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ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
October 25 2010 08:00 GMT
#1
I'm mainly a metalhead, but lately I've been listening to quite a bit of hip/hop, such as The CunninLynguists, Kno, Atmosphere, Immortal Technique etc. I'm looking for more recommendations along those lines. None of that Lil Wayne shit.

HitEmUp
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 08:09:25
October 25 2010 08:05 GMT
#2
You should listen to every album on this diagram eventually, I don't like all of them but it is a pretty good chart:
http://imgur.com/SUTEO.jpg

Great hip-hop on there. I additionally recommend P.O.S, R.A The Rugged Man, Subtitle, Sage Francis, and Blackalicious.

My top 10 hip-hop albums of all time:
1. Madvillain - Madvillainy (alternative)
2. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (instrumental)
3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (jazz hop)
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (gangster rap)
5. Doomtree - False Hopes (alternative hip hop)
6. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (hip hop/dub)
7. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here (hip hop)
8. Notorious B.I.G - Ready To Die (gangster rap)
9. Outkast - Stankonia (southern hip-hop)
10. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (progressive hip-hop/rap opera)

those albums would be a good place to start.
RIP Aaliyah
Rustymike
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Finland327 Posts
October 25 2010 08:15 GMT
#3
I don't have any sort of hiphop list but heres a few I've been digging a lot:

Ceebrolistics - Ö EP
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Nujabes the whole discography


TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
October 25 2010 08:23 GMT
#4
Check out a group from Central Cali that I love and also know very well called "Ibid". You can find their album on itunes and Amazon (I think.) Check it out. I am not a big hip-hop fan, but I love this record a lot.
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
madnessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1581 Posts
October 25 2010 08:32 GMT
#5
I'm not sure if this is even hip hop but I'm listening to Theophilus London-This Charming Mixtape right now. I generally hate rap but I find this guy listenable.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
October 25 2010 08:37 GMT
#6








@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 08:38:27
October 25 2010 08:38 GMT
#7
The entirety of 36 chambers and Liquid Swords are particularly good entry albums if you're into metal, too
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Ranix
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States666 Posts
October 25 2010 08:52 GMT
#8
As DoctorHelvetica said, you have to listen to Madvilliany. I'm not a fan of hip hop but I love that album.. I actually just ordered a poster of the cover a few days ago
Legends never gg
Cadgers
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States514 Posts
October 25 2010 08:56 GMT
#9
Yes, go listen to Madvilliany. In fact I'm gonna put it on now.

endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
October 25 2010 09:19 GMT
#10
Hi,

I recommend you to try DJ Krush. He is a Japanese Abstract/Experimental hip-hop DJ.
His style is different on every album :
- Jaku : a mix of hip-hop, japanese traditional music, and jazz, in a very dark atmosphere. A true masterpiece.
- Ki-Oku : a collaboration with a famous japanese trumpetist I forgot the name. Perfect as a background music to chill out.
- Zen : as its name indicates, a very zen hip hop album.
- Holonic : more experimental, harder to listen if you're not that much into hip-hop. Some great songs though.
- Meiso : same remarks as Holonic.

A few songs to convince you :









Enjoy
ॐ
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
October 25 2010 09:44 GMT
#11
Gangstarr, is a very good hip hop duo.

I pwn noobs
Ikonn
Profile Joined October 2009
Netherlands1958 Posts
October 25 2010 10:01 GMT
#12
just listen to Odd Future. Incredibly skilled (young, they are all aged 16-19) rappers and producers whose hype has been snowballing and who release all of their stuff for free. http://www.oddfuture.com

sample:
CorpulentBanana
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
169 Posts
October 25 2010 10:19 GMT
#13
Should check out Louis Logic, too. He's done some AMAZING tracks, his rhyming/flow is crazy, and his producer creates some of the catchiest beats EVER.
kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
October 25 2010 10:21 GMT
#14


Amazing beat. Anything by Nujabes or shing02 is worth checking out.
prOxi.bOn ; \\ What makes most people feel happy/Leads us headlong into harm.
jackofclubs81
Profile Joined January 2010
United States196 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 11:13:25
October 25 2010 11:09 GMT
#15
I know you already mentioned Cunninlynguists but the lyrics on this song are just too good to not put here.
http://www.youtube.com/v/sKZ2KM2M4qw
I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, then it hit me. It was a train.
Good stuff.
Edit: The video was not embedded correctly.
Edit 2: It seems I am too stupid to embed a video. If a mod or someone could help me out with this (or tell the noob poster that I am how to do it) that would be fantastic. Until then, just the link will have to do.
theinvisiblePLER
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States110 Posts
October 25 2010 12:00 GMT
#16


listen to it, and love it.
m1LkmaN
Profile Joined January 2010
Australia82 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 13:23:19
October 25 2010 13:22 GMT
#17
Aesop Rock
Biz Markie
Collective Efforts
D12/Eminem
Jemini (with Dangermouse)
Del the Funky Homosapian
Gang Starr
Haiku D'Etat
Jay-Z (with Dangermouse)
Kid Cudi
King Syze
KRS-One
Lupe Fiasco
Madlib
MF Doom
Mos Def
NWA (+ their solo stuff, especially Eazy-E)
Nas
Notorious BIG
Nujabes <3
Outkast
Public Enemy
Saul Williams
Talib Kweli
ATCQ (+Q-Tip)
Tupac
Tyler, the Creator
Wu Tang (RZA, GZA, ODB, Raekwon)
Wu Tang vs Beatles is great too, can't remember who mixed it though.
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12971 Posts
October 25 2010 13:26 GMT
#18
Seconding Sage Francis and Cannibal Ox. I also really like Sadistik, Input, Mac Lethal and Blue Sky Black Death (instrumental).
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
October 25 2010 13:33 GMT
#19
Doctor Helvetica posted great stuff. Madvillainy is incredible.
If you like adult swim, check out The Mouse and The Mask
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
Gann1
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1575 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 13:40:16
October 25 2010 13:38 GMT
#20
De La Soul - Stakes is High

The entire album, but especially the title track.



Also, i second the recommendations for Deltron 3030 earlier. love that album
I drop suckas like Plinko
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
October 25 2010 14:16 GMT
#21
Tonedeff
Da Grassroots
The Roots
Pharcyde
Tribe Called Quest
Heiroglyphics
Globetroddas
Kenichiro Nishihara's Humming Jazz album I think it was is pretty good if you like Jazz/Hip Hop
Non-Phixion
Celph Titled
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Y-Society
Souls of Mischief (before hieroglyphics)

Just a couple I thought would interest you.
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
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