Collaboration Nation
 

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I've always been a big fan of MURS & 9th Wonder's Murray's Revenge; both artists are already so facile in their styles that together the results are only naturally amazing.

The Weathermen - The Conspiracy (Aesop Rock, Cage, Tame One, Yak Balz, El-P)


Deltron 3030 - S/T(Del, Kool Keith, Kid Koala, Prince Paul, MC Paul Barman, Mr' liff, ...the list goes on)


Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Blackstar


Analog Brothers - Pimp to Eat ( Mainly Kool Keith & Ice T, but also Marc Live, Black Silver, Pimp Rex)

I agree on the Murs and 9th Wonder.

Doomtree. (P.O.S., Sims, Dessa, Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Paper Tiger, MK Larada, Lazerbeak, Turbo Nemesis)

Atmosphere (Slug and Ant)

Army of the Pharaohs (Apathy, Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, Chief Kamachi, Block McCloud, Crypt The Warchild, Demoz, Des Devious, Doap Nixon, Esoteric, King Magnetic, Jus Allah, King Syze, Planetary, Reef The Lost Cauze)

The Orphanage (Slug, Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, Eyedea, Blueprint, Illogic) Really need to release an album.

Felt (Slug and Murs)

The Dynospectrum (Slug, Beyond, Swift, I Self Divine)

G & E (The Grouch and Eligh)

Living Legends (Murs, The Grouch, Eligh, Luckyiam, Scarub, Asop, Bicasso, Sunspot Jonz)

La Coka Nostra (Everlast, Ill Bill, Slaine, Danny Boy, DJ Lethal)

Look Daggers (2Mex + Isaiah "Ikey" Owens)

Method Man & Redman

Blackstar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)

Zion I (Zumbi & DJ Amplive)

Demigodz (Apathy, Motive, Esoteric, Celph Titled)

Swollen Members (Mad Child, Prevail, Rob the Viking + Moka Only [formerly])

Skyzoo and 9th Wonder > Murs & 9th Wonder



Meth and Redman as has already been mentioned.
Elzhi and Blac Milk
Blu and Exile
and Dipset will always hold a special place in my heart ha

Blu & Exile
Deltron 3030

But for me it has to be Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek). Train of Thought would probably make my top 10 hip hop albums, just something about the two of them together. Layed back and soulful production and some great verses from Kweli. Beautiful.

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Well, I left out emcee/DJ collaborations. Reflection Eternal is great. So Is Hi-Tek Presents, which is a VA collaboration.

Too obvious?
Madvillain (Madlib + MF Doom)

True yeah, the original poster included 9th Wonder and Murs so I kind of just assumed it was collaborations within the genre. If it was purely emcee collaborations I'd have to agree with you on Black Star!

As with Hi-Tek I agree, I like most things he does, pretty consistent I think. The Hi-Teknology trilogy are all better than a lot of things out there, definitely peaked on Train of Thought though.

On a side note, and not necessarily a textbook hip hop collaboration, the Nas and Damian Marley album should be interesting when it drops..

Nas and Damien Marley, wha?!
I didn't really have a criteria in mind as far as emcee/producer combinations go, just collabs you guys have been digging. So far, everyone mentioned some quality acts.

Hi Tek always excels when he's with Talib Kweli, Train of Thought is a very good album, and who can forget all the work he put into Black Star.

Big fan of the perpetual Anticon circlejerk as well, Reaching Quiet (Why?/Odd Nosdam) is probably my favorite.

Yeah, they're collaborating on a full release (Distant Relatives) due pretty soon actually!

Check out the details on Wikipedia, and there's a few leaked snippets about on YouTube.

Sounds interesting, and seems like they've both put a lot of effort into it over the years rather than it being a rushed and forced experiment, so here's hoping for some good material and something a little unique.