Raumien said:
No, this is not a thread for people completely ignorant of a genre to bash what they haven't heard.
I would like to know of some good hip-hop bands people from this forum enjoy. I prefer stuff without lyrics, just the instrumentals.
So please, lend me some suggestions.
W/o lyrics . . . . Well, DJ Shadow. Get Entroducing.
Also check out DJ Spooky. He is on a recording of Kraanerg by Iannis Xenakis, who is arguably the most awesome composer of the second half of the twentieth century.
Rjd2's Deadringer is pretty good, if a bit overrated.
Amon Tobin has some hip-hop elements in his work. All of what I have heard of his is amazing, but I like his latest album best.
However you should really check out some stuff with lyrics:
Nas- Illmatic
Company Flow- Funcrusher Plus
Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Dalek- From the Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots
Mr Liff- I Phantom
Aesop Rock- Labor Days
Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow
The Roots- Things Fall Apart
GZA/Genius- Liquid Swords
Public Enemy- It Will Take a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
cLOUDDEAD- cLOUDDEAD
Dr Octagon- Dr Octogonecologyst
Antipop Consortium- Tragic Epilogue
Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein