real hip hop list

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: spliffstar69
either guru or gangstarr needs to get off list kinda like Q-tip and the tribe.

wtf? No.

 

[murphy55d]

Just gonna throw Nas out there... as IMO he is the best of the "mainstream" rappers.

 

[boomdart]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Murs
Typical Cats
Living Legends
Brother Ali
Eyedea and Abilities
Akrobatik
Mr. Lif
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Roosevelt Franklin
Blackalicious
Gift of Gab

Aesop Rock? They are such an awful group, in every way...if the others are anything like that I'm glad I don't listen to hip hop even moreso.

Papoose's alphebetical slaughter is pretty damned nice.

Personally I like Eminem's Rabbit Run song...yup...

 

[BatmanNate]

Aesop Rock
Binary Star
Del the funkee homosapien (in Deltron 3030 and the Gorillaz as well)
Outkast
Dilated Peoples
Talib Kweli
Swollen Members
A Tribe Called Quest
Antipop Consortium

I don't listen to much hip hop but if you like the underground stuff, our local radio station does a show every monday night called Ear To The Street 10pm-12am PST. You can catch it online streamed from KGRG.com. Here's their playlist from last week:

FEL SWEETENBERG w/ POESH WONDAH,DAVE GHETTO ,FURY -- THE HIERARCHY
BOOM BAP PROJECT -- THE TRADE (REMIX)
JURASSIC 5 featuring CHARLIE 2UNA -- THE BREAD WINNER
MASTA KILLA featuring RZA & U-GOD -- DIGI WARFARE
CRAIG G -- I GET SUPPORT REGARDLESS
MOBB DEEP -- SHOOK ONES PT. II
BAD FATHERS featuring BLUEPRINT, ILLOGIC & DESDAMONA -- EVOLUTION IS OUTDATED
BYRDIE -- SCATTIN
KOOL G RAP featuring CAPONE-N-NOREAGA -- MY LIFE (REMIX)
ILL BILL featuring NECRO -- NOTHIN'
ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN featuring JEAN GRAE & SLUG -- INSOMNIA 411
O.C. featuring KAI -- WORST NIGHTMARE
THE SOLUTION featuring DEFARI -- REGARDLESS
BLOCK BURNERS -- HOLD UP
NON PHIXION -- CAUGHT BETWEEN WORLDS
CNN featuring M.O.P. -- STOMPDASH*TOUTU
SIDE EFFECT -- SPITACULAR
BIZ MARKIE -- CHINESE FOOD
THE PHARCYDE -- RUNNIN'
THE PERCEPTIONISTS -- MEDICAL AID
WEBEI -- WEBE ANTHEM
DJ JS-1 & DUB-L featuring JERU THE DAMAJA -- WON'T STOP
NAUGHTY BY NATURE -- CRAZIEST (SYRUP & WATER REMIX)
YAKBALLZ -- NERD WARS
CHOPS featuring BAHAMADIA -- B-GIRL SESSION
THES ONE -- YACHT CLUB

 

[murphy55d]

Biz Markie? wow there's a name i havent heard in forever.

 

[blakeatwork]

Public Enemy - Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet were their two best
Boogie Down Productions/KRS-1 - KRS was never as good on his own without Scott.. But he did his damn best.
EPMD
Eric B and Rakim
Tribe Called Quest
The DOC (pre-Tha Chronic)


Damn... now I have to look through my LP's... aLOT of names I've forgotten..

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

You guys forgot Canibus and Binary Star.

 

[melly]

You forgot:

The Lost Boys
Beastie Boys (debatable on if they're 'true' hip hop)
Run DMC
Wu Tang Clan
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Method Man
KRS 1
Keith Murray (of The Roots)
Dr Dre

 

[sxftdeep]

Man, nobody's mentioned Tupac or Notorious B.I.G. yet? WTF?

/edit - Some more for you:

Dead Prez
Black Starr (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
Busta Rhymes (The Coming and When Disaster Strikes were awesome albums!)
Kanye West (his debut album is pretty good)
Jay-Z
Dilated Peoples

You can visit http://www.ohhla.com to find out every hip-hop artist that ever released an album. It's a lyric site, but it'll still help jive your memory and help you remember the name of that group that was on the tip-of-your-tongue for the last couple of days.

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: sxftdeep
Man, nobody's mentioned Tupac or Notorious B.I.G. yet? WTF?

I don't like them.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: melly
Keith Murray (of The Roots)

He's a member of the roots?

Anyways, he's awesome with EPMD on K.I.M.

Keith Murray, the holder of the boulder
Lyrical analyst mental roller coaster flow-er
Money folder, track blower, MC overthrower
I flow witcha two at a time, like Noah

 

[biostud]

Malk de Koijn

 

[lMlHuxley]

my local "Atmosphere" is killer

 

[LS20]

wu, tribe called quest, nas, roots, outkast, dr dre, jay z (i dont care)...

thats all the rap i listen to

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: melly
Keith Murray (of The Roots)

He's a member of the roots?

Anyways, he's awesome with EPMD on K.I.M.

Keith Murray, the holder of the boulder
Lyrical analyst mental roller coaster flow-er
Money folder, track blower, MC overthrower
I flow witcha two at a time, like Noah

Yeppers, he was a Roots guy

 

[wicktron]

Aceyalone
Abstract Rude
Pigeon John
Eligh
The Grouch
Ellay Khule AKA Rifleman
Riddlore
Nga Fish
Mikah 9
Emanon
Aloe Blacc
Lootpack
Busdriver
Pharoahe Monch

 

[wicktron]

Keith Murray is not of the Roots

 

[sxftdeep]

Originally posted by: melly

Originally posted by: sxftdeep
Man, nobody's mentioned Tupac or Notorious B.I.G. yet? WTF?

I don't like them.

Who gives a fvck?! As much as you dislike them it doesn't change the fact that they were still amazing rappers for their time and for ours now. They were real and tight (if I were to describe them like thahenchman) and left a lasting impression on the hip-hop culture.

If everything was the way you liked it, all the women on this planet would be lounging around in men's clothes all day looking like bums.
:roll:

 

[Ryuson99]

I would throw Lloyd Banks up there, 2pac, biggie, blackmoon all of Wutang

 

[ndee]

I was at the Dilated Peoples concert on Tuesday. Whoa, it rocked soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: boomdart
Aesop Rock? They are such an awful group, in every way...if the others are anything like that I'm glad I don't listen to hip hop even moreso.

WTF?
Aesop Rock's Labor Days is, in my opinion, one of the best hip hop productions ever.
Also, to keep from looking more foolish, Aesop Rock is a "him" not a "them"

 

[wicktron]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: boomdart
Aesop Rock? They are such an awful group, in every way...if the others are anything like that I'm glad I don't listen to hip hop even moreso.

WTF?
Aesop Rock's Labor Days is, in my opinion, one of the best hip hop productions ever.

And not to mention the fact that Aesop Rock is ONE person.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: boomdart
Aesop Rock? They are such an awful group, in every way...if the others are anything like that I'm glad I don't listen to hip hop even moreso.

WTF?
Aesop Rock's Labor Days is, in my opinion, one of the best hip hop productions ever.
Also, to keep from looking more foolish, Aesop Rock is a "him" not a "them"

My fav from him is Bazooka Tooth.

 

[MBony]

Great list so far. Good call on the J5!

 

[breakit23]

Oxymoran?