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Madlib/Jaylib stuff...
Tes "X2" on Lex Records.
Anything from MF Doom, but I'll mainly recommend King Geedorah "Take me to your leader" and Madvillain.
Jehru the Damaja "Wrath of the Math"
Nobody mentionned Gangstarr, any of their records are just amazing....even the Best Of double album.
Mr Lif, Cannibal Ox, El-P.
Company Flow are really good too.
Oddatee
Sage Francis, Ill Bill, Necro is really sick but very good.

And to change a bit, if you don't really mind the language, try to find the TTC album called "Batards Sensibles".....very good french hip hop.
French hip hop is probably unknown in the US, most of it is shit, but some bands have their own kind of sound and a very cool approach to hip hop. If you find it, try Le Klub des Looser, too.

E-40! In A Major Way!


tung twista- razzamatazz/jazzamatazz?
goodie mob-soul food

thebookofkevin wrote:...and the Gravediggaz's 6 Feet Deep.

hell. yeah.
Arm to the Leg, Leg, Arm to the Head...




my faves (some are obvious)

De La Soul "Buhloone Mindstate"
Pharcyde "Bizarre Ride II the..."
Goats "tricks of the shade"
Madvillain "Madvillainy"
Shaquille O'Neal "Shaq Diesel" (seriously, this sucks so awesome)
Blackalicious "Nia"
Masta Ace "Slaughterhouse" (e.p.)
Ice Cube "Kill at Will" (e.p.)
Eric B. and Rakim "Eric B for President"
P.E. "Nation of Millions..."
the Roots "Do you want more?!?!!???!?"
Madkap "Look, Ma Duke, No Hands!"
Funkdoobiest "Which Doobie UB?"
Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep"
Lench Mob "Guerrillas in the Mist"
Black Star "Mos Def and Talib Kweli are..."
Ultramagnetic M.C.'s (the one with "Poppa Large")
Paul Barman "It's very Stimulating"
Dr. Dooom "First Come, First Served"
A Tribe Called Quest "Low End Theory"
Del the Funky Homosapien "No Need For Alarm"

Schaal wrote:The Prime Minister Pete Nice solo album is really good with some porduction by The Beatnuts. Anything by them is also worth getting.

yes!! kick the bobo is a great song!



also: Freestyle Fellowship "Innercity Griots"

Faiz

there`s also Dalek \m/
their "absence" is just great, older lp`s too...

Many, many excellent suggestions so far, it seems you're in safe hands and not going to go too far wrong here.

diego wrote:Madlib/Jaylib stuff...

Further to that I'll chip in with an oddball gem - Quasimoto's The Unseen. Madlib's helium voiced alter-ego. It might take a few plays to get past the weed hazed, pitched-up vocals and unravel the tracks (each is like 3 or 4 rolled into one) but it's a dense, sprawling masterpiece that really hangs together as a whole. It's frequently as funny as hell too. It's such a one-off that I'm slightly dreading the new one (due any day now) which is bound to be a bit of a let-down next to it.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Antipop Consortium. Great Shit.

cprlcoffee wrote:I can't believe nobody has mentioned Antipop Consortium. Great Shit.

Right. And I second...

MF Doom
MadVillainy
Gravediggaz
GZA
Jeru tha damaja
GangStarr
Mr Lif
Atmosphere
Clouddead
Blackalicious
Nas

...all good.

Insane Clown Posse!
























(kidding)

Of course it goes without saying for:

Erik B & Rakim
EPMD
Redman
De La Soul
Tribe Called Quest
Jungle Brothers
Kool Keith & Ultramagnetic MCs
Gangstarr (DWYCK!! My all-time classic)
BDP
PE
etc, etc, etc...

EPMD "business never personal"
Soundbombing II comp if nothing for the Company Flow track.
the Coup "kill my landlord" / "steal this album"
Outkast "Stankonia" / "Love Below"
Digital Underground "Sex Packets"
Insane Poetry "Grim Reality" (this one's weird + creepy)
Common "resurrection"

What about Cage - Hell's Winter? I've been following this guy's output since his pre-Eminem-beef days. The original "don't-give-a-fuck" white rapper. He apparently quit smoking dust and put this record out on Def Jux.

Jello Biafra and DJ Shadow are featured on one song, and one guy from Yo La Tengo plays bass on another. Just curious if any of you were into it.