I have £100 what underground albums would you recommend with that money?

[rip.dilla]

If you haven't got these already, I recommend:

Q-Tip/The Renaissance

J Dilla/Donuts

Masta Ace/A Long Hot Summer

Reflection Eternal/Train Of Thought

Talib Kweli/Eardrum

Slum Village/Fantastic Vol. 2

Pete Rock & CL Smooth/The Main Ingredient

Rawkus Presents Sound Bombing II

Slum Village/Fantastic Vol. 1

Madvillainy/Madvillain

Raekwon/Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

N.E.R.D/In Search Of... (Studio Version)

 

[RuffDraft]

CYNE - Evolution Fight
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Fashawn - Boy Meets World
Kendrick Lamar - The Kendrick Lamar EP
Common - Resurrection
Cradle Orchestra - Velvet Ballads
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange, Dirty Acres
Dela - Changes of Atmosphere
Del - Deltron 3030
Pigeon John - ... and the Summertime Pool Party
Jazz Liberatorz - Clin d'oeil
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
K-Os - Joyful Rebellion, Yes!, Atlantis: Hymns for the Urban Disco
Kno - Death is Silent
The Left - Gas Mask
RJD2 - Dead Ringer

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Highlight the ones you haven't listened to and I'll tell you why they deserve your money :tu

Congratulations on your exams.

 

[_Menace_]

Killuminati 7 Day Theory
Illmatic
All Eyes On me
Me Against The Worl
Stillmatic
The Documentary.
Ready to die
Straight Outta Compton
Paid In Full
Reasonable doubt

 

[MastaAceTheGOAT]

CYNE - Evolution Fight

Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe

Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens

Fashawn - Boy Meets World

Kendrick Lamar - The Kendrick Lamar EP

Common - Resurrection

Cradle Orchestra - Velvet Ballads

CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange, Dirty Acres

Dela - Changes of Atmosphere

Del - Deltron 3030

Pigeon John - ... and the Summertime Pool Party

Jazz Liberatorz - Clin d'oeil

Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

K-Os - Joyful Rebellion, Yes!, Atlantis: Hymns for the Urban Disco

Kno - Death is Silent

The Left - Gas Mask

RJD2 - Dead Ringer



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Highlight the ones you haven't listened to and I'll tell you why they deserve your money :tu

Congratulations on your exams.

thanks, i havent heard those ones.

 

[beats&rhymes]

Here's a few in my opinion classic underground albums off the top.

K-otix - Universal
Athletic Mic League - Sweats And Kicks
Rasco - Time Waits For No Man
Zion I - Mind Over Matter
One Be Lo - SONOGRAM
Oddisee - Mental Liberation
Diamond District - In The Ruff
Juggaknots - Re Release
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Mr Lif - Enters The Colossus
Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
Lightheaded - Pure Thoughts
Decompoze - Decomposition
John Robinson - Who Is This Man?

 

[thedesolateone]

canibus-rtj2
anything by goobs

 

[princetavern]

Killuminati 7 Day Theory

Illmatic

All Eyes On me

Me Against The Worl

Stillmatic

The Documentary.

Ready to die

Straight Outta Compton

Paid In Full

Reasonable doubt

Could you please name the artists to these albums? They're so underground that I don't even recognize any of the titles.

 

[traestar]

Loving the lists here, but if I were you (I'm waiting for Tax money), I'd go for some new albums/material!

http://www.sandboxautomatic.com/
http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/recommended_albums.asp

 

[jackthemack]

Could you please name the artists to these albums? They're so underground that I don't even recognize any of the titles.

ROFL what an idiot that dude is. Naming Pac and Nas albums

 

[jackthemack]

Most of the underground albums I got are instrumentals.

 

[traestar]

ROFL what an idiot that dude is. Naming Pac and Nas albums

And Jay-Z, don't forget, lol

 

[traestar]

Most of the underground albums I got are instrumentals.

And there's absolute nothing wrong with that, there are alot of classic instrumental albums out there!!

 

[RuffDraft]

thanks, i havent heard those ones.

Binary Star were a Hip Hop group formed in 1998, members One Be Lo and Senim Silla, they formed during their time in a correctional facility.

Masters of The Universe is a remixed version of their first album, Waterworld. It's filled with great rhymes and beats and 'realness', it's highly regarded among most heads in the underground and an essential for any collection, IMO.

[video=youtube;FnD_CXnXEB8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8[/video]

Cradle Orchestra released a great album back in 2009, entitled "Velvet Ballads" they put the soul in music that year with guest artists Talib Kweli, Black Thought, CL Smooth and O.C. They created a great album for chilled out listening, well worth a purchase, IMO.

[video=youtube;ad5O_8KC4_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad5O_8KC4_I[/video]

Dela released some peoples favourite album of 2008, 'Changes of Atmosphere' is another collaboration album featuring J. Live, J. Sands, Talib Kweli, Termanology, Blu, Large Professor and more. I listened to this quite a few times in 2008 and really enjoyed it, check out some of the cuts and see what you think :tu

[video=youtube;UDn-l7ZEdwU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDn-l7ZEdwU[/video]

Jeru The Damaja - Sun Rises in the East is an album completely produced by DJ Premier, with one of the best emcee's of the 90's in the underground, Jeru rocks the mic with merciless rhymes that many people still regard as one of the albums of the greatest year of hip hop, 1994.

[video=youtube;DU1fMJYaXks]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU1fMJYaXks[/video]

Kno - Producer of the CunninLynguists made a solo album last year that was in many peoples top 10's... strongly regarded as one of the best producers in the underground, Kno showed his prowess on the mic and produced an introspective album that is definitely worth checking :tu

[video=youtube;Jin2k3p9A9c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jin2k3p9A9c[/video]

The Left - Gas Mask has a thread here.

RJD2 - Dead Ringer - if you buy any album on my list, this is the one I'd say to cop. Classic Album, Godly producer, RJD2 builds beats that are mastered beyond many producers abilities. He has about 6 classic cuts on this album, IMO. Some of which can be heard below:

[video=youtube;rVqAdIMQZlk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVqAdIMQZlk[/video]

[video=youtube;SPuv6QE28yc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPuv6QE28yc[/video]

[video=youtube;Eq38_MFTEm0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq38_MFTEm0[/video]

Here's a few in my opinion classic underground albums off the top.

K-otix - Universal
Athletic Mic League - Sweats And Kicks
Rasco - Time Waits For No Man
Zion I - Mind Over Matter
One Be Lo - SONOGRAM
Oddisee - Mental Liberation
Diamond District - In The Ruff
Juggaknots - Re Release
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Mr Lif - Enters The Colossus
Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
Lightheaded - Pure Thoughts
Decompoze - Decomposition
John Robinson - Who Is This Man?

Bolded are worth a purchase too, I can c/s for them. Especially Y Societies, that's a great album.

 

[_Menace_]

Could you please name the artists to these albums? They're so underground that I don't even recognize any of the titles.

lol stfu.

i didnt know he meant underground

 

[RuffDraft]

lol stfu.
i didnt know he meant underground

lol to be fair to you, it wasn't in the thread title at the time! But it is The Essence (underground and independent hip hop), good that you're stopping by Menace :tu

[video=youtube;NWmdUC5rVE8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWmdUC5rVE8[/video]

or anything by j-live

J-Live is dope, can't go wrong with him, agreed. But I can think of better producers albums he could go for...

I like Cool Kids stuff but sometimes think the beats, whilst original, are sometimes repetitive. The Bake Sale was an example of that. Definitely a nice sound though :tu

 

[beats&rhymes]

@ RuffDraft
Travel at your own pace is a mad slept on album, one of the better albums I've bought in recent years. You need to check some of the other albums if you have not already. Don't sleep!!!! That Dela Album is dope, Jazz libz? I'm impressed, You got me on some good stuff in the past, That Cyne album Evolution Fight is very nice indeed. Good lookin with the recommendations.

 

[RuffDraft]

@ RuffDraft
Travel at your own pace is a mad slept on album, one of the better albums I've bought in recent years. You need to check some of the other albums if you have not already. Don't sleep!!!! That Dela Album is dope, Jazz libz? I'm impressed, You got me on some good stuff in the past, That Cyne album Evolution Fight is very nice indeed. Good lookin with the recommendations.

I only have Travel at your Own Pace, and agreed, it's a fucking amazing album from the beats to the rhymes, one of the better albums of the 00's. But I don't have any of the other albums, what are they???

Yeah, Dela album was one of my favourites of 2008 and Jazz Libz was flawlessly produced (Clin D'Oeil), I have another from them, Fruits of the Past I think it might be called but there were some from the other album on it as well, so I didn't play it as much as Clin.

No probs Beats, I enjoy puttin' people on and having people put me on as well, if it's not blogs, sites or forums, it's Essence Heads putting me on!! Always was back in 2004 when I first started peeping The Essence instead of The Reason. It was a whole new world - lol.

 

[beats&rhymes]

I only have Travel at your Own Pace, and agreed, it's a fucking amazing album from the beats to the rhymes, one of the better albums of the 00's. But I don't have any of the other albums, what are they???

Yeah, Dela album was one of my favourites of 2008 and Jazz Libz was flawlessly produced (Clin D'Oeil), I have another from them, Fruits of the Past I think it might be called but there were some from the other album on it as well, so I didn't play it as much as Clin.

No probs Beats, I enjoy puttin' people on and having people put me on as well, if it's not blogs, sites or forums, it's Essence Heads putting me on!! Always was back in 2004 when I first started peeping The Essence instead of The Reason. It was a whole new world - lol.

When hip hop started to take a nose dive towards the end of the 90's, I became disheartened until a friend of mine put me on to a whole bunch of new artists and I never looked back. My love for underground hip hop grew from there. Damn, that was a long ass time ago, good memories. Anyway these are some of the artists. Pretty old and might not be your thing but hey check them out anyway. PEACE!!!

[video=youtube;12Y-iVzo3H4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Y-iVzo3H4[/video]

[video=youtube;gtmuuSan18I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtmuuSan18I[/video]

[video=youtube;-BZ-DBuXTEg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BZ-DBuXTEg[/video]

[video=youtube;m0UJKs0mo88]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UJKs0mo88[/video]

[video=youtube;pGyz9TFepjY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGyz9TFepjY[/video]

Pretty old and might not be your thing but hey check them out anyway. PEACE!!!

 

[RuffDraft]

When hip hop started to take a nose dive towards the end of the 90's, I became disheartened until a friend of mine put me on to a whole bunch of new artists and I never looked back. My love for underground hip hop grew from there. Damn, that was a long ass time ago, good memories. Anyway these are some of the artists. Pretty old and might not be your thing but hey check them out anyway. PEACE!!!

Pretty old and might not be your thing but hey check them out anyway. PEACE!!!

Props, I've got the Juggaknots release, which is a great listen as well as JMT which was hailed as the greatest underground album release ever on the Essence, pre-upgrade x 2. I'm a big fan of Lif's - check my latest Essence Essentials; but the last two artists, k-otix in particular - I've never checked for, so massive props on that one!! Sounds dope, I'm going to have to check for more :tu Rasco sounds decent too, I'll check for that release from the video. Props! :tu

As for how you got into the underground, that's dope. None of my friends like my music, which is why I've always had to resort to boards for discussion. I know what you mean though, hip hop just got stale after a few years of being into it and it was time for a change, I'm just glad I found the independent lane rather than retiring from hip hop as I know old posters had back in the day.

 

[pingpong]

If it hasn't been mentioned already, Little Brother - The Minstrel Show. I still bump that album regularly years after I copped it. Classic shit.