OOBL's Top 20 Underground Albums of the Decade

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

If you guys have any immortal technique albums i should listen to then i will give them another listen but I haven't heard anything yet thats too amazing IMO

[FedEx227]

it's hard for me to believe that any rap album is top of the decade. it's got to a point now it's just crap. crap=rap. we just steal rock bands songs or reuse beats. lets rap about how the people that made us rich and talk about how much money we got. yea that's good alright.

Yeah, well you can probably leave this thread now. None of these albums listed deal with any of that subject matter.

Good list OOBL. Love the Little Brother love, I'm not a huge MF Doom fan as it relates to his rhyme-styles but I love his wordplay and his beats. Awesome to see Champion Sound there, I think that's just an incredible album. Binary Star is slept on for sure. Mine would probably be a lot different, but the basis is there. People don't realize how awesome the 2000s were for rap, all they look at is the destruction of the mainstream (which is true) but it gave way to just a ton of amazing underground artists.

Good stuff man.

[Len B]

I try to say I'm a huge underground fan, but shit like MF Doom/Immortal Technique/Celph Titled just doesn't do it for me. I need a mix of good beats and concept/conscious rap.

I think you left a couple good CD's off here, but I understand its your list and I don't want to spoil my top 30 thing. Completely shocked you left one cd off in particular.

[DJ Rhude]

Yeah, well you can probably leave this thread now. None of these albums listed deal with any of that subject matter.

:2thumbs:

[FedEx227]

I try to say I'm a huge underground fan, but shit like MF Doom/Immortal Technique/Celph Titled just doesn't do it for me. I need a mix of good beats and concept/conscious rap.

I think you left a couple good CD's off here, but I understand its your list and I don't want to spoil my top 30 thing. Completely shocked you left one cd off in particular.

MF is absolutely an acquired taste. I wouldn't put him anywhere near a top list for me, but i think he's pretty alright. I cannot stand his flow at all, I think it's awful, but his beats are definitely something else.

Immortal Technique is good in small doses, but his albums tend to grate on you a little bit... he's hard to listen to through multiple songs.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

it's hard for me to believe that any rap album is top of the decade. it's got to a point now it's just crap. crap=rap. we just steal rock bands songs or reuse beats. lets rap about how the people that made us rich and talk about how much money we got. yea that's good alright.

you are a fucking retard, that is all

solid list, good to see some love for the Minnesota underground scene.

I'd suggest POS "Never Better", but a solid list nonetheless.

Love POS man.

I try to say I'm a huge underground fan, but shit like MF Doom/Immortal Technique/Celph Titled just doesn't do it for me. I need a mix of good beats and concept/conscious rap.

I think you left a couple good CD's off here, but I understand its your list and I don't want to spoil my top 30 thing. Completely shocked you left one cd off in particular.

I definately had a brain fart on some of them, Im sure when I see your list and go through some of my albums I'll find plenty of others and update it, possibly a top 50 if I see enough substance worth mentioning.

MF is absolutely an acquired taste. I wouldn't put him anywhere near a top list for me, but i think he's pretty alright. I cannot stand his flow at all, I think it's awful, but his beats are definitely something else.

Immortal Technique is good in small doses, but his albums tend to grate on you a little bit... he's hard to listen to through multiple songs.

Doom is acquired... he just reminds me of me and my friends ya know, his wacky loops and self made beats are at times proposterous, with his mellow lyrical flow that sometimes makes no sense. He sounds lazy and completely emotionless at times, and is drunk/hi 99% of his songs... He just seems to have that basement production sound that I kinda like. And immortal is almost like how the early Eminem albums hit me, you love the lyrical wordplay, but at times after too many listens I almost get queezy.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#20 GZA - Pro Tools



Must Listen:

Paper Plate

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgzUtomT9ek"]YouTube- Paper Plate - GZA (50 Cent Diss)[/ame]

Pencil

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoT11BpsBBg"]YouTube- Pencil - GZA ft RZA & Masta Killa[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#19 Little Brother - The Listening



Must Listen:

The Listening

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYLKWTwMSE8"]YouTube- Little Brother - The Listening[/ame]

Speed

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx5YJK4BocY"]YouTube- Little Brother - Speed[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#18 Brother ali - Shadows on the Sun



Must Listen:

Forest Whitaker

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ScPoBEFl1Y"]YouTube- Brother Ali - Forest Whitiker[/ame]

Champion

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtXMTSyOg4"]YouTube- Brother Ali - Champion[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#17 Cage - Hell's Winter



Must Listen:

Shoot Frank

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5-yzznA5fY"]YouTube- Cage - "Shoot Frank" feat. Darryl Palumbo[/ame]

Scenester

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ZMcZIrItc"]YouTube- Cage - Scenester[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#16 Eyedea - First Born



Must Listen:

Big Shots

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLEhqy6vpQ"]YouTube- Eyedea & Abilities - Big Shots (With Lyrics)[/ame]

Music Music

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmS1xZsTHnw"]YouTube- Eyedea & Abilities - Music Music[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#15 Madvillian Madvilliany



Must Listen:

Accordion

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaonSDPw7Y"]YouTube- MF DOOM - Madvillain - Accordion[/ame]

America's Most Blunted

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jytxkJUM_7U"]YouTube- Madvillain - America's Most Blunted[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#14 Aesop Rock - Labor days



Must Listen:

Daylight

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXAKOfk7_ho"]YouTube- Aesop Rock - Daylight[/ame]

Bent Life

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOujo52w2Jg"]YouTube- Aesop Rock - Bent Life[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#13 Del - Deltron 3030



Must Listen:

Mastermind

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNDcEaC1xkg"]YouTube- Del "Deltron 3030" - Mastermind[/ame]

Memory Loss

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iic-IsjzwxE&feature=related"]YouTube- Deltron 3030 - Memory Loss[/ame]

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

#12 GZA - Legend of the Liquid Sword



Must Listen:

Fame

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKCDg76yQbY"]YouTube- GZA - Fame[/ame]

Animal Planet

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-naqNdyykOg"]YouTube- GZA - Animal Planet[/ame]