in a year and has a ton of student debt. The amount I do spend on music already borders on irresponsible. (Spotify has had me at 40-50 thousand minutes listened the past couple years-- which doesnt even include vinyl or the instances where I am on Itunes).

And frankly, without piracy (and then the streaming that followed it), I never would have wound up purchasing roughly half of my record collection because all I would have to go by is an allmusic.com review or something similar. So yeah, no guilt.

But either way, you can always read about some of these albums and purchase them blind. Or ya know, stream them and then purchase the ones you actually like.
 
Last edited:
The_Stoned_Ape said:
Further proof that Jet Life is strictly an instrument to put out dope videos for Curren$y while making the rest of the roster looks like shit.
Click to expand...


The production on that track was on point.
And I loved the video.

But didnt really dig the verses. All I could think was damn why couldnt someone good be on this beat
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top