Haha I'll go with conscious rap, considering "trap rap" sounds a little ignorant, and I don't like ignorant rap.

killer mike-rap music
el-p record
ill bill
sean price
danny brown-xxx
meyhem lauren
mr mutha****ing exxxquire

i abandoned the criteria kinda, but all are new artists that go hard
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videos not all from the artists above

these all are pretty raw to me
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Thanks a bunch Sparky, you've definitely given me my raw hip hop fix.

glad to do it

Almost sigged :afro:

Recommend me some Hip-Hop in the vein of
 

Slum Village/The Roots/J Dilla etc...

Looking for music that is very well produced and in a similar style to the beats Dilla made. Examples:


Oddisee - Ready To Rock - YouTube


J Dilla - Mash - YouTube


Slum Village - Jealousy - YouTube


Apollo Brown & OC - Anotha One - YouTube

Basically more soulful/jazzy Hip-Hop.

I've heard most of the obvious stuff, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, ATCQ, Slum Village etc but recommend whatever.

Not Kanye West though.

EDIT - Mods can we leave this unmerged for a bit as more people will see it here than in the stickied thread?

you ever check out shabazz palaces?

digable planets
strong arm steady-in search of stoney jackson
black sheep
the juggaknots
little brother
pretty much anything 9th wonder produced

those are the first to come to mind

Sparky has a good list and add

Consequence , his movies on demand mixtapes
Pharoahe Monch's Desire
Phonte's Story of Us he's part of little brother so I guess that's already covered.
Soul Position's 8 million stories

Cheers. Any particular albums you'd recommend mate?

Brilliant.

Black Up by Shabazz is really really really really good.

i got to see them perform it live

it was awesome, even with the stupid bros in the back drunkily shouting/entirely missing whats going on

digable planets-blowout comb
shabazz-black up
juggaknots-clear blue skies
little brother-the listening

Indeed. Awesome album/group.

:mad:

I almost saw them but I went to see OF instead and left right after I recovered my girlfriend, and they even put off their show so OF's audience could come.

I would recommend Emanon, Knxwledge, Lil Sci/John Robinson, OneBeLo, Platinum Pied Pipers has some Dilla production, Ta-Ku especially, Little Brother, anything by 9th or Madlib.

I want to believe this is keith parodying modern rap tropes, but honestly it's keith so who the **** knows whats going on here.

"tell ya niggeh tweeegy get sober"

LOL

one of my favorite albums actually. i kept that on rotation for months

Any of yall ever heard of the old school group Nice and Smooth? They actually got me into music

I mostly listen to the early 90's HipHop - Most definitely better lyrics and beats (for my taste at least).

Here are my favorite tracks ever :


*2pac - If my homies call ,The Streetz R Deathrow ,So Many Tears , Until The End Of Time
*Afu-ra - Monotony
*Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
*Brand Nubian - Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
*Cypress Hill - Latin Lingo , Roll It Up
*EPMD - Gold Digger ,It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame,Please Listen To My Demo
*Fat Joe -Flow Joe
*Geto Boys - Geto Boys And Girls
*Ice-T - Colors
*Kool G Rap -Streets Of New York ,Edge Of Sanity ,Death Wish
*Ab-Soul - The Book Of Soul
*Boogie Down Productions -South Bronx ,I'm Still #1,The Bridge Is Over
*Boogiemonsters -Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress
*Company Flow -8 Steps To Perfection
*De La Soul -Dinninit , 4 More ,Breakadawn
*D-Nice -Time To Flow
*First Dr. Dre solo album
*Eric B. & Rakim -In The Ghetto ,My Melody ,Casualties Of War
*Fugees -Zealots ,The Score,Temple
*Guru - For You
*Jay-z - Feelin' It ,Hard Knock Life ,In My Lifetime
*Jeru The Damaja -Me Or The Papes
*Main Source -Live At The Barbecue
*O.C -Time's Up
*Pete Rock -They Reminisce Over You
*Pharcyde -Runnin'
*Redman -Tonight's Da Night
Run DMC -Tougher Than Leather
*The D.O.C. -The Formula
*Mobb Deep -Animal Instinct , Apostle's Warning ,Bloodsport ,Right Back At You ,Shook Ones Pt. 2,The Start Of Your Ending

*Akinyele -Outta State
*N.W.A first album - N.W.A and the posse
*Naughty By Nature -Rhyme'll Shine On,Uptown Anthem,Poor Man's Poetry,Guard Your Grill 'Dirt All By My Lonely

*Onyx -Walk In New York ,Shout ,Maintain ,Last Dayz ,All We Got Iz Us
*Organized Konfusion -The Rough Side Of Town,The Extinction Agenda,Releasing Hypnotical Gases ,Prisoners Of War ,Maintain

*Schoolly D -King Of New York ,I Know You Want to Kill Me ,Another Sign
*The first Album of the Wu Tang Clan , and also the first albums of each of the Wu Tang members

Hope you liked it

if you been sleeping then wake up.

50 Cent - Heat - YouTube

Not a recommendation but not really thread worthy; I don't like 50 Cent too much but this track is fucking hard, I like violence on tracks and he does it well here imo. Used to hammer this album in school.

:clap: Try ProEra they're an amazing up-coming rap group. You could also try city lights they're decent when you want to escape the garbage we accedentily marked as hip hop. :clap:

Cadence Weapon "Hype Man" (video)
 

conscious rap from Canadian Hip Hop Artist Cadence Weapon. this video is different than your average drugs, cars, ho's shoot. it shows the plights of the hip hop hype man

I've always disliked that song. I got sick of the "Imma shoot you so gangsta where's my glock??" shallow songs a long time ago. And really in 50 cent's case, I just thought it made him seem like a poser.

In his defense he really is street and really that stupid of a human. I just find his raps kind of glib and monotone. He really doesn't seem that polished a rapper to me, but hes sold trillions to hes laughing at me all the way to the bank in his lamborghini.

Fair enough about the street thing but I still think he overuses it.

he raps about what he knows about and I don't see that as a fault. Plus , his fans love his earlier more street stuff and his mixtapes more than his official releases that just HAVE to have songs for the ladies on it.

That track is hard, some good lines in there, and it does have some nostalgic value for me as well. Hip-Hop is full of exaggerations anyway so I don't see the problem there. Biggie was never in the mafia, Eminem doesn't really have 80 pound balls and Big L never bombed any churches. Most of these guys are fake. 50 does at least have a criminal record and contact with firearms.

If I heard that track for the first time now I wouldn't like it, I don't actually rate 50.

Can I be so narcissistic as to recommend my own music?

No.

lol. Fair enough - it's cheesey anyway and I'd much rather be a listener than a talker. I wanna find good music and share in a like-minded community.

Sup?

Nas and Damian - Distant Relatives - 2010

I should have substantiated on my original post.

Our forum is for the discussion and sharing of music, yes, but we are not a forum for the jumping off of new and upcoming artists. If you're musically inclined then integrate yourself into the forum and become a contributing member, then we have no problems with you sharing your music. Unfortunately 99.9% of the people come here with that one goal in mind, to post a link and then disappear, and that just chokes up the forum discussion, so that's why we have this policy in place.

Hey dude.

Don't worry - we're on the same page. When I said share...I didn't mean my music necessarily - I mean contribute to discussion and sharing music in general.

Some great 90s tracks:



Fonky Expedition (Remix) - Conscious Daughters - YouTube


Rappin 4 Tay - Players Club - YouTube


Lighter Shade Of Brown - Hey DJ - YouTube


Playin' In The Shade - Lighter Shade Of Brown (HQ) - YouTube

Czarface... Just listen

Not new but so good.

When I first head about these guys, I hoped they would fill the Dalek shaped hole in my heart. Not totally in love with this, but I think they have potential...

Anybody know any hip hop artists similar to The Roots?

The new Brotha Lynch Hung album is pretty insane.

Insane in what way? I was never a big BLH fan. I might check it out.