The Real Hip Hop - For Everyone With a MisconceptionMusic 

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This is a thread for all of you hip hop heads out there to spread the word on the TRUE art from our culture. Songs from underground artists, or songs that changed the complexion of hip hop... List them! I'll start it off, so everyone with a misconception about hip hop can maybe see it in a different light.

Saul Williams - Purple Pidgeons
Saul Williams - She's Out of My Life
Saul Williams - Tao of Now
Black Star - Definition
Black Star - Twice inna Lifetime
Black Star - Hip Hop For Respect
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Atmosphere - Dont Ever ****** Question That
Atmosphere - If I Was Santa Claus
Atmosphere - God's Bathroom Floor
Slug - The River

Give these a try, if you're iffy about rap, try Atmosphere first... Slug from Atmosphere is white by the way.

Some classics...

Eric B. and Rakim - I aint no joke

Let's get some posts in here!
 
Aesop Rock - Labor*
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow*
Classified - Addicted
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder
Digable Planets - Dania
Digable Planets - Graffiti
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)*
Digable Planets - Time And Space
Dilated Peoples - Annihilation
Dilated Peoples - Heavy Rotation
Dilated Peoples - Live On Stage
Dilated Peoples - No Retreat
Dilated Peoples - Passion
Dilated Peoples - Pay Attention
Dilated Peoples - Proper Propaganda*
Dilated Peoples - Self Defense
Dilated Peoples - Self Scientific
Dilated Peoples - The Last Line Of Defense
Dilated Peoples - The Platform*
Dilated Peoples - The Shape Of Things To Come
Dilated Peoples - Trade Money*
Dilated Peoples - Weed vs. Beer
Dilated Peoples - Who's Crew
Dilated Peoples - Work The Angles*
Dilated Peoples - Worse Comes To Worst*
Dilated Peoples - Years In The Making
Jungle Brothers - Brain*
Jurassic 5 - Acetate Prophets
Jurassic 5 - Action Satisfaction*
Jurassic 5 - Break
Jurassic 5 - Contribution
Jurassic 5 - Doo Wop
Jurassic 5 - Feng Shui
Jurassic 5 - Freedom
Jurassic 5 - Great Expectations
Jurassic 5 - Hey
Jurassic 5 - High Fidelity
Jurassic 5 - If You Only Knew
Jurassic 5 - Improvise
Jurassic 5 - Monkey Bars*
Jurassic 5 - One Of Them
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control*
Jurassic 5 - Remember His Name
Jurassic 5 - Sum Of Us
Jurassic 5 - Thin Line*
Jurassic 5 - Twelve*
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden*
Latyrx - Bad News*
Peanut Butter Wolf - In Your Area*
Peanut Butter Wolf - Styles, Crews, Flows, Beats*

Yeah, I just browsed through my MP3s.
 
Any Triple 6 Mafia song, or T.i., Bonecrusher, U.G.K., Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys, Youngbloods, DMX, Busta, Eminem, Snoop, Dre, etc
 
I'm not a huge fan of Hip Hop, though there are some rappers I like. I love listening to Mos Def and Talib Kwali. They don't rap about stupid crap like dubs and 40s, they rap about important stuff. :)
 
Originally posted by Zero
Any Triple 6 Mafia song, or T.i., Bonecrusher, U.G.K., Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys, Youngbloods, DMX, Busta, Eminem, Snoop, Dre, etc
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HIP-HOP. Not GANSTA RAP.
:)

Talib Kweli - Guerilla Monsoon Rap
Talib Kweli - Experience Dedication
Talib Kweli - Move Somethin'
Actually, the whole Reflection Eternal album, haha
Mos Def's stuff is real good
Aesop Rock - Forest Crunk
Aesop Rock - Odessa
Aesop Rock - The Active Element
Aesop Rock - What A World
Aesop Rock - Daylight
Anticon - I Am Hip Hop
Anticon - It's Them
Just search for Anticon, they're good:D
Atmosphere - Scapegoat
Atmosphere - 1597
Atmosphere - Don't Ever ****en Question That
Atmosphere - Aspiring Sociapath
Atmosphere - Flesh
Atmosphere - Free Or Dead
Atmosphere - God's Bathroom Floor
Atmosphere - Like Today
Atmosphere - Modern Man's Hustle
Atmosphere - Rhymeslayers
Benefit - Friends
Benefit - Proceed With Caution
Buck 65 - The Centaur <---funny/awesome song
Living Legends - Angelz With Dirty Faces
Living Legends - Night Prowler
Living Legends - Nothing Less

Can't Forget SAGE FRANCIS, another amazing guy
And Talib Kweli... one of the best MC's to every spit...

That's all i have in my Winamp Right now.. I'll post again later
 
awesome thread, im checking all these out.

i dont know shlt but these are some of my favorites

aesop rock - daylight (thanks tahirnuri)
aesop rock - shere khan
blackalicious ft. saul williams - release
blackalicious - chemical calisthenics
blackalicious - day one
blackalicious - brain washers
blackalcious - make you feel that way
blackalicious - first in flight
blackalicious - do this my way
blackalicious - deception
blackalicious - a to g
blackalicious - shallow days
blackalicious - if i may
jedi mind tricks - im against it
jedi mind tricks - muerte
jurassic 5 - if you only knew
jurassic 5 - freedom
mf doom - hey!
mf doom - scars and memories
mf doom - red and gold
mf doom - gas drawls
mf doom - operation greenbacks
the roots come alive (whole cd)
the roots - swept away
the roots - section
mos def and talib kweli - this means you

these are all extremely easy on the ears (so i would imagine good for people new to this type of music, im a newb myself), the way i like it. hard not to nod your head.

I know some more, but this is whats on my drive right now.
 
Originally posted by Zero
Any Triple 6 Mafia song, or T.i., Bonecrusher, U.G.K., Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys, Youngbloods, DMX, Busta, Eminem, Snoop, Dre, etc
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i like this but not dmx and busta and its three 6 mafia not triple
 
Outkast and Cee-lo from Goodie Mob always been on the real ish.. big fan of both...

Cee-Lo - Getting Grown
Outkast - BOB
Outkast - Rosa Parks
Outkast - I'm Sorry Ms Jackson
Outkast - ATLiens
Outkast ft. Goodie Mob - Liberation
Sage Francis - Bounce
Sage Francis - Rewrite
Sage Francis - I'm not a Hater
Sage Francis - Inherited Scars
Sage Francis - Her Schlag
Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot
Sage Francis - Time of My Life
Rakim - It's Been a Long Time
Rakim - The Saga Begins

Anything from Black Star

Mos Def - Leaving on a Jet Plane

Wyclef Jean, anything he has to offer has been great.
 
Outkast and Cee-lo from Goodie Mob always been on the real ish.. big fan of both...

Cee-Lo - Getting Grown
Outkast - BOB
Outkast - Rosa Parks
Outkast - I'm Sorry Ms Jackson
Outkast - ATLiens
Outkast ft. Goodie Mob - Liberation
Sage Francis - Bounce
Sage Francis - Rewrite
Sage Francis - I'm not a Hater
Sage Francis - Inherited Scars
Sage Francis - Her Schlag
Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot
Sage Francis - Time of My Life
Rakim - It's Been a Long Time
Rakim - The Saga Begins

Anything from Black Star

Mos Def - Leaving on a Jet Plane

Wyclef Jean, anything he has to offer has been great.
 
Anything from Tupac
Joe Budden's Whole cd is awesome.
50 Cent's earlier work(Power Of The Dollar)
Bustah Rymes-Break ur Neck
Snoop Doggy Dogg-Whiole Doggy Style cd
 
anything from Flipmode Squad
anything from Wu Tang
Joe Buddens
Royce Da 5'9"
Tony Touch a.k.a. Tony Toca
Rahzel
Nas
Neptunes
Redman
Keith Murray
Eric Sermon
Dave Hollister
Carl Thomas
Shyne
Notorious B.I.G.
Big Pun
Ludacris
Capone
Noreaga
DJ Clue
Freeway
David Banner
Camron
Big Tigger
Fugees
Wyclef
Pharoahe Monch
Sticky Fingaz
C-Lo
DJ Kay Slay
Lord Sear
Shells
Lil John
Kardinal Offishal
Petey Pablo
Jaheim
Outkast
DMX
Jermaine Dupri
Jay Z

I could go on and on...
I like mostly all east coast hip hop.
 
Originally posted by Squid
i like this but not dmx and busta and its three 6 mafia not triple
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No you are wrong. Dont tell me the name of my favorite rap group. Its actually 3 6 Mafia, Triple Six Mafia or Three Six Mafia, why dont you look on some of their cd covers before you start telling me what their name is.

From 3 6 Mafia's cd When the Smoke Clears, track 14 Three 6 Mafia f/ Goodie Mob

[Juicy J] (Big Gipp)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Three 6 Mafia (Here it is)
Know what I'm sayin'
Goodie Mob (Triple Six Mafia)
ATL (Big Gipp)
M-town connection (Man)
What you know about that?
(You can't ask fo' no mo')
What you know? What you know?
(I'ma hit ya back)
What you know?

Now why would Juicy J say Triple Six Mafia if the name of the group was Three 6 Mafia? Because Three and Triple MEAN THE SAME THING, duh.


Signal: If the rap artists I listed are Gangsta Rap then why are their lyrics on www.ohhla.com (Official HIP-HOP Lyrics Archive)?
 
Originally posted by battle_stage
anything from Flipmode Squad
anything from Wu Tang
Joe Buddens
Royce Da 5'9"
Tony Touch a.k.a. Tony Toca
Rahzel
Nas
Neptunes
Redman
Keith Murray
Eric Sermon
Dave Hollister
Carl Thomas
Shyne
Notorious B.I.G.
Big Pun
Ludacris
Capone
Noreaga
DJ Clue
Freeway
David Banner
Camron
Big Tigger
Fugees
Wyclef
Pharoahe Monch
Sticky Fingaz
C-Lo
DJ Kay Slay
Lord Sear
Shells
Lil John
Kardinal Offishal
Petey Pablo
Jaheim
Outkast
DMX
Jermaine Dupri
Jay Z

I could go on and on...
I like mostly all east coast hip hop.
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nice list...mostly.u forgot tupac(the best rapper ever),the neptunes arent rappers(its only pharrel),carl thomas and dave hollister arent hip hop,they suck.big tigger isnt really a hip hop artist,he's only been in one real song(he just freestyles a lot)
 
I've just really started listening to Hip-Hop and I quite like a lot of The Root's stuff. I want to get an album but I don't know which one to get. Any suggestions?
 
Phrenology, their latest album is unlike their last few releases... I own all of their albums, and my personal favorites are:

Things Fall Apart
Phrenology
Illadelph Half life


You've chosen a great group of artists to start off into hip hop. They operate with a live band, and instead of a DJ, Rahzel beatboxes over the microphone.
 
Nice. I neva knew that.
My favourite song of theirs at the mo is The Clones from Illadelph Half Life. But I'm getting more. Though all their albums seem to be really expensive over here like, £15 - £20. Maybe it's just my local stores. BTW an average album over here costs like £11, it's not much of a differance, but it's enough to put me off for the time being.
 
nice list...mostly.u forgot tupac(the best rapper ever),the neptunes arent rappers(its only pharrel),carl thomas and dave hollister arent hip hop,they suck.big tigger isnt really a hip hop artist,he's only been in one real song(he just freestyles a lot)
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1.) I hate Tupac
2.) I was listing urban music, so Carl Thomas and David Hollister can be in there if I want them to.
3.) I like Neptunes work, they don't need to be rappers
4.) Big Tigger doesn't need his own records or songs to be a rapper


Also, I forgot to Mention Poster Boy...
 
Originally posted by SiGNAL
HIP-HOP. Not GANSTA RAP.
:)
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Dre, Em, Snoop, DMX, and Busta are hip hop.


But ummm lets see here.

Shells, Copywrite, Cage, Chino XL, Crooked I, 7L and Esoteric, Jakki Da Mota Mouth, Dirty Deciples, Tame One, Vakill, Bury Whites, Run DMC, Gooniez, Warbux, Camu Tao, El P, The High and Mighty, The Mexakins ....lot more
 
Originally posted by epic
Dre, Em, Snoop, DMX, and Busta are hip hop.
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See thats what I'm sayin, 3 6 Mafia is hip hop too, there is no such thing as Gangsta rap unless you were in the ghetto of Compton or somewhere else man. 3 6 Mafia for life
 
Originally posted by Chris Hendricks
well, this thread isnt for URBAN music.its for HIP-HOP,like it says in the title
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I agree. Thanks for clearing that up. I saw a lot of names that I didn't really think was true hip-hop, rather, they were urban/gangsta rap. I think people need to know how to differentiate between true hip-hop and urban rap. I personally believe that true hip-hop has a LARGE focus on lyrics as opposed to urban. Someone, please make this clearer. Please.
 
Anything by Ghost C, even though most of his work is gangsta rap and not hip hop. Hoho, I love talking about myself in third person.

btw, I don't actually have anything recorded, just freestyles and stuff on paper. Maybe one day I'll get bored and show you guys some skills :).

And on another note, some of Nelly's stuff is ok, and Cam'ron has done some good stuff, other than that I don't listen to all that much hip hop.
 

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