I've never really listened to rap/hip-hop but I'm trying to try some new music out so I was wondering if I could get some suggestions. Thanks in advance. :-)
Also maybe some stuff for workouts would be nice.
Edit: if I can find it for free on sound cloud that's a plus since I use mostly that. Anything is fine though.
i love that man isaiah rashad id say give him a shot
tbh you usually vibe with the city you are from. Im from atl and i like young thug and 21 savage
I'd recommend Kings of the City. They're not purely hip-hop/rap so perhaps you'll enjoy their music.
I'm personally also not much of a rap fan, but there're several more artists I enjoy listening to (Watsky, MGK).
gang starr is fundemental hiphop done fantastically
I never listened to hip hop because I didn't enjoy it until like October, here are my suggestions that got me more into it:
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit; I Don't Go Outside
Milo - So The Flies Don't Come
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAD City
I'm a fan of more melancholic music so Earl felt more comfortable to listen to, Milo has a style of incredibly sarcastic philosophical lyricism I enjoyed, and Kendrick's GKMC felt more like story in the form of hip hop which was nice.
redddd i like young thug and 21 savage
this is a red flag if I've ever seen one
Illmatic - Nas
The College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation - Kanye West
The Low End Theory/Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
Enter The Wu-Tang Clan 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
These are albums that are widely known and are for the most part critically acclaimed. Some people I know who aren't into hiphop that much like some of these albums
Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
Death Certificate - Ice Cube
Black Bastard - KMD
Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx - Raekwon
Liquid Swords - GZA
And these are personal favorites that eased me into the genre.
milo, run the jewels, clipping, kendrick lamar, injury reserve, chance the rapper
hyattsome pretty notable and accessible releases:
J Dilla - Donuts
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Madvillain - Madvillainy
MF DOOM - Mm..Food
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
you can also check out some of more recent lofi beat makers like bsd.u and killer bee
i was wondering who the fug would be saying the exact same albums i love and i realized who this was rofl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvuHQ45a-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNlI76As-l0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-XjZgjXzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4MTdOVm4Dk
smh
illmatic- nas
Lifestylez ov da poor and dangerous - big L
The infamous - mobb deep
Ready to die - biggie
rhythm-al-ism - DJ quik
Atliens- outkast
2001- dre
The chronic - dre
All eyez on me- pac
Me against the world - pac
The college dropout - Ye (also late registration is very very good)
GKMC - Kendrick
1999,b4da$$ - joey
It was written - nas (the message is imo one of the best tracks ever made)
The score - fugees
Get rich or die tryin - fif
Doggystyle - snoop dogg
Labcabincalifornia - pharcyde
Mos def and talib kweli are blackstar - blackstar
The documentary - the game
Low end theory - atcq
Stankonia - outkast
Anything by de la soul
Section 80 - Kendrick
Midnight marauders - atcq
Take care - Drake
Missing a bunch might edit when I get home from work
to start with hiphop imo you need to start with modern day big names. regardless of what people think of these albums. I think its easy for new listeners to start with these.
kendrick lamar - good kid maad city
kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterfly
j cole - forest hills drive
joey badass - b4.da.$$
chance the rapper - colouring book
drake - if you're reading this its too late
drake - nothing was the same
drake - so far gone
kanye west - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
kanye west - life of pablo
kanye west - college dropout
logic - under pressure
trap rap
kodak black - lil big pac
lil uzi vert - anything really
future - EVOL or DS2
old school
a tribe called quest - we got it from here thank you 4 your service, low end theory, midnight marauders
nas illmatic, it was written, stillmatic
life after death - notorious big
all eyez on me - 2pac
madvillian - madvilliany
https://open.spotify.com/user/md46/playlist/26Wh7mWJcwj9pyISQ0UDRh
just hit shuffle
*ty for clockwork to provide the quality music selection
if youre willing to listen to some instrumentals that are pretty out there you should check out Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition.
Liquid swords by gza is also a classic.
some excellent recs in this thread already so im just gonna throw out some of my favs that haven't been mentioned yet, from a fairly wide range of styles
the doppelgangaz- lone sharks, hark
billy woods- history will absolve me, dour candy
viktor vaughn- vaudeville villain (my fav mf doom release not mentioned thus far)
cannibal ox- the cold vein
dj shadow- endtroducing
edan- beauty and the beat
elzhi- elmatic (also the preface and lead poison, they're more uneven but have some dope songs)
black moon- enta da stage
smif n wessun- dah shinin
eric b and rakim- paid in full, follow the leader
big daddy kane- long live the kane
masta ace- disposable arts, a long hot summer
cunninlynguists- a piece of strange
melanin 9- magna carta
mick jenkins- the waters
denzel curry- imperial
boogie down productions- criminal minded
nwa- straight outta compton
scarface- the diary
public enemy- it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
the coup- genocide and juice
organized konfusion- stress: the extinction agenda
jay-z- reasonable doubt, the blueprint
pete rock and cl smooth- mecca and the soul brother
jeru the damaja- the sun rises in the east
common- like water for chocolate, be
goodie mob- soul food
ugly heroes- ugly heroes
blackalicious- blazing arrow
company flow- funcrusher plus
freddie gibbs- pinata
j-live- the best part
killer mike- r.a.p. music (my favorite 'run the jewels' album tbh)
slick rick- the great adventures of slick rick
souls of mischief- '93 til infinity
the d.o.c.- no one can do it better
prhyme- prhyme
blu and exile- below the heavens
dr octagon- dr octagonecologyst
big pun- capital punishment
juggaknots- clear blue skies
that should last you for a little while heh
TRUST ME
This is a good start
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIK0H8p7YAgy8p7TtK7UEM8l2WV2MOn7D
also if you like beats listen to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8jJXwO8IxE
new guys i like Run The Jewels a lot.
Take a look of https://www.youtube.com/user/massappeal , https://www.youtube.com/user/HighFocusTV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHVbuwA78fcrsESJtKGz7dg these channels for new stuff
I only listen to real deep hip hop, kendrick, chance, logic, tyler, the list goes on
LISTEN TO 1999 BY JOEY BADASS OR ANYTHING BY RUN THE JEWELS IF UR GETTING INTO THE GENRE AND U WANT A GOOD GROVE WITH REALLY IMPRESSIVE LYRICS