What Hip Hop artist do you listen to?

[Bakari]

Any real Hip Hop fans out there? I am not talking about this mainstream garbage you find on MTV and BET, I am talking TRUE Hip Hop!

Ever since I came to this country from South Africa in the early 90's, I found myself fascinated with Hip Hop. Which is why I have a deep love for old school hip hop, todays mainstream simply doesn't hold a candle compared to groups like A Tribe Called Quest or Digable Planets. Don't get me wrong Hip Hop is still going strong, but imo it can only be found in the underground movement.

Anyways, what are some groups you listen to? Was hoping to mabye gain some new groups as well as share some of mine. This is everything currently on my MP3 which explains why its in alphebetical order :P

Aesop Rock
Apathy
Atmosphere
Beat Junkies
Binary Star
Black Star
Blackalicious
Blue Scholars
Cunninlynguists
Cyne
Das Efx
De La Soul
Deltron ( Del the funky homosapian )
Digable PLanets
Digital Underground
Dilated People
Edan
Fugees
Gang Starr
Gift of Gab
Hieroglypics
Immortal Technique
Jedi Mind Tricks
Jurassic 5
Kriss Kross
Living Legends
Masta Ace
Naughty by Nature
Nice & Smooth
Pete Rock
Positive K
Public Enemy
Queen Latihah
Run DMC
Soul Position
Sounds of Mischief
Sound Providers
Tribe Called Quest
Ultramagnetic MCs
Vicionaries
Whondini
Zion I

[kingsam]

but imo it can only be found in the underground movement.While in general I support the idea of this thread, and am a big 'underground' hip hop fan, and yes the inverted commas are very important, I will contest this statement to hell and back.

Nas
Jay-Z
Young Buck
The Game
Method Man
Redman
Dr. Dre
Mobb Deep
M.O.P.
The Roots
Joell Ortiz
The Lox
Ghostface
Timbaland
The Neptunes
The Clipse
Fat Joe
Raekwon
Lupe Fiasco
Kanye West
Little Brother

All on major labels and dropping hot product. Although I do admit that there is a bigger ratio of dope stuff in the 'underground' to the so-called mainstream of hip hop.

Anyway some reccommendations, as well as the above:
Cypress Hill
Black Moon
Sean P
Boot Camp Clik
Black Milk
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
MF Doom
Madlib
J Dilla
RJD2
Pretty much anything to do with Wu (eg. the new Cilvaringz LP)
AOTP (JMT, Apathy, others)
Canibus
Juice Crew (Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Marley Marl etc.)
KRS-One
Non-Phixion
Cage
Capone-n-Noreaga
Big L
Lord Finnesse
D.I.T.C.
Big Pun
Cannibal Ox
Jus Allah (JMT Member)
Pharoahe Monch
Biggie

I could list millions more but I can't be arsed.
Enjoy.

[Axe&Hammer]

I enjoy:


Immortal Technique
Jurassic 5
NWA
Public Enemy
Cannibal Ox
Tribe Called Quest

[chimam2002]

**** a hip hop its all about the south baby!!


lil wizzy da great(in da whole fam)
T.I(and the clique PSC)
slim thug(and all them chopped n screwed folks, bun b, paul wall, michael watts, mike jones)
and up north we got jimmy jones and the whole dipset fam,
but in general i like mine songs underground
trap squad
D4L
dem franchise boys
crime mobb
soulja boy n a-rab

[red shoe paul]

Jedi Mind Tricks
Immortal Technique
Jurassic 5
Danger Doom

[netbevit]

Awkwordz, underground guy from the UK.

[Redman_DK]

Here's my little list:

ABS
Def Squad
DMX
Eminem (Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP only tough)
Erick Sermon
Method Man
Nas
Streetlife
Redman
RZA
Wu-Tang Clan

[adz1992]

i think i made one of these awhile ago and everyone had 50 cent
looks like everyones stopped paying attention to him now
just when hes starting to change lol




lowkey
logical
kool g rap(solo artist)
saigon
jedi mind tricks
wu-tang clan
tupac
new world order
Broken bars (now split up)
poisonous poets(some of there stuff is hip hop)
eminem
nas
kool g rap(the group)
arista
must(Mr musted(sp??))
sir munch
Random mc
slash
envy
JC
EHC





and loads more

[kingsam]

Kool G Rap the group?.....

[The House]

no mainstream ****.

Run DMC
Ice Cube
NWA
Eazy E
Wu Tang Clan
Old Snoop Dog and Dre ( none of the new crap)
Method man
Notorious BIG
Mos Def
And especially some Cypress Hill.

[MiNiMaL_sAnItY]

50 cent :p
Young Buck
Lloyd Banks
The Game
Nas
Snoop Dogg
Eminem
2pac( for sure!)

[turkmen117]

50 cent :p
Young Buck
Lloyd Banks
The Game
Nas
Snoop Dogg
Eminem
2pac( for sure!)

Did you post that list just to anger all others? :p

Anyway, i'm not that educated in underground hiphop (not that i listen to mainstream) but i DO like:

Promoe
Damian Marley (Rastafari?)
Talib Kweli
Common
Cypress Hill
Run DMC
Lupe Fiasco
N.W.A
Eazy E
OLD Eminem ; Dr.Dre ; Snoop Dogg

[adz1992]

Kool G Rap the group?.....


theres an underground group that hasnt made movements to recently

consists of some underground hip hop artists from the uk and the us
mainly headed by kool g rap saigon and lowkey
that is why saigon knows lowkey so well and kool g rap



i may be wrong but i think they may have split up now
cause i just checked if the myspace was up and its been taken down

[THEBLAKWALSTREET]

THE GAME, Black Wallstreet, only true rapper(s) today in mainstream (other than Nas)

[Blu-Ray]

Eminem
Nas
Jay-Z
50 Cent
Diddy
Snoop and Dre
The Game
Sometime T.I
New* MIMS
Thugs-Bone N Harmony
Will Smith.....
A Tribe Called Quest
D-12
NWA
Run DMC