UNDERGROUND CLASSICS

I'm talking about the best / most important albums to the underground hip hop scene.
Stuff like Funcrusher Plus, Innercity Griots, Masters Of The Universe, The Cold Vein etc. What ya got??

K-Rino- Stories From The Black Book
Point Blank- Prone To Bad Dreams, Mad At The World, and N Tha Do
Section 8 Mob- Controlled Dangerous Substance
Three 6 Mafia- Mystic Styles
Haystak- Car Fulla Whiteboys
Pastor Troy- I Declare War

Psycho Dwarf wrote:

I'm talking about the best / most important albums to the underground hip hop scene.
Stuff like Funcrusher Plus, Innercity Griots, Masters Of The Universe, The Cold Vein etc. What ya got??

The album in your avatar isn't bad either.

MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Non Phixion - The Future is Now
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
Tech N9ne - Anghellic
Sean Price - Monkey Barz (a more recent releas that meant alot)
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Cunninlynguists - Will Rap for Food
Little Brother - The Listening
Canibus - Rip the Jacker
Ras Kass - Soul on Ice
Killarmy - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (essential)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Chino XL - Here to Save You All
Deltron 3030
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
One Be Lo - Sonogram
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe

KRob86 wrote:

K-Rino- Stories From The Black Book
Point Blank- Prone To Bad Dreams, Mad At The World, and N Tha Do
Section 8 Mob- Controlled Dangerous Substance
Three 6 Mafia- Mystic Styles
Haystak- Car Fulla Whiteboys
Pastor Troy- I Declare War

Only heard that K-Rino and it's probably tied with Blood Doctrine as my favorite from him

Blu And Exile-Below the Heavens
MF Doom-Viktor Vaughn
Little Brother-The Minstrel Show
Little Brother-Chitlin Ciruit 1.5
eMC-The Show
Jean Grae-Jeanius
Binary Star-Masters Of The Universe
9th and Buckshot-Chemistry (4 stars but still bangin)
9th And Buckshot-The Formula
De La Soul-The Grind Date

You forgot Blazing Arrow, dawg...lol

See Powell I'm not the only dude bigging up Haystak.


I'll say


Bizzy Bone-Song 4 U
Sandman-No Secrets No Lies
Dan-E-O: Book of Daniel
Atmosphere-You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Brother Ali-Shadows On The Sun
Cage-Hell's Winter
High & Mighty-Home Field Advantage
Pharoahe Monch-Internal Affairs
Dayton Family-What's On My Mind?
Bootleg-Death Before Dishonesty


There's obviously a lot more but I co-sign most of the picks made before. I still can't believe how many people like Chino's Here To Save You All more than Poisen Pen. Ya'll are crazy.

Slang Editorial wrote:

MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Non Phixion - The Future is Now
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
Tech N9ne - Anghellic
Sean Price - Monkey Barz (a more recent releas that meant alot)
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Cunninlynguists - Will Rap for Food
Little Brother - The Listening
Canibus - Rip the Jacker
Ras Kass - Soul on Ice
Killarmy - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (essential)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Chino XL - Here to Save You All
Deltron 3030
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
One Be Lo - Sonogram
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe

I agree with all of those. Operation Doomsday in particular. Even though Nocturnal is by far the better album to me, Monkey Barz was the album that set it off for sean price and he's been killin it in the underground ever since so I agree with that. I have that Killarmy. What else do they have that is worth checking out?

Also add:
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

Demigodz - The Godz Must Be Crazy EP
Elzhi - Out Of Focus EP
Grip Grand - Brokelore (not too old, but unanimously approved)
Blazing Arrow (seriously, this time)
Arsonists - As The World Burns
Ill Bill - What's Wrong With Bill?
Escape From Monster Island
Die, Rugged Man, Die
J Live - All Of The Above
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
Murs - End Of The Beginning

Psycho Dwarf wrote:

Slang Editorial wrote:

MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Non Phixion - The Future is Now
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
Tech N9ne - Anghellic
Sean Price - Monkey Barz (a more recent releas that meant alot)
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Cunninlynguists - Will Rap for Food
Little Brother - The Listening
Canibus - Rip the Jacker
Ras Kass - Soul on Ice
Killarmy - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (essential)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Chino XL - Here to Save You All
Deltron 3030
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
One Be Lo - Sonogram
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe

I agree with all of those. Operation Doomsday in particular. Even though Nocturnal is by far the better album to me, Monkey Barz was the album that set it off for sean price and he's been killin it in the underground ever since so I agree with that. I have that Killarmy. What else do they have that is worth checking out?

Also add:
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

yea man i was trying to list more recent stuff like post 96 mostly but if were doing early underground id put

Smif n Wessun - Dah Shinin
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
KMD - Black Bastards
Organized Konfusion - Stress the Extinction Agenda
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade (do yourself a favor and get this)
DITC - DITC
OC - Word Life (i heard from ppl that at the time this was a really low key release that didnt get the respect it deserved)
Scientifik - The Most Blunted
Edo G and Da Bulldogs - Life of a Kid in the Ghetto

Masta Ace - Disposable Arts

Damn it guys, you took all the good ones.

Blue Scholars-Bayani
GZA-Grandmasters
Jean Grae-Attack of the Attacking Things
Insane Poetry-Grim Reality
Ganxta NIP-South Park Psycho
Esham-Boomin Words from Hell
Dr. Octagon

Nine - IX Livez and Cloud 9
AOTP - Tortiure Papers (not too old either, but just fucking monstrous)
NYOIL - Hood Treason
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

One Gud Cide-Look What the Streets Made Me
ESG-Ocean of Funk
ESG-Sailin Da South
Big Pokey-Hardest Pit in the Litter
Strange Fruit Project-Soul Travelin
Crooked Lettaz-Grey Skies

La the Darkman-Heist of the Century