Illest Emcees You've Never Heard Of...

[The Gonz]

I've become bored with my music collection again and am looking for some cats I may have never heard before. I'm looking for stuff that's mostly underground, gotta be ill, but have enough of a fan base where I can find their shit online and get it. So post up sick lyricists that are still underground for peeps to check out. YouTube links are nice too.

I'll throw a couple out...

Esoteric
Phonte
Benefit (don't care for his delivery though)

[complexity]

I don't think Benefit is that great.

Judging from this forum, I don't think these guys have heard of people like Pharoahe Monch or Brother Ali.

As for even less mainstream. Elzhi (solo).

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Black Smith
Nick Nemesis
Joel Venom
Akala


i'll post more later

[TreTru]

try searchin for a guy named
adakiss from cali...dudes got a lil lisp hahaha..but he's a beast ...

[The Gonz]

Elzhi's solo album is tight. I like him better solo than with Slum Village for some reason. Another cat gone solo is Evidence from Dilated Peoples. I had the priveledge of meeting him after his show touring with Brother Ali, BK One and Toki Wright on Wednesday night (I'm home on leave). Dude is cool as fuck and rocked that show hard as hell. Best artist I've seen live so far. For real, everyone came to see Ali being that he's one of Minnesota's own, but man... Evidence stole the show lol. Dude in the front row was singing his shit and Evidence pulled his ass up on stage and let him rap it with him. Hella nice show, great way to kick off my two weeks home.

Some more nice cats for yall:

Copywrite
Apathy
Termanology
OuterSpace
Celph Titled
Jakki The Motamouth
J-Live
Kenn Starr
P.O.S.
Reef The Lost Cauze

[MOEstradamus]

5 best rappers of alltime

dylan
dylan
dylan
dylan
and dylan cuz i spit hot fire

[basher]

Diabolic
Tonedeff
Canibus
Chino Xl
Gza

[Omega Bill]

I don't think Benefit is that great.

Judging from this forum, I don't think these guys have heard of people like Pharoahe Monch or Brother Ali.

As for even less mainstream. Elzhi (solo).

Who doesn't know about Pharoahe Monch or Brother Ali?

Fun fact about Ali: He's Albino, and if I remember correctly he's legally blind.

[complexity]

I don't think Benefit is that great.

Judging from this forum, I don't think these guys have heard of people like Pharoahe Monch or Brother Ali.

As for even less mainstream. Elzhi (solo).

Who doesn't know about Pharoahe Monch or Brother Ali?

Fun fact about Ali: He's Albino, and if I remember correctly he's legally blind.

A bunch of people on this site. lol

[The Gonz]

That's the purpose of this thread. To enlighten members of this site and introduce them to artists that aren't on their radar. And yes, Brother Ali is a white albino who is legally blind. Dude is still raw though.

Some more for yall:

Black Milk
Viro The Virus
Cage
Army Of The Pharoahs
Little Brother
MF Doom
Louis Logic
Pumpkinhead
Planet Asia
People Under The Stairs
Blueprint
Aesop Rock
El-P
Swollen Members
One Be Lo
Blue Scholars

[Omega Bill]

I still can't get over that members on a RAP forum don't know who:

Blue Scholars
Pharaohe Monch
Aesop Rock
Army of the Pharaohs
Brother Ali
Little Brother
MF Doom
Chino XL
GZA

are.

[TekniQ]

Gift of Gab (Blackalicious)
Chali 2na (Jurassic 5)
Pep Love (Hieroglyphics)
Mad Child (Swollen Members)
Ryu & Tak (Styles of Beyond)
The Saurus
Tonedeff
Crooked I
Sly Boogie

+ Tons More. I'll add em as I think of em.

$aw

[The Gonz]

Lol I won't lie, I was into the Hyphy shit for a little while but got bored of it. Shit like Clyde Carson, Mista FAB, The Pack and of course Mac Dre. But yeah, got bored of it, was only good for partying music and cruising since it had no substance whatsoever.

Some more peeps to peep:

Atmosphere (I'm sure a lot of you have heard of them)
Eyedea & Abilities
Murs
Grayskul
SIMS
Del the Funky Homosapien
Digable Planets
Bishop Lamont
Lord Finesse
Blackstar
Group Home
Ultramagnetic MCs
Binary Star

[complexity]

These lists are excellent.

[Mass Effex]

Aesop Rock
MF Doom
Chino XL
GZA

I know these guys. No Jumper Cables by Aesop is sick.