The Rap & Hip-Hop Recommendation Thread

[Necromancer]

The Message is a funk/rap/hip hop style classic.

[[MERIT]]

Originally Posted by Necromancer

The Message is a funk/rap/hip hop style classic.

Definitely one of the most influential hip-hop tracks of all time

[Mrd00d]

Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Need to get more into ra and hip hop. I am very selective about what I like, but I find I like stuff that is on the more jazzy side.

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
The Roots - Things Fall Apart

stuff like that... what are some other ones in this style that I should check out?

I think you should snag Freestyle Fellowship and Haiku d'Etat and Mikah 9 / Myka 9 and Abstract Rude and Aceyalone.

Start with Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom it May Concern

I think it's just as or more important and entertaining than, say, the Roots' or A Tribe Called Quest's early 'classics'...

Freestyle Fellowship is kind of like the 'Anvil of hip-hop' in that they were kind of forgotten, never got the amount of respect they deserved...

You should probably try to find the album Mikah 9 - Timetable...

Here's a couple tracks from these guys...








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[Electrophonic Tonic]

I'm looking for some more alternative and underground acts to check out...

I absolutely love Dälek and Public Enemy. I'm a big fan of the Roots, Beastie Boys (minus the incredibly overrated Licensed to Ill) and Company Flow. I like select stuff from Saul Williams, El-P. I've just started checking out Tech N9ne.

So, any recommendations based off of that...?

[Mrd00d]

Aesop Rock to match your El-P

Freestyle Fellowship, The Goats, Antipop Consortium to go with your Roots

Optimus Rhyme
Afroman
Techno Animal

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by Electrophonic Tonic

I'm looking for some more alternative and underground acts to check out...

I absolutely love Dälek and Public Enemy. I'm a big fan of the Roots, Beastie Boys (minus the incredibly overrated Licensed to Ill) and Company Flow. I like select stuff from Saul Williams, El-P. I've just started checking out Tech N9ne.

So, any recommendations based off of that...?

Tech N9ne. I'm digging it.

Anyways..
P.O.S.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Electrophonic Tonic

I'm looking for some more alternative and underground acts to check out...

I absolutely love Dälek and Public Enemy. I'm a big fan of the Roots, Beastie Boys (minus the incredibly overrated Licensed to Ill) and Company Flow. I like select stuff from Saul Williams, El-P. I've just started checking out Tech N9ne.

So, any recommendations based off of that...?

you might also like Dilated Peoples, they did have a mainstream hit but I still consider them underground because they aren't that popular.

[Surell]

Ghostface has always been a favorite of mine, in Wu Tang, Hip Hop, and music generally. His flow is smooth yet unpredictable, his references/allusions/slang are wild, and his songs are always on point. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a soulful and abstract yet still raw side of Hip Hop.

Mighty Healthy
Nutmeg
Apollo Kids
Wildflower
Malcolm
Shakey Dog
The Champ
Poisonous Darts

[chipper]

question...

is this considered hip hop?

[Mrd00d]

Man that's hard to say, but I've been digging him for a while. I think he's clever for doing that the way he does. I'm going to cast a soft no vote on it being hip-hop though. Dubby, dubsteppy, thing. Not so much dubstep but dub I think...