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Tag: underground hip hop
Jurassic 5 – Quality Control: #80 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My quality control captivates your party patrol.
Cappadonna – The Yin and the Yang: #133 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Dart clapper, ran like a snapper, watch out for Cappa.
Jurassic 5 – J5: #178 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We be the crew, guess who, the jayou.
The Beatnuts – Take It Or Squeeze It: #179 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Everybody let’s git doe.
Cappadonna – The Pillage: #212 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My slang is editorial explicit material, briefcase yo, live in stereo flow.
Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance: #274 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My poems were found next to dinosaur bones, perform by the elders before the kings thrown.
Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture: #327 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Formed in a very strong advanced post, east to west coast, ahead of time, competition not even half close.
Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth: #400 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Truth is here, the truth is here.
Immortal Technique – Revolutionary, Vol. 2: #407 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is the point from which I could never return, and if I back down now then forever I burn.
Cunninlynguists – Will Rap For Food: #439 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Feelin’ my wrath, venturing through parts of the South so dirty you’ll want to be given a bath.
Dilated Peoples – 20/20: #481 of best 1,000 albums ever!
About to steal the game, I’m a whole new crook. Bakin’ up that fire, I’m a whole new cook.
Cappadonna – The Struggle: #489 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s not a game – you play chess with life, end up in the flame.
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs – Bandana: #569 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Yeah, I been struggling my whole life, yeah. I pour it up and get my soul right, yeah.
Mos Def – Black on Both Sides: #581 of best 1,000 albums ever!
In she came with the same type game, the type of girl giving out the fake cell phone and name.
Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun: #615 of best 1,000 albums ever!
To everyone out there, who’s a little different, I say damn a magazine, these is God’s fingerprints.
Killarmy – Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars: #765 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hip hop that’s low key yet aggressive, gritty yet groovy, heavy yet accessible.
Dilated Peoples – Expansion Team: #783 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Worst come to worst… actually, that’s best come to best.
RJD2 – Magnificent City Instrumentals: #820 of best 1,000 albums ever!
To not dig this one would be mad, man.
Chuck D – Autobiography of Mistachuck: #867 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Incredible underground hip hop with laid back jazz, funk, and r&b influences, fronted by one of the best MCs in hip hop history.
Roc Marciano – RR2: The Bitter Dose: #908 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Slow-paced, almost hypnotic hip hop prowess.
Method Man – 4:21… The Day After: #929 of best 1,000 albums ever!
High highs, consistently stellar production work, and A Game from our man. That being the M-E-T-H-O-D Man.
9th Prince – Prince of New York: #941 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wu-Tang Clan and RZA vibes await.
Various Artists – Ma 6-t Va Crack-er: #966 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Underground French hip hop that reminds me that there’s nothing better than discovering great music.
Immortal Technique – Revolutionary, Vol. 1: #975 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smart, blistering underground hip hop with ultra-tight flow.
Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain: #991 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Whatever he chooses to call himself, MF Doom… er, Viktor Vaughn is a hip hop genius.