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Originally Posted by Ripe  OK here is a small list of really good rap / hip hop that you never see on the radio, I ** the ones that are just amazing.
underground/mainstream lyric heavy:
**Atmosphere - You Cant Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Aesop Rock
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
CunninLinguist - Will Rap For Food
Eyedea & Abilities
Soul Position - 8,000,000 Stories
classic hip hop style:
**Blackalicious - NIA, Blazing Arrow
Common - Resurrection
People Under The Stairs
A Tribe Called Quest
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Talib Kwali - Reflection Eternal
**Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Black Star -
Little Brother - The Listening
The Fugees - The Score
Jurassic 5 - Feedback
violent stuff but not G unit style:
Big Pun
Immortal Technique
Big L
**Jedi Mind Tricks - everything but the new album is just amazing
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Method Man - Tical |
I suppose I'll just never get it. I listened to the ones you flagged as "amazing", but I didn't hear anything musically innovative or at all thought provoking. It's all the same to me. Oh well.