90TilInfinity
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I know I'm in the right place when I see someone post Pac - Me Against the World and not All Eyez on Me, lol.
Nice post. I always recommend newcomers to hip-hop these two albums:
Blackstar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Blackstar and Mos Def - Black on Both Sides.
I feel like these two have some great, intellegent messages told in a pretty clear, simplistic (compared to some Wu ish at least) lyrical style, pretty much perfect for anyone just starting out.
Definitely check out The Roots - Illadelph Halflife and A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (& Low End Theory) afterwards along with the LPs in siddx's list. For some modern classics, I can't recommend Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens, Elzhi - The Preface and Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 highly enough.
Hey bros. I know this question might be out there and random as shit but I'm going to have some balls and admit it. I haven't really dived deep into rap. Granted growing up under my Mom Dukes roof. I was beatin' in the head with nothing but Gospel music. My Mom (Black) is an hardcore fundamental Christian. My Pops (white and Puerto Rican) was more into the hip hop, latino music. My parents were seperate growing up. So anything not Gospel music my Mom kept out her house. I'm 24 and recently now that I have been of age and made choices for myself and totally eliminated all that religious nonsense.
I want to get into some hip hop. The real meat of hip hop. Not the modern mainstream. Granted I got into this type of hip hop because I was surrounded by it through the peeps I hang with. So I'm familiar with mainstream shit like Drake (my avatar), Kanye, Jay-Z, B.o.B., Lil Wayne, Big K.R.I.T. and I recently picked up some serious hip hop legends like Biggie Smalls first album and Big Pun first album. I've been nodding to both of their albums for a minute now.
Listening to 808s & Heartbreak right now. I'm really liking this album by him.
All in all. I wanted to know if you guys can give me some recommendations for underground or past underground hip hop artists work that was on some beast mode and not some of the weak sauce shit that happens when these hip hop artists go mainstream.
Any help would be appreciated. Trying to be diverse as possible. I like all genres. Be country, hip hop, pop, R&B, jazz, songwriter, alternative, classic rock, etc.
I love music.
Thanks, homies.
Nice post. I always recommend newcomers to hip-hop these two albums:
Blackstar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Blackstar and Mos Def - Black on Both Sides.
I feel like these two have some great, intellegent messages told in a pretty clear, simplistic (compared to some Wu ish at least) lyrical style, pretty much perfect for anyone just starting out.
Definitely check out The Roots - Illadelph Halflife and A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (& Low End Theory) afterwards along with the LPs in siddx's list. For some modern classics, I can't recommend Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens, Elzhi - The Preface and Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 highly enough.