favorite underground hip hop-since we got posts about atmosphere and anticon

since I've seen posts for Anticon and Atmosphere what are some of your other favorites in the underground???

Mine include
Sage Francis
Mr. Lif
El-P
Akrobatic
Atmosphere
Alias
Themselves
Del
Princess Superstar

hmmm...define 'underground'

i love the Akrobatics
and K-Otix
and Dilated Peoples
and The Coup
and Blackalicious (i don't think that's underground, but i really wouldn't have any idea! i don't listen to any mainstream hip-hop stations, if you know what i'm sayin')

the list goes on and on...

edit: how could i forget jurassic 5 and the black eyed peas (even though they're in a dr. pepper commercial)?

[Edited on Oct 02, 2002 by Prudence]

i like it all. 'm currently playing aseop rock a lot, hrmm,,,peanut butter wolf, freestyle fellowship, binary star, juice, cannibal ox, mf doom, most of the hieroglyphics artists, kardinal official, slum villiage,lootpack, people under the stairs .... plus the ones you guys listed plus all the ones i can't type because i'd be here all night,

although, i don't really ever know how to define 'underground' ...or maybe i just don't have a definition for my taste in hip hop, because talib kweli, mos def, even artists like outkast and slum are getting play on mtv and the radio but i think they are quality. underground to me doesn't necessarily mean unknown in the commercial world.

{replied by the decree of prudence!}

see, now- there's a lot of stuff that inez listed that i like, too, but i didn't list b/c i'm not exactly sure what it means to be 'underground' in hip-hop (in addition to the time and space i would need to list them all!). the entire genre of rap, in general, is pretty much 'underground' in the world of music- the stuff that gets played on MTV is such a tiny, TINY piece of it.

Old School and New School

Black Star, Slum Village, The Coup, Organized Konfusion, Del , Common, The Roots, Hieroglyphics(gotta represent Oakland), Black Eyed Peas, Mystic, KRS-One, Jeru the Damaja, Dilated Peoples, Guidance, Celestial, Afterlife. Just to name a few.
The definition of underground: Anything that doesn't require you to wear a brain diaper. Its unfortunate that most people think that whole bling bling thing is all hiphop has to offer. Its very similar to the 80's heavy metal hair bands and they're long gone.

hiero crew, swollen members, mr. lif, royce da 5'9", mystic, mf doom/kmd, kool keith, princess superstar, freestyle fellowship, aesop rock, j5 etc,etc....

I'm not much for hip-hop as a whole, but I rock some on occasion. Lately I've been into Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, and Dalek (Find the new cd! www.Ipecac.com).

The new Candiria record is fucking top notch as well (even though it's not all hip-hop).

sun, mc invinsable, aml, jaru the damaja, gang star black star, mos def, xmen, del, common, midwest product, pryme #s there are more but i cant think

the new jurassic 5 will hit stores next week

I’ve been digging:
Aesop Rock
Mr. Lif
RJD2
Chaotic Eskimoz
El P
Slum Village
Akrobatik
Paul Barman
Diverse
Medusa
Atmosphere

To name a few. I guess not all of those are sooo “Underground”. I tried to post only the more underground stuff though cause that was the question right?

[Edited on Oct 02, 2002 by binaryfiend]

heiro, aceyalone, company flow....

buck 65, the rest of the anticon crew..especially why? and dose, aesop rock, mf doom, del, rjd2, sage francis, mr dibbs, edan, adeem, ditc, j live, the roots...and i think that just about covers my favorites.. oh yeh! that company flow song linda trip is fucking dope, although i'm not a member of the company flow fan club.

aesop rock really gets in your head during live performances

awol one
radioinactive
dose and why? and jel and odd nosdom and all the cute anticon boys are on my crush list. they are dreamy.

i agree six...yummy boys.

i agree six...yummy boys.

top o' tha line NECRO
elevated minds
charon don & dj huggy
mr. quick
and onyx

The Coup, Souls of Mischeif, Del, Mystik Journeymen, Deep Dick Collective, Company of Prophets, Blackalicious, Latyrx, Eligh

awww yeah. deepdickcollective. that's right. one of them hit on my friend ethan.

yes yes y'all

http://www2.fanscape.com/j5/redirects/jukebox.asp

you up on k-otix, ma? I hear that! *dap*

how did I miss this thread...

I'm into some strictly NY cats like pumpkin head, the plague, hydra, soundstorm, amir said, eclectic regiment, and end of the weak (EOW). recently got put on to these two white kids called junk science...lemme just call it now...they will be the next beastie boys.

I also love hi-tek, mos def, talib and thems...I still consider them underground, even mos...I think underground is more about the subject matter and who you're trying to reach than sales or notoriety. like nas' new "lost tapes" LP is underground to me.

I'm also feelin little brother, k-otix as mentioned, pharaoh monch, afu-ra, j5 (thank you bdp!)...feel like I'm forgetting mad heads. but that about covers it. oh and 50 cent...he about to be large as I don't know what now that em got him but hes sick as hell.

[Edited on Oct 04, 2002 by ursula_andress]

church!

yea who said medusa...shes sick too. and how could I forget my intellectual twin jean grae. and pri the honey dark. can't forget about the femcees.

dalek. Their new LP "from filthy tongue of gods and griots" is exhilarating and disturbing! Check it out, on Ipecac Recordings. Perfect underground hip-hop for the autumnal season.