The Rap & Hip-Hop Recommendation Thread

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

understandable.....sometimes I don't like artists because of their cadence/voices also

I am interested in seeing what he does on Worldwide Choppers with Tech N9ne, though.
I know Busta Rhymes is supposed to be doing a verse on it, too.

[Crazy_Diamond91]

Originally Posted by maraca2020

I'm trying to find more bands like these that actually have a meaning, nothing about cars and girls and new commercialized stuff. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks

Try Everlast. He didn't like where rap was going, so he picked up a guitar and added some bluesy guitar riffs to his already meaningful lyrics.

[Thom Yorke]

The Retar Crew. They're really funny and have awesome beats. They have a channel on youtube: /user/Theretarcrew (can't post links yet, but just add that on after . com)

[djchameleon]

get The Mouse & The Mask by Danger Doom that was 2005

Murray’s Revenge by Murs & 9th Wonder(2006)

IDK if you are a Clipse fan or not but you should definitely have this album
Til The Casket Drops by Clipse(2009)

Blue Collar by Rhymefest(2006) a very slept on artist...definitely underrated.

This might not have been one of Atomsphere's best offerings but it was decent
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That **** Gold by Atmosphere(2008)

Ultimate Victory by Chamillionaire(2007) everyone judges Cham for his singles but if you ever listen to one of his albums from start to finish, you will see he is much more talented than just his singles.

try those out first then get back to me if you need more I have plenty more suggestions

[mr listener]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

get The Mouse & The Mask by Danger Doom that was 2005

Murray’s Revenge by Murs & 9th Wonder(2006)

IDK if you are a Clipse fan or not but you should definitely have this album
Til The Casket Drops by Clipse(2009)

Blue Collar by Rhymefest(2006) a very slept on artist...definitely underrated.

This might not have been one of Atomsphere's best offerings but it was decent
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That **** Gold by Atmosphere(2008)

Ultimate Victory by Chamillionaire(2007) everyone judges Cham for his singles but if you ever listen to one of his albums from start to finish, you will see he is much more talented than just his singles.

try those out first then get back to me if you need more I have plenty more suggestions

Thanks a bunch I'll be sure to check these out.

[Mrd00d]

Originally Posted by mr listener

Thanks a bunch I'll be sure to check these out.

Hmm... Agreed with djchameleon but wanted to get into it...
I'd understand if you didn't check em all, but I recommend them all.

Edit: Bolded a selection of some of my best of the best, can't miss albums

2005

Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire, and Knives
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having...
Blackalicious - The Craft
Blueprint - 1988
Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent
Cage - Hell's Winter
Canibus - Mind Control
Canibus - Hip-Hop For $ale
Casual (Hieroglyphics) - Smash Rockwell
The Chicharones - Pork Rind Disco
The Chicharones - When Pigs Fly
Cool Calm Pete - Lost
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Mac Dre - Welcome to Thizz World
Mac Mall and Mac Dre - Da U.S. Open
MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Rising
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
One Be Lo - S.T.I.L.L.B.O.R.N.
Opio (Hieroglyphics) - Triangulation Station
Pep Love (Hieroglyphics) - The Foundation
Prince Paul - Hip-Hop Gold Dust
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
Sleep of Oldominion - Christopher
Slum Village - Slum Village
Themselves - Them
Thizz Nation - Mac Dre presents Thizz Nation
Tonedeff - Archetype
Why? - Elephant Eyelash
Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Meets the Indie Culture

2006

Aceyalone - Magnificent City (RJD2)
Alias & Tarsier - Brookland/Oaklyn
Apathy - Eastern Philosophy
Bukue One - Intromission
Celph Titled - The Gatalog: A Collection of Chaos
The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
Dead Prez - Confidential
Devin the Dude - Bust One 4 Y'all
Devin the Dude - On the Grind (Smoke One 4 Your Brother)
El Da Sensei - The Unusual
Face Candy - This is Where We Were
Gift of Gab - Supreme Lyricism
Hiero meets Wu-Tang - From Oakland to Shaolin
Mos Def - True Magic
Mr. Lif - Mo' Mega
Mr. Nogatco aka Kool Keith - Nogatco Rd.
MURS - Murray's Revenge
Optimus Rhyme - School the Indie Rockers
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid f. Kool Keith
The Roots - Game Theory
Skyzoo & 9th Wonder - Cloud 9: The 3 Day High
Sunspot Jonz - Back in Black
Tech N9ne - Everready [The Religion]
Zion I & The Grouch - Heroes in the City of Dope

2007

A Plus (Hieroglyphics) - My Last Good Deed
Apathy - Baptism By Fire
Apathy & Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Bukue One- Hustlin' Like Raindrops
Busdriver - RoadkillOvercoat
Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew - Rimes of the Hip Hop Mariners
Dälek - Abandoned Language
Devin the Dude - Waiting to Inhale
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Grayskul - Bloody Radio
Grieves - Irreversible
Hangar 18 - Sweep the Leg
Hieroglyphics - Over Time
K'naan - The Dusty Foot on the Road
Lifesavas - Gutterfly
Living Legends - Almost Famous
Mac Lethal - 11:11
The Mad Conductor - Renegade Space Rock
MURS - MURS and the Misadventures of The Nova Express
Panacea - The Scenic Route
RJD2 - The Third Hand
Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante
Sandpeople - Honest Racket
Sole and the Skyrider Band - Sole and the Skyrider Band
Sunspot Jonz - Why We Fight
Tame One - The Grudge
Wisemen - Wisemen Approaching
Zion I - Break A Dawn

2008

Alias - Resurgasm
Andre Nickatina and Mac Dre - A Tale of Two Andres
Astronautalis - Pomegranate
Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
Bicasso - Rebel Musiq
Bukue One - Laser Reyes
CYNE - Pretty Dark Things
CYNE - Starship Utopia
Del the Funky Homosapien - Eleventh Hour
Devin the Dude - Hi Life
Devin the Dude - Landing Gear
Dr. Dooom - Dr. Dooom 2
Grieves - 88 Keys and Counting
The Grouch - Show You the World
Illogic - One Bar Left
Jean Grae - Jeanius
Magic Heart Genies - Heartifact
Marv Ellis - Dream Catcher Juice
MC Lars - The Digital Gangster
MC Paul Barman - Full Buck Moon Kaboom
The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction
MURS - MURS for President
MURS & 9th Wonder - Sweet Lord
Panacea - A Mind on a Ship Through Time
Restiform Bodies - TV Loves You Back
The Roots - Rising Down
Sunspot Jonz - Never Surrender
Tame One - Da Ol' Jersey Bastard
Vast Air - Deuces Wild
Why? - Alopecia

2009

Aceyalone - The Lonely Ones
Bike For Three! - More Heart Than Brains
Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here
Busdriver - Jhelli Beam
Cage - Depart From Me...
Del the Funky Homosapien - Automatik Statik
Del the Funky Homosapien - Funk Man [The Stimulus Package]
Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat
Felt (Slug/MURS) - Felt 3 [A Tribute to Rosie Perez]
Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
The Grouch - Three Eyes Off the Time
Grouch & Eligh - Say G & E!
Illogic - Diabolical Fun
K'naan - Troubadour
Krizz Kaliko - Genius
MC Paul Barman - Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud
MF DOOM - Born Like This
Myka 9 - 1969
Panacea - Corkscrew Gaps
People Under the Stairs - Carried Away
Sleep of Oldominion - Hesitation Wounds
Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
Sunspot Jonz - Fight-Destroy-Rock
Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth
Tame One - Acid Tab Vocab
Themselves - theFREEhoudini
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, Vol. 2: Enter the Dubstep
Zion I - The Take Over

and also, some of last year's bests

2010

AMP Live - Murder at the Discotech
Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy
Canibus - Melatonin Magik
Chosen Few - New World Symphony
Dark Time Sunshine - Vessel
Del the Funky Homosapien - It A'int Illegal Yet
Eligh - Grey Crow
Flobots - Survival Story
Magic Heart Genies - Cardiac Arrest
Marv Ellis - Mental Picture Machine
Opio (Hieroglyphics) - Mark It Zero
Panacea - 12 Step Program
PK Mao - Raptendo 64, Vol. 2
Sage Francis - Li(f)e
Team Teamwork - Vinyl Fantasy 7
Tobacco - La Uti
Tom Caruana - Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers

[mr listener]

Originally Posted by Mrd00d

Hmm... Agreed with djchameleon but wanted to get into it...
I'd understand if you didn't check em all, but I recommend them all.

Edit: Bolded a selection of some of my best of the best, can't miss albums

2005

Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire, and Knives
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having...
Blackalicious - The Craft
Blueprint - 1988
Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent
Cage - Hell's Winter
Canibus - Mind Control
Canibus - Hip-Hop For $ale
Casual (Hieroglyphics) - Smash Rockwell
The Chicharones - Pork Rind Disco
The Chicharones - When Pigs Fly
Cool Calm Pete - Lost
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Mac Dre - Welcome to Thizz World
Mac Mall and Mac Dre - Da U.S. Open
MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Rising
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
One Be Lo - S.T.I.L.L.B.O.R.N.
Opio (Hieroglyphics) - Triangulation Station
Pep Love (Hieroglyphics) - The Foundation
Prince Paul - Hip-Hop Gold Dust
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
Sleep of Oldominion - Christopher
Slum Village - Slum Village
Themselves - Them
Thizz Nation - Mac Dre presents Thizz Nation
Tonedeff - Archetype
Why? - Elephant Eyelash
Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Meets the Indie Culture

2006

Aceyalone - Magnificent City (RJD2)
Alias & Tarsier - Brookland/Oaklyn
Apathy - Eastern Philosophy
Bukue One - Intromission
Celph Titled - The Gatalog: A Collection of Chaos
The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
Dead Prez - Confidential
Devin the Dude - Bust One 4 Y'all
Devin the Dude - On the Grind (Smoke One 4 Your Brother)
El Da Sensei - The Unusual
Face Candy - This is Where We Were
Gift of Gab - Supreme Lyricism
Hiero meets Wu-Tang - From Oakland to Shaolin
Mos Def - True Magic
Mr. Lif - Mo' Mega
Mr. Nogatco aka Kool Keith - Nogatco Rd.
MURS - Murray's Revenge
Optimus Rhyme - School the Indie Rockers
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid f. Kool Keith
The Roots - Game Theory
Skyzoo & 9th Wonder - Cloud 9: The 3 Day High
Sunspot Jonz - Back in Black
Tech N9ne - Everready [The Religion]
Zion I & The Grouch - Heroes in the City of Dope

2007

A Plus (Hieroglyphics) - My Last Good Deed
Apathy - Baptism By Fire
Apathy & Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Bukue One- Hustlin' Like Raindrops
Busdriver - RoadkillOvercoat
Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew - Rimes of the Hip Hop Mariners
Dälek - Abandoned Language
Devin the Dude - Waiting to Inhale
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Grayskul - Bloody Radio
Grieves - Irreversible
Hangar 18 - Sweep the Leg
Hieroglyphics - Over Time
K'naan - The Dusty Foot on the Road
Lifesavas - Gutterfly
Living Legends - Almost Famous
Mac Lethal - 11:11
The Mad Conductor - Renegade Space Rock
MURS - MURS and the Misadventures of The Nova Express
Panacea - The Scenic Route
RJD2 - The Third Hand
Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante
Sandpeople - Honest Racket
Sole and the Skyrider Band - Sole and the Skyrider Band
Sunspot Jonz - Why We Fight
Tame One - The Grudge
Wisemen - Wisemen Approaching
Zion I - Break A Dawn

2008

Alias - Resurgasm
Andre Nickatina and Mac Dre - A Tale of Two Andres
Astronautalis - Pomegranate
Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
Bicasso - Rebel Musiq
Bukue One - Laser Reyes
CYNE - Pretty Dark Things
CYNE - Starship Utopia
Del the Funky Homosapien - Eleventh Hour
Devin the Dude - Hi Life
Devin the Dude - Landing Gear
Dr. Dooom - Dr. Dooom 2
Grieves - 88 Keys and Counting
The Grouch - Show You the World
Illogic - One Bar Left
Jean Grae - Jeanius
Magic Heart Genies - Heartifact
Marv Ellis - Dream Catcher Juice
MC Lars - The Digital Gangster
MC Paul Barman - Full Buck Moon Kaboom
The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction
MURS - MURS for President
MURS & 9th Wonder - Sweet Lord
Panacea - A Mind on a Ship Through Time
Restiform Bodies - TV Loves You Back
The Roots - Rising Down
Sunspot Jonz - Never Surrender
Tame One - Da Ol' Jersey Bastard
Vast Air - Deuces Wild
Why? - Alopecia

2009

Aceyalone - The Lonely Ones
Bike For Three! - More Heart Than Brains
Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here
Busdriver - Jhelli Beam
Cage - Depart From Me...
Del the Funky Homosapien - Automatik Statik
Del the Funky Homosapien - Funk Man [The Stimulus Package]
Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat
Felt (Slug/MURS) - Felt 3 [A Tribute to Rosie Perez]
Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
The Grouch - Three Eyes Off the Time
Grouch & Eligh - Say G & E!
Illogic - Diabolical Fun
K'naan - Troubadour
Krizz Kaliko - Genius
MC Paul Barman - Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud
MF DOOM - Born Like This
Myka 9 - 1969
Panacea - Corkscrew Gaps
People Under the Stairs - Carried Away
Sleep of Oldominion - Hesitation Wounds
Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
Sunspot Jonz - Fight-Destroy-Rock
Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth
Tame One - Acid Tab Vocab
Themselves - theFREEhoudini
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, Vol. 2: Enter the Dubstep
Zion I - The Take Over

and also, some of last year's bests

2010

AMP Live - Murder at the Discotech
Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy
Canibus - Melatonin Magik
Chosen Few - New World Symphony
Dark Time Sunshine - Vessel
Del the Funky Homosapien - It A'int Illegal Yet
Eligh - Grey Crow
Flobots - Survival Story
Magic Heart Genies - Cardiac Arrest
Marv Ellis - Mental Picture Machine
Opio (Hieroglyphics) - Mark It Zero
Panacea - 12 Step Program
PK Mao - Raptendo 64, Vol. 2
Sage Francis - Li(f)e
Team Teamwork - Vinyl Fantasy 7
Tobacco - La Uti
Tom Caruana - Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers

DUDE!!! That's some list. Though I'm pretty wrapped that someone took the time to bombard my request with this many suggestions. I have only managed to check out three of dj chameleon recommendations. DANGER DOOM- Mouse & Mask-2005 (is a fun album), CLIPSE- Til The Caskets Drops-2009 (while not part of my usual preference had a certain appeal to it) and CHAMILLIONAIRE- Ultimate Victory-2007 (suprisingly good due to the direction the artist chose to take with this album).

Many thanks for the recommendation list, which will most likely take a weekend of dedicated listening. Also I would like to make a recommendation of my own. Anyone with spare time should check out OUTERLIMITZ- Suicide Prevention(2005). I think it's a slept on album but it's definetly a treat.

[Mrd00d]

Originally Posted by mr listener

DUDE!!! That's some list. Though I'm pretty wrapped that someone took the time to bombard my request with this many suggestions. I have only managed to check out three of dj chameleon recommendations. DANGER DOOM- Mouse & Mask-2005 (is a fun album), CLIPSE- Til The Caskets Drops-2009 (while not part of my usual preference had a certain appeal to it) and CHAMILLIONAIRE- Ultimate Victory-2007 (suprisingly good due to the direction the artist chose to take with this album).

Many thanks for the recommendation list, which will most likely take a weekend of dedicated listening. Also I would like to make a recommendation of my own. Anyone with spare time should check out OUTERLIMITZ- Suicide Prevention(2005). I think it's a slept on album but it's definetly a treat.

No problem; I did it as much for you as for me. It helps me remember better when I do lists, and gives me a master copy I can refer back to later. When you got a lot of music, it helps to organize them mentally as well as physically. I relatively know my library like the back of my hand, and it's pretty grande (~700Gb).

It also gave me a chance to relisten to a few favorites from the period since I've been listening to other ish lately. It was fun...

Hope you enjoy. Some of those may be hard to find, but I think most are available in the usual places.

Let me know what you think eh?

[Phantom Limb]

Maybe "Midnight Marauders", I think it's a little bit more fun to listen to.

[ThePhanastasio]

I'm really into the whole Anticon and abstract hip-hop thing, but I'm working with a new computer and lost all of my music...rebuilding now.

Does anyone have any abstract hip-hop (non-Anticon) recs? I'd like to add some more to my library, and have no idea at the moment.