Anyone Appreciate Underground Hip-hop

I mean... I enjoy all genres of music, jazz, rock, pop, but lyrically the hip-hop artists that are coming out of the underground are completely out of control. Artists i speak of:
Aesop Rock
Eyedea
Sage Francis
Slug/Atmosphere
Murs
El-P
M.F. Doom
etc.

I also have a large amount of respect for the artists because occasionally they will use normal instruments for their beat. Their freestyle and battling abilities are unmatched as well. Please someone tell me they know what i am talking about.

yo personally of course i appreciate underground rap i just love hip-hop considering that i'm doing this 4 a living i usually always keep my ear on the blocks to see who's coming as far as lyrical you gotta peep out my exclusive audio and listen to my double rhymes, similies, and triple syllable's on my flow over that "Jurassic Park" track peep it out smoothvega.com holla 2 ur fellow undergrounder and cop that album when u can

p.s.
hook me up with some links so i can hear them cats ur talking about i would love to hear them

This post has been edited by smoothvega on Aug 31 2004, 02:55 AM

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i really dont have any links.... but if u use a music download program... some good songs:
sage francis - can I kick it
orphanage freestyle (has 7 different guys freestyling for about 50 minutes)
eyedea - big shot
sage francis - video game freestyle
Aesop Rock - 1000 deaths

Oh ofcourse we got alot of ill underground artist! my personal favs would be

7L & Esoteric
Sage Francis
Akrobatik
Jedi Mindtricks
Heiroglyphics(is that how u spell it)
Canibus

Well yeah im into underground as well....well yupz just to name a few!

(this is my opinion before you lot start getting violent!)

I wont listen to 'comercial' hip hop. Its all the same shit that comes out. Terms like bling bling, holla etc just annoy me. There is no talent in it. if you take artists like 7L, their beats and so lush and the lyrics are mental!

The main difference with underground/overground is the stuff their rappin about:

Overground - Clubs, Women, Cars and being a 'thug'.

Underground - Everyday Life. They could rap about the bus journey to work and they would make it interesting.

Thats my view on it.

^^ma man right! i agree...But i mean not all rappers are the same u also got your artist which are making money and in the actual rap game rapping more than just bitches and money!

i luv canibus