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It's about that time for a new and updated GAF-HOP Thread, featuring more girth!

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http://www.allyoucaneathiphop.com/
http://www.dajaz1.com/
http://skeletonfumes.com/
http://www.2dopeboyz.com/
http://www.thacartercartel.com/
http://thehiphopupdate.com/
http://kevinnottingham.com/
http://www.hiphopdx.com/
http://nahright.com/news/
http://www.djbooth.net/
http://illroots.com/
http://www.datpiff.com/
http://www.sparkhop.com/ http://ugsmag.com/
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In this edition of GAF-Hop, we’ll try our best to expand our horizons and discover new artists, and try to escape the status-quo of the usual hiphop world. It’s being said that hiphop is dead, and it isn’t. Why did this happen? Probably because of the mainstream popularization of certain “artists” that claim (falsely) to be rappers, or advents/saviors of hiphop. Largely a joke, average people make broad and often incorrect assumptions about what rap/hiphop is and is not. There were key players in this, but let’s try to avoid pointing fingers.

Instead, let’s do our best to support real artists who make true efforts to bring in talent and unique abilities to boost creativity, mostly within the underground.

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So who's keeping things fresh and unique? Who has some creativity to bring to the table? Well, several. The list below is a part of my iTunes playlist; it doesn't have every artist under the sun, but it's a great place to start if you want something new. The artists in bold are some of my recommendations.

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A-Plus
Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique
Abyssian Creole
Aceyalone
Aesop Rock
Afu-Ra
Agustus Thelephant
The Alchemist
All Natural
Andre Nickatina
Antipop Consortium
Apathy
Arch NME
Amy Of The Pharaohs
Arsonists
Artofficial
Atmosphere
Ayatollah
AZ
Beanie Sigel
Big Boi
Big L
Big Punisher
Bike For Three!
Binary Star
Blacastan
Black Spade
Blackalicious
Blaq Poet
Blaze Ya Dead Homie
Blue Scholars
Blue Sky Black Death
Blu
Bone Thugs
B.o.B.
Braille
Braintax
Brand Nubian
Brawdcast
Breakage
Brother Ali
Blame One
Bun B
Busdriver
Busta' Rhymes
Cage
Cali Agents
Canibus
Canibus & Keith Murray
Cannibal Ox
Capital D
CasOne
CasMetah & MotionPlus
Celph Titled
Cesar Comanche
Change
Channel Two
Che Grand
Chief Kamachi
Clan Destined
Clouddead
Clutchy Hopkins
CookBook & Uno Mas
Cold Legistics
Common Market
Consequence
Conspiracy Of Mind
Cormega
CunninLynguists
CYNE
D.One
Danegurous
Dark Lotus
Debaser
DeepSpace5
Deep Rooted
Del The Funky Homosapien
Dela
Deltron 3030
The Demigodz
Dessa
Devin The Dude
Diamond District
DJ Cam Quartet
DJ Design
DJ K.O.
DJ Murge
DJ Unwind
DL Incognito
DJ Quik
DMX
Doom
Doomtree
Dre
Dr. Octagon
Dub Pistols
The Dynospectrum
Ecay Uno
Edgar Allen Floe
El Da Sensei
El-P
Elemental Zazen
Eligh
Elzhi
Eulorhythmics
Everliven Sound
Fashawn
The Firm
Finale
Finale & Spier 1200
Floyd The Locsmif
Foreign Beggars
The Foreign Exchange
Freestyle
Freeway & Jake One
Fresh Espresso
Fresh Daily
Gerd
Gorillaz
Glue
Grave Plott
Gravediggaz
Grayskul
Greydon Square
Grieves
Grits
The Grouch & Eligh
The Grouch
Grynch
GMK
GZA
Heltah Skeltah
Hopsin
Iame
Ice Cube
Ill Bill
Illmind & The Pacifics
Illogic
The ILLZ
Immortal Technique
Input
Inspectah Deck
InI
Iomos Marad
J-Live
J-Cole
Jay Electronica
Jay-Z
Jazz Liberatorz
Jean Grae
Jedi Mind Tricks
Jise
Jneiro Jarel
Joell Ortiz
John Robinson
Joe Budden
Jr & Ph7
Juice
Jurassic 5
Jus Allah
K-OS
K-Otix
Kaboose
Kano
Kanye West
Kero One
Kasinova Tha Don
Kev Brown
Kid Cudi
Khingz
Killa' C
Killah Priest
King Geedorah
King Syze
King Magnetic
Kno of CunninLynguigsts
Kublakai
Kwite Def
Laws
L.E.G.A.C.Y.
Large Professor
Leonard Dstroy
Lifesavas
Little Brother
LMNO & Kev Brown
Lojique
The Lost Children of Babylon
The Loyalists
Ludacris
Lupe Fiasco
Lu...Rreals
Lyrics Born
Mac Lethal
Macklemore
Mad Child
Mad Rad
Madvillain
Maker
Main Flow & 7L
Marco Polo
Marco Polo & Torae
Mass Influence
Masta Ace
Masta Ace & Edo G
MC Astro
Menteroja
Method Man & Redman
Micranots
Mike Mictlan
Mikel Anthony
Misled Children
Mobb Deep
Modill
Monday
Mos Def
Mr. Hyde
Mr. J. Medeiros
Mums The Word
muzeONE
NaS
Naj One
NoCanDo
Non-Prophets
Non-Phixion
The Northern Lights
Nujabes
O.C.
O.C. & A.G.
Oliver Hart
Onry Ozzborn
Opio
Outerspace
P.O.S.
Pac Div
Pacewon & Mr. Green
PackFM
Palestine
Panacea
Paris
Pete Philly & Perquisite
Phi Life Cypher
Pimp C
Planet Asia
PMD
Polyrhythm Addicts
Prevail
The Primridian
The Problemaddicts
Pinnacle Rhythms
Prolyphic & Reanimator
Proverb. The Poet
Prozak
Prozack Turner
Pumpkinhead
Punk Barbarians
Psalm One
Qwel & Jackson Jones
Q-Unique
Rakim
Randam Luck
Rashid Hadee
Reason
Reef The Lost Cauze
The Remnant
Restoring Poetry In Music
Rita J
Rock Bottom
The Roots
Roots Manuva
Royce Da' 5'9
RZA
Sadistik
Sage Francis
Saigon
Sandpeople
Sapient
Scienze of Life
Sene & Blu
Serum
Sev Statik
Shad
Shawn Jackson
The Shapeshifters
Shyheim
Siah & Yeshua DapoED
Sicknature
Simple
Sims
Sintax The Terrific
Sivion
Skyzoo
Sleep
Slum Village
Snowgoons
Sojourn
Skewby
Sole
Sourface
Soulcrate Music
Soliloquists Of Sound
SmooVth
Spooks
Statik Selektah
Sticky Fingaz
Strange Fruit Project
Stu Dent
Substance Abuse
Sun Rise Above
Surreal & DJ Balance
Supastition
Supernatural
Supersci
Swollen Members
Symmetry & Ryan Lewis
Tab & Anitek
Tajai & DJ Apollo
Tame One
Tech N9ne
Teddy P.
Termanology
Thaione Davis
Themselves
Theory Hazit
Third Kind
Thirsty Fish
Tinie Tempah
TiRon
Toki Wright
Tonedeff
Trademarc
Trae
Typical Cats
Ty
Unknown Prophets
Vakill
Vast Aire
Verbal Seed
Viktor Vaughn
Virtuoso
Visionairies
Vordul Mega
Wale
Westside Connection
Wiley
Wordsworth
Wu-Tang
Xzibit
Y@k Ballz
yU
Zion-I
Zion-I & The Grouch
2Pac
7L & Esoteric
88 Keys

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:Samples:
John Robinson - Mascot (Feat. Peter Hadar)
Shawn Jackson - Feelin' Jack
Non-Prophets - Fresh
Teddy P. - Long Way To Go
Toki Wright - Devil's Advocate
DJ K.O. - Best To Do It
Iomos Marad - The Steele
Cormega - Make It Clear
Sicknature - As Sick As It Gets
Zion I & The Grouch - Trains and Planes
Mad Child - Wake Up
Mad Child - Dickhead
Freeway & Jake One - One Foot In
Floyd The Locsmif - Don't Nobody Care
Freestyle - See No Hear No
Freestyle - Consequence
Grayskul - Meet Bobby and Billy
Juice - Sick of Hustlin'
Pac Div - Whiplash
Consequence - Disperse
Mac Lethal - Sledgehammer
Y@k Ballz - Skywalkers Here
INI - Step Up
Nickelus F - I Get It In Freestyle
Thaione Davis - Face Of The Hood
Visionairies - DoMakeSayThink
Macklemore - White Privilege
Marco Polo - Nostalgia (Feat. Masta' Ace)
Big Haz - Facts Of Life (Feat. Masta Ace)
Blitz The Ambassador - Lovers Remorse (Feat. Rick Bartlett)
:Samples:

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So: What's on your playlist today?
 
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Stat Flow

He gonna cry in the car
You're missing Blu.

As for what I'm listening to...This week has been busy. A lot of CYNE, Emancipator, Blue Scholars, Blu, and Fashawn. I just got FiOS internet so I'm gonna be downloading a shitload of albums in FLAC this week and it will be glorious.

Nice fucking thread yo.
 
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Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
nskinnear said:
Nice work with the OP.

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Right now I'm bumping some Big L.

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Such a great album.
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I've been listening to big l's mvp remixed on the green album. Its short, but oh so sweet. I wonder how big he would have gotten if he hadn't died
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Okay so since this is a new thread I'd figure I'd ask. I don't listen to a ton of rap, but my favorite rapper from the last few years is definitely Lupe Fiasco. I love both Food and Liquor and the Cool. What out of the list above would sound similar or fit my like of these albums?
 
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Robot 492

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Brettison said:
Okay so since this is a new thread I'd figure I'd ask. I don't listen to a ton of rap, but my favorite rapper from the last few years is definitely Lupe Fiasco. I love both Food and Liquor and the Cool. What out of the list above would sound similar or fit my like of these albums?
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J. Cole, Wale, Wiz Khalifa, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, B.o.B.
 
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PhoenixDark

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pakkit

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Brettison said:
Okay so since this is a new thread I'd figure I'd ask. I don't listen to a ton of rap, but my favorite rapper from the last few years is definitely Lupe Fiasco. I love both Food and Liquor and the Cool. What out of the list above would sound similar or fit my like of these albums?
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If you liked DUMB IT DOWN more:
Cunninlynguists, Common Market

If you liked KICK, PUSH more:
Consequence, Big Boi
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I like that Blu! Not sure about the J Cole yet. I'll check out the other references later other than Kanye, BoB, and Kid which I already know about or have music from. :p
 
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Stat Flow

He gonna cry in the car
Brettison said:
I like that Blu! Not sure about the J Cole yet. I'll check out the other references later other than Kanye, BoB, and Kid which I already know about or have music from. :p
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Fashawn's Boy Meets World as well.

Also for something older but one of my fav's, Train of Thought by Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek)

And yes, Blu is fantastic.
 
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inspectah derek

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More specific selections (albums):
Consequence - Don't Quit Your Day Job!
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Fashawn - Boy Meets World
Shad - TSOL
 
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345triangle

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i used to love hip-hop but almost completely stopped listening of late because everyone went to shit. i'm sure there's been good stuff, i just don't know about it!

i want people to tell me their three best records from the last three years, i'm open to anything.
 
njean777

njean777

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345triangle said:
i used to love hip-hop but almost completely stopped listening of late because everyone went to shit. i'm sure there's been good stuff, i just don't know about it!

i want people to tell me their three best records from the last three years, i'm open to anything.
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Im gonna put 5

Raekwon- Cuban Linx 2 (if you dont like grimy stuff stay away)
Wale-attention deficit :D
Fashawn-Boy meets world
Blu-Below The Heavens
Lupe Fiasco-The Cool

also some other artist i like are J.cole, Charles Hamilton, B.O.B, many more but not gonna list them all :lol

Also check Wu-Tang if you never have
 
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Pinko Marx

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Posting on the first page.
Also, I haven't been listening to much Hip-Hop lately besides little snippets of this lil mixtape I found, Its Been Written and Big Boi's album.
Cosmogramma has pretty much become my only listening right now. Its mind blowing. I love this album.
 
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345triangle

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njean777 said:
Im gonna put 5

Raekwon- Cuban Linx 2 (if you dont like grimy stuff stay away)
Wale-attention deficit :D
Fashawn-Boy meets world
Blu-Below The Heavens
Lupe Fiasco-The Cool

also some other artist i like are J.cole, Charles Hamilton, B.O.B, many more but not gonna list them all :lol

Also check Wu-Tang if you never have
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cuban linx 2 is definitely on my list, i really should've heard that by now considering how much i used to play the first. wale and lupe i know, will give the others a go - thanks.
 
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pakkit

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345triangle said:
i want people to tell me their three best records from the last three years, i'm open to anything.
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Danny! - Where is Danny?

Common Market - Tobacco Road

CYNE - Water for Mars
 
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GodfatherX

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XV is noticably absent from your list

can't post links from my phone but dude has dropped 3 amazing mixtapes in the last 2 years
 
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The M.O.B

Member
I know in the south, guys like Chamillionaire, Paulwall, Z-ro, slim thug and Pimp-c are pretty big down there. Not particularly my style but they must have a big following for some reason.
 
MMaRsu

MMaRsu

Banned
Soo this is the new all encompassing hiphop thread then? Allright..

Lately I've been listening to Outkast - Atliens and some other albums they did.. good stuff.

Big Boi's new album is dope as hell, and RPM is great too! Can't wait for J.Cole to drop his debut album.
 
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RJT

Member
inspectah derek said:
Shad - TSOL
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I asked on the previous thread about this guy but I think no one answered. Good to know he's recommendable, I heard a song on a podcast and loved it.
 
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disappeared

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RJT said:
I asked on the previous thread about this guy but I think no one answered. Good to know he's recommendable, I heard a song on a podcast and loved it.
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I saw him for a few minutes at a show here in Regina, SK while waiting for another concert to start in another building. Wish I had seen the whole show, he sounded damned good.
 
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MickD

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There was nothing wrong with the other thread... we don't need this one.

You are missing lots from that list bro.
 
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m3k

Member
currently listening to the new roots cd... and dj rectangle-deadly needles

:lol

i reccommend both
 
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Devil Theory

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MickD said:
There was nothing wrong with the other thread... we don't need this one.

You are missing lots from that list bro.
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The point of it was to just list a good majority of artists that aren't that well known, not to list every single good one out there, which is why I left out a lot of bigger names.

If any of you check KN, here's the second quarter rap up of all the albums and mixtapes:

http://kevinnottingham.com/2010/07/17/second-quarter-music-rap-up/#more-39110

(That they got around to listening to)
 
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HiResDes

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The M.O.B said:
I know in the south, guys like Chamillionaire, Paulwall, Z-ro, slim thug and Pimp-c are pretty big down there. Not particularly my style but they must have a big following for some reason.
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...Must resist urge to hate.
 
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