Underground Hip Hop

Hi TangerinO, welcome to bluelight. :)

I ran a lil' search and found another thread which might interest you, so I merged the two. :)
 
I laugh my ass off at some of what peeps are saying here....


where's the ground to be under?


If we are all talking about it... u know..... I'm just kiddng



Back in the day.... niggaz wanted to be the best RAPPER... rapping is what an MC does....


now a days, there has to be a distinction between the "RAP GAME" and "Hip-Hop"



Fuck the game.... cause that's all it is... "Hip-Hop" is a culture, a REAL way of expression...

"R.E.A.L. meaning 'Rhymes Equal Actual Life'" (KRS One)


So fuck the Rap Game
 
Nice, thank you Tribal :) It interests me greatly :D

Also I'm actually from Australia, Canberra to be exact, but lately have been getting into hip hop from all over the world. Rhyme Asylum have just specifically caught my eye. Poison Penmanship, a track by them, is probably my favourite verse I've ever heard and I've been listening to hip hop for years now.
 
 
Killah - motha fuckin' - Priest


HE KILLS EVERYTHING.... 12 solo albums since 2003.... His first album, "Heavy Mental" is a timeless classic... you will see

2001-2003 his own stuff was nice, but he was hain' troubless with the Wu management and what not...

When he came back with "The Offering" in 2007 (Another timeless classic) he was tight with all Wu nation and BROUGHT THE PRIESTHOOD

He was a new man... he will be the first to say it...

And during the time before that he was doing HRSMN, Macabeez, Black Market....

The dudes he is collabin' with ARE OFF THE FUCKING CHIZZLE

not to mention collaboration with "The Horsemen" (Canibus, Kurupt and Ras Kass)

The Macabeez, ALmighty, Black Market Militia, Sunz of MAn

And MAD guest appearances....



PEEP ALL THAT SHIT

then tell me whats underground


I'll leave you with this:

From the album "The Offering" - "Standstill" (Killah Priest feat. Immortal Technique and Bloodsport)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GErQWeR8CXI

HE is a beast... THE BEST LYRICIST OUT THERE

Original S.I.N. with Almighty is ILL!!!
 
 
alright fuckers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e7YwtCHPQ8 (Whisky Blanket- anyone heard of him?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSi7voW7Hc (the Visionaries)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obFUir5_efE (KRONDON -black albino dude)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKRDGWg6zs&feature=fvw (pacewon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbFVp6ifTOw (organized Konfusion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umwwSzN_aFA (Floyd the Locsmif)

Damn i didn't even know people on BL listened to dope music...... seriosly check this shit^ out if you wanna hear the best music ever.

And big ups to Dead Prez and Dilated Peoples... those fools kill it
 
alright well word, i got one more by RA the Rugged Man for yalls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyiA5cxjG0



ps. I just listened to Buck65; unique style, This guys actually pretty dope...

Buck 65 is by far my favourite hip hop artist, reppin Nova Scotia and blending hip hop with rock, blues, country, he's got such a unique sound.
Buck 65 - Pants on Fire
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This is an aside,
but does anyone dig how certain rappers,
regardless of being serious mainstream sellers,
will ALWAYS manage to sound underground
in a mix, particularly if the rest of the mix is
predominately instrumental tracks or (!) electronica?

I guess that is (one part of the Gnjus that is...) Kool Keith's appeal.


"I collaborate with so many people."

"Who do you like to work with?" I asked in my awkwardly patronising way.

"I like rock bands, they just come in and let you do what you want to do. They just hand you an envelope and smoke weed and roll up a bong…"

Kurt cut in: "Did you just say roll up a bong?”

"Yeah," continued Keith,
ignoring him,
"they just roll they things and let you do what you want.
I work with some producers and they want me to conform to the project. A lot of these artists have requests, they want me to rap about a leaf for the whole song. These rock bands pay me out the ass, like ten grand and I can rap about my ass or taking a shit and they like it."

A list of Kool keith's alias's:
NSFW:
KEITH THORNTON – His real name.
KOOL KEITH – His rapper name.
KEITH TURBO – He used this alias for the Keith Turbo track from the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
KEITH TELEVASQUEZ – He used this alias on Clifton with Motion Man on the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
KEITH KORG – His Analog Brothers alias.
MATTHEW – Keith’s middle name and alias for a full LP.
DR. SPERM – Known to be his first alias as a rapper.
DR. OCTAGON – C’mon, you know this one.
DR. ULTRA – He was Dr. Ultra in the “Five Deadly Venoms” Sprite commercials.
DR. DOOOM – He created this character with sick rhymes and a goal of killing Dr. Octagon.
BLACK ELVIS – Dr. Dooom’s twin. Created for the Columbia Records album.
POPPA LARGE – He’s Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.
MR. GREEN – He used this alias on the back cover of Ultra’s Big Time LP.
MR. GERBIK – The dangerous 208 year old uncle of Dr. Octagon. Half Shark Alligator Half Man.
MR. ORANGE – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
MC BALDYLOCKS – Unknown right now.
THE FOURTH HORSEMAN – He considered himself The Fourth Horseman on the Ultramagnetic MC’s Four Horsemen LP.
BLONDE MAN – He referred to himself as Blonde Man in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
CLEAN MAN – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
SHARK MAN – Another name for Mr. Gerbik.
ELEPHANT MAN – From 1996 to 1998 he always said he planned on releasing an album under the alias Elephant Man.
ALIEN MAN – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
JIMMY STEELE – He referred to himself as Jimmy Steele in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
WILLIE BIGGS – He used this alias in the track Still The Best from the Sex Style LP. He also used it on the back cover of Ultra’s Big Time LP.
BIG WILLIE SMITH – He released a limited EP with the Beat Terrorists under this alias.
WILLIE NATURAL – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
REVEREND TOM – He first used this alias on the track Fat Lady from Ultra’s Big Time LP and later used it on Thee Undatakerz LP.
MIKE STANLEY – He uses this alias in DJ Sooky's Riddim Warfare LP.
LARRY LOPEZ – He used this name with Heather Hunter for “Toot Toot Hey Beep Beep”.
THE X – He used this name on the inside cover of the Ultramagnetic MC’s Four Horsemen LP.
RHYTHM X – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP.
X-CALIBER – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP.
X-74 – He used this alias in the song Kick a Dope Verse by the Cenobites
FLY RICKY THE WINE TASTER – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
RICO FROM PUERTO RICO – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
FUNK IGNITER PLUS – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP, and he still uses this alias.
ROBBIE ANALOG – He used this alias to make fun of the RZA on the inside cover of Dr. Dooom’s LP.
SINISTER 6000 – He used this alias on Automator’s A Better Tomorrow.
CRAZY LOU – He Used this name as the guns and ammo salesman in Weapon World from Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves.
LONNIE HENDREX – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
LIGHT BLUE COP – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
THE KID IN THE COMMERCIAL – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
JOE KINGPIN – He used this alias in the track Still The Best from the Sex Style LP.
BLACK LINEN – He used this alias in the track Silk Suit, Black Linen from the Masters of Illusion LP. Motion Man was Silk Suit.
ELVIN PRESLEY – He gave away cards at concerts. The cards had a picture of him with the name Elvin Presley.
DELI BOY – He was called Deli Boy in the comedy/porn “Sex For Life Too”.
SK8 JOHNSON – He used this alias in the Bootleg Skater videos.
PLATNINUM RICH – One the Diesel Truckers, along with The Funky Redneck.
EXOTRON GEIGER COUNTER ONE PLUS MEGOTRON – He used this alias on Marley Marl In Control in 1989. He also used a longer version. He also used this alias in Ultramagnetic MC’s track Traveling At The Speed Of Thought.
ACTIVITY – This was his name when he was with the NYC Breakers
EXXON – He gave away cards at concerts. The cards had a picture of him with the name Exxon.
CAPTAIN KOOL – This was an alias he was supposed to use according to Liveonerecords.com.
CAPTAIN BLACK – This was an alias he was supposed to use according to Liveonerecords.com.
EXOTRON GEIGER COUNTER ONE GAMA PLUS SEQUENCER – He used this alias on Marley Marl In Control in 1989. He also used a shorter version.
ROBERT PERRY – He used this alias for the track Robert Perry from his Lost Masters LP.
JOHN CLAYBORNE COUSIN OF JIMMY HICKS – He used this alias on the Clayborne Family LP with Marc Live and Jacky Jasper.
MR. NOGATCO – Released an album under this name with Izreal.
TASHAN DORRSETT – Supposed to release an album under this name with DJ Junkaz Lou.
NAQUAN aka UNDERWEAR PISSY - Alias on the NEW Ultramagnetic MC's album, "The Best Kept Secret".
THE BEST MC IN THE WORLD – That’s just what he is.


Other people I find this applies to are
mainstream artists like AZ, Jeru The Damaja
+ (ducks) Q-Tip?

Does anyone else get this?


(+ Jeru clips caus he's dope_ )

El Presidente


99.9%

Billy Jean

Has anyone mentioned Cyne?
 
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UnSquare said:
This is an aside,
but does anyone dig how certain rappers,
regardless of being serious mainstream sellers,
will ALWAYS manage to sound underground
in a mix, particularly if the rest of the mix is
predominately instrumental tracks or (!) electronica?

I guess that is (one part of the Gnjus that is...) Kool Keith's appeal.


"I collaborate with so many people."

"Who do you like to work with?" I asked in my awkwardly patronising way.

"I like rock bands, they just come in and let you do what you want to do. They just hand you an envelope and smoke weed and roll up a bong…"

Kurt cut in: "Did you just say roll up a bong?”

"Yeah," continued Keith,
ignoring him,
"they just roll they things and let you do what you want.
I work with some producers and they want me to conform to the project. A lot of these artists have requests, they want me to rap about a leaf for the whole song. These rock bands pay me out the ass, like ten grand and I can rap about my ass or taking a shit and they like it."

A list of Kool keith's alias's:
NSFW:
KEITH THORNTON – His real name.
KOOL KEITH – His rapper name.
KEITH TURBO – He used this alias for the Keith Turbo track from the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
KEITH TELEVASQUEZ – He used this alias on Clifton with Motion Man on the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
KEITH KORG – His Analog Brothers alias.
MATTHEW – Keith’s middle name and alias for a full LP.
DR. SPERM – Known to be his first alias as a rapper.
DR. OCTAGON – C’mon, you know this one.
DR. ULTRA – He was Dr. Ultra in the “Five Deadly Venoms” Sprite commercials.
DR. DOOOM – He created this character with sick rhymes and a goal of killing Dr. Octagon.
BLACK ELVIS – Dr. Dooom’s twin. Created for the Columbia Records album.
POPPA LARGE – He’s Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.
MR. GREEN – He used this alias on the back cover of Ultra’s Big Time LP.
MR. GERBIK – The dangerous 208 year old uncle of Dr. Octagon. Half Shark Alligator Half Man.
MR. ORANGE – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
MC BALDYLOCKS – Unknown right now.
THE FOURTH HORSEMAN – He considered himself The Fourth Horseman on the Ultramagnetic MC’s Four Horsemen LP.
BLONDE MAN – He referred to himself as Blonde Man in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
CLEAN MAN – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
SHARK MAN – Another name for Mr. Gerbik.
ELEPHANT MAN – From 1996 to 1998 he always said he planned on releasing an album under the alias Elephant Man.
ALIEN MAN – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
JIMMY STEELE – He referred to himself as Jimmy Steele in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
WILLIE BIGGS – He used this alias in the track Still The Best from the Sex Style LP. He also used it on the back cover of Ultra’s Big Time LP.
BIG WILLIE SMITH – He released a limited EP with the Beat Terrorists under this alias.
WILLIE NATURAL – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
REVEREND TOM – He first used this alias on the track Fat Lady from Ultra’s Big Time LP and later used it on Thee Undatakerz LP.
MIKE STANLEY – He uses this alias in DJ Sooky's Riddim Warfare LP.
LARRY LOPEZ – He used this name with Heather Hunter for “Toot Toot Hey Beep Beep”.
THE X – He used this name on the inside cover of the Ultramagnetic MC’s Four Horsemen LP.
RHYTHM X – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP.
X-CALIBER – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP.
X-74 – He used this alias in the song Kick a Dope Verse by the Cenobites
FLY RICKY THE WINE TASTER – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
RICO FROM PUERTO RICO – This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
FUNK IGNITER PLUS – He first used this alias in the track Funk Radio from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up LP, and he still uses this alias.
ROBBIE ANALOG – He used this alias to make fun of the RZA on the inside cover of Dr. Dooom’s LP.
SINISTER 6000 – He used this alias on Automator’s A Better Tomorrow.
CRAZY LOU – He Used this name as the guns and ammo salesman in Weapon World from Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves.
LONNIE HENDREX – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
LIGHT BLUE COP – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
THE KID IN THE COMMERCIAL – This was one of his characters in the Livin’ Astro video.
JOE KINGPIN – He used this alias in the track Still The Best from the Sex Style LP.
BLACK LINEN – He used this alias in the track Silk Suit, Black Linen from the Masters of Illusion LP. Motion Man was Silk Suit.
ELVIN PRESLEY – He gave away cards at concerts. The cards had a picture of him with the name Elvin Presley.
DELI BOY – He was called Deli Boy in the comedy/porn “Sex For Life Too”.
SK8 JOHNSON – He used this alias in the Bootleg Skater videos.
PLATNINUM RICH – One the Diesel Truckers, along with The Funky Redneck.
EXOTRON GEIGER COUNTER ONE PLUS MEGOTRON – He used this alias on Marley Marl In Control in 1989. He also used a longer version. He also used this alias in Ultramagnetic MC’s track Traveling At The Speed Of Thought.
ACTIVITY – This was his name when he was with the NYC Breakers
EXXON – He gave away cards at concerts. The cards had a picture of him with the name Exxon.
CAPTAIN KOOL – This was an alias he was supposed to use according to Liveonerecords.com.
CAPTAIN BLACK – This was an alias he was supposed to use according to Liveonerecords.com.
EXOTRON GEIGER COUNTER ONE GAMA PLUS SEQUENCER – He used this alias on Marley Marl In Control in 1989. He also used a shorter version.
ROBERT PERRY – He used this alias for the track Robert Perry from his Lost Masters LP.
JOHN CLAYBORNE COUSIN OF JIMMY HICKS – He used this alias on the Clayborne Family LP with Marc Live and Jacky Jasper.
MR. NOGATCO – Released an album under this name with Izreal.
TASHAN DORRSETT – Supposed to release an album under this name with DJ Junkaz Lou.
NAQUAN aka UNDERWEAR PISSY - Alias on the NEW Ultramagnetic MC's album, "The Best Kept Secret".
THE BEST MC IN THE WORLD – That’s just what he is.


Other people I find this applies to are
mainstream artists like AZ, Jeru The Damaja
+ (ducks) Q-Tip?

Does anyone else get this?


(+ Jeru clips caus he's dope_ )

El Presidente


99.9%

Billy Jean

Has anyone mentioned Cyne?
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rza does this too
 
oneswtwld said:
rza does this too
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Fo' sho.
I'd like to get a list together.
It probably is one of the best indications
of whether a rapper actually is *nebulous term* underground...
I'mean,
if they can pull off sounding underground while
selling through the roof.
 
Ahhhhh. Shit. I've been real big into the whole Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All crew recently.

http://www.oddfuture.com

You can download all the group's albums, which have all been released in 2010, except for one mixtape in 2008(?). Check out Earl Sweatshirt's Earl, Tyler's Bastard, and Domo Genesis' Rolling Papers.

Overly talented teenage kids from Cali. The beats are fucking sick, the rhymes are charmingly adolescent, yet flawless, and it flows like swag.

Earl's rapping is all over the place. Topics such as rape, coke, underage driving, and killing cops come across less vile than they do like fantasy. It's really something to behold.

Top songs I'm digging from the crew at the mo'.
Tyler, The Creator - Splatter
Tyler, The Creator - French
Earl's Sweatshirt - Earl
Earl's Sweatshirt - Luper
Earl's Sweatshirt - Couch
Domo Genesis - Super Market

SWAG
 
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