UNDERGROUND HIP HOP..., STUPID PEOPLE, LISTEN TO IT!!!!! Options

[WTFwasIthinking]

When on earth are the DOPE MC'S gonna actually get their due!?!?! You stupid ass hip hop listeners need to start listenin' to 'em and findin' ways to get their records so that labels will see that people actually like "quality hip hop" and stop signing 50 Cent-like rappers to make "In the Club"-like tracks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a list of MC's for you people that listen to rap but not "good rap"... listen to them and see what ya'll think................. SOME ARE SEMI-UNDERGROUND BUT JUST GIVE 'EM A LISTEN!!!!!!!!

-PHAROAHE MONCH
-TALIB KWELI ***
-MOS DEF ***
-IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE ***
-CROOKED I ***
-COPYWRITE ***
-ESOTERIC
-SAGE FRANCIS
-EYEDEA
-JR WRITER ***
-JUICE ***
-ROYCE DA 5'9 ***
-HORSESHOE GAME (CROOKED I'S CREW)

Try that out........ see what ya'll think... BUT PLEASE GIVE THEM A LISTEN!!! THEY DESERVE MORE RESPECT THAN THEY GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[*basick*]

a couple artists out of that first lists i like (royce da 5'9, common, mos def even though im not a really big fan of his latest album, kanye, and talib. also jr writer is a beast). but what i dont understand is why, when 50 wsa underground and everyone heard his stuff, they almost fell in love with him WHEN HE WAS UNDERGROUND, but then his album came out (get rich or die trying), and he got big, and everyoine either started hating him cause everyone else loved him, or joined the bandwagon and loved him. it puzzles me on that. i mean, if you liked his stuff b4, and you were a loyal fan then, why can he make his money, and eat off his first bIG album and provide for himself without all his "previous fans" hating on him. i admit, some of his stuff is some str8 sh!t, but 50 has got some stuff. but yeah, theres alot of crappy mainstream artists out there. and if you dont like them, then fcuk it. most mainstream rap nowadays is for parties anyways. if you want to listen to some deep hip-hop/rap, then either get underground or some real mainstream artists (ie, jay-z, nas, kanye, etc.). but the chingy, lil john, lil scrappy types... they are party music. cause to tell you the truth... i sure as hell dont want to listen to any underground hip hop at a party. so mainstream serves it purposes, and underground serves its purposes. it all depends on what you are doing, the type of music you like, and the artists' talent.

also pentheinstrument, you cant try to force everyone to listen to underground hip hop. if people like mainstream, then they do. people have diffrent tasts in music. and please try to restrict your cursing.. its kinda against hte rules to curse that much...

thats not true. take an artist like lloyd banks. before he was commercial he was dope on the mixtapes and everything. then he dropped his solo album and it was wack. like jayz he "dumbed down his lyrics to double his dollars".... before he was commercial he was just tryna keep his name out there and show everybody he got talent. now he has beats by brand name producers and famous guest appreances. his lyrics are simple and his punchlines are soft. anyways, i dont want to argue or deabte over this cause the point of the thread is to promote undergrounda artists.

and you play mainstream songs at clubs because of the beats... you dont hear kids saying "yeah" lyrics instead you hear them saying the "yeah" beat... same with other songs like in da club or whatever. give credit to the producers not the artists.