Hip Hop/Rap Artists You Should Check Out If Haven't

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Kendrick Lamar

Straight out of Compton's, Kendrick Lamar, is a genius lyricist. Every album he has put out takes you through a story from start to finish. In my opinion, Kendrick Lamar is one of the top rappers of today's rap music. My favorite rapper as of today.

Rigamortis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6QxtRpSH8

Alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY

MF DOOM

If you like villainy and rap music, then MF DOOM is your man.

Doomsday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRHyBwNtkLA

One Beer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jd0VICL4og

EXTRA:
Madvillian- All Caps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY

Childish Gambino

Donald Glover is just a talented individual from writing for 30 Rock to acting in Community (as Troy Barnes), to his great music that makes you want to vibe. Childish's rap flow and beautiful voice deserves to be on this list.

Sweatpants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExVtrghW5Y4

Sober
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx96Twg-Aew

Freaks & Geeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27d138zhyZQ

Chance the Rapper

If you like Childish Gambino, hopefully you'll be a fan of Chance. This Chicago based rapper will definitely put you in a happy, dancing mood whenever you listen to his music.

So Good (Good Ass Intro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjmiLp47Yg8

Favorite Song (feat. Childish Gambino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEsaQjqCxYE

Del the Funky Homosapien

Del has been a favorite since my love for hip-hop. If you're all about 90's rap music, hopefully Del will be a treat for you.

Catch A Bad One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcKBTfjW1M

If You Must
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xDGXotGIE

Ab-Soul

Want great flow and lyrics with a mellow rap beat? Here goes Ab-Soul. Check out his album, Control System.

Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80VUJeWeLM

ILLuminate (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DszIoEP8OAo

Terrorist Threats (feat. Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_71q5lVEjc

Schoolboy Q

Nasty flow, heavy beat blasting, gangster rap? Schoolboy Q will deliver it all. Enjoy!

Groovy Tony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJDXIOk0bg

Man of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMsjeq43_U

Jay Rock

Jay Rock is a artist that is either a hit or miss. It took me a while to come around to him, but the more I listened to his music, the more I respected his music. Check him out, and see what you think.

Money Trees Deuce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk10RoZV4fw

Vice City (feat. Black Hippy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jug2HZ3dkoc

Black Hippy

Black Hippy, a rap group made up of rappers Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock. If you enjoy their music individually then you'll enjoy Black Hippy.

Black Lip Bastard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9kncHM9nFk

Zip That Chop That
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRY1k6aSE0g

Hieroglyphics

Del the Funky Homosapien, and Souls of Mischief? Yes please.

Make Your Move (feat. Goapele)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ji134Evkbk

Soweto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mB59n0zBA

EXTRA:
Souls of Mischief- 93 Til' Infinity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPsA3TsK1Uk

De La Soul

Just a 90's favorite for all of you old school lovers.

Oooh (feat. Redman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avIqTrX2eac

Stakes Is High
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoHezlA0a0

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest, a lot of people's favorite as well as mine.

Electric Relaxation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHRnvjCkTsw

Jazz (We've Got) Buggin' Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxN4nKk2cfk

The Pharcyde

My favorite 90's rap group.

Drop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

Passin' Me By
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

Gang Starr

One of the best groups that was created. R.I.P Guru

Above the Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucvta7xDo_4

Next Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULC62ebOvc

Joey Bada$$

Like Me (feeat. B.J. The Chicago Kid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_Gzz6ZRaE

Unorthodox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d307wz-dHk

Michael Christmas

Love his flow, and his beats. Hopefully you all agree with me on this one.

MIchael Cera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OPUFvf8oUs

Y'all Trippin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElHLgaXIZgg

Logic

I must say his earlier stuff is better than his recent music, but he is still great rapper you should check out.

Young Jesus (feat. Big Lenbo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O601PVTd0g8

Young Sinatra III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3JgUT-fa3A

Digable Planets

Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4kqL13jGM

Where I'm From
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMvFRpMCyRI

Atmosphere

A underground hip hop artist that deserves more acknowledgement. Give him a listen

Sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckhnLpwceM

Trying to Find a Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEwHJX95QE

Aesop Rock

One of my favorites from Rhymesayers.

None Shall Pass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBGCOCxLgA

Coffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAJ_s_C1Mw

The Game

I'll admit, The Game is a artist I did not like at all when he first came out. Until his recent album, The Documentary. Another now favorite Compton rapper that I hope will deliver good rap music

On Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUzgJQHrsp4

Step Up (feat. Dej Loaf & Sha Sha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzoe2UyHuNU

Brother Ali

This talented artist needs to be recognized more than he is.

Uncle Sam Goddamn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

Forest Whitiker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

The Roots

Just a plain favorite

The Seed (2.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojC0mg2hJCc

You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCHeEQV454

The Physics

Take a Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvWDztsp4nI

Play it Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycgUILf--kA

Wu Tang Clan

"WU-TANG AIN'T NOTHIN' TO FUCK WITH!"
R.I.P. Ole Dirty Bastard

Protect Ya Neck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQ0VMHK0Ec

Clan In Da Front
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x124uV2T_ds

GhotiCzys

I always upvote MF DOOM, plus you have some of my favorites on here.

9 years ago |

allDunnHere

Rakim?!

ljspann

I would recommend Lil B

burntpieceoftaost

Heiruspecs ,murs,apathy

Hummi

Can't forget Earl Sweatshirt. One of the top rappers right now.

ihopethisusernamewillbelongenoughsopeoplewillnoticeme

No EL-P !?

notchoosingone

Yeah EL-P and Run The Jewels should be on here. Good to see my boy Aes on one of these lists though, Rhymesayers represent.

wafflestompa

I always recommend Big L. Dude was skilled. His punchlines were unbeatable. Also Murs. Good hip hop.

BaronMind

Dude was so far ahead of his time.

Gitty77

The Underachievers

doctorlawyer

GROOVY TONY NO FACED KILLER

SexualHarrasmentPanda

I SEE THE MONEY RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

lostinthesauceagain

OYYYYHHHNNN

YouSuckHahaImJustKiddingYoureAlright

You literally made a list of incredibly popular HIP hop artists.

thesmoothestcanadianever

No Bones N' Thugs ? No Vic Mensa ? No Pusha T ? No DMX ?!!!!!

Those are all great artists. I didn't really spend enough time on this list. Apologies for the laziness.

Nah its cool, you did an awesome job

CileeliC

Ces Cru

JarJarBinkes

Anything from strange, honestly

archKtype

MF Doom is. The. Best. I'd also recommend Milo, Doomtree, Freddie Gibbs and Flatbush Zombies.

TheFacelessOldWomanWhoSecretlyLivesInYourHome

milo rules

ALazyTheologian

Milo is where my name comes from :D from the song souvenir!

Nice! I'll check them out. Thanks

pletto

Zombies any Day

JanMichealVincent

Dude thanks for reminding me about the zombie. I've totally forgot about them for a good minute

FellOffTheJetwayAgain

Kendrick Llama

nickromel

Hieroglyphics fuckin rocks man. I'd add A$AP Rocky to this list.

squidbastard

Rocky for chill, ferg for aggressive.

StankyPankySammich

Oh fuck yea. When I'm turning up to go out asap ferg, chilling smoking hard then it's asap rocky. Love me some asap mob. RIP yams.

Yes, wish we would hear more mob mixtape or just stuff from the others.

TimeAndMemeLordOfGallifrey

What about Supa Hot Fire

RagingPanda9

Yeees!

"I'm not a rapper"

Hot pockets verse was epic

Letsdoitforthedinosaurs

Don't forget Run the Jewels

MadVillainousDave

Killer Mike and El-P, Fuck Boys know the combination aint healthy!

orgeezuz

fuckboys

CreedBrattonQuabityAshwitz

*Run tha fuckin Jewels

Gingerfringe

Yes! :)

PhilLynottZombie

Every single one of these hip hop lists seems to be lacking RTJ or just Killer Mike and El-p in general.

DetectiveBroBro

Agreed

dglove

This is exactly what I was going to post. Rtj3 soon to come.

Don't care if I'm late tell satan be patient. And I ain't here for duration just taking vacation, and tell em fuck em I never loved em and

Salutations. I want that bar engraved on my tombstone soooo bad

bflo

There have been so many of these lists, and still no Outkast? Come on.

Snissance

Not a lot of women...

tiniweiner

No love for hopsin? Oh okay then

thgz

I used to like hopsin, but I feel like hes getting really pretentious.

Sadly to say, I'm not really into Hopsin. I respect his music and he's a good guy but I just don't find his music entertaining to me. :(

Or Tech? Krizz Kaliko? Hopsin & the others are part of a different genre in rap/hip-hop. Not everyone listens to Hop, it's kinda sad. :(

NameUser10

He's not that good

whosthatgirlitsvern

Bless you, good sir, for a good list, inspiration, AND including Atmosphere and Brother Ali.

Feldspartacus

Gotta love the rhymesayers

You have my girlfriend to thank on that. She showed a lot great artists

grody

deathgrips

wrivarat

Nasty satanic dark dirty and fuckin rad. Check out Lil ugly mane if you're into Death Grips! I hope to see this style get more play/respect

SubZoey

Make a lady rapper list next!

Thats actually a great idea, thanks for the idea. I'll be sure to make that list great

SarsMarsBar

I'm not into hiphop, but I have a mad level or respect for Missy Elliott.

dv8d

Great f'n list. Nice to finally see Aesop Rock on one of these lists.

StraightForwardBio

A$ap Rocky beats go hard too

Lvl28Larvitar

Every Aesop Rocks fans worst nightmare

Italiando

I've been saying aes since these lists have been coming out

EmmaWatsonReference

I whispered to myself "Good to see him". Aes changed my life.

Brainsplosion

Im not really into rap but I like him with Rob Sonic in HMM.

LiquidPoo

I'd love to see some Cise Starr, shing02, and substantial.

thurgood

How can you not mention Nujabes with those 3?

because he was a producer, not a rapper.

His new Album is amazing!

Jaymuggs

Really surprised to see Ab-Soul on here. One of my personal favorites. Always seems to take a back seat when people talk about black hippy.

RaccoonWillis

He's too real, man. Ab-Soulo is the greatest lyricist out there next to Lupe

His song "Stigmata" legitimately had me like bruhhhhhh.

"Thank you Steve jobs. You took my grandpas job and you gave me a job.."

When it comes to TDE, Ab-Soul is my second favorite next to K-Dot (Kendrick). His flow and lyrics are always amazing.

The Black Hippy UOENO remix really shows how strong they are. K-dot, Soulo, and Jay Rock all really shine on that song.

OlivePowerRanger

I love the TDE crew. Schoolboy Q is my favorite. His delivery, grittiness, and the beats he choose is phenomenal

rachycake

But his voice is so annoying

Guess you never heard of Danny Brown lol

Can't wait for that Black Hippy album!

Same!!! I know they wanted to do a collab album with slaughterhouse... thats too much ppl lol

Yes, the main reason why I put Black Hippy on this list

Rolling Stones is my favorite Black Hippy song

Yes! Also, their song Constipation is also a great song as well

PlantainSuperNova

They need to release Isaiah Rashad's album already!.

The cilvia demo was one of the best things in 2014

PrimitiveJaguar

Great list! I also recommend J. Cole

iynkapp

J Cole def doesn't get enough love on here. Born Sinner is one of the best albums

tonescabone

I love J. Cole but I thought this list was for those not so mainstream?

superben

Well it does have Kendrick Lamar

Yeah, I thought of that too but too lazy to correct

J. Cole is sooo tight!

DIYjonnybravo

He should have been right after Kendrick!

J. Cole is a good rapper, but he just doesn't really appeal to me.

That's kinda how I felt about him but breakdown, sideline stories, and his interlude on Coleworld. Interested me in what he had to say.

I listen to J. Cole every now and then, but his music doesn't do it to for me. Do you have any songs by him that you recommend me to hear?

WhiteEddieMurphy

All these replies fucking fail. Not one person, besides me, posted Tale of 2 Cities. WTF is wrong with of you?? Nah, listen to it. Its lit.

tamaboochie

Forbidden Fruit, She Knows, Lost Ones

RubenUrbina

I recommend Lights Please, Blow Up, Return of Simba. Great lyrics

cookiesnatcha

Lights Please, Dreams, Sideline Story

Funhausfan

Forbidden Fruit is one of my favorite songs of all time

FastandFerious

Love Yourz - J. Cole

stressedesserts

World is Empty

Thanks everyone, I'll be sure to listen to him some more

Gogurtsarebetterwhenfrozen

J. Cole-Fire Squad. Actually with your taste in music, I think you would like Stormy Day Hip Hop Radio. It's my favorite Pandora station.

eksoskel

I really enjoy "Wet Dreamz" and "G.O.M.D."

No Role Models, and Love Yours.

Listen to black Friday. It's both Kendrick and just. Cole

Love that song

TheNextHafthorBjornsson

Always really liked (75% of) The Warm Up album, but seeing as it's an old mix tape it might've been the music you didn't prefer lol.

But if anything, I'd suggest I Get Up, Can I Live, Grown Simba, World Is Empty, Losing My Balance.

Also his Friday Night Lights album; Too Deep For The Intro, Before I'm Gone, Enchanted, Home For The Holidays.

Thesmithlord

Good to see some love for Atmosphere. Lucy Ford is one of my favorites.

Always see Atmosphere and Aesop Rock on these lists, but never Prof.

himynamesdj

'Yesterday' always hits me in the feels. (Listen all the way through for those that haven't heard it)

friedrhino

Lucy Ford, ya digging deep now, like that shit!

PreMedMcNinja

My cat's name is Lucy Ford.

DogInBoots

I get all warm inside when thinking back at that album. I had never heard of atmosphere before the day i bought it!

D4rkSt4r7

The Keys to Life vs. 15 Minutes of Fame is great if you haven't heard it. Also The Woman with the Tattooed Hands.

The Woman with the tattooed hands is ornate poetry. Its what got me into slug/ Rhymesayers / Atmosphere

UglyGilly

I think it's odd how well known he actually is but he's still underground. He's great got me through a lot in my teen years.

LoodGookin

Atmosphere is the group, Slug is the rapper.

HowYouDo1

He actually started as the group's DJ with Spawn as the rapper. Then, Ant came along. Spawn left and Slug became the rapper.

TChallaVanDam

Yes, thank you, I was about to correct this. Slug is the emcee, Ant is the producer. Together they are Atmosphere. They are fresh.

Well Atmosphere in general then, thanks for the correction.

I made the same mistake when I first starting listening to them. It wasn't meant to correct u, just inform you since they got you thoughalot