i trust you have all the latest mf doom output? stuff like king geedorah, madvillain & viktor vaughan... not quite as gllitchy and obnoxious as some of the def jux stuff (which to my ears sounds like geeky white boys hit the studio in an effort to make rap)
yeah def jux used to be tight but they've kinda fallen offf.....
Cop that old company flow (elp and big jus) its the cd that jump started elp's insane production. Also look check out.....................................................
Binary Star (one man army and one of the other subterraneous members)
Micranots (havent heard their new one but it supposed to be tight)
Diverse (some tight production by RJD2 and prefuse ) recorded like two blocks from my crib)
Urban Renewal program (another tight choclate industries production) compilation includes mos def, diverse, dose one
Mole Men (chicago producers with a lot of talent at least a couple great cds)
Juice (good chi-town battle emcee)
Murs and 9th wonder (great production by pete rocks protege combined with murs laid back style)
Little Brother ( amazing production from 9th wonder, and good rhymes from his two boys (not biological )
Typical Cats (another chicago group, tight jazzy production and decent flows)
Nobody has mentioned the Anticon label yet, so...
check out Sole, Alias, Sage Francis, Non Prophets, Themselves, Buck 65, Jel... Pick up the Anticon compilation that just came out for a good sampling.
And randomly off the top of my head:
Sixtoo, RJD2, Qwel (of typical cats)
El-P - Highwater, Madvillain, King Geedorah, MF Doom, Jaylib, Big Jus,
Prefuse 73, Cannibal Ox, Company Flow, Dan the Automator (Deltron, Handsome Boy, Dr. Octagon, etc)
hullo, dont forget to pick up your complimentary pineapple and personalized "i wuv architecture" keychain at the door,
also I dont know what constitutes "underground" anymore but:
Aesop Rock [hooray for skizophrenic rap!] Big L [erm various yeah, well he got dead ages ago so maybe a comp disk?] Nobody [Soulmates!] Zioni [Mind Over Matter, yep] Quannum [Quannum Spectrum, one time colaboration w/ blackalisious, souls of mischief, etc,.] Mr Lif [i Phantom, Enters the Colossus] Afu Ra [Body of the Life Force and then seemed to fall off?] Dj Lingustical [good disk] Swollen Members [Bad Dreams]
i used to be heavily into the anticon label, but i ended up realizing they're just a bunch of whiny white boys with a lot of talent. cLOUDDEAD is amazing yet i lost theyre cd i also havent heard theyre new cd yet........should i rebuy theyre old cd or get the new one?....also the deep puddle dynamics cd is amazing. Interestingly i went to this Mic Wars show in providence (shitty battle that i got to go to for free...do not pay for such a thing!!!!) and alias was on of the emcees. He was horrible (freestyling is not his thing), obnoxious 12 year olds were practically roasting him yet he some how won (it was rigged)
Aesop is great yet his older stuff is a lot better than anything on that shitty bazooka tooth release (a common trend among most emcees)....even labor days is a lightyears ahead, or behind? Also qwel isnt good at all.....Hes defintiley the weakest of the typical cats and only tolerable on that cd, yet somehow he had the best solo release of those 3. Ive also seen him live various times and its quite annoying, he makes up the most ridiculous words. Maybe i just dont like fat white rappers who think theyre hardcore.\
In the end dont get fooled by the underground...There is a bunch of talent out there, yet there is also so much garbage. some people think that just because someone is "underground" then theyre good. Trust me i went to school with a bunch of white kids who are all trying to be rappers. A couple of my friends are talented and produce good beats, however there arent any good rappers around to flow over them. Most people with talent will actually get recognized and become somewhat popular...dont get me wrong i know the the condition of the mainstream and hip pop, but in the end the golden age of hip hop was the early to mid 90's and we're already past that. Theyre def. are going to be rappers who step up with original ideas and concepts yet hip hop isnt what it used to be...Theyre becomes a time (in architecture and art, or anything) when everythings been done and a barrier is hit, we just have to find a way to get past this barrier and create something new....
yes- although the underground offers another option from that of the commercial "rap" music. in that- this thread is pretty impressive. i've shied (sp?) away from hip hop due to the recent commercialism, bigotry, masoginy, and straight b.s. found on alot of labels these days. and everyone wants to shoot, kill, maim, sling, be a ladies man and magically not do the bid. i understand the plight of the young black man in the urban area, but there are many other ways out- other ways to get to where you have to go.
and another issue for all you wannabe thugs:98% of you "thugs" out there are really not thugs, gangstas or whateva other comparison to scarface you want to live up to be. a person who doesnt need any reason to kill for the name of their pride, money, sex, or straight studipidity is a thug. wassim-el-akhbin from iraq with an m-16 ready to kill anyone for the name of allah- now THATS a thug. no fear. if ya so tuff- go to iraq and practice what you preach.
otherwise, leave hip hop to artists and shut the f up....
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, I'm a fuckin Rapper an' I might kill you.
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, Rap's more deadly than fuckin KungFu.
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, from Bristol Zoo, to B&Q
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, I saw it in a documentry on BBC2
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
good lord now i remember why i stopped hanging out with my fellow architects...
nuff respect to el-p's empire... but even he admitted he (and his audience) slept on jay-z
this seems like a Talib Kweli crowd... and maybe some of you got Dizzee Rascal's brilliant album...
but it's all about Texas right now... and all are 'thuggish' except Devin...
Devin the Dude
Paul Wall
Chamillionaire
Slim Thug
If you're not up on Ghostface I don't know what to do... but the Theodore Unit is an underground classic in the making...
When she walks down the street then she walks like John Wayne
i just see her pissing standing up again
it dont make no sence when you see her here and there
She got a cock and balls with real pubic hair
with a single eye that sometimes weeps
since shes lyin on her bed then she rubs it on the sheets
saw her rub against the door or the back of your neck
if your mothers around then you make her double check
i hate to tell you with all due respect
take your mother to the doctors cos' her front bum's recked
You know why?
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Come on Wembly)
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Your Mothers got a Penis)
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Put your hands in the air Wembly)
Your Mothers got a Penis
Welsh rappers Goldie lookin Chain still rulin the airwaves.
I love that Dizzee video. I hope he makes it here in the states. UK spin on Hip Hop is really interesting and a lot better than where most of U.S. rap is going at this point. I'm sick of those Ying Yang Twins/Lil Jon tracks, no substance to them at all. Breakbeat just isn't what it used to be in the 90's. Dizzee has some hot beats and it appears he can put down the rap. I think he has to tone down his Jamaican sounding accent before he becomes more accepted in the US. Its really hard to understand him sometimes. Good find on the video.
believe me dizzee's success (or lack thereof) in the states has nothing to do with his accent...
look at the success of dancehall djs (mcs) and the ascension of reggaeton rappers.
the lil jon/crunk tracks ARE as cutting edge as the grime stuff it's just that jon repeats himself too much.
as far as 'no substance'...
FORM = CONTENT for many of the greatest pop tunes of all time...
including lil jon stuff!
no question though... dizzee brings interesting content and style to the rap game... lil jon doesn't make great rap records but (some of them) are great records
dizzee's happy talk track would not have happened without jay-z's annie sample on hard knock life
dangermouse's production style would not exist without dj premier and timbaland
what this has to do with architecture... i have no idea.
i stick to the basics: its where u all come from
(i guess im a purist)
dj premier
Gangstarr (earlier stuff, again)
a tribe called quest
de la soul
prince paul --- tha MAN like corbu
nas/jay-z the earlier stuff is amazing, especially
Although a lot of the new underground is a turn off since its more of an intellectual-based-try-to-be-as-clever-as-damn-possible style (i.e. jedi mind tricks... etc)
but there are some that can REALLy make music: here they are
project blowed
abstract rude
aceyalone
7L esoteric
hmm.. cant think of much
---this is the stuff people will be studying in colleges/literature classes in the future.... i guarantee it... (they are the james joyces among People Magazine writers)
Dizzee ... I think it is way too early to talk about his success of the lack thereof. The man is only 19 years old. I would argue that he has been rather successful thus far. Just the fact that people in the US heard of him is a pretty big accomplishment considering he's been in the UK underground all this time. Just 2 years ago, very few people knew of the UK underground, much less cared for it. I sure as hell didn't. Now Dizzee can be found in Ecko advertisements.
Accent is only one side of the card for Dizzee. cleaning it wouldn't guarantee him success here in the states but it would help. Its hard to listen to something if you don't understand it. His following in the US, albeit its small, is remarkable. I mean, he's a young guy from the UK going against some music's biggest juggernauts. US is the birthplace of rap, he has a lot of work to do in order to build credibility for british rap. He has talent, I really like that video above. He has some really hot beats too, Jus' a Rascal and Fix Up Look Sharp are prime examples. If he plays his cards right I think he has a chance to make a dent in the music industry. He may never be widely known in the US but he may pave the way for other british rap stars to make it here. Time will only tell. Just the fact that he is a huge fan of Nirvana, one of my favorite groups, makes him cool in my book.
FLOWSIK <<< check it out..
my friends actually know him and he's pretty well known in nyc right now.
grew up in flushing queens. he's korean yea, theres actually another rapper named Jin but he's more a popstar .. but yea, everyone check it out, the man has lot to say..
D-Styles - Phantazmagorea (Really deep dark Turntablism)
Dilated Peoples
Swollen Members
Freestyle Fellowship
Aesop Rock
RJD2
SoleSides Greatest Bumps (4LP) - DJ Shadow, Latryx, Blackalicious
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
The Beat Junkies - DJ Babu, DJ Melo-D, Rhettmatic, Shortkut
get some of the scion mixtapes..they are usually free at events/etc stores......might even be able to get one at the dealership..haha... but they support alot of hip hop stuff.....
i've been to a few scion shows...seen dj.premier/jazzy jeff/etc...
did eyedea drop an album...i know he won a few times at scribble jam in cinci...... rhymefest album is dope.... my friend did his music video... koneerok.com.... he's working on a video for me....dope......
mc invincible... she's a dope mc from detroit..album dropping soon too..... pickup the platinum piped pipers album... detroit cats..my friend saadiq is one of the cats on there......
i try to get the detroit names out there since it's soo damn hard to get any support here in the D......
A friend in Seattle got me hooked on Blue Scholars and Common Market
Others that I listen to that have probably been mentioned:
Blueprint/RJD2/Soul Position
Lyrics Born
Blackalicious
The Coup
Some of Michael Franti and Spearhead could fall under hip-hop
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Good underground Hip-Hop
Can you give me a clue?
right now am on (all downloaded last 2 weeks)
- antipop consortium
- def jux
- jedi mind tricks
- klashnekoff
Post yours (even if its mainstreamers)
i trust you have all the latest mf doom output? stuff like king geedorah, madvillain & viktor vaughan... not quite as gllitchy and obnoxious as some of the def jux stuff (which to my ears sounds like geeky white boys hit the studio in an effort to make rap)
yeah def jux used to be tight but they've kinda fallen offf.....
Cop that old company flow (elp and big jus) its the cd that jump started elp's insane production. Also look check out.....................................................
Binary Star (one man army and one of the other subterraneous members)
Micranots (havent heard their new one but it supposed to be tight)
Diverse (some tight production by RJD2 and prefuse ) recorded like two blocks from my crib)
Urban Renewal program (another tight choclate industries production) compilation includes mos def, diverse, dose one
Mole Men (chicago producers with a lot of talent at least a couple great cds)
Juice (good chi-town battle emcee)
Murs and 9th wonder (great production by pete rocks protege combined with murs laid back style)
Little Brother ( amazing production from 9th wonder, and good rhymes from his two boys (not biological )
Typical Cats (another chicago group, tight jazzy production and decent flows)
gotta go but i'll post some more shit later
Nobody has mentioned the Anticon label yet, so...
check out Sole, Alias, Sage Francis, Non Prophets, Themselves, Buck 65, Jel... Pick up the Anticon compilation that just came out for a good sampling.
And randomly off the top of my head:
Sixtoo, RJD2, Qwel (of typical cats)
El-P - Highwater, Madvillain, King Geedorah, MF Doom, Jaylib, Big Jus,
Prefuse 73, Cannibal Ox, Company Flow, Dan the Automator (Deltron, Handsome Boy, Dr. Octagon, etc)
Btw, this is my first post, so.. hello everyone.
hullo, dont forget to pick up your complimentary pineapple and personalized "i wuv architecture" keychain at the door,
also I dont know what constitutes "underground" anymore but:
Aesop Rock [hooray for skizophrenic rap!]
Big L [erm various yeah, well he got dead ages ago so maybe a comp disk?]
Nobody [Soulmates!]
Zioni [Mind Over Matter, yep]
Quannum [Quannum Spectrum, one time colaboration w/ blackalisious, souls of mischief, etc,.]
Mr Lif [i Phantom, Enters the Colossus]
Afu Ra [Body of the Life Force and then seemed to fall off?]
Dj Lingustical [good disk]
Swollen Members [Bad Dreams]
and my personal favorite:
cLOUDDEAD
other stuff, cant think....
oh yeah and Thirston Howl III "I still live with my moms" ha ha ha best song ever.
check out this guy K-os from canada
i used to be heavily into the anticon label, but i ended up realizing they're just a bunch of whiny white boys with a lot of talent. cLOUDDEAD is amazing yet i lost theyre cd i also havent heard theyre new cd yet........should i rebuy theyre old cd or get the new one?....also the deep puddle dynamics cd is amazing. Interestingly i went to this Mic Wars show in providence (shitty battle that i got to go to for free...do not pay for such a thing!!!!) and alias was on of the emcees. He was horrible (freestyling is not his thing), obnoxious 12 year olds were practically roasting him yet he some how won (it was rigged)
Aesop is great yet his older stuff is a lot better than anything on that shitty bazooka tooth release (a common trend among most emcees)....even labor days is a lightyears ahead, or behind? Also qwel isnt good at all.....Hes defintiley the weakest of the typical cats and only tolerable on that cd, yet somehow he had the best solo release of those 3. Ive also seen him live various times and its quite annoying, he makes up the most ridiculous words. Maybe i just dont like fat white rappers who think theyre hardcore.\
In the end dont get fooled by the underground...There is a bunch of talent out there, yet there is also so much garbage. some people think that just because someone is "underground" then theyre good. Trust me i went to school with a bunch of white kids who are all trying to be rappers. A couple of my friends are talented and produce good beats, however there arent any good rappers around to flow over them. Most people with talent will actually get recognized and become somewhat popular...dont get me wrong i know the the condition of the mainstream and hip pop, but in the end the golden age of hip hop was the early to mid 90's and we're already past that. Theyre def. are going to be rappers who step up with original ideas and concepts yet hip hop isnt what it used to be...Theyre becomes a time (in architecture and art, or anything) when everythings been done and a barrier is hit, we just have to find a way to get past this barrier and create something new....
yes- although the underground offers another option from that of the commercial "rap" music. in that- this thread is pretty impressive. i've shied (sp?) away from hip hop due to the recent commercialism, bigotry, masoginy, and straight b.s. found on alot of labels these days. and everyone wants to shoot, kill, maim, sling, be a ladies man and magically not do the bid. i understand the plight of the young black man in the urban area, but there are many other ways out- other ways to get to where you have to go.
and another issue for all you wannabe thugs:98% of you "thugs" out there are really not thugs, gangstas or whateva other comparison to scarface you want to live up to be. a person who doesnt need any reason to kill for the name of their pride, money, sex, or straight studipidity is a thug. wassim-el-akhbin from iraq with an m-16 ready to kill anyone for the name of allah- now THATS a thug. no fear. if ya so tuff- go to iraq and practice what you preach.
otherwise, leave hip hop to artists and shut the f up....
some little kids rapping at the Times Sq Subway station (get it, underground hip-hop)
I've been into Minus After. They recently released a 12" on Selective Hearing Committee.
Beans! of Antipop. He's brill.
Scott Heron is brill too.
hmmm. Push Button Objects and Req are really good.
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, I'm a fuckin Rapper an' I might kill you.
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, Rap's more deadly than fuckin KungFu.
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, from Bristol Zoo, to B&Q
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do, I saw it in a documentry on BBC2
http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
M A N T R O N I X
hmm, http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=Scott+Heron+televised+
a standard 'novelty politics' hit from the 70's
supposedly paris had ug 'tude'... i wouldn't know, myself... and I haven't listened to hip hop since it died ca '94.
Rap's more deadly than fuckin KungFu. True for those who adopt the 40malted driving habit :-)
good lord now i remember why i stopped hanging out with my fellow architects...
nuff respect to el-p's empire... but even he admitted he (and his audience) slept on jay-z
this seems like a Talib Kweli crowd... and maybe some of you got Dizzee Rascal's brilliant album...
but it's all about Texas right now... and all are 'thuggish' except Devin...
Devin the Dude
Paul Wall
Chamillionaire
Slim Thug
If you're not up on Ghostface I don't know what to do... but the Theodore Unit is an underground classic in the making...
please buy Cormega's albums!
http://riogood.blogspot.com/
http://riogood.blogspot.com/2004/08/only-good-deyoung.html
http://riogood.blogspot.com/2004/08/peeping-round-corners-my-minds-playing.html
the xm radio show subsoniq on channel 43 (xmu) is amazing...
check it out if you can
i've been listening to prefuse 73
and latest pole with fat jon
none of these make it in the
subsoniq show - they're more
hip hop than blip hop
Living Legends
Raging Family/Genus Pro
the new handsome boy modeling school album cover...
http://riogood.blogspot.com/
i'll have more info on the album tomorrow...
pretty much all the stuff on quannum records:
lyrics born, gift of gab, blackalicious, lateef the truth speaker
antimc and radioinactive on mush records
2nd's on cLouddead mentioned above, same with prefuse 73, scott herron, and savath & savalas (which is not really hip-hop, but good)
the first three tracks of roots - tipping point
new rob sonic from def jux
When she walks down the street then she walks like John Wayne
i just see her pissing standing up again
it dont make no sence when you see her here and there
She got a cock and balls with real pubic hair
with a single eye that sometimes weeps
since shes lyin on her bed then she rubs it on the sheets
saw her rub against the door or the back of your neck
if your mothers around then you make her double check
i hate to tell you with all due respect
take your mother to the doctors cos' her front bum's recked
You know why?
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Come on Wembly)
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Your Mothers got a Penis)
Your Mothers got a Penis
(Put your hands in the air Wembly)
Your Mothers got a Penis
Welsh rappers Goldie lookin Chain still rulin the airwaves.
http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/
MC Hawking http://www.mchawking.com
check out http://www.pitchfork.com
great music reviews...they'll keep you up to date on neat stuff.
errr.. I mean
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com
mc paul barman??...maybe?
maybe not 'good' but certainly entertaining...and witty.
A while ago I shot some photos for Danger Mouse & Jemini.. don't know much about them as I don't listen to a lot of hip hop.. but I liked these guys.
I love that Dizzee video. I hope he makes it here in the states. UK spin on Hip Hop is really interesting and a lot better than where most of U.S. rap is going at this point. I'm sick of those Ying Yang Twins/Lil Jon tracks, no substance to them at all. Breakbeat just isn't what it used to be in the 90's. Dizzee has some hot beats and it appears he can put down the rap. I think he has to tone down his Jamaican sounding accent before he becomes more accepted in the US. Its really hard to understand him sometimes. Good find on the video.
believe me dizzee's success (or lack thereof) in the states has nothing to do with his accent...
look at the success of dancehall djs (mcs) and the ascension of reggaeton rappers.
the lil jon/crunk tracks ARE as cutting edge as the grime stuff it's just that jon repeats himself too much.
as far as 'no substance'...
FORM = CONTENT for many of the greatest pop tunes of all time...
including lil jon stuff!
no question though... dizzee brings interesting content and style to the rap game... lil jon doesn't make great rap records but (some of them) are great records
dizzee's happy talk track would not have happened without jay-z's annie sample on hard knock life
dangermouse's production style would not exist without dj premier and timbaland
what this has to do with architecture... i have no idea.
http://riogood.blogspot.com/
hm
i stick to the basics: its where u all come from
(i guess im a purist)
dj premier
Gangstarr (earlier stuff, again)
a tribe called quest
de la soul
prince paul --- tha MAN like corbu
nas/jay-z the earlier stuff is amazing, especially
Although a lot of the new underground is a turn off since its more of an intellectual-based-try-to-be-as-clever-as-damn-possible style (i.e. jedi mind tricks... etc)
but there are some that can REALLy make music: here they are
project blowed
abstract rude
aceyalone
7L esoteric
hmm.. cant think of much
stay true to what hip hop is..
Also a MUST LISTEN TO IS:
the FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP
---this is the stuff people will be studying in colleges/literature classes in the future.... i guarantee it... (they are the james joyces among People Magazine writers)
its just madness. LISTEN TO IT!
beatbasement.com keeps me goin in studio
aceyalone, people under the stairs
well, architects can discuss music too, no?
Dizzee ... I think it is way too early to talk about his success of the lack thereof. The man is only 19 years old. I would argue that he has been rather successful thus far. Just the fact that people in the US heard of him is a pretty big accomplishment considering he's been in the UK underground all this time. Just 2 years ago, very few people knew of the UK underground, much less cared for it. I sure as hell didn't. Now Dizzee can be found in Ecko advertisements.
Accent is only one side of the card for Dizzee. cleaning it wouldn't guarantee him success here in the states but it would help. Its hard to listen to something if you don't understand it. His following in the US, albeit its small, is remarkable. I mean, he's a young guy from the UK going against some music's biggest juggernauts. US is the birthplace of rap, he has a lot of work to do in order to build credibility for british rap. He has talent, I really like that video above. He has some really hot beats too, Jus' a Rascal and Fix Up Look Sharp are prime examples. If he plays his cards right I think he has a chance to make a dent in the music industry. He may never be widely known in the US but he may pave the way for other british rap stars to make it here. Time will only tell. Just the fact that he is a huge fan of Nirvana, one of my favorite groups, makes him cool in my book.
what's up with DJ SPOOKY...has he hit your city yet?...not hip hop...I've never listened to him...his theory or music...what are your thoughts?
FLOWSIK <<< check it out..
my friends actually know him and he's pretty well known in nyc right now.
grew up in flushing queens. he's korean yea, theres actually another rapper named Jin but he's more a popstar .. but yea, everyone check it out, the man has lot to say..
flowsik.com
My current Underground Hip-Hop Favourites:
D-Styles - Phantazmagorea (Really deep dark Turntablism)
Dilated Peoples
Swollen Members
Freestyle Fellowship
Aesop Rock
RJD2
SoleSides Greatest Bumps (4LP) - DJ Shadow, Latryx, Blackalicious
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
The Beat Junkies - DJ Babu, DJ Melo-D, Rhettmatic, Shortkut
Prefuse 73
http://www.prefuse73.com/home.shtml
paris-the devil made me do it
def jef-black to the future
intelligent hoodlum
x-clan- to the east blackwards
luv rjd2, jurassic 5
original slum...fantastic voyage 2
j-dilla
esham for that underground acid rap
practically most of the 90's stuff
tribe
de la
common
mos def
public enemy
epmd
then old school
dana dane
slick rick
big daddy kane
etc
let me dig through my collection later
b
go local Underground HH (for your own area less you have no real culture)
Drunken Immortals
Brad B
Insects
Antedote
Feebels
Grime
Anglo Saxon
Ave of the Arts Crew
Cordec
Sonorus
PS all the big names you put are mostly sell outs ;p
PS good is relative, never forget. respect to the individual and uniqueness of each 1
the stronger the anti imperialist message the better the underground hh.
i thought i only knew the intelligent hoodlum.... forgot about that album.....
i liked craig mack for a a quick second..... i think he ghost writes for puffy though because the style is there.....
my friend baatin from slum village is droppin his solo album in may/june.,.... i got him in my clothing line....dopeness......
b
get some of the scion mixtapes..they are usually free at events/etc stores......might even be able to get one at the dealership..haha... but they support alot of hip hop stuff.....
i've been to a few scion shows...seen dj.premier/jazzy jeff/etc...
b
no has mentioned:
Atmosphere
did eyedea drop an album...i know he won a few times at scribble jam in cinci...... rhymefest album is dope.... my friend did his music video... koneerok.com.... he's working on a video for me....dope......
mc invincible... she's a dope mc from detroit..album dropping soon too..... pickup the platinum piped pipers album... detroit cats..my friend saadiq is one of the cats on there......
i try to get the detroit names out there since it's soo damn hard to get any support here in the D......
cryzko
Hieroglyphics and Deltron!
strange fruit project
there is a really good Underground Anti-Bush/War Mixtape on alt.binaries.mp3.sounds.hiphop-underground now
if you don't know how to get on the usenet this tutorial may help: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php
A friend in Seattle got me hooked on Blue Scholars and Common Market
Others that I listen to that have probably been mentioned:
Blueprint/RJD2/Soul Position
Lyrics Born
Blackalicious
The Coup
Some of Michael Franti and Spearhead could fall under hip-hop
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
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