>Introduction:
http://i.imgur.com/ak3kotb.jpg
>East Coast Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/dy51TBV.jpg
>West Coast Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/Vn0uEi8.jpg
>Southern Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/S7V9Z2B.jpg
>Memphis Rap
http://i.imgur.com/3LPJQMf.jpg
>Experimental Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/VoSMBtN.jpg
>Instrumental Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/JmOjo6n.jpg
>Historically Significant:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ewEzXRHj8LGvUB3g9QbnIK_m89I2Q5Y2LzsgqKOG6Xg/edit#gid=0
>Recent Hip-Hop:
http://i.imgur.com/11hUMwf.jpg
I listened to "A Piece Of Strange" for the first time today. Currently listening to it for a second time. I don't know why I slept on this album for so long. It's fucking impeccable.
>>64022247
Check out Southernunderground and Oneirology as well if you enjoyed A Piece Of Strange
>>64022235
uzi is seriously going to be the next big thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEU5nYXdPf0
>>64022443
I certainly will. I was surprisingly blown away by A Piece Of Strange.
good times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juZFiBbtIvk
>>64023058
Nice friend.
This guy used to go under the moniker of "100s". He changed his name to Kossisko because apparently he didn't want to be forever known under his pimp routine. He's doing pretty different stuff these days but I love it and I want to get his name out there. It's not exactly what I'd call straight up hip hop. Maybe more R&B influenced than anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NICvvbY_VF0
I gave this album a proper thorough listen through the other day. It was my first time listening to it all the way through. While some of it was enjoyable and good to listen to, I just can't help but feel like the production feels very dated and unpolished.
I might go back and give it another listen but very few of the tracks felt like they stood up today. Only songs like "Express Yourself", "Fuck Tha Police" "Dope Man" and maybe a couple of others still sound good to me. I know it's all subjective, but it just felt so empty..? I don't know how to describe it. I guess I'm used to more modern hip hop being more thoroughly polished? It definitely feels less layered compared to the likes of more modern albums.
Someone posted this in a general a week or two back and I fell in love with it first listen. Definitely a must if you're into that conscious sorta stuff.
Started listening to Eminem again recently and decided to actually give Obie Trice a listen. This guy is underrated as fuck imo. Cheers is a great album and it definitely has that distinctive early 2000s Em production feel on it.
>>64023993
I remember checking this album out when I was really into Em. Haven't listened to any Em album in a few years but I still listen to this occasionally. Bad Bitch is such a great song.
>>64024012
It's not even just the album man. His voice is fantastic for hip hop. Apparently shady records aren't too good at promoting their artists though. I'll definitely be listening to this more and more this year. I'm glad I took a chance to listen to it.
>>64023721
Yah, that shit is primitive. Dre was much more capable on The Chronic. That stark feel kind of works tho.
>>64024089
Yeah man. I'm a huge fan of 2001 and I think it sounds impeccable and definitely holds up to more modern works.
What are some really instrumentally dense hip hop albums? I'm talking layers, multiple different beats per song, all different kinds of instruments/electronic production etc.
Who's hyped for The Impossible Kid? Rings and Blood Sandwich were both great.
>>64024154
You heard Clouddead? Some of the most interesting hip-hop beats I've heard.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H43ZE8_v5I
>>64024172
Pretty excited. As an Aesop amateur I'm excited anyway. So far I've only listened to Labor Days and it's becoming one of my all time favourite albums.
>>64024196
Nah I haven't. I hear people talk about them all over the internet but I've never given them a thorough listen. Thanks for the link friend.
>>64024196
Didn't link it properly my bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H43ZE8_v5I
>>64024211
All good man. I'm just about to give it a listen. Trying to get around to listening to older classic albums. About to finish up the first disc of "Life After Death".
>>64024238
I've been catching up with some classic over the past few months. Still haven't heard a Tupac album, been meaning to get around to him but everytime I want to listen to an album I always forget about him. Just heard Scarface- The Diary the other day, definitely check it out if you haven't heard it.
>>64024260
I know what you mean about Tupac. Every time I start to listen to him I kind of lose interest. I feel like it's blasphemy but I feel like he's kind of overrated. Maybe if I listen to him more I'll change my opinion. Definitely digging Biggie though. This album is great.
>>64024275
For me it's not so much I lose interest, I just forget about him when looking for an album to listen to. The few songs I have heard by him I've loved. I've always loved Biggie though, Life After Death is top 10 for me.
>>64023721
I love Straight Outta Compton, Fuck Tha Police and Express Yourself.
At the time though, this album was an a-bomb.
>>64024299
Yeah man this album is amazing so far. I'm following the lyrics on genius and he definitely paints a picture of his life throughout the songs. It's kind of eye opening.
>>64024309
Yeah, I mean I definitely love some of the songs, but a lot of it for me, and I mean a lot, definitely feels unpolished and dated. I don't often feel that way about music.
Def Squad - El Nino (1998)
>Erick Sermon, Redman, & Keith Murray
Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvJOqjQGIV8
D/L: https://mega.nz/#!nI0xnZYZ!O1o3Fz_-j-3omIq4NEXGxuqsBFdx_rlVnT_X19gVKxk
>>64024358
Thanks. Will take a listen.
Anyone got any underground/lesser known rap suggestions?
Easily AOTYSF
>>64024427
I know Fantano reviewed this album and people hate him, but I can't get enough of it. I listen to it all the damn time. Definitely worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC6H5MaMvho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82glsI3F8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPs4RAJd1-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jkx03pnMtg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENyME6o8q0I
>>64024172
Hyped as fuck. Aesop has been the best rapper/producer in the game for a minute. Also hyped as fuck for HMM3 (Aes and Rob have confirmed that they have started working on it).
>>64024459
I'm liking those first two songs you linked. I'll chuck it on my list, cheers man
>>64024506
Washed Up is one of my favourites on the album. Such a chill song, but it seems pretty sad. Enjoy it mate.
>>64024434
Holy fuck, barely 30 seconds in and I'm loving this. Thanks.
>>64024434
It seems almost no one in the mainstream has heard of this guy. Even on /r/hhh there are almost no posts. One post for this album and the rest date back several years ago. Dude definitely needs more exposure.
One of the best most overlooked albums of 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI26ZriWw8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OmPlvmep8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3KP7X8RQ4
better than madlib
>>64025801
I'll take a listen.
Can anyone help me build a summer playlist?
What albums/mixtapes fit the mood best?
>Starting with the obvious
True or false: Freddie Gibbs is one of the best current rappers.
>>64027078
in my opinion nostalgia ultra feels more summer than channel orange. i don't know though i'm not living in 4 seasons country
also try anderson paak and homeboy sandman
>>64027401
true
anyway what's your aoty this year /mu/?
>>64027078
>>64024529
no problem man, absoulutely check his older stuff, it's good but not his best release I think.
>>64024607
Because he quit for like a decade or something... And yeah, definitely needs more exposure.
>>64024172
Hyped as fuck, gonna be amazing
>>64024496
Hadn't heard this, new hmm will be sick
>>64024667
ahree, blew my mind that i hadn't heard any major publications cover this, every song is great.
listening for the 1st time... what should i expect?
Are you all ready for that new Spark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCIKEPG0Lqk
2 days.
Skepta finally dropping his album on May 6th.
This shit was supposed to release like a year ago.
Can anyone recommend something similar to Ghostpoet? Shedding Skin was my AOTY last year.
>>64023993
OBIE TRICE
REAL NAME NO GIMMICKS
>>64027401
True.
Pinata > Shadow of a Doubt > Pronto > BFK > ESGN
Amazing rapper desu
>>64030345
I'm glad he took his time to hopefully polish it .
What was your thought on the ladies hit squad song?
>>64030589
The hook is catchy as fuck but I'm not a fan of the track at all. And D Double E's part was absolutely awful.
I really hope the rest of the album isn't like it.
Just bought the deluxe CD of Piece of Strange from their site.
It seemed like a good starting point.
Here to rant about my waifu teaming up with the corniest rapper on the planet
>>64030016
Decent yet overrated rapping.
>>64024667
I seriously can not understand why L'Orange hasn't picked up more steam by now, everything he's done until now has been great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kjTNxJRqQ&nohtml5=False
>>64030054
So did he actually disappear for 2 years just to work on the new album?
Because it seems more like he just dropped making music for some reason before he returned, considering how he already teased the album back then with 3 finished songs.
Is the OB4CL documentary out yet?
>>64024275
tupac is a legend but he is not a good rapper
>>64024275
I use to feel the same exact way until, I heard Me Against The World.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QufAIYg8__8
>>64024434
anyone got a dl link?
>>64032426
But what made him a legend then?
>>64025801
>better than madlib
>>64030016
HHAOTD
>>64032377
a lot of people say he was in jail, but the mystery stands
>>64032541
he was famous as fuck and entertaining as fuck
>>64032676
nice meme
>>64032426
>he is not a good rapper
My sides. If you honestly believe that then your opinions aren't worth shit.
>>64027401
never got what's so special about him, sounds pretty generic to my ears
>>64032768
Tupac was and still is considered to be a completely average rapper by a lot of people. Didn't stop him from making some indisputable classics with that west coast sound.
>>64031783
Never bothered to listen to this.
Worth it? Any redeeming factors?
I mean Jhene's decent but I don't know if she's fully capable of saving a Big Sean album.
>>64027401
False asf. He's boring as hell
>>64027401
This thread is filled with 17 year olds Gibbs is top 3 current rapper. Gibbs would slaughter most active rappers.
People who think he's boring should listen to kevin gates or some other singing ass nigga. Can't appreciate Gibb's precise rhythm and cadence and technical skill.
>>64033428
on the off chance this isn't b8
>i let the opinions of others dictate what i like
faggot
>>64033428
You should only listen to it if you like it dude.
>>64033230
Yeah and whoa re those people?
Tupac is respected and venerated by whoever's your favorite rapper and countless other music publications, critics, and historians.
His legacy in hiphop is cemented, the you can dislike him, but saying that's he's average or mediocre only makes you look stupid.
>>64033428
>Is it ok to be white and middle class and like hip hop?
Are you seriously asking that question?
>>64033482
Yes. I don't know the answer.
>>64033468
Tupac wouldn't even be close to venerated if he didn't die. he has a unique style and some nostalgia hits but he isn't in the top 20 best rappers when it comes to technical ability.
>>64033468
http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-2pac-the-most-overrated-rapper-in-history-16062
this article is 10 years old they could still make it today and it would be true
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY
you can't be any geek off the street
Posting some underposted shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLZOrTwJpog&nohtml5=False
>>64033773
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOX6xLokf3M&list=PL06E7CC19076D269A&nohtml5=False
>>64033648
Wow an opinion piece written by a columnist from av club is what it the summation of your gripe (which you can't even form with your own words) with a well respected artist.
>>64033556
Says you. He's a great lyricist with malleable flow he'll shape to whatever project he's creating. He can make blues-esque records, socially conscious hip-hop, or straight up gangsta rap albums.
He has a solid body of work. He even had his track "dear mama" permanently stored in the library of congress, I bet none of the rappers in your supposed list with have a track so culturally significant that the US government will store a permanent copy of it for future generations.
Looking for some real hip-hop head that has any Robust albums, the russians don't have the discography anymore and the blogspot links are all dead
>>64033939
>cultural significance
>mainstream success
>in any way related to technical ability
>>64033939
Tupac actually would have let you ride his dick like you really want to if he was still alive everybody knew that niggas was gay af
>>64033939
>Wow an opinion piece written by a columnist from av club is what it the summation of your gripe (which you can't even form with your own words
bitch you literally asked me for examples of people who think tupac was over rated
>>64033994
Implying he's not a technical rapper doesn't make him one. If you have a legitimate argument to make I wouldn't mind having a debate with you on it, but I don't think you've heard most of his stuff to have a valid critique that ventures beyond "I'm just gonna use green-text and make benign implications".
>>64034009
Only faggot here is you. /mu/ is probably your only outlet to share your shit opinions because you know people would smack the fuck outta you if your aired your shit opinions in public.
>>64034137
Lel I didn't catch that was a reply to my first post, my bad.
>>64023058
>a piece of strange with Evol behind it
just beautiful
>>64034199
>he thinks tupac wasn't gay
His gay lover came out after his death and told everyone and queen latifah met tupac for the first time at a gay bar
>>64034294
real thugs take it in the butt so what
>>64034294
Nice going man. I would love to meet Queen Latifah. How was she like?
new clipping when?????
>>64034199
I've only heard All Eyes On Me in it's entirety, nothing else I've heard of his has swayed me to believe he's as great as he's made out be. None of his music hits home be it socially conscious or straight up gangsta. He is arguably, and this is opinionated, one of the worst of his era. When you have shit like NWA, Geto Boys, Pete Rock, De La Soul, ATCQ, Bone Thugs, Wu Tang and it's affiliates he just doesn't measure up at all. Fuck it I'd even put LL Cool J on a higher pedestal than 2pac
I should probably tell you that I'm not the same guy you were responding to originally.
>>64033939
Stan spotted.
>>64034579
Good opinion.
>>64034579
>I've only heard All Eyes On Me
>He is arguably, and this is opinionated, one of the worst of his era
See how bad that looks though? I can understand disliking an artist, and your entitled to your own opinion, but don't you think your doing yourself a disservice when you've only heard a single album of which your going to base someones entire career or legacy on?
All the people you mentioned have "mediocre" albums yet you hold them to high esteem, but you're going to rag on Tupac for All Eyes On Me?
Come on anon. Give Me Against the World, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z, and The 7 Day Theory and if you still believe that then I say go for it.
I literally felt the same way until I heard me against the world.
>>64034579
Good opinion.
>>64034892
You're a hardcore stan and it shows.
j green ft lil ugly mane
>>64033468
>>64033939
>>64034199
>>64034892
holy shit was getting triggered part of your plan?
>>64036731
>ywn pretend to be a hard gangbanger so well that 20 years after your death white kids who were babies when you died will autisticly defend your legacy on the internet
>>64030054
What kinda soup ya makin?
>>64022235
> tfw Chief Keef isn't making music anymore
An anon posted this in the last general. Been listening to it, great so far. Dunno why I've avoided his work for so long.
>>64033240
All the album is is about fucking.
The only redeemable songs are Deja Vu, On the Way, and 2 Minute Warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IETBXlCVSe8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvXR_IlnJuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLesi_65gxA
this new young thug track is an absolute monster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqQzRMjYp0
>>64040086
get this garbage out of here
>>64040130
oh shit no young thug love? where the hell am I anyway?
>>64040130
did you actually listen to it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7tlHfGI7aQ
Man this shit was beautiful it made me tear up the first time I heard it.
I can honeslty say without a doubt that RZA in his prime could not be touched by anyone.
>papa wu lecturin
>rae's verse
>that cinematic instrumental that fit the emotions of the track for perfectly
God damn.
What are some good reccs for trippy experimental hiphop?
I'm talking like https://archive.org/details/gybe1999-01-19.flac or Dalek's Untitled.
>>64040266
blue sky black death
>>64040266
>I'm talking like https://archive.org/details/gybe1999-01-19.flac or Dalek's Untitled.
MOTHERFUCKER I MEANT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNa8sBQDt44
>>64040214
Unfortunately.
Do yourself a favor and listen to this album
you guys seen this chance video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eedeXTWZUn8
>>64040400
i dunno man, just heard all these lights and wasn't feeling it. kinda sounds like second-rate everlast
>>64040378
you don't like this new weird-ass style or something? its not lyrical, but the music is totally unique and exciting. takes some getting used to. but when it finally hits you its worth it.
>>64040532
I admit that song does not sound like their collective at all. Try these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wivpObAH6jw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-azq5QQJTg
>>64040626
It's definitely unique. I just can't take the dude seriously, he sounds like a parody.
>>64040728
This is pretty much my problem with Young Thug, he's lyrics and his voice make him sound like a joke. I can't take him seriously, the fact that everything he does sounds pretty much the same doesn't help either.
>>64032297
time astonishing was the best thing weve got from kool keith in over a decade
>>64024275
ignore that one retard, tupac is the hip hop equivalent of pink floyd. he's not without his merits, but he's dadrap (i know, the irony) and his fans overrate him to hell and back.
did you guys like imperial? i thought the whole thing was at least above average, but man gook is insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71VE7Ra5GKA
>>64038790
what happened to him? i feel like i haven't heard anything from him in like a year, which is strange considering he was putting out music really consistently in 2014.
>>64038790
what a god awful cover
>>64041589
Top 5 of the year so far, This Life was the best song on there imo.
i can't be the only one who's managed to fap to completion to this album art
>>64041643
lol forgot pic
>>64025801
i don't think in the long run doom was as good of a producer as madlib but he's definitely more on the same tier than most people recognize.
i just wish he had kept up the manic energy from that period when he was dropping like 8+ releases a year, now he's known as basically the laziest rapper on the scene and doesn't even play his own shows etc
>>64041668
very clever but obviously i meant a piece of strange fuckface
>>64041713
it's okay man, you're on 4chan. you don't have to hide your owl fetish from us.
wait he actually retired
what the hell?
these tweets are weird to see coming from someone who is apparently autistic and makes trap with unintelligible yet still somehow gangsta lyrics.
this album is incredible
acid rap is good but has nothing on this, holy fuck. prom night is one of the best hip hop songs i've heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZv-W4x0Fqw
i hope his third release's album cover keeps in the trend of him looking at things infront of him.
>>64041759
you will never discover my fucking owl fetish bitch. the album you posted is considered the lowest shit among owl fetishists so that just shows what you know
>>64041889
>prom night is one of the best hip hop songs i've heard
>>64042017
oh yeah
well how bout you kiss my buns, nerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bsl44gJAPY
I dare you to find a more masterful opening to a GOAT album.
PROTIP: You can't
>those bars
>that flow
>those metaphors
>the production and sample
Hands down the greatest.
>>64041943
this is what i imagine it's like on /an/ every day
>>64041589
One of my favourites so far
>>64033322
Top 3 is a stretch, I'd say top 20
>>64041589
Like that other dude said easily top 5 for HipHop this yearssf
>>64042621
I listened to Pinata for the first time yesterday all the way through. It was good for sure, but it didn't exactly blow me away. Maybe it's a grower.
>>64022443
CL has a flawless discog
>>64032537
http://www.1994hiphop.com/2016/04/j-zone-fish-n-grits-web-2016-flac-320-kbps/
I've been listening to a lot of Travis Scott, Azizi Gibson and Denzel Curry lately and I'm looking for more music with the same vibe as any of them. Any recs?
>>64035018
That'd be neat ugly is the best contemporary rapper and jgreen is one of the less awful soundcloud rappers
The new Spark Master Tape is releasing tomorrow!
>>64040400
Eligh has always been a hit or miss for me. I liked some songs off his last album but meh. He was great in Living Legends though.
>>64035018
Schemaposse >>> Suicideboys
Ugly Mane's in a category of his own though.
For anyone like me that appreciates the smooth sound of jazz, mixed in with some simple kicks/snares, maybe some vintage vocals every now and again; I'll share some gems I enjoy.
-The Cancel (https://thecancelmusic.bandcamp.com/music)
A Ukrainian producer who makes some of the smoothest sounds I've heard. Notable tracks in (no particular order and in) my opinion are:
Les Apaches (feat Moth Equals), Rush (feat Moth Equals), Run, Never Wrong, Just Move, Looking For Somebody, Love Is, Apollo, Ny In Night, beat21, beat26.
-tusken (https://tuskendot.bandcamp.com/)
Just found this guy on bandcamp today, makes a similar jazz-hop instrumental sound as The Cancel - still exploring though
-Homebrew (https://homebrew.bandcamp.com/)
A group out of NZ, not a producer however a large bunch of their tracks carry this jazz-hop sound I crave and they combine it with their great flow and great bars - makes for quite a lovely sound to the ears. Some notable tracks are: State of Mind, The Truth is Ugly, 55 Stories, Listen to Us, Dark Intro, Monday - Sunday.
If anyone cares to listen to any of these and can point me in the direction of some more producers/rappers/anything that has a similar sound, I'm all ears. I crave this jazz-hop sound, connects with me on another level and gets those feels flowing.
Jeru The Damaja is on in my city tonight should i go
>Wagon Christ's Tally Ho! in the instrumental guide
>mfw
>>64047346
that one album was amazing but I know nothing about the guy nowadays
probably yes anyway though because I mean
Best tape to come out this year so far.
>>64031783
big sean is dope, he always has good instrumentals
>>64047426
So what is it?
>>64047580
Roses Are Red... So Is Blood
>>64047651
ok, so?
>>64023993
the setup is my favourite track
>>64047669
It's the name of the tape...?
>>64027078
Kendrick lamar
Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
>>64030054
beyond hyped
most anticipated release of the year
What's up with all these fucking gun bars lately, why's everyone falling for the meme?
The production is great on the tracks but the lyrical talent is seriously lacking, fucking trap scene shit infecting everything.
WHERE'D REAL RAP GO?
Really like this album. [spoiler]AOTY?[/spoiler]
>>64048325
>Listening to low energy faggots like CL
>Not listening to High ENERGY guys like PackFM
Why?
PackFM - I fucking hate rappers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ah80Tgb1Sg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LhOvDkSfFM
I'll never not love this guys beatmaking game
