For some reason, I've been listening to a lot of underground hip-hop for the past month or so. If you're into that sort of thing look no further than Del the Funky Homosapien. Cerebral lyrics and lots of samples that rely on funk and jazz beats is the best way to describe a lot of his early stuff. It is a refreshing change from the current state mainstream hip-hop is mired in. Despite being Ice Cube's cousin he didn't come into fame until the moderate success of the group Hieroglyphics. Below is a good representation of his early style:
In the late '90's he took a bunch of acid and found even more success with the Gorillaz, contributing vocals to the song Clint Eastwood and eventually used his connections with this group to create the group Deltron 3030, whose self-titled hip-hopera (I think I just coined this term) tells a story about using hip-hop to overtake the oppressive universal government everyone lives under in the year 3030. If you can get past that bullshit concept it is a good album with excellent rhymes and beats.
Del is the shyte. You want some other good underground hip hopppa dont stoppa then you should give "Styles of Beyond" a listen. Their CD 2000 fold is my favorite rap album from beginning to end.
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