[RaptorMan]

Was looking for some advice.
 
I've got a tiny music library, but mainly like Rap/Hip Hop and Rock. If you could list Albums and Artists to look into, it would be much appreciated. 
 
All advice appreciated! Thanks guys!
 
 
 
 

 

[alv4426]

A Tribe Called Quest...all you need

 

[RaptorMan]

Only one?

 

[jtaylor991]

For Hip Hop, just look in my sig. Tech N9ne and Strange Music crew (Strange Music is the biggest indie hip hop label in the world, Tech N9ne is on it and others, I call the artists the "crew" fyi) have got lots of energy, Greg Enemy is a bit more hood-ish but not gangster like. thePhantom* is great at mixing House/electronic beats and conscious rap, Irv Da Phenom has really got soul! And some other dope tracks too that are more like rap people think of, but still good. PM me if you wanna talk more.
 
EDIT: Go to Music Preferences on my profile for the links of these people, my bad! Also, I *ESPECIALLY* recommend JKR70 for good hip hop instrumentals/beats as well. JKR70 was the producer for Human CropCircles too. They have a couple more albums on iTunes that aren't on that link, I can get you the FLAC if you want it, I just ordered the CD versions off CDBaby.
 
Good luck with your quest, and like I said, PM me if you wanna talk more. I know a ton of KC hip hop!!

 

[point3six]

Tribe, Slum Village, Little Brother, Pete Rock, CunninLynguists, Elzhi, Panacea, Lord Finesse

 

[rmsanger]

Here are a few hip hop albums that I always keep coming back to:
 
Outkast - Aquemini
Nas - Illmatic
Bone Thugs - Eternal 99
Raekwon - Only built for Cuban linx
Common - Be
Fugees - Score & Blunted on reality
Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of...
Q - Tip - the Renaissance
Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality
Biggie - Ready to Die

 

[jtaylor991]

Yeah Be by Common is amazing, I love the beats. I ordered it on vinyl from Amazon the other day.

 

[RaptorMan]

Thanks guys! Slowly, but surely, I will be expanding my library. (I need to buy other things too, and I like to acquire my music legally...)

 

[KillTheNoize]

Seconded on the Tech N9ne/Strange Music.  In my opinion, Tech's best albums are his older material (Check out The Calm Before the Storm, The Worst, Anghellic, Absolute Power) although his newer stuff is great too.  Kutt Calhoun is also a favorite of mine.
 

 

 

 

 
Definitely check out SLAUGHTERHOUSE!  There four dudes are absolute beats (Crooked I, Royce, Budden, and Joel Ortiz)  Their self titled LP is amazing
 

 

 

 
Some more to look into:
 
Classified

 
Brother Ali

 
Doomtree (or POS's solo stuff)

 

 
Freddie Gibbs (so amazing)

 
Evidence

 
Eyedea (RIP, you were great man)

 

 
FELT (slug and murs)

 
Jake One

 
Enjoy 

  And please at least check them out since I took the time to link videos hah
 

 

[skafle]

Since most people are recommending rap/hip-hop I'll recommend some rock: Jimi Hendrix; my favorites are The Cry of Love and Bold as Love.

 

[kstuart]

Just to clarify -- you are looking for any Rap/Hip-Hop and Rock ?
 
The best of all-time ?
 
Recent ?
 
Rock that has similarities to Rap/Hip-Hop -- or any rock ?
 
The aforementioned Jimi Hendrix is considered the greatest guitarist of all-time.
 
Top all-time rock albums:
 
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (not very rap-like)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Michael Jackson - Thriller (somewhat more rap-like)
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Beatles - Abbey Road
 
Harder Rock:
 
Led Zeppelin - IV ("four")
AC/DC - Back in Black
Metallica - The Black Album
Nirvana - Nevermind
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
 
Rap/Hip-Hop:
 
Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell (THE classic rap album)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
 
Those are the giant classics of the genres.  None is recent, in fact none are even 21st Century.   But for current stuff, I just go to Youtube, where I can see the video in 1080p !
 
Very recent faves of mine:
 
Lil Wayne - Mirror feat Bruno Mars
Pitbull - Rain Over Me feat Marc Anthony
 
Older fave hip-hop on youtube:
 
Baby Bash feat Pitbull - Outta Control
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low
 

 

[RaptorMan]

Guys, I just wanted to say thanks. I've really appreciated it. Like really.
 
Any, it doesn't need to be recent, and it doesn't need to be similar or anything, that would be IMO funny. Man music is expensive... 

 

[KillTheNoize]

Out of curiosity have you found any new artists that you like?

 

[ekw808]

Nobody ever mentions this guy but hes one of my all time favorite
AZ- Aziatic
AZ- The Format
AZ- A.W.O.L.
 
If you want some specific tracks PM me, but these are some of my fav songs
 
Wanna be there
Paradise
Fanmail
This is What I Do
Affirmative Action
 
If you like nas, you should definitely check this guy out hes one of the only person to do a collab with Nas, and was the other rapper in Life's a Bitch.

 

[TheGhostWhoWalks]

If you're just getting into rock music, you might check out Rolling Stone's various lists of the 100 greatest artists/albums etc. It's not definitive, but it's a good starting place to get a lot of the essentials. You may also check out the Music Lists pages on Digital Dream Door. I've found tons of great stuff there.