Can anyone point me to the great underground hip-hop?

El-P

Aesop Rock

Mr. Lif

C-Rayz Walz

Cage

Rob Sonic

Hangar 18

Camu Tao

Babbletron

Yak Ballz

Masai Bey

RJD2

Cannibal Ox

Orko the Sycotik Alien

K-The-I???

Big Juss

Sole

Alias

Odd Nosdam

Doseone

Why?

Jel

Dosh

Sixtoo

Buck 65

Meaty Ogre

Darc Mind

Boom Bip

7L and Esoteric

71Raw

Akrobatik

Astonish

Antipop Consortium

Arsonists

Aceyalone

Ayatollah

Binary Star

Black Milk

DJ Black Panther

Blackalicious

Block McCloud

Blu and Exile

Blue Scholars

Blue Sky Black Death

Blueprint

Braille

Cadence Weapon

Cilvaringz

Chords

Common Market

Cunninlynguists

Cy Young

Dagha

Deepspace5

Dert

DJ Yoda

DL Incognito

Dudley Perkins

Dynas

Edan

Elzhi

Everliven Sound

Dilated Peoples

Eyedea

Finale

Grip Grand

Hassan Mackey

Himuki

iCON the Mic King

Illogic

Ivan Ives

J. Rawls

J-Live

Jneiro Jarel

Justice System

Kanser

Ken Segal

Little Vic

Living Legends

Visionaries

Looptroop Rockers

Latyrx

Marco Polo

Metawon

Mykill Miers

NMS

Nicolay

Nujabes

Nutrageous

Oddisee

Pacewon

ParanormL

Percee P

Pete Philly and Prerequisite

Phoenix Orion

Pumkinhead

Push Button Objects

Raashan Ahmad

Maspyke

Samon Kawamura

Sick Jacken

Saul Williams

Siah and Yeshua DapoED

Silent Knight

Sonic Sum

Sound Providers

Substantial

The Goats

Theory Hazit

Time Machine

Plantlife

U-N-I

Tshaka Campbell

Verbal Kent

Abstract RudeAgallah

All City

Apanie B Fly

Tame One

El Da Sensei

Blockhead

Breakestra

The Juggaknots

Bronze Nazareth

Busdriver

Apathy

Celph Titled

Count Bass D

DJ Shadow

DJ Spooky

Fermented Reptile

John Smith

Josh Martinez

Four Tet

Giant Panda

Grayskul

Guilty Simpson

Non Phixion

Copywrite

Jakki da Motmouth

Jedi Mind Tricks

Lexicon

Main Flow

Monsta Island Czars

Planet Asia

Phil da Agaony

Norman

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Pigeon John

Platinum Pied Pipers

Psalm One

RA the Rugged Man

Restiform Bodies

Sage Francis

Scaramanga

Slaine

Big Left

Dusted Dons

Snowgoons

Soul Purpose

Hobo Junction

Wale Oyejide

Wee Bee Foolish

Yaggfu Front

Yes, i completely agree, i am guilty of this too sometimes but it is not anyone's fault. This acceptance of what is mainstream happens until the person feels safe enough to defy what is percieved as the correct view point. When i first came to this site i was puting artists i had never really heard of in my top ten just because others were mentioning their names. This was the fault of my ignorance of rap music not because i cannot make up my mind. However, this mob mentality can build if the person does not seek their own ideas (something i have done thankfully) and can lead to a sheep like following of whatever is the general consenses. This is how the theory of evolution got so mainstream. Several professors used big jargon and adverage people wanting to seem above adverage swallowed the dumb down dogma fed to them. If you take a trip to the R&S section their are people supporting evolution because it is, and i quote "the only logical possiblity". This is an example of what i find frequently happens here, several people (you many times) say an unknown artist's name and it becomes the "in thing" to know them and talk about them. I've seen things like, "well Morbid said this guy is good" or "Mech never mentioned him, he probably isn't good". I will end with a quote from an unknown author "If you do not think, others will think for you" edit: I also don't have a best list, only one of my favorites. Judging who is the best Emcee of all time is impossible if i had to vote, it be MC Supernatural

Dead Prez

Mr Lif

Murs

People Under The Stairs

Lifesavas

The Streets

Atmosphere

mechanicals list pretty much covers all (most)

but ill add

>>scienz of life

>>boot camp clik(ie black moon, smif n wessun, heltah skeltah, origino gun clapaz)

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/

el-p is great

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