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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower
I've been liking some hip-hop artists lately, like DF Doom, DJ Shadow, Company Flow. I wanted to expand my knowledge on this genre some...
Anyone got any ideas of artists similar to the ones I mentioned above?
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if you like them i would also recommend checking out the stuff i'm about to list, the thing with him hiphop though is that it has probably the highest rate of great artists who lose it after a couple of records, so even if you recognize some of the name on this list as being crappy commercial stuff, it's worth bearing in mind that they probably started out amazing
MF Grimm - The Downfall of Ibliys
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Quasimoto - The Unseen****
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown****
Kool Keith - Black Elvis
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising****, Stakes Is High
Nas - Illmatic****
Organized Konfusion - Extinction Agenda
Blackalicious - A2G EP****, Melodica
Scaramanga - 7 Eyes 7 Horns
Outkast - ATliens
Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet****
Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East, Wrath Of The Math
Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar****
Lootpack - Soundpieces****
Quannum - Spectrum****
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein****
Monster Island Czars - Escape From Monster Island
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Gang Starr - Step In The Arena, Daily Operation, Hard To Earn
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory****, Midnight Marauders
EPMD - Strictly Business
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle, Done By The Forces Of Nature