Bane of your existence

Is Atmosphere still underground? And Tech N9ne?

pourmeanother

Been thinking about that lately. Here's what I came up with...

I guess with their latest album, no. If you look at the average "new" fan that has made them less underground, though, then I think they still are in a way: last.fm charts recently played is an absolute joke. It makes me believe their best work is still "underground"/under the radar. I mean, 'You' is the top fukin' track- I would rate that as the worst song on an average-to-above-average album, well outside my top 50 simply for Atmosphere drops alone. The top 15 is all 'When Life Gives You Lemons...' except for 2 tracks. IMO, they are simultaneously mainstream ('WLGYL...YPTSG') and underground (old stuff)- if that's possible.

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coryallen2

1.rellik 781
2.DCK
3.homicide homies
4.razakel
5.mayz

CAvemanChris

1.Saigon(before he was mainstream)
2. Sean Price
3. L.E.G.A.C.Y(People need to really sit down and pay attention)
4. Elzhi(From Slum Village)
5. Phonte (from Little Brother)
6. Skyzoo or Murs

pourmeanother

I don't really know underground anymore like I used to. For a while I was on some stuff that the average person didn't know about, but now it seems like they've all graduated to mainstream status and are household names. I'll have to dig through this thread to catch back up.

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Life is just blah, blah, blah
You hope for blah
And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah
And waiting for blah
And hoping you were right about the blahs you made
And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out
And you're surrounded by the ones you blah
Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

Unrelenting

Jedi Mind Tricks.


Vinnie Paz goes so hard

K-os

too feel good not to mention

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cp77

Underground is a pretty subjective, but here goes:

1) Aesop Rock
2) Mr Lif
3) ARC the Messenger
4) Abstract Rude
5) MF Doom

Axiomatic Wiki

It depends exactly what someone thinks Underground means. Unpopular, or, independent? Atmosphere is without a doubt no longer unpopular. They are not nearly as popular as most mainstream rappers, but they have videos popping up on MTVU, and I can walk down the street and talk to random people about the band, and 20% at least would at least have heard of them. However,t hey are still independent(To the best of my knowledge) and although they are becoming more and more popular, they are not exactly lil wayne.

That said, I will include them in my list.

Eww tech n9ne

Atmosphere
Edan
Hieroglyphics
Jedi Mind Tricks
Does Jurassic Five count?

Edit- Forgot Cyne existed till I re read other pages. Easily my number one underground group. They are incredible.

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Bane of your existence

I don't know about this one. My boy opened up for him the other day and honestly blew him out of the water. I do like him more on album, but he still has never really done it for me.

overdoser

wow. A LOT of Ill Bill/Necro fans on this huh?

Personally never cared for either of them. Here's my list, maybe you won't care for them :P
1.Big Lurch
2.Kno-No (Arizona local rapper, lives a couple houses down from me..)
3.ESHAM (East Side Hoes And Money)
4.Dr.Octagon
5.Mr.Doctor

why not?

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