Attn: Underground Hip Hop Heads

[IKON]

well well with rap now in days become very generic and westcoast rap really struggling it has given me the opportunity to open up to new artists, i have been exploring the underground rap scene and have become addicted to it

Dilated Peoples
Defari
Planet Asia
Rasco

now i wanna get into some more underground stuff
i need some recommendations, some albums i wont be dissapointed with at all
im gonna look for these cause i enjoyed listening to the samples

Self-Scientific - Self Science ( damn the samples sounded so so dope)
Aceyalone - Accepted Eclectic ( this guy can flow)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (every1 has said that this is their best album and Stoupe does all the production)

now i know these albums above wont dissapoint me but i need some more dope album recommendations and it doesnt matter from where these rappers are from

give some of the best albums from these guys
Swollen Members
Living Legends
Freestyle Fellowship
Aceyalone
Def Jux label
Hieroglyphics
Grouch
Binary Star
etc......

im not gonna go out and buy every album so just give me what u guys think are the best of the best   i want albums with the dopest beats, hottest lyrics and shit

[mrtonguetwista]

OH yea.....all the artists mentioned above are hot.



*bumps my Jedi Mind Tricks album*


*waits for Odds & Evens to hit my mailbox*

[IKON]

damn cuzzin tonguetwista, your at it again

[DJ_Jay_Deee]

Akrobatik
Cunninlynguists
Foreign Legion
Apathy
Celph Titled
7L & Esoteric
Hilltop Hoods
Looptroop
Lyrical Commission
Deltron
J5
Jehst
Brother Ali
Ugly Duckling
People under the stairs
Murs
Taskforce
Zion I
Phil Da Agony
Masta Ace
Abstract Rude
Immortal Technique
Atmosphere
MF Doom

There's a few for ya.
Check out www.undergroundhiphop.com. It has a list of new albums, singles etc. from underground artists. I don't recomend you go into the forum, that is real fucked up.

[madkilla]

waddup theonlyone,  

u already mentioned Defari, Planet Asia, Dilated Peoples & Rasco.  heres some others straight off the dome, i'll post some more later:

Aceyalone: A Book of Human Language (his best, IMO)
Jedi Mind Tricks: Violent By Design (reminds me of the raw energy that was on the first Wu-Tang album)
Cunninlynguists: Will Rap for Food (hot ass production!!)
J-Zone: ANYTHING BY HIM (hot ass production, KingT &
J-RO on his last album)
Phil The Agony: Smokefest, Hulk Steady, Steady Aromatic (his rhymes aint deep, but everyone i know digs his delivery)
Grouch: Success is Destiny, Fuck the Dumb, Making Perfect Sense (lyrics for the common man, dope prod.)
Lootpack: Soundpieces da Antidote (madlib prod.)
Madlib (from Lootpack): ANYTHING U CAN GET FROM HIM
MURS: F Real, Good Music, MURS rules the world, Varsity Blues EP
Blackalicious: NIA, Blazing Arrow
Little Brother: The Listening (anything 9th wonder produces is hot)

if your interested hit me up, i could burn some underground shit for u to check out and see if u like it.  I still wanna get those Hi-C dubz from u.  get at me and well see whats up, peace!

[IKON]

props madkilla * hits props button *

i will send u a pm about those HI C cd's but on the real i like having OG's of all this stuff

now i went out today and shit i couldnt find some of the stuff i was looking for, do you or anyone else here who happens to read this, know of an underground hip hop store? tower records has a pretty big selection but not that big, they only had a few albums

i might hit up amoeba tomorrow so i hope i can find alot of stuff there

[GangstaBoogy]

J.Swift

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[Jim Jones]

What Up TheOne... I'm glad you getting into the real hiphop shit.
 

If you looking for some dope underground shit(westcoast espeacially) check out MURS from the living legends. Murs is from  Mid City L.A. ... R-Tistic (our board  member) is his cousin. anywayz MURS is dope. Check out his new album called "The End Of The Beginning" ...Murs spits some shit you could relate to. Thats one of my favorite things about him.  Dude is really popular in the undergournd scene.

other shit i recommend

Phil The Agony - Hulk Steady
Self Scientific - The Self Science(Chace Infinate's lyrics are incredible)
Planet Asia - The Grand Opening (Droping september)
Aceyalone - A book of human language (from L.A.)
A Team (Aceyalone & Abstract Rude) - Lab Down Under
Wildchild - Secondary Protocol (Dope Album & he's from oxnard)

On september 9th Rasco is releasing his album called "Escape from Alcatraz" ..I can't wait for that shit. Pick it up. If u wanna look into Aceyalone download his new single out called "Lost Your Mind" ...That shits a Banger! The beat is fuckin ill produced by RJD2. ... If you wanna get into the underground scence listen to The Friday Night Flavas on Fridays Nights at Midnight. They Play the ill joints. I tape that fuckin show every week. Holla BAck!

[madkilla]

oh yeah check out these also:
Dr.oop Capone: Mad Hue Man Disease
Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus
Non-Phixion: The Future Is Now
Swollen Members: Balance
2MEX: B Boys In Occupied Mexico
Juggaknots: Re: Release

you should hit paydirt at amoeba, when i go there the problem i have is they got too much good shit.  yeah peep out amoeba (sunset/cahuenga), aron's records (highland/sunset), fatbeats (melrose av), pennylane (alhambra, whittier, pasadena), backside records (burbank),
rhino records (claremont).  U should find most of what your looking for.  Also check out these online stores: hiphopsite.com & sandboxautomatic.com (i think someone else also mentioned Undergroundhiphop.com).  They have always come through for me, prices vary, but they usually always have dope promotional shit for pre-orders.  and yeah i'm the same way, gotta have the og's, but if you just want a sample of some stuff to see who you like or want something that's really hard to find let me know.  i think i might head over to amoeba tomorrow to pick up the new pigeon john (from L.A. Symphony) and see if they got that new DJ WhooKid/50 Cent mix CD.  peace!

it's funny it seems that hip hop listeners go through phases.  i started off listening to mainstream westcoast shit (NWA, Snoop, Cypress Hill), then i got all into underground Los Angeles shit like (Visionaries, Shapeshifters, Project Blowed) and shit from the east like (C-Rayz Walz, J-Zone, Cage) then i got back to the old school like (Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-ONE, Big Daddy Kane), and recently i have been checking out some of the thugged out shit from the east like (Group Home, M.O.P., Cormega). and from the west like (Spice 1, MC Eiht, Yukmouth).  But, it's all hiphop.  I watched part of that MTV video awards garbage and those fools have a rap and hip hop category, and neither differed!!  glad to see their still brainwashing the youth.  

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Well people have already mentioned the majority of the dope underground groups that I would have recommended to you. All I am gonna say is Little Brother - The Listening is straight classic and is an album you can't afford not to have.

And also, I personally tend to steer clear of any Def Jux release. EI-P is to me one of the wackest rappers known to man, and is really truly unlistenable. Some of the other guys on the label are alright, but certainly there is no real dope shit coming off that label.

[Nightfall]

lootpack(and members, picked up wildchild - secondary protocol a few weeks ago)
akrobatik
mr lif
polyryrthm addicts
jigmastas (dj spinna, one of my favorite producers produces polyrythm and jigmastas)
kool keith (and every personality by him, i recomend dr. octagonist, his album he recorded under his alias dr octagon)
apani b fly emcee (member of polyrythm addicts, best female mc)
zion i
deltron 3030
the pharcyde
tonedeff
cunninlynguist
murs
aesop rock
self scientific
phil da agony
old alkaholik shit (XO experience was comercial, but the dudes released some underground party clasics)
del, casual, souls of mischief...ya know, hieroglyphics
blackalicious
freestyle felowship


i think thats enough
if ya want more names il give em

[IKON]

thanks y'all for your help, good to see that there is hip hop on this board beyond snoop, dre etc.... those guys are dope but sometimes i need some hip hop from the heart

about Little Brother - The Listening, of course i got this album already , one of the best albums i have heard the last 5 years, nothing but true hip hop

and damn Madkilla u hit it right on the button, ive gone through phases, for example this whole year ive been into this underground hip hop, east or west coast doesnt matter, some of the lyrics by these guys are incredible, i also feel good bumpin something different in my car and cd player on the daily and believe me this stuff BUMPS!!!!!!!

all this year ive been more into the underground stuff
* listening to Little Brother *

im definitely gonna be on the lookout for all those rappers u guys mentioned

[IKON]

damn i just hit up amoeba and shit they had TOO MUCH shit to choose from fo real!!!!!

i didnt find the self scientific album or the jedi mind tricks violent by design cd BUT i picked up a rare ass cd, a hip hop classic















Large Professor - The LP still sealed!!!!!!!!!
i couldnt believe my eyes , now the true hip hop fans know this cd was never released, only promos made it out and damn i got one of them now , im a big fan of the Large Pro (even though hes eastcoast)

i also picked up another banger, The J Wells mixtape even though its more of a cd and damn its bangin, westcoast beats to the fullest!!!  it was cheap too, only 7.99

but they had so much stuff there it was so hard to choose from, i need some reviews on

ALL 3 PHIL DA AGONY MIXTAPES, how are they??? worthe gettin? also is the new ras kass compilation worth picking up???

[Suga Foot]

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams


Very solid album