I stated in another thread that i would throw a few names out there of some stuff i like. So Enjoy... hopefully zion i (houston) kotix (houston) masterminds triple threat company flow Rjd2 cannibal ox sage francis (somewhat like eminem but better and smarter) dilated peoples roni size swollen members handsome boy modeling school blackalicious aesop rock atmosphere dj shadow dr octagon massive attack jedi mind tricks prefuse 73 cunninlynguists (everyone should try these guys) dizzie rascal (british guy) there are quite a few diffrent styles that are grouped here. for instance massive attack isnt really hiphop, its very mellow good stuff.
dilated peoples roni size aesop rock massive attack jedi mind tricks dizzie rascal (british guy) ive heard of them
Don't know if this is underground or hiphop, but I really like that Guerilla Black song "Guerilla Nasty" Sounds a lot like Biggie.
I heard this cat called "The Streets" some white dude from England or something. He did this song called "Lets push things forward" it had something about London Bridges falling down or whatever, I couldn't listen to it without laughing.
i like blackaliscious, swollen members, dilated peoples, and jurassic 5...have cd's of all of them. oh, another good one is sweatshop union - they are under the same label owned by mad child of swollen members.
His new album is due out soon. He's got a song with Hi-Tek too. It should be a banger though. Does anybody out there listen to J-Live? He's another underground artist thats very underrated.
Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith. thats one of my favorite albums. check his other personas. Black Elvis "Lost in Space" is a great album too. It should be listed under under Kool Keith. Brian
del tha funky homosapien- Deltron 3030 Paris - Soniq Jihad blackalicious-Blazing Arrow Talib Kweli If you can call those guys underground... Has anyone heard Green Lantern's Tupac mixtapes?
I have heard of some sage, blacklicious and atomsphere stuff. I also recommend very very strongly Dead Prez if you haven't heard of them yet, really good. Also, what about Talib Khalib and Roots, they are in between mainstream and underground, so if he haven't heard of them I recommend checking them out.
Dj Shadow is on tour with Blackalicious/ Quannum Collective Tix on sale today, for ATL show. I think the only Texas date is April 23 in Austin
this is all really cool stuff some of the others you mentioned I hadnt heard, but now I am curious. here are a few more: themselves (doseone & jel) Latyrx (Lateef the Truth speaker and Lyrics Born) antipop consortium (Beans) cLOUDDEAD sixtoo busdriver p*rn theatre ushers work (houston) the fly (aka ukalipthis, houston)
This is one of my best friends, from Houston, if you like Kotix, he has done some songs with them, he goes by VG Skillz aka V Zilla, he has done some local shows, and some overseas as well, give him a look: http://www.vzilla.com
My favorite indy albums recently Diverse - One A.M. Lyrics Born - Later That Day... The Procussions - As Iron Sharpens Iron Singles: Dilated - This Way Ken Starr - If Slum Village - Selfish Juggaknots - She Love Me I'm also a big Little Brother, Lone Catalyst and Five Deez fan.
