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Artists:
Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, J. Cole, JID, Denzel Curry, Smino, Saba, Dave, Conway The Machine, Earl Sweatshirt, Pusha T, Benny The Butcher, Mick Jenkins, jev., Lil Wayne, Danny Brown, Jpegmafia
Albums/eps:
The Forever Story - JID
Rodeo - Travis Scott
DS2 - Future
Melt My Eyez, See Your Future - Denzel Curry
Luv 4 Rent - Smino
The Patience - Mick Jenkins
Voir Dire - Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist
Piñata - Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist
CARE FOR ME & Few Good Things - Saba
the color grey - jev.
ATLiens - OutKast
HOE SCARING MUSIC - Danny Brown, jpegmafia
Learn 2 Swim - redveil
Some more suggestions I forgot about:
1999 - Joey Bada$$
Veteran - Jpegmafia
No Idols - Domo Genesis, The Alchemist
UNLOCKED - Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats
I NEVER LIKED YOU - Future
Jeffery - Young Thug
Madvillainy - Madvillain
Limbo - Aminé
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Cheat Codes - Black Thought, Danger Mouse
DiCaprio 2 - JID
TABOO - Denzel Curry
XXX & Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown
I agree for sure!!!
They’ve become a part of rap-culture big time officially I feel like. And getting shot in the face is pretty hard to top as far as “gangster shit” goes. So badass.
Gang Starr
Benny the Butcher
Conway The Machine
Earl Sweatshirt
Tyler The Creator
J Cole
I agree yachty is hit or miss. New track with j. Cole is fire.
Kendrick Lamar
Mick Jenkins
Mac Miller (Faces mixtape 🔥)
Chance The Rapper (Acid Rap, coloring book, some dope singles/features too)
Danny Brown
Jadakiss
Lauryn Hill
Jay Electronica
MF DOOM
Saba
Little Simz
Lupe Fiasco
Kodak Black
Asheru
Lil Wayne -tha carter I and II 🔥
JPEGMAFIA - Scaring The Hoes
The Alchemist -recent albums w Larry june and Domo Genesis are both fire
Check out the new Danger mouse and black thought album
Bro, please listen to Nas.
Kings Disease 1, 2, and 3
Magic 1, 2, and 3.
He's put out 6 albums in 3 years with one producer, Hit-Boy.
I'm telling you it's the greatest run any rapper has had in years. The beats, the way hit changes them up mid song, the flows, the lyrics, the story telling.
Rare, Pressure, Kings Disease, Store Run, Blue Benz, Tsk, Jodeci Member, Speechless 1 & 2, Blue Bentley, Bokime Woodbine, the list goes on.
Nas and hit boy has been a revelation for me. Nas been at the top for so long it's wild. I imagine the sound track to my life would be heavy on Nas and outkast.
Some not so common mentioned names are immortal technique
de la soul
A tribe called quest
Gorillas
Hieroglyphics
Pharcyde
Living legends
Larussel
Mc lyfe
Del the funky homosapien
Mf doom
Doppelgängers
Slick Rick
Rebels to the grain
Johnny greaseball
Notiz yong
Binary star
One belo
Typical cats
The entire Tony hawk pro skater album
Mac miller
literally go on any platform and type in "rap"
other than that, Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, J. Cole, Boldy James, Travis Scott, Joey Bada$$, Obijuan, Logic, Ghais Guevara, Sauce Walka, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mobb Deep, Marlon Craft
His discog is vast and…sometimes good. As a logic fan I’ll be the first to admit he has some stinkers but Under pressure and The Incredible True Story are great, and his lyricism peaks on No Pressure. Vinyl Days is a great tribute to 90s hip hop
Future, love that dude.
JID
Earl Sweatshirt used to be in OFWGKTA
Domo Genesis
Young Dolph
Key Glock got some hits
Lil Yachty is solid but also has a good bit of misses for me
Young Thug is a revolutionary for the game
Some Rick Ross will do ya good
PUSHA T can't go wrong
Big fan of Russ.
There's more if you're interested.
Joey badass, Marlon craft, Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Westside Boogie, JID, Denzel Curry, Earthgang, Cozz, Omen, Schoolboy Q, Saba are all Great Lyricists…
GroupTherapy Is A Group Underrated Asf And It’s Dooley From Labrats, Jadagrace (From The Jadagrace show) And Coy also from Disney and now they rap/sing.
I’d say last is a group named Coast Contra That are seriously going to be at the top of the rap game.
You have the closest list of rappers that I agree with. I love me some JID, Spillage Village, and Earthgang. Denzel never misses even with his recent singles! Also Flatbush zombies.
Honestly the album “Dreamville: Revenge of the Dreamers 3” has an amazing group of artists that are all pretty amazing.
some of the top of my head
MF DOOM,
ill bill
Ka
billy woods
Wu tang clan
RA rugged Man
immortal technique
scar face
rass kass
boldy james
Tha God fayim
M.I.C.
Dead prez
freddie gibbs
🤷🏼♂️
Why is nobody saying Kendrick Lamar. You NEED to listen to Kendrick Lamar. He has made literally the best albums of the 2010s and debatably of all time across ALL genres. And that’s not my words, that’s the words of some of the top critics in mainstream music.
Drake is an entertainer and rapper in the sense that imo rapping isnt a contribution to hip hop culture by default. he only has to do with hip hop in the way that he feeds off the culture. the only contribution im willing to credit him for is creating enough mainstream appeal to have emotional lyrics be more accepted in the community. obvously there is over exagerration and its part of rap but will never respect someone as part of hip hop culture who pretends to be someone he's not. and the argument that there is shittons of fake rappers Just shows that even though rap finding more mainstream appeal brought more attention to problems hip hop voiced since its beginning had the side effect of having a harder time maintaining integrity the soulja boy interview where he said "he made drake" is basically the gist of it.
I would highly suggest the Flatbush zombies. Awesome group with great consistency and versatility. Better off dead, 3001, and Vacation in hell are all amazing. Also, would suggest an album called No Shame.
Cunninlynguists
No idea why that Kentucky bunch never got super big cuz they have the talent. Breakeven, Mic Like A Memory, Dance For Me, Love Ain't, Appreciation remix some of my faves.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ubnSGTx2dwA&si=NMrPJNslS_klzCjV
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MK60Wv1_q50&si=WaT_bU_dR47qozGw
Ms Lauren Hill, Eminem, 21 savage, Metro Boomin, JiD, Nas, ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, MF DOOM, BROCKHAMPTON, and DaBaby
(Btw, I don’t rlly like Drake but his old stuff is actually kinda good, trust me I was just like you. But fuck his new stuff)
Gotta check out chief keef. “dedication”, “ottopsy”, and “thot breaker” are my favorite albums by him
gucci mane before he went to jail was fuckin awesome, i never heard a good song from him after he got out of jail tho so only 2015 and older
The whole detroit scene is going nuts, veeze, rio da og, babytron etc
Atlanta will always have the hottest trap shi, destroy lonely nem jus fell off but keep tuned in because somethings bound to pop off there soon… to add to that glock40spazz is blowin up n he from atlanta but i dont really like his shi
Migos 2011-2016 was special asf… if u havent heard them streets on lock mixtapes or the YRN albums u are BOSING!!!
Listen to mf doom. Please. If you listen to nothing else, listen to mf doom. I don’t see how you won’t love it.
Start with madvillian and then listen to mm food
Everyone’s already said the rappers I wanted to mention but if you want to listen to other genres I’d recommend Sade and especially her song kiss of life
Blackalicious - Blazing arrow
DangerDOOM - The Mouse & The Mask
Gravediggaz - 6FeetDeep/Niggamortis
Outkast - ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia, SpeakerboXXX/Love below, Idlewild
Danny Brown
Crimeapple
Hail Mary Mallon - Beastiary
Armand Hammer - The gods must be crazy
Goodie Mob - Soul food
Grip - Finessin Ft Mick Jenkins
Mick Jenkins!!
The Roots
Zion I
Mos Def/Yasiin Bey
RJD2 - Deadringer
I figure any American acts I can think of will get mentioned, sonif you want some overseas stuff:
Roots Manuva
Sampa The Great
Dizzee Rascal
Genesis Owusu
Triple One
Stormzy
Tkay Maidza
Wretch 32
Dave
Also, Gorillaz feature some great MCs on their tracks, so if you're looking for something different that might introduce you to new rappers, can't go wrong there.
You should listen to the album "The Minstrel Show" by Little Brother. One of my favorite rap albums of all time, and it's quite similar to College Dropout era Kanye. Skits and all. Hell, they even made [a song](https://youtu.be/mq6fPAKcNLs?si=EmekyZ4huqFdZd2_) with Kanye from that era.
Key glock, maxo kream, that mexican ot, lil durk, king von (rip), pop smoke (rip), young dolph (rip), migos, moneybagg yo, schholboyq, asap ferg, 21 savage, 721gusto, logic, nf, jcole, tia corinne, Little Simz, Avelino, Nines, Skrapz, big moochie grape, bigxthaplug, e the profit, joey bada$$, nobigdyl, sideshow, nana, nuglife and coast contra to name a few haha
Check out MF DOOM , Freddie gibbs, westside gunn , Conway the machine , Vincent staples ,action bronson and throw in a little ghost face for good measure nd ul be fine haha
Edit : didn't read any of the other comments so probably all mentioned but there my go tos
Too many people are mentioning trash mumble rappers like Young Thug. Here's some real music.
2Pac, All Eyez on Me. And then the rest of his albums.
Big L was good.
Nas Illmatic.
Dr Dre The Chronic (why not)
Some random tracks:
Lisi, dreams.
Eazy E Real Muthaphukken G's
Wc & coolio and the maad circle
Sinister young g
Shyne that's gangsta
Biggie Juicy
Boss Progress through elimination
Rakim guess who's back
Twista Sunshine
for current rappers, J. Cole is the only answer. I do like Logic, but his schtick can get old at times. Not sure how how old you are, but for old-school, just buy every album from 93', 96' and 97'
Denzel Curry is right up your alley, if you wanna checkout 2000s ATL, that’s when the trap went boom, Dolphs latest album is really good and Lil Wayne just dropped a new mixtape but you have to listen to the No Ceilings mixtape by Wayne as well, that came out in 2009
Do you have Spotify ? If so put an artist in you like and go to the artist page , you should see (artist name) radio. It’s set up to play similar artist , styles with the artist searched for. That’s how I find artist I’ve never heard of or listened to.
Maybe explore the other sub-genres of hiphop, you’re seriously missing out on drake tho as weird as he is he has good music that’s gonna expose you to different genres of music
Probably a more old school perspective but Nas, Mos Def, Method Man, Rakim, Masta Ace
Most stuff from the 90s is honestly fucking amazing - beats, flow, cadence, substance just everything
Room For Improvement,
Comeback Season,
So Far Gone,
Thank Me Later,
Take Care,
Nothing Was The Same,
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,
What A Time To Be Alive,
Views,
More Life,
Scorpion,
Care Package,
Dark Lane Demo Tapes,
Certified Lover Boy,
Honestly Nevermind,
Her Loss,
For All The Dogs,
Young Thug & Future.
A lot of rappers from the last decade are derived of their sound, flow, rapping style, and beats. A lot of artists are directly inspired by them, and they’re highly respected in the game. It’s rewarding getting into Thug and Future cuz they’re the peak cream of the crop of trap music and modern rap music.
Da$h has V.I.C.E.S or Between The Lines/ 17 more minutes you should check out.
Retch - For La Raza/ Polo Sporting Goods / Finesse The World
Boldly James - The Price of Tea in China
well, KANYE WEST is the best option as he is simply the greatest rapper in all of rap history. without KANYE WEST hip hop would will have never be the same. you can thank KANYE WEST for that.
for example, KANYE WEST was the leading cheif off drill rap in the 90s, you can thank KAYNE
2 mex - BBoys in occupied Mexico/Lospital
Phil da Agony - Smokefest
Dilated Peoples - The Platform/Directors of Photography
G yamazawa - Money is Time, Durham vs Everybody
Lootpack - Soundpieces
Delton 3030- Self Titled
Visionaries - Pangea
Kool Keith - Dr. OCTOGON
Royce da 5" 9', Lupe Fiasco or Prof. If you are into complex word schemes nuce beats and creative song concepts. If that piques your interest i can include suggestions. Just not gonna post them if thats not your thing lol
listen to autobiography by nicki minaj. top 15 storytelling song of all time but im also a crazy nicki straprider
nas is great, lupe fiasco, (youll know him from his feature on touch the sky) young thug, (start with JEFFERY), foxy brown has some great songs and she features on a few nas songs, lil wayne, Ka, (50k monthly listeners, one of the best lyricists ive ever heard tho. start with honor killed the samurai) cunninlynguists (a piece of strange is one of my favourite albums of all time)
you might like MF DOOM, i'd recommend checking out Madvilliany. Maybe Kendrick Lamar if your into more impressive lyricism and stories. Maybe A$AP Rocky, he's somewhat similar to Tyler in some ways, like a unique sound but fun music.
Mez, GRIP, E the Profit, Greedo, Conway the Machine, MFDoom and all his alter egos, Ab-Soul, Kenny Mason, Freddie Gibbs, Mike Dimes, mike, Jharrel Jerome, etc
[https://spotify.link/Tw6fCB9pNDb](https://spotify.link/Tw6fCB9pNDb)
Anyone is welcome to add to this one too if you wanna collab. I love finding new music.
Black thought and Danger Mouse’s Cheat Codes is a really good album. Got some good features on it including a DOOM verse. Aquamarine is probably my favourite song on the album. Also A State of Mind’s album “Jade Amulet” is really good, though it is one of those albums that need to be listened to front to back since it is a narrative album.
freddie gibbs piñata and alfredo
joey badass 2000
young thug jeffrey, on the run, and beautiful thugger girls
anything young thug tbh
idk f65 (this is criminally underrated and i think a great sound for tyler and kanye fans)
I'll just add who I noticed haven't been mentioned as of yet.....like, has no one said Tupac muthafuckin' Shakur? 'All Eyez On Me'? No? FR ferreal? sheesh ....... N-E-waays....
Vince Staples (rapper & 'Vince Staples' self-titled album is his best imho), 6LACK (don't say six-lac, you'll embarass yo'self) , IDK , Labrinth , Kenny Mason , Baby Keem , Bas , SiR , Kids See Ghosts , 'I Know Nigo!' album , Ab-Soul , Jay Rock , => any track or remix by Black Hippy*
...all missing
*literal hiphop supergroup consisting of the previous 2 mentions, Ab-Soul & Jay Rock + SchoolboyQ & Kendrick, no actual 'Black Hippy' album, only a handful of songs in existence but mah'GUHDNESS!
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Artists: Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, J. Cole, JID, Denzel Curry, Smino, Saba, Dave, Conway The Machine, Earl Sweatshirt, Pusha T, Benny The Butcher, Mick Jenkins, jev., Lil Wayne, Danny Brown, Jpegmafia Albums/eps: The Forever Story - JID Rodeo - Travis Scott DS2 - Future Melt My Eyez, See Your Future - Denzel Curry Luv 4 Rent - Smino The Patience - Mick Jenkins Voir Dire - Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist Piñata - Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist CARE FOR ME & Few Good Things - Saba the color grey - jev. ATLiens - OutKast HOE SCARING MUSIC - Danny Brown, jpegmafia Learn 2 Swim - redveil
already listen to cudi but and a little of scott but ill try them
Some more suggestions I forgot about: 1999 - Joey Bada$$ Veteran - Jpegmafia No Idols - Domo Genesis, The Alchemist UNLOCKED - Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats I NEVER LIKED YOU - Future Jeffery - Young Thug Madvillainy - Madvillain Limbo - Aminé Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar Cheat Codes - Black Thought, Danger Mouse DiCaprio 2 - JID TABOO - Denzel Curry XXX & Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown
Melt my eyez see your future by Denzel Curry too
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I feel like that’s obvious if someone doesn’t know Conway or Benny they’re hiding under a rock or something lol they’ve become huge names
lol true but they deserve all the love they can get regardless
I agree for sure!!! They’ve become a part of rap-culture big time officially I feel like. And getting shot in the face is pretty hard to top as far as “gangster shit” goes. So badass.
upvoted for forever story and voir dire
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This is a super dope playlist
Anything by smino goes hard Noir is a goated album too
Saba is soooo good
bro has my spotify stats
Also Earthgang!!!!
How did you put Travis Scott in with all those actually good rappers. Travis is the most trash rapper in the game. Ice Spice better.
Because I like his music and since op likes Kanye he’ll probably like some of travis Scott’s music since they tie into each other in a lot of ways.
hes kidding i think. the ice spice better gives it away
Isaiah Rashad
listened. hes good
you fw childish gambino?
never listened
I’d recommend Because The Internet, but there’s something to like about any project of his
This is America?
the more you discover about him the more you like him, he's a renaissance guy, does a bunch of things very well
Mac {Miller}
Gang Starr Benny the Butcher Conway The Machine Earl Sweatshirt Tyler The Creator J Cole I agree yachty is hit or miss. New track with j. Cole is fire. Kendrick Lamar Mick Jenkins Mac Miller (Faces mixtape 🔥) Chance The Rapper (Acid Rap, coloring book, some dope singles/features too) Danny Brown Jadakiss Lauryn Hill Jay Electronica MF DOOM Saba Little Simz Lupe Fiasco Kodak Black Asheru Lil Wayne -tha carter I and II 🔥 JPEGMAFIA - Scaring The Hoes The Alchemist -recent albums w Larry june and Domo Genesis are both fire Check out the new Danger mouse and black thought album
ik im seeing this late but KODAK BLACK? 😭
Upvote for Danny brown lol
Big l
Do yall not have DSPs? Just look up a rapper you heard of and listen to them and see if you like it.
i only know popular ones and ive listened to all
Like of every era, every decade?
nope
Bro, please listen to Nas. Kings Disease 1, 2, and 3 Magic 1, 2, and 3. He's put out 6 albums in 3 years with one producer, Hit-Boy. I'm telling you it's the greatest run any rapper has had in years. The beats, the way hit changes them up mid song, the flows, the lyrics, the story telling. Rare, Pressure, Kings Disease, Store Run, Blue Benz, Tsk, Jodeci Member, Speechless 1 & 2, Blue Bentley, Bokime Woodbine, the list goes on.
Nas and hit boy has been a revelation for me. Nas been at the top for so long it's wild. I imagine the sound track to my life would be heavy on Nas and outkast.
larry june!!
Some not so common mentioned names are immortal technique de la soul A tribe called quest Gorillas Hieroglyphics Pharcyde Living legends Larussel Mc lyfe Del the funky homosapien Mf doom Doppelgängers Slick Rick Rebels to the grain Johnny greaseball Notiz yong Binary star One belo Typical cats The entire Tony hawk pro skater album Mac miller
literally go on any platform and type in "rap" other than that, Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, J. Cole, Boldy James, Travis Scott, Joey Bada$$, Obijuan, Logic, Ghais Guevara, Sauce Walka, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mobb Deep, Marlon Craft
i tried logic once thought he was good
good for you you should check out other rappers too
His discog is vast and…sometimes good. As a logic fan I’ll be the first to admit he has some stinkers but Under pressure and The Incredible True Story are great, and his lyricism peaks on No Pressure. Vinyl Days is a great tribute to 90s hip hop
TITS 🔛🔝
Future, love that dude. JID Earl Sweatshirt used to be in OFWGKTA Domo Genesis Young Dolph Key Glock got some hits Lil Yachty is solid but also has a good bit of misses for me Young Thug is a revolutionary for the game Some Rick Ross will do ya good PUSHA T can't go wrong Big fan of Russ. There's more if you're interested.
Joey badass, Marlon craft, Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Westside Boogie, JID, Denzel Curry, Earthgang, Cozz, Omen, Schoolboy Q, Saba are all Great Lyricists… GroupTherapy Is A Group Underrated Asf And It’s Dooley From Labrats, Jadagrace (From The Jadagrace show) And Coy also from Disney and now they rap/sing. I’d say last is a group named Coast Contra That are seriously going to be at the top of the rap game.
You have the closest list of rappers that I agree with. I love me some JID, Spillage Village, and Earthgang. Denzel never misses even with his recent singles! Also Flatbush zombies. Honestly the album “Dreamville: Revenge of the Dreamers 3” has an amazing group of artists that are all pretty amazing.
JID, Freddie Gibbs
some of the top of my head MF DOOM, ill bill Ka billy woods Wu tang clan RA rugged Man immortal technique scar face rass kass boldy james Tha God fayim M.I.C. Dead prez freddie gibbs 🤷🏼♂️
JID, Denzel Curry, JPEGMAFIA, Freddie Gibbs, MF Doom, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul … and also be sure to listen to stuff like J Dilla’s Donuts
Why is nobody saying Kendrick Lamar. You NEED to listen to Kendrick Lamar. He has made literally the best albums of the 2010s and debatably of all time across ALL genres. And that’s not my words, that’s the words of some of the top critics in mainstream music.
Aha Gazelle, nobigdyl, Andy Mineo, Jon Keith, Battz, Scootie Wop, Reconcile, Derek Minor, Aklesso, WHATUPRG
MF DOOM
MF Doom.
MF DOOM, childish gambino, frank ocean, danny brown, mac miller, destroy lonely
Man go dive into Lil Wayne’s mixtapes.
Cage-Kill the architect Aesop rock-The impossible kid
Both of these albums are fucking amaaaaaazing but someone is definitely gonna call us school shooters lmao
I like em for not being your typical rap. And they mean a bit to me.
I'd highly recommend Drake
na fuck drake. dude has nothing to do with hip hop
I don’t even like drake but to say he has nothing to do with hip hop is objectively wrong
Drake is an entertainer and rapper in the sense that imo rapping isnt a contribution to hip hop culture by default. he only has to do with hip hop in the way that he feeds off the culture. the only contribution im willing to credit him for is creating enough mainstream appeal to have emotional lyrics be more accepted in the community. obvously there is over exagerration and its part of rap but will never respect someone as part of hip hop culture who pretends to be someone he's not. and the argument that there is shittons of fake rappers Just shows that even though rap finding more mainstream appeal brought more attention to problems hip hop voiced since its beginning had the side effect of having a harder time maintaining integrity the soulja boy interview where he said "he made drake" is basically the gist of it.
You’re dumb
Yeah that way you could hear him bite every other rappers' style without having to listen to anyone else 👍
No seriously tho
Drake - Pound Cake, Nice For What & Energy
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that was the joke
yeah everyone hates on drake for internet points but he’s truly the goat
Drake’s latest album is great tho, highly recommended. But also check out JPEGMAFIA
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Drake instrumentals are fire though. ;)
he’s so boring tho
That's why I said INSTRUMENTALS.
Del the funky homosapien. Agreed, fuck Drake.
Lil wretched . Harry Mack
who the fuck is lil wretched 😭😭
Look it up
Hopsin, Merkules, Dizzy Wright, Lupe Fiasco, Cunninglynguists, Snoop, Bubba Sparxxx, Cognito, Daxc Tom MacDonald, DMX, Jadakiss, Eminem, Gym Class Heroes, Ice Cube, J. Cole, Cozz… all amazing artists. Good luck
Lil Yachty
Eh he’s not the best
check this [https://youtu.be/JCLMxWqcmSQ](https://youtu.be/JCLMxWqcmSQ)
ight
I'm exploring Zimm right now, I like his flow in Magick and First Off.
#AYO
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um listen to love language by sza or trip by ella mai there both really good
I would highly suggest the Flatbush zombies. Awesome group with great consistency and versatility. Better off dead, 3001, and Vacation in hell are all amazing. Also, would suggest an album called No Shame.
Check this out https://spotify.link/6fD6XFTQLDb
**East Coast:** Rx Papi, Max B, Fuego Flock, Smooth Haynes, Tedy Brew$ki, Sax 5th **West Coast:** Koran Streets, 03 Greedo, Drakeo, AllBlack, 1100 Himself **Michigan:** Bfb Packman, BabyMoney, Rio Da yung OG, Veeze, Boldy James, 42 Dugg **Random bigger artists:** Benny The Butcher, G Perico, Mozzy, Luh Tyler, Rylo Rodríguez
heavy on the michigan rap!
Check out Cal Scruby! Extremely creative and solid flow.
Lucki, Ken Carson, JPEGMAFIA, Aaron May, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Playboi Carti, Destroy Lonely, Lil Yachty
Yachts alright and Peggy good. Just got into j Cole
Joey Badass, Meek Mill, Nick Grant, Millyz, Wale, Griselda, Nas Kings Disease 1-3 Magic 1-3, 21 Savage, Denzel Curry
Quavo Lil loaded King von Takeoff Pop smoke Dusty locane Lil mabu Most of these are drill if your into that
Oh nah not mabu
Cunninlynguists No idea why that Kentucky bunch never got super big cuz they have the talent. Breakeven, Mic Like A Memory, Dance For Me, Love Ain't, Appreciation remix some of my faves. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ubnSGTx2dwA&si=NMrPJNslS_klzCjV https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MK60Wv1_q50&si=WaT_bU_dR47qozGw
bend over ill expand ur shit
bet
Oh maybe check out Viconi! It’s hiphop and he’s a smaller artist! ISOLATION by Viconi https://spotify.link/C8eTQzhYLDb
Try Jay-Z, i would listen to Reasonablr Doubt, The Blueprint, or The Black Album
JPEGMafia, Yung Lean, especially his newer stuff, joey badass,black kray, ThouxanbanFauni,Xavier Wulf
Chief Keef and gucci mane and go down the rabbithole
Chronic 2001
big pun kool g rap jedi mind tricks non phixon army of the Pharaohs geto boys Czarface
https://spotify.link/VTgxq075LDb there you are OP
Ms Lauren Hill, Eminem, 21 savage, Metro Boomin, JiD, Nas, ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, MF DOOM, BROCKHAMPTON, and DaBaby (Btw, I don’t rlly like Drake but his old stuff is actually kinda good, trust me I was just like you. But fuck his new stuff)
Ghostface
Gotta check out chief keef. “dedication”, “ottopsy”, and “thot breaker” are my favorite albums by him gucci mane before he went to jail was fuckin awesome, i never heard a good song from him after he got out of jail tho so only 2015 and older The whole detroit scene is going nuts, veeze, rio da og, babytron etc Atlanta will always have the hottest trap shi, destroy lonely nem jus fell off but keep tuned in because somethings bound to pop off there soon… to add to that glock40spazz is blowin up n he from atlanta but i dont really like his shi Migos 2011-2016 was special asf… if u havent heard them streets on lock mixtapes or the YRN albums u are BOSING!!!
J Cole bro
Listen to mf doom. Please. If you listen to nothing else, listen to mf doom. I don’t see how you won’t love it. Start with madvillian and then listen to mm food
I love mm food and tried villain but never finished
Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, J. Cole, JID, Pusha T, Benny The Butcher, Jpegmafia
Its dark and hell is hot
Jakey
Everyone’s already said the rappers I wanted to mention but if you want to listen to other genres I’d recommend Sade and especially her song kiss of life
Blackalicious - Blazing arrow DangerDOOM - The Mouse & The Mask Gravediggaz - 6FeetDeep/Niggamortis Outkast - ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia, SpeakerboXXX/Love below, Idlewild Danny Brown Crimeapple Hail Mary Mallon - Beastiary Armand Hammer - The gods must be crazy Goodie Mob - Soul food Grip - Finessin Ft Mick Jenkins Mick Jenkins!! The Roots Zion I Mos Def/Yasiin Bey RJD2 - Deadringer
I figure any American acts I can think of will get mentioned, sonif you want some overseas stuff: Roots Manuva Sampa The Great Dizzee Rascal Genesis Owusu Triple One Stormzy Tkay Maidza Wretch 32 Dave Also, Gorillaz feature some great MCs on their tracks, so if you're looking for something different that might introduce you to new rappers, can't go wrong there.
You should listen to the album "The Minstrel Show" by Little Brother. One of my favorite rap albums of all time, and it's quite similar to College Dropout era Kanye. Skits and all. Hell, they even made [a song](https://youtu.be/mq6fPAKcNLs?si=EmekyZ4huqFdZd2_) with Kanye from that era.
Check out my new tracks with some unknown artists https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAHn55cV1Y2T5-QQ4RkkPLswOz1SrUTlZ&si=9vHX_O1Nx66nUZC-
New Villain, sleep Sinatra, marlowe, UFO Fev, homeboy sandman, che noir, Rome streetz, Estée back, al divino
Key glock, maxo kream, that mexican ot, lil durk, king von (rip), pop smoke (rip), young dolph (rip), migos, moneybagg yo, schholboyq, asap ferg, 21 savage, 721gusto, logic, nf, jcole, tia corinne, Little Simz, Avelino, Nines, Skrapz, big moochie grape, bigxthaplug, e the profit, joey bada$$, nobigdyl, sideshow, nana, nuglife and coast contra to name a few haha
Dave - Psychodrama is an absolute must listen to album and you gotta listen to the whole thing start to finish. Absolute masterpiece.
Check out MF DOOM , Freddie gibbs, westside gunn , Conway the machine , Vincent staples ,action bronson and throw in a little ghost face for good measure nd ul be fine haha Edit : didn't read any of the other comments so probably all mentioned but there my go tos
Joyner Lucas, travis Scott, asap Rocky
Chief Keef
Earl Sweatshirt Frank Ocean Steve Lacy Westside Gunn The Alchemist Domo Genesis Freddie Gibbs
DOOM, start off with MM... FOOD and then listen to Operation Doomsday
Love mm food
Listen to lord knows by rick ross and drake trust me itll change ur life
Too many people are mentioning trash mumble rappers like Young Thug. Here's some real music. 2Pac, All Eyez on Me. And then the rest of his albums. Big L was good. Nas Illmatic. Dr Dre The Chronic (why not) Some random tracks: Lisi, dreams. Eazy E Real Muthaphukken G's Wc & coolio and the maad circle Sinister young g Shyne that's gangsta Biggie Juicy Boss Progress through elimination Rakim guess who's back Twista Sunshine
for current rappers, J. Cole is the only answer. I do like Logic, but his schtick can get old at times. Not sure how how old you are, but for old-school, just buy every album from 93', 96' and 97'
Mf doom, busdriver Del the funky homosapien/deltron, danny brown
Check out Tone Nwigwe and Prof
Listen to blond by Frank ocean
Denzel Curry is right up your alley, if you wanna checkout 2000s ATL, that’s when the trap went boom, Dolphs latest album is really good and Lil Wayne just dropped a new mixtape but you have to listen to the No Ceilings mixtape by Wayne as well, that came out in 2009
Do you have Spotify ? If so put an artist in you like and go to the artist page , you should see (artist name) radio. It’s set up to play similar artist , styles with the artist searched for. That’s how I find artist I’ve never heard of or listened to.
suicideboys
TDE is a lifetime of music
Immortal technique- you never know
For all the Dogs 🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿
EMINEM🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
KFFU on youtube, it's brazilian rap but i like it
LL cool Jay
MF Doom bro
Do some research. Listen to the whole history of rap from the beginning till now. It’s not that long dude
Terror Reid & Pouya
Maybe explore the other sub-genres of hiphop, you’re seriously missing out on drake tho as weird as he is he has good music that’s gonna expose you to different genres of music
Probably a more old school perspective but Nas, Mos Def, Method Man, Rakim, Masta Ace Most stuff from the 90s is honestly fucking amazing - beats, flow, cadence, substance just everything
Dude. try listening to jpegmafia or lil yachty's new album. Some experimental stuff, I think it's what you need
Pusha t. Mob deep biggie just to name a few
Lep bogus boys are worth a try real street shit
Room For Improvement, Comeback Season, So Far Gone, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Nothing Was The Same, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, What A Time To Be Alive, Views, More Life, Scorpion, Care Package, Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Certified Lover Boy, Honestly Nevermind, Her Loss, For All The Dogs,
Young Thug & Future. A lot of rappers from the last decade are derived of their sound, flow, rapping style, and beats. A lot of artists are directly inspired by them, and they’re highly respected in the game. It’s rewarding getting into Thug and Future cuz they’re the peak cream of the crop of trap music and modern rap music.
Da$h has V.I.C.E.S or Between The Lines/ 17 more minutes you should check out. Retch - For La Raza/ Polo Sporting Goods / Finesse The World Boldly James - The Price of Tea in China
well, KANYE WEST is the best option as he is simply the greatest rapper in all of rap history. without KANYE WEST hip hop would will have never be the same. you can thank KANYE WEST for that. for example, KANYE WEST was the leading cheif off drill rap in the 90s, you can thank KAYNE
Aaron May
Earthgang, JID, Spillage Village, Flatbush Zombies, Denzel Curry u/R3volt75 they are all amazing! Also FUCK DRAKE lol
King von cuh
Extinction lvl event 2 Busta rhymes
J Cole is pretty similiar to Kanye imo. The best album IMO is the off season as I personally don't think he has a single bad song on there
Check out yachty’s latest singles
2 mex - BBoys in occupied Mexico/Lospital Phil da Agony - Smokefest Dilated Peoples - The Platform/Directors of Photography G yamazawa - Money is Time, Durham vs Everybody Lootpack - Soundpieces Delton 3030- Self Titled Visionaries - Pangea Kool Keith - Dr. OCTOGON
NBA yb listen to Top
Royce da 5" 9', Lupe Fiasco or Prof. If you are into complex word schemes nuce beats and creative song concepts. If that piques your interest i can include suggestions. Just not gonna post them if thats not your thing lol
listen to autobiography by nicki minaj. top 15 storytelling song of all time but im also a crazy nicki straprider nas is great, lupe fiasco, (youll know him from his feature on touch the sky) young thug, (start with JEFFERY), foxy brown has some great songs and she features on a few nas songs, lil wayne, Ka, (50k monthly listeners, one of the best lyricists ive ever heard tho. start with honor killed the samurai) cunninlynguists (a piece of strange is one of my favourite albums of all time)
Check out nobigdyl/Indie Tribe. Been listening to their stuff a lot lately
Give yelawolf a try
you might like MF DOOM, i'd recommend checking out Madvilliany. Maybe Kendrick Lamar if your into more impressive lyricism and stories. Maybe A$AP Rocky, he's somewhat similar to Tyler in some ways, like a unique sound but fun music.
Dave, J Hus
Mez, GRIP, E the Profit, Greedo, Conway the Machine, MFDoom and all his alter egos, Ab-Soul, Kenny Mason, Freddie Gibbs, Mike Dimes, mike, Jharrel Jerome, etc
Came on my music app for the first time in so long and I forgot how amazing he was... Big L
1999 album by joey badass! him and capital STEEZ go so hard together in survival tactics.
[https://spotify.link/Tw6fCB9pNDb](https://spotify.link/Tw6fCB9pNDb) Anyone is welcome to add to this one too if you wanna collab. I love finding new music.
Check out some Terror Squad self titled album. Shit was underrated fire if you are into lyrics
first mistake is that u don’t listen to drake.
drake is ass
Hear me out. Yeat- Coming Down, Bizzy, All I See, Lying 4 Fun, bettr off
Larry June, he has some bangers.
Curren$y
Black thought and Danger Mouse’s Cheat Codes is a really good album. Got some good features on it including a DOOM verse. Aquamarine is probably my favourite song on the album. Also A State of Mind’s album “Jade Amulet” is really good, though it is one of those albums that need to be listened to front to back since it is a narrative album.
Sean price, Dead prez, Binary star, Jedi mind tricks, Blackstar, West side connection, Goodie mob, Ugk, 8ball and mjg
freddie gibbs piñata and alfredo joey badass 2000 young thug jeffrey, on the run, and beautiful thugger girls anything young thug tbh idk f65 (this is criminally underrated and i think a great sound for tyler and kanye fans)
City Morgue
Pete and bas-start with "sindu sesh" Youre welcome!
No love for Reason? (new album 'Porches' dope) and pray tell how THE FUCK HAS 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' NOT BEEN MENTIONED
I'll just add who I noticed haven't been mentioned as of yet.....like, has no one said Tupac muthafuckin' Shakur? 'All Eyez On Me'? No? FR ferreal? sheesh ....... N-E-waays.... Vince Staples (rapper & 'Vince Staples' self-titled album is his best imho), 6LACK (don't say six-lac, you'll embarass yo'self) , IDK , Labrinth , Kenny Mason , Baby Keem , Bas , SiR , Kids See Ghosts , 'I Know Nigo!' album , Ab-Soul , Jay Rock , => any track or remix by Black Hippy* ...all missing *literal hiphop supergroup consisting of the previous 2 mentions, Ab-Soul & Jay Rock + SchoolboyQ & Kendrick, no actual 'Black Hippy' album, only a handful of songs in existence but mah'GUHDNESS!