Hip hop with real instruments
 

I don't listen to a whole lot of hip hop, but I like stuff with real instruments as opposed to computerized beats. Some stuff I like is Ozomatli, although a lot of their music isn't hip hop. But they do have plenty of good hip hop songs like Cut Chemist Suite and Saturday Night. I also like G. Love & Special sauce, but I wouldn't necessarily put that in the hip hop category although they do have some rap type vocals.

Anybody got any suggestions for stuff I might like?

The Roots.

Mos Def made an album a couple years ago (A New Danger) which breaks out of the norm of hip-hop, but it also holds snatches of other genres, and all of it done very well. And unless I'm mistaken, I believe he performed all of them...

The New Danger is a great album. Don't forget A Tribe Called Quest as well.

Thanks guys, I'll check them out.

A lot of Outkast songs are played on conventional instruments. Andre 3000 is quite the multi-instrumentalist and plays everything from guitar to keyboard to saxophone on their albums.

The Grey Album by Dangermouse.

The best example is definitely The Roots

Atmosphere had an album with all live instruments.

Flobots - use live instruments.

The Roots are great!

You could also look into Rehab or Gym Class Heroes

You have one of the greatest avatars ever.

And the Roots are the ****.

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