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#31

Given what you like, the kind of things I’d suggest are:

Common - Be
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
The Roots - How I Got Over
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
ATCQ - We got it from here
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

Not really my favourites but suit what you’re looking for.

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#32

‘Be’ is a great shout from that list.

#33

Sure! Though Like Water for Chocolate is the “essential” Common LP of the millennium :sunglasses:

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#34

Yeah for sure, just based on the brief that was bang on. And the corner is still :100: Still haven’t done a soulqiarians thread, need to get on it. Glad someone suggested the Blu/exile album too.

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#35

OP, have you listened to The Blueprint?

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#36

Pinata is pretty much a classic to me. Didn’t know Gibbs had a new one out until today.

#37

My H-HAOTM has to be Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek) - Train of Thought

#38

Came in to suggest Common. I like RTJ, but only in small doses I’ve discovered.

#39

Impossible to know where to start.

I’d listen to these, year by year, and just Shazam anything that grabs your ear!

http://www.itstherub.com/category/history-of-hip-hop/

#40

1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 were the best years though :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#41

It’s really solid. It’s almost a mini LP - 8 songs, 30 minutes - so not much room for filler. Definitely recommended for Gibbs fans

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#42
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#43

and 1996 :fire:

#44

Yeah 96 was great.

It’s funny - listening to those mixes does make you reassess. I’d always considered 98,99,00 as the doldrums mainly 'cos of the jiggy explosion but you forget how much other interesting stuff came out then too.

#45

Hello mate, with Kendrick i am 100% agree, like his music very much! Still enjoy it!

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#46

Some slightly cringey political uk hip-hop - is there any other kind? :wink:

#47

Jiggy stuff was fun! but i realize im a weirdo that likes both. I have so many personal classic in that 97-99 span. I was buying ridiculous amounts of music.

#48

Well, that was also the time of loads of great indie stuff and got me digging for weird Wu Tang offshoot material which in a way was a by-product of the jiggy stuff. I was also buying a lot of music then - had started at university so had a grant, loan and part time job so had money to waste for the first time in my life.

Was a great time - you could always find something to your taste if you dug around enough. Same is still true today.

#49

Aye, obviously alongside, and in reaction to the bling era, 99/00 was the absolute peak for alternative/indie hip hop. Plenty of great music on both sides.