Rec me some rap/hip hop that is...

[Cøltøn]

A.) Angsty/depressing/serious in the same vein as Eminem (Til I Collapse, Lose Yourself, When the Music Stops, Stan, Beautiful, etc etc.).

B.) Chill/summer-y/feel good in the same vein as Asher Roth (I Hate College, Lark on my Go-Kart, etc.), Samuel "Wiz" Adams or Small Time Crooks.

C.) Just overall good/different stuff such as B.o.B

My hip hop and rap collection is pretty pitiful so I'm trying to get some good shit. Rec away!

[IntoTheSun]

Isn't Asher Roth kind of, you know, terrible? But okay.

Out of the few I've listened to Saul William's self titled remains my favorite, but Black Star and Madvillainy are good too. Ghostface's Fishscale is decent, but I don't play it quite as much.

[Wobbie]

Sage Francis, P.O.S., Atmosphere, Gavin Castleton, Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Brother Ali, Murs, Felt, just to name a few.

[barkingincision]

Qwel and Raekwon are absolute musts. your hip hop needs help!

look up Galapagos 4 as well. do it.

[DogSizedBird]

Saul Williams.

and this...
http://myspace.com/skullfukkaz

[kbi the crowing]

A.) Angsty/depressing/serious in the same vein as Eminem (Til I Collapse, Lose Yourself, When the Music Stops, Stan, Beautiful, etc etc.).

B.) Chill/summer-y/feel good in the same vein as Asher Roth (I Hate College, Lark on my Go-Kart, etc.), Samuel "Wiz" Adams or Small Time Crooks.

C.) Just overall good/different stuff such as B.o.B

My hip hop and rap collection is pretty pitiful so I'm trying to get some good shit. Rec away!

You will not be sorry for listening to this album, it can cover most if not all the things you are looking for.

http://styrofoamdrone.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/0d842c5f3b4f091a74be2a1fbf55.jpeg

[the seventeenth]

P.o.s.

[stereokiller]

I like Eminem's new single. Haha.

[Deadbolt23]

Dessa.

[ThisIsNotDan]

P.o.s.

hah

[Guern1ca]

"lol"

[Sloth7]

Isn't Asher Roth kind of, you know, terrible? But okay.

Out of the few I've listened to Saul William's self titled remains my favorite, but Black Star and Madvillainy are good too. Ghostface's Fishscale is decent, but I don't play it quite as much.

Saul Williams.



For the most part, I can't stand most hip hop/rap music, but good call, Saul Williams is pretty excellent.

[murrich]

Busta Rhymes, for every category.

[drevans18]

Talib

[Sarcasm]

lol "I Hate College"

Chiddy Bang

[Cameronisonfire]

Bone Thugs N Harmony
Also check out Chiddy Bang and all the Doomtree artists.

[Auals]

You will not be sorry for listening to this album, it can cover most if not all the things you are looking for.

(Hilltop Hoods CD Cover)


I live in Australia, the Hilltop Hoods are treated like gods here. I understand their contributions to the australian scene and everything but they still drive me nuts, I can't stand them. And they're touted by the most terrible of white trash as deities.

/rant.

[the seventeenth]

hah
:-p

[yayitsjoe]

lupe fiasco.

[oddwithoutend]

Good call on Saul.

[MILFCORE]

Kid Cudi (definitely!), Wale

and ewww, Asher Roth. he's horrible.

[MrOctober430]

Little Brother's The Listen

[maxvsmaradona]

D671znPDOCU

/thread

[3eb23]

An accessible rec that could be an easy transition based on what you're looking for in "A.)" would be Game. Listen to "We Ain't" from The Documentary. It's got Em and you like him; I think you'll dig it. If you like that track just get the record. Check out "My Life" from LAX too, it's got that serious vibe and I'd recommend that album too. Other people you might want to look into are Obie Trice, Ludacris, Kanye and T.I. With Obie, you should check out both Cheers and Second Rounds On Me. With Kanye, listen to all his records but the last one. And check out T.I. and Luda's more recent stuff. These kind of artists are mainstream and are really talented as well. I think they could help launch your hip hop listening experience. I'd recommend them before just trying to jump from Eminem listening into underground hip hop.

[kbi the crowing]

I live in Australia, the Hilltop Hoods are treated like gods here. I understand their contributions to the australian scene and everything but they still drive me nuts, I can't stand them. And they're touted by the most terrible of white trash as deities.

/rant.

Haha I'm glad there's a culture difference here.
Not many people know them here.

& honestly they just have some of the most clever lyrics I've ever heard and their beats are pretty awesome, too.
But I might have a different stance if I lived over there like you.

[Chris92]

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[Illadelphia]

Mos Def, Murs, Kanye West, Binary Star, Cannibal Ox, Saul Williams, Big L, Little Brother, the Roots, the Pharcyde. Maybe not all the specific stuff you're looking for, but they're all great.

[Neo Cassady]

C.

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[owiseone35]

Listeon to some Common too, he is great.

[EvilZeppelin]

for chill I found Shwayze - Self-titled pretty good.
I also like a bit of Kid Cudi.

[LPcatitoRJA]

Mod Sun = happy hip hop

[JCSurf27]

A.) Angsty/depressing/serious in the same vein as Eminem (Til I Collapse, Lose Yourself, When the Music Stops, Stan, Beautiful, etc etc.).

B.) Chill/summer-y/feel good in the same vein as Asher Roth (I Hate College, Lark on my Go-Kart, etc.), Samuel "Wiz" Adams or Small Time Crooks.

C.) Just overall good/different stuff such as B.o.B

My hip hop and rap collection is pretty pitiful so I'm trying to get some good shit. Rec away!

if you want to listen to good rap hip/hop stop listening to Asher Roth. Get on that Wu-Tang and Wale to start with or go old school with some Jurassic 5 and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangstarr (R.I.P Guru)

[Star Slight]

Yeah, a lot of what has been said.
I'd think you'd really like Chiddy Bang, they're pretty accessible/sample a lot of artists.
Just to restate a few and add some:
Wale, The Roots, Kanye, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest or Q-Tip, De La Soul, Nas, Wu Tang Clan and all their solo acts, specifically Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and GZA, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Outkast

[flask]

cliche answer but this song is too good.

xRTsL6nqcGM

[youngz]

Chill: sound providers, flying lotus, dumbfoundead
angryish : nov8rz
overall: son of ran

[TinMan20]

Sleep Close Death

[Mochem]

Pigeon John

[zachff]

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Hilltop Hoods -- all of it.

[DogSizedBird]

For the most part, I can't stand most hip hop/rap music, but good call, Saul Williams is pretty excellent.

I'm the same way. I have yet to find another hip-hop artist as moving as he is.

[SomedayTheFire]

Isn't Asher Roth kind of, you know, terrible? But okay.

Out of the few I've listened to Saul William's self titled remains my favorite, but Black Star and Madvillainy are good too. Ghostface's Fishscale is decent, but I don't play it quite as much.
Checked out Saul Williams just because, have to say I like.

[Castle Builders]

Listen to Iller than Theirs and The Coup

[Brand-new-123]

Inverse, and I back the recommendation of Pigeon John.

[Burn_Burn_Burn]

http://i37.tinypic.com/152hqmh.jpg

[2's&3's]

J. Cole, Fashawn, Bun B, Consequence, Outkast, and Clipse.

[hobointhenite]

OPTIMUS RHYME
it is ridiculous nobody knows them

[ohmessylife]

Madlib (Quasimoto)
Lushlife
Louis Logic
Common Market
Fat Lip
Peanut Butter Wolf
People Under the Stairs

[desiguerilla]

1) people need to get past that concept that asher is that frat rap, he had one fuckin single like that, he is acknowledged by his peers that he is a genuine hip hop artist, people like talib and lupe wouldnt associate with this dude if he wasnt legit. sammy adams, on the other hand, is clowny frat rap made for college kids. dont compare asher to him, 90% of the people who diss asher on this website have only listened to "i love college"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7iLtXeZKk4&feature=related

2) angry rap? listen to jedi mind tricks, immortal technique, army of the pharaohs, yelawolf. keep listenin to eminem too.

3) feel good rap? curren$y, wiz khalifa, chiddy bang, wale, diggy simmons, cool kids, j cole, XV

4) overall? wu tang clan and any solo efforts from its members including GZA, ghost, meth, raek. i also recommend clipse. i also like drake but thats just me.

[Star Slight]

1) people need to get past that concept that asher is that frat rap, he had one fuckin single like that, he is acknowledged by his peers that he is a genuine hip hop artist, people like talib and lupe wouldnt associate with this dude if he wasnt legit. sammy adams, on the other hand, is clowny frat rap made for college kids. dont compare asher to him, 90% of the people who diss asher on this website have only listened to "i love college"



Agreed, the new Mixtape wasn't bad at all

[Wobbie]

I live in Australia, the Hilltop Hoods are treated like gods here. I understand their contributions to the australian scene and everything but they still drive me nuts, I can't stand them. And they're touted by the most terrible of white trash as deities.

/rant.
Amen!! I fucking hate the Hilltop Hoods.

[Auals]

Amen!! I fucking hate the Hilltop Hoods.

Glad to find someone else who feels the same way, almost everyone I know acts like they're godsends.

On that same token, I don't listen to much hip-hop/rap. Minus Asher Roth, Jay-Z, Eminem, some B.O.B. apart from that I stay away from the scene.

The australian scene, especially the gigs that revolve around these types of artists are terrible places to be, they're not fun shows to sit through because of the people that are there.

[BoysNightOutie]

If it hasn't been said Big L, Big Pun's Capital Punishment album, GZA, Lauryn Hill, there's more but half the fun is discovering it yourself.

[BoysNightOutie]

cliche answer but this song is too good.

xRTsL6nqcGM

I only enjoy this dude on How To Make It In America.

[Lycareth]

I just recently discovered Shad and I love it, don't see how he was under the radar, can't wait for a new album1Moge_dQPeU
Also, P.O.S. put a rekindling faith in hip hop for me

[The Indigo]

Thread should be retitled: Hip-hop for people who don't actually like hip-hop. There are some decent recs in here but it's a near travesty some albums haven't been mentioned yet.

The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready 2 Die
Jay-Z - The Blueprint, The Black Album, American Gangster
Kanye West - Everything he's ever made
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II, Da Drought 3, Tha Carter III, No Ceilings
Nas - Stillmatic (I like Stillmatic more, but get Illmatic too)
T.I. - King, Paper Trail
J. Cole - The Warm Up

Also, P.O.S. is sooooo bad and AP.net pimps him out like he's some kind of hip-hop savior. Drake and J. Cole are saving hip-hop, not shitty P.O.S.

[ThisIsNotDan]

Drake and J. Cole are saving hip-hop, not shitty P.O.S.

:lol::lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[The Indigo]

:lol::lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Have you even heard their mixtapes, or have you just heard "Forever," decided it was lame, and then creamed all over the Travis Barker remix?

[ThisIsNotDan]

Have you even heard their mixtapes, or have you just heard "Forever," decided it was lame, and then creamed all over the Travis Barker remix?

I don't listen to J Cole, but saying that Drake is saving hip-hop in any way, shape or form is just laughable. yeah I enjoy the So Far Gone mixtape, but everything he's done since has been pretty awful. he isn't really doing anything revolutionary or really out of the box, and he tries to sound like Weezy (if Weezy wasn't fried off of syrup) on a lot of his songs. like, I can dig him but he really isn't all that amazing.

and I know that this website acts like POS is the only good rapper ever, but the man IS lyrically talented, saying otherwise is pretty ignorant.

[ohmessylife]

Thread should be retitled: Hip-hop for people who don't actually like hip-hop. There are some decent recs in here but it's a near travesty some albums haven't been mentioned yet.

The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready 2 Die
Jay-Z - The Blueprint, The Black Album, American Gangster
Kanye West - Everything he's ever made
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II, Da Drought 3, Tha Carter III, No Ceilings
Nas - Stillmatic (I like Stillmatic more, but get Illmatic too)
T.I. - King, Paper Trail
J. Cole - The Warm Up

Also, P.O.S. is sooooo bad and AP.net pimps him out like he's some kind of hip-hop savior. Drake and J. Cole are saving hip-hop, not shitty P.O.S.


Dude, you're funny. At least you posted Biggie, Nas, and Jay (even though you didn't list his best albums).

[The Indigo]

I don't listen to J Cole, but saying that Drake is saving hip-hop in any way, shape or form is just laughable. yeah I enjoy the So Far Gone mixtape, but everything he's done since has been pretty awful. he isn't really doing anything revolutionary or really out of the box, and he tries to sound like Weezy (if Weezy wasn't fried off of syrup) on a lot of his songs. like, I can dig him but he really isn't all that amazing.

and I know that this website acts like POS is the only good rapper ever, but the man IS lyrically talented, saying otherwise is pretty ignorant.
Do yourself a favor and download The Warm Up. It's got to be one of the best hip-hop works of the last few years. RIYL, Kanye West, Tupac, and Eminem.

Drake's non-sequitor style is influenced by Weezy's, yes, but his is more focused and pre-meditated. Plus, he's got the star power to actually save hip-hop. Since Wayne took over the game (about 2006), there hasn't been a legit major star, one hit wonders galore, but no real progressive rapper. Drake is that. His style represents a natural progression and builds off the major stars off the previous decade (Kanye's love for musically complex beats, Weezy's lyrical style, Jay-Z's star power and ability to make an "event" out of himself).

POS's flow is awful and his lyrics are bland. He's technically proficient, but he never really gives you a punch to the gut like all great rappers do. He samples punk rock bands and he tours with Brand New/Manchester Orchestra, which is really the only reason he gets so much hype on this site.

[Star Slight]

Have you even heard their mixtapes, or have you just heard "Forever," decided it was lame, and then creamed all over the Travis Barker remix?

As a fan of both Drake and J. Cole, I stand by what he said.

:lol:

[ThisIsNotDan]

Do yourself a favor and download The Warm Up. It's got to be one of the best hip-hop works of the last few years. RIYL, Kanye West, Tupac, and Eminem.

Drake's non-sequitor style is influenced by Weezy's, yes, but his is more focused and pre-meditated. Plus, he's got the star power to actually save hip-hop. Since Wayne took over the game (about 2006), there hasn't been a legit major star, one hit wonders galore, but no real progressive rapper. Drake is that. His style represents a natural progression and builds off the major stars off the previous decade (Kanye's love for musically complex beats, Weezy's lyrical style, Jay-Z's star power and ability to make an "event" out of himself).

POS's flow is awful and his lyrics are bland. He's technically proficient, but he never really gives you a punch to the gut like all great rappers do. He samples punk rock bands and he tours with Brand New/Manchester Orchestra, which is really the only reason he gets so much hype on this site.

yes, there's no doubt Drake is going to become a star, but what exactly is he saving hip hop from? corny rhymes? autotune/goofy singing? substanceless hits? he's got all of that. and he isn't exactly a rapper I think of as uh..."progressive".

[The Indigo]

yes, there's no doubt Drake is going to become a star, but what exactly is he saving hip hop from? corny rhymes? autotune/goofy singing? substanceless hits? he's got all of that. and he isn't exactly a rapper I think of as uh..."progressive".
If you've paid attention to the past ten years of hip-hop, yes, Drake is a progression. When I say he's going to "save" hip-hop, I mean keep it viable, keep it moving forward. I'm not sure exactly what your definition of "substanceless" is, but half the point of hip-hop isn't what a person says, but how they say it, especially as hip-hop becomes more and more infused with pop.

[ThisIsNotDan]

If you've paid attention to the past ten years of hip-hop, yes, Drake is a progression. When I say he's going to "save" hip-hop, I mean keep it viable, keep it moving forward. I'm not sure exactly what your definition of "substanceless" is, but half the point of hip-hop isn't what a person says, but how they say it, especially as hip-hop becomes more and more infused with pop.

meh. I guess only time will tell...

[ohmessylife]

This is scary...

[Numero10]

The Roots, Kanyeezy, Kid Cudi, Drake and Common