Undeground Hip Hop?

[quentinc]

Does anyone know of any good underground hip hop? I'm turned off by the mainstream stuff, and I don't know anything about underground stuff (which I've heard is pretty good. I really prefer East Coast Rap, two groups that I like currently are The Roots and Public Enemy. Are there any artists kind of like those two.

[jec1]

no. but there are some names to look out for dj incognito roachkilla tru-pazand one white rapper j-cos there is more whack emcees gotta research ill get back to you gee. :cool:

[Dominican Lou]

Check out The Beatnuts: http://www.danuts.com

They're semi-underground. Amazing beats.

[(TxT)]

Mike Jones is pretty damn good, but he is slowly becoming main stream.

[quentinc]

Mike Jones is pretty damn good, but he is slowly becoming main stream.
I know alot of people who have heard of Mike Jones. His videos are starting to show up on MTV2.

[odg78]

--J-Live (http://www.j-livemusic.com/) (Personally, he's my favorite underground MC)
--Murs (http://www.definitivejux.net/av/murs/)
--MF Doom (http://www.mfdoomsite.com/)
--Aceyalone (http://www.aceyalone.com/)
--Madlib (http://www.stonesthrow.com/madlib/)
--Jurassic 5 (http://www.jurassic5.com/)
--Little Brother (http://www.abbrecords.com/lb_bio.html)
--Handsome Boy Modeling School (http://www.atlanticrecords.com/handsomeboymodelingschool)
--DJ Shadow (http://www.djshadow.com/landing.html)
--RJD2 (http://www.rjd2site.com/)

[BorrachoNJ]

west coast hip-hop (on the east coast dix beat)
hyroegliphics
alkoholiks

from newark:
artifacts
lords of the underground (some are OK)
cella dwellas

old school but still good:
showbiz & ag
kool g rap & dj polo

[quentinc]

--J-Live (http://www.j-livemusic.com/) (Personally, he's my favorite underground MC)
--Murs (http://www.definitivejux.net/av/murs/)
--MF Doom (http://www.mfdoomsite.com/)
--Aceyalone (http://www.aceyalone.com/)
--Madlib (http://www.stonesthrow.com/madlib/)
--Jurassic 5 (http://www.jurassic5.com/)
--Little Brother (http://www.abbrecords.com/lb_bio.html)
--Handsome Boy Modeling School (http://www.atlanticrecords.com/handsomeboymodelingschool)
--DJ Shadow (http://www.djshadow.com/landing.html)
--RJD2 (http://www.rjd2site.com/)
Thanks, once I get money I'll try to download some of their albums on iTunes. My cousin got me in to Jurassic 5, and I had heard of Handsome Boy Modeling School somewhere else.

[skipshady]

I was actually thinkinng of starting a backpacker thread here.--J-Live (http://www.j-livemusic.com/)
--Little Brother (http://www.abbrecords.com/lb_bio.html)
--Handsome Boy Modeling School (http://www.atlanticrecords.com/handsomeboymodelingschool)
--DJ Shadow (http://www.djshadow.com/landing.html)
--RJD2 (http://www.rjd2site.com/)Yup yup.

Del tha Funkee Homosapien (http://www.hieroglyphics.com/sounds/del/)/Deltron 3030 (http://www.hieroglyphics.com/features/deltron_3030/) (or pretty much anything Dan the Automator produces)
Danger Mouse & Jemini (http://www.djdangermouse.com/index3.html) (You probably know Danger Mouse from The Grey Album - he produced the new Gorillaz album)

Also:
Spitkicker.com (http://www.spitkickers.com/) (a collective of like-minded MCs like Talib and De La Soul)
Okayplayer (http://www.okayplayer.com/artists.htm) (The Roots' label)

[655321]

I highly recommend MF Doom "Operation Doomsday". If you can find the "Doomilation Bootleg" online somewhere, then you're even more golden.

Also, not underground in the least, but the older Wu-Tang albums (and solo material) provide a really good alternative to the stuff you hear on the radio today.

[Metroweenie]

Talib Kweli and Mos Def aren't really underground, but Black Star is ridiculously good. "Black on Both Sides" by Mos Def is also good. From what I've heard of it I don't really like "The New Danger" much.

"Reflection Eternal" by Kweli is good. "Quality" is pretty good but not quite the same caliber. I haven't heard much of "The Beautiful Struggle".

Listen to Black Star, it doesn't get any better than "Respiration".


- I wasn't that clear, Black Star is Mos Def and Talib Kweli.