Help me expand my rap\hip hop collection

[Mankonaut X]

Only recently I started seriously getting into rap and hip hop and I've got most of the classics, but now I want to hear some of those lesser known gems that every genre inevitably has.
To give you a bit of a guide to my taste, I love pretty much all the solo stuff Wu Tang has brought out, Nas' first album, MF Doom, Dr Octagon (though whatever the fuck he's talking about is beyond me), Mos Def\Talib Kweli and most of the classic golden age hip hop. Suggest away, my friends.

[shopping cart for brains]

the only rapper you need is biggie smalls.

but seriously, only 90s rap is any good.

[skinny love]

spank rock, the cool kids, three 6 mafia, lil wayne

[dead]

Gravediggaz

[Struwwelpeter]

Hateniggaz

[Mankonaut X]

Hateniggaz

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/ScrotalKombat/news_091.jpg
Is your source on this reliable?

[AtrainV]

spank rock

I second this. One of the better new outfits out there.

Also, as far as newer stuff goes, give these a try:

Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
Sage Francis
Eyedea & Abilities
Cage
Cadence Weapon
Clipse (not really that new, but damn)
El-P
MF Grimm
N.O.R.E. (or Noreaga & Capone)
Busdriver
Quasimoto

[Mor3BL7]

www.myspace.com/nicosuave187

maybe try some Heltah Skeltah, Non Phixion, La Coka Nostra
Jedi Mind Tricks, immortal technique, bone thugz in harmony, S.A.S

ftw

[AtrainV]

Oh, and Del tha Funkee Homosapien. His stuff is fantastic.

[Σnigma]

Albums:
Army of the Pharaohs - The Torture Papers
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

And if you don't mind rap metal, try Stuck Mojo.

[t.o.t.s.e.]

DUDE! you gotta hear some Westside Connection. They are Bomb son! also... Easy motha fuckin e!

and Dr.dre
some snoop is good
Jay-z... father of marcy!
"cough up a lung where im from, marcey son!"

lol and also people under the stairs

[Mankonaut X]

Chickety-checkin' it all out guys, thanks. Keep it comin' boooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

[skinny love]

why?, common, a tribe called quest, dalek

[Cliche Guevara]

gravediggaz if you like horrorcore and RZA before he became shitass bobby digital.
stillmatic is pretty good so is the lost tapes.

I like to sprinkle some underground shit like jedi mind tricks, demigodz, non phixion, R.A the rugged man

[Monocle]

Nothing beats a good 90's east coast rap song. This coming from a guy who ranks hip-hop/rap as his fourth favorite genre.

I used to hate all the songs that talked about bitches n hoes and 9mm's. But realized that it had the same aggression as punk and hard-rock.

[Marijuanasaurus]

tupac of course
notorious big of course
Bone thugs n harmony of course
Busta Rhymes
Chamillionaire
Cypress Hill
Dr. Dre
Delinquent Habitz
Snoop Dog
Ice Cube
Nate Dogg
Too Short
Mac Dre
Mac 10
Warren G
Xzibit
Easy E

[dij314]

you NEED cannibal ox's cold vein

[synthetikal]

Check out Mobb Deep's albums The Imfamous and Hell On Earth.

[Spier1200]

GZA - Liquid Swords
Ghostface Killah (any of his albums)
Talib Kweli and Hi Tek
The Roots
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Nujabes (if you're into jazzy hiphop)
Jean Grae and BSBD - Evil Jeanius (brilliant album by jean grae, must listen to this)
MF Grimm - Hunt for the Gingerbread Man
Kid Cudi - A kid named cudi

[EssJay]

I picked up the Soul Assassins "Chapter I" album the other day, goddamn it's fucking good, one of the best rap albums I've heard.

[Mankonaut X]

I've been going through it all slowly. Pardon the word dump below, thought I better actually reply to each one.
Didn't like Spank Rock, I'm not into that whole 'yeah I fucked this one chick' kind of music (jealousy I guess?)
The Cool Kids seem alright, I'll have to give them another listen.
Didn't like Three 6 Mafia (always thought I would too) or Lil Wayne (no surprises there lol).
Already listen to Gravediggaz, they kick ass.
Aesop Rock are reaaaaal smooth.
Didn't like Atmosphere at all but "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold" is an awesome album title :D
Didn't like Sage Francis.
I don't think it's possible for me to not like Eyedea & Abilities.
Didn't like Cage, too generic.
Cadence Weapon is pretty sweet, even if he's whinging about biters by biting one of Raekwon's metaphors lol.
Didn't like Clipse, although I really want to buy a white tux now.
El-P is pretty interesting, worth another listen at least.
I've already heard some MF Grimm, reminded me to actually get an album or two.

I'll get to the rest later, thanks a shitload guys.

[lostmyface]

lots of good groups have been listed. OP you should be set on tunes for a good bit.


check out buck 65

[Caramello Koala]

from another hip hop thread i posted in:

A Few Notable Albums From the Hip-Hop Goldmine.

Big L - Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous/The Big Picture

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale/Ironman/Supreme Clientele

GP WU - Don't Go Against the Grain

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep

GZA - Liquid Swords/Grandmasters/Words From the Genius

Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance

Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry/Fear Love & War/Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars

Method Man - Tical

Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth/The Infamous

Nas - Illmatic

Notorious B.I.G - Ready To Die

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36th Chamber

Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx

RZA/Bobby Digital - Bobby Digital in Stereo

Shyhiem - The Lost Generation/Manchild

Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory/People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm

Wu Syndicate - Wu Syndicate

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)/Iron Flag/Killa Beez: The Swarm Vol 1/The Lost Anthology/The W/Wu-Tang Clan & Friends - Unreleased/Wu-Tang Forever

[dij314]

Check out Mr Lif as well. The Def Jux label has tons of good shit.

[Σnigma]

If you're interested in rapcore (bands similar to RATM), I may recommend Stuck Mojo and Project Wyze.

[Joe Camel]

What i've really gotten into lately is the Eminem album The Re-Up.

[Mankonaut X]

What i've really gotten into lately is the Eminem album The Re-Up.

No offence but I'd rather DIEEEEE DIE DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
What's up with the tags on this thread, what's 'raphip'?

[Joe Camel]

No offence but I'd rather DIEEEEE DIE DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

It's not Eminem rapping, Its mostly rappers he signed.

[Born/Dead]

It's not Eminem rapping, Its mostly rappers he signed.

...and they all suck.


Big L, MOP.

[schnide]

Leaders of the New School

[Ambient]

Although with most of my music i find i like all the songs from artists i like; but often with rap only a few songs are good (to me).

Public Enemy- Fight The (political)

Grandmaster Flash and the furious five- The message/ White lines (political)

Biz Markie - Just Friend + Spring Again (bitches and ho's rap; but its done so tastefully).

For me you gotta check out its spring again by biz markie if u havent heard it although just a friend is more well known.

50 cent actually does a decent remix of Just a Freind called Best Friend.

[Ambient]

Oh, and Del tha Funkee Homosapien. His stuff is fantastic.

Missing Link with dinosaur jr is exelent!

[-Usernam ['e_e'] manresU-]

this might help you out

http://etalonhiphop.blogspot.com/

http://etalontriphop.blogspot.com/

my suggestions to you (from my personal collection)

Big L
DITC
Fat Joe (jealous ones envy)
Busta Rhymes (the coming and when disaster strikes )
tribe called quest
ARTIFACTS my favorite
lord finesse
onyx
da lench mob
del the funky
funkdoobiest
cypress hill
house of pain
onyx
redman (whut? the album)
quasimoto
jlive
cannibal oc
CL smooth and pete rock
people under the stairs
deltron 3030
biggie smalls
2pac (early stuff)
psycho realm
mobb deep (stuff before Amerikaz Nightmare)
jdi mind tricks
bone thugs (eternal 99 is my personal favorite)
das efx
diamond d
immortal technique
blackalicious
lords of the underground

and if you like wu -tang like I do then here are some of their affiliates

bronze nazareth
cappadonna
warcloud
killah priest
royal fam
shaheim
sunz of man
grave diggaz
tru-n-livin


plus I suggest you get the wu members singles (gza's rza's ghost's rae's meths etc albums) or atleast all of their first 2 albums

and I also suggest you get wu's mixtapes (the swarm 1, 2, 3 , and 4. All 6 wu bangas, wu tang meets indae culture, the 2 chronicle albums, teh rebuilding CD, the cream 2 cd set, rza's around the world tour or whatever it was, i forgot the name)


oh, and here are some more artists
boot camp click (and their smaller groups such as Black moon smif wessun etc +sean price)
brand nubian (sadat x etc.)
jus allah (the album with bombshot is pretty dope)
nwa
gangstarr (guru and premier)
epmd
eric sermon(from epmd)
nate dogg
necro
non phixion (and the artists singles ill bill, goretex, and sabac red ) their circle of tyrants cd is dope
too short
jeru the damaka
cage
the brotherhood
chopper reid's interview with a mad man
arsonists
krsone
ice cube
slim shady
d12's first album devils night

if I think of anymore I will add

EDIT:
AZ
rakim
young zee
gurus jazzmatazz albums
DDayONE (triphop)
DJ Krush (triphop)
biz markie
big daddy cane
cannibal Ox
freddie fox
sticky fingaz (from onyx)
hieroglyphics
juganots
people under the stairs
high and mighty
kool keith and all his identities (dr octagon is only one of them :p)
cage and esham have a few good songs
prince paul

[Staples_AOK]

Only recently I started seriously getting into rap and hip hop and I've got most of the classics, but now I want to hear some of those lesser known gems that every genre inevitably has.
To give you a bit of a guide to my taste, I love pretty much all the solo stuff Wu Tang has brought out, Nas' first album, MF Doom, Dr Octagon (though whatever the fuck he's talking about is beyond me), Mos Def\Talib Kweli and most of the classic golden age hip hop. Suggest away, my friends.

okay it seems you're open minded when it comes to rap there's definitely different colors if you get me

look check out a track called celph titled - clap (ft. kashmere the pro and oktober) it's out in the middle of nowhere in terms of undergound rap. check out zion i - bird's eye view which was like his one hit wonder

other rap I have to reccomend non phixion, jedi mind tricks, the infamous mobb, scarface, capone and noriega, big l, keep searching you'll find some beast stuff. biterphobia by eminem is better than most rap released at his recording time (1994)

[Mankonaut X]

Awesomeawesomeawesome. I've been a little slack with getting to the rest of the songs seeing as I recently invested in Saints Row 2 (excellent fun by the way), but I'll get through all of this ASAP. I definitely want to hear some more Wu Tang\Wu Tang affiliates. Thanks everyone.

[-Usernam ['e_e'] manresU-]

Awesomeawesomeawesome. I've been a little slack with getting to the rest of the songs seeing as I recently invested in Saints Row 2 (excellent fun by the way), but I'll get through all of this ASAP. I definitely want to hear some more Wu Tang\Wu Tang affiliates. Thanks everyone.

can I also suggest Jdownloader? basically you can set it up so while it's running, everytime you press ctrl+c over a link it recognizes (megaupload, rapidshare, media fire links etc) it adds to a small que, after you are done copying links, go to the window that popped up and accept the packages. It will do all else to download the files, it automates the whole process of not having premium accounts and make it much less of a pain.

i use albumhunt and albumwash, i believe albumbase is being rebuilt. they run slow, but worth the time because you can find some really hard to find stuff on there. warez-bb sometimes has good stuff. But always check for discography torrents before moving onto warez, it's just much easier. and yeah, etalon's hip hop and trip hop site came through very well combined with the jdownloader.

oh. and get Craig Mack, i forgot about him up there.

[Mankonaut X]

NORE was meh.
Busdriver! I remember his song from Tony Hawk Underground. Good stuff.
Quasimoto...I'll get back to you on that one.

Bedtime and then some, I'll be back for the rest later.