What Happened to Underground Hip-Hop?
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
- If you're a teenager thats too young to understand the difference between underground hip-hop and mainstream hip-hop music, don’t feel bad, because it is not your fault. You were simply born after the period in time when the main way audiences could quickly get in the loop of new music was to turn on the radio. Unless you lived in a city with a radio station open-minded enough to provide a late night slot to a hip-hop DJ with free reign to pick his or her own playlist, or you lived near a college radio signal to hear the raw selections of an underground hip-hop fanatic’s mixtape, vinyl, and CD collection, you were stuck hearing a handful a rap-related “radio records” promoted by major record companies.
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Written by: Jason Cuthbert
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Underground hip hop ain’t dead, it’s just called underground for a reason
Deadass
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Exactly
Yo foreal I love lofi hip hop more than mainstream at this point and lofi is mostly instrumental in nature
Got it right on the nail bro!!!
Underground Hip-Hop ain’t dead. It was buried alive.
@MOO But then it won't be underground.
Why do i see u everywhere i watch.
It’s coming back .
So.....dead?
@@hmasplace yes it would underground isn't about popularity it's about making music that's not meant to be a trend or gain popularity. DOOM and madlib were way past underground numbers but were underground because of the sound
People always talk about how mainstream music is today. We used to have to listen to the radio, now you can listen to whoever you want at the press of a touchscreen. There’s more artists than at any point in history. If you can’t find good underground hip hop in 2019 you aren’t looking.
Facts. If you goo deep enough into soundcloud, youtube, or even on instagram you'll find artist and rappers with little to no recognition slowly building up a following. It's just that the mainstream stuff tends to get promoted a lot more now on these platforms
¡i¡Got Crabz yeah I know. That’s why it’s a bit harder to find underground stuff, but it is there to be found.
@@DeathSensei but thats the problem people dont want to take an hour off theyre day to find underground music
Jew-Tang Clan if you have to look for the good than that just shows how trash the state of rap is
Degenerett underground rap was never mainstream that’s why it’s called underground. There was never a point you didn’t have to look for it.
Eh I don’t think underground died, I think a good portion of it just went to SoundCloud
Michael Greif The SoundCloud scene is still full of independent artists and just a few years ago the most mainstream rappers today were building an underground following.
Michael Greif well what is the difference? Is an underground artist not allowed to have any type of attention outside of their music scene? Because with the Internet that’s pretty hard to do.
Keon Gardner id like to consider my music on soundcloud underground vro
Keon Gardner lmao
The pure over saturation by quantity alone has made it nearly impossible to succeed without outside influences
How can underground hip hop die when most rappers HAVE to start there!?
@Michael Greif Oh
One person say something then the media wanna tell people what Hip Hop is, I hate that shit
Most rappers that r big now get insta famous first then they put out music 🚫🧢
@@jameshamilton5947 you have a very nice name
@Baron Samedi I guess U was born yesterday, instead of calling somebody stupid U should educate Urself. Nearly every rapper started rapping in the streets before they go on social media
Nowadays radios on the same 6 songs
That's why I don't listen to the radio
It‘s always been like that actually
@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8366 facts folk act like the radio was any different back in the day
popetaytv they just made REAL hip hop hipsters
I haven’t listened to the radio in years. Apple Music playlist and word of mouth shape my music choices now
Underground is not dead there are so many artists that are insane like : MIKE, Medhane, Caleb Giles, Maxo, Quelle Chris, Jean Grae, Earl Sweatshirt (maybe), etc. Theres so much good stuff you just have to look for it.
To add onto that, mavi, milo, Tha God Fahim, all of these guys have so much fucking talent and incredible beats. They don’t get enough credit for what they do. That’s underground
Don't forget Pete Rock, Asheru, David Banner, Ed E Ruger, JJ The Genius, J Dilla, ect. Some people need to know good music exist
Earl and Maxo not rly underground
@@j_lklap468 Earl's last two projects had an underground sound he just gained popularity early in his career
J_L Klap not maxo Kream lol. He’s talking about MAXO who dropped “Lil Big Man” this year.
It ain't dead. It's more accessible through streaming platforms and social media, but its alive and well
Facts
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Hip Hop as a whole is huge so the underground doesn’t even seem like the underground anymore.
There's never been a period of time where hip hops been more popular
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@@crunch9876well said
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If Underground Hip-Hop is dead... It’s because the listeners who are willing to financially support and back the INDEPENDENT artists are in the MINORITY.
Sadly, the majority of consumers feel entitled to the work INDEPENDENT artists create and often TAKE-TAKE-TAKE without realizing or respecting the financial effort it takes for artists to actually GIVE.
Free and promotional work have ALWAYS been a part of the game... but when you have more consumers who exclusively stick to free content, and reluctantly support artists via merchandise, albums, shows... The sustainability of each artist falters and falls victim to the revolving door participation of the “culture”. Thus, careers spark - catch interest - then quickly die down.
I’ve personally seen a lot of talented rappers dwindle out due to the fact it’s harder to balance life and the current demand for content to maintain an attentive audience willing to financially support their work. Streaming percentages are a joke and one day, I hope Hip-Hop will unionize further time gain more control of the money they deserve.
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@Vantum Noir exactly
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Exactly
The community is dead that's the problem, producers want to charge so much but don't want to work just for the legitimate point, half n half contract equal profit, if you can't support each other nothing is ever going to start
I feel like you don't do enough research in your videos. Underground Hip Hop is definitely still alive and will always be alive. Rappers like Open Mike Eagle, Aesop Rock, Milo, Quelle Chris, Billy Woods, and Ka are making great rap music today and don't get enough credit for their work. That's underground hip hop
Underground is dead? Sounds like to me you dont know where to look.
This the best thing said!
Being broke don’t make ppl underground, tribe and other underground groups/artists went platinum
Underground really is a vibe of image which differs from mainstream imagery
Underground used to be conscious and political but today most underground actually do make commercial music
Tekza _SA underground is more of a different approach at hip hop nowadays( which I’m okay with)
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conscious hiphop and underground hiphop are 2 different things.
Underground to me means staying true to the culture, and not selling out.
I live in Botswana and I have heard of MF Doom, Immortal Technique, Brother Ali, Murs, J Dilla, Killer Mike (before he was mainstream but during the reagan song), Hopson (I had a rebellious teen phase) and the battle rap scene with guys like Arsonal, Loaded Lux, Murda Mook, etc...
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im from south Africa and I can say those dudes are washed up, only one who's likely to have a future is mike
@@jackiebrown4188 not the point of the video or comment bro. These people are legends in the underground scene (Minus Hopson)... Legends aren't washed up they are retired
Battle rap isn't underground anymore... Especially the names you listed...
Those guys are legends in the underground and battle rap respectively, minus hopsin
dont forget ras kass and pharoahe monch
Jean Grae, MIKE, Mach-Hommy, Tha God Fahim, Quelle Chris, Your Old Droog, Medhane, Navy Blue, Pink Siifu, Adé Hakim, Milo and Slauson Malone are some great underground artists you should check out. People say underground dead because the people who were the underground are now famous and there's a new underground that they don't know.
Less hip hop and more hip pop. Jheeze now I’m doing the science
Underground artists are just different from the ones in the past. It's not that complicated.
Bro there are still good underground rappers, look at Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA, Freddie Gibbs & Death grips. They have strong and loyal fan bases I don't think underground is dying in popularity or quality any time soon
Vic 2 icey they not underground
G.A Vaughn yea but they definitely not underground
@@1dageneralAW02 So are they under the "alternative" label then?
None of them is underground lol
Listen to MIKE and the SLUMS collective their the new hip hop underground
It ain't dead it's just Soundcloud now.
Pretty much
"What happened to Underground hip hop?"
It stayed underground maybe?
No shit
I bro who's running this channel old head & hipsters ?
All these dorks in the comments saying “underground hip hop ain’t dead” followed by an array of artists clearly didn’t not watch or listen to the video at all. They completely missed the concept of what you were saying.
It’s cause most fans don’t keep up w hip hop, they are dumb and only listen to what blogs or playlists post so ofcourse most of them don’t know any relevant artists.
There are more good artists than ever before fans just don’t keep up anymore unless the artist is regional (where they’re from) or unless they’re memed on the internet.
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There are many labels that sign underground artists and market them very well but also allow them full creative control , big up those labels 👌🏻👌🏻
I love how technical this got, like the top comment says "Less hip hop and more hip pop. Jheeze now I’m doing the science"
Underground Hip Hop is FAR from being dead! Nowadays there is so much talent in the underground, almost as great as we have ever seen with Artist like
Mach Hommy
The God Fahim
Conway The Machine
Benny the butcher
Westside Gunn
Lucki
Mavi
Billy Woods
SOTC
Slauson Malone
Sybyr
Jpegmafia (even though he’s not underground underground he’s still not mainstream)
Wiardon
Grimm Doza
MIKE
Maxo
Earl Sweatshirt
Caleb Giles
Quelle Chris
AnkhleJohn
Flatbush Zombies
Al Divino
Milo
And many many more
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I gotta get on a few of these I haven't heard. Thx man. Check out Sic Hop from New Orleans and Nickelus F ✔️
Anthony DeMar I’ve known Nickelus F for years, dude is dope asf!
@@kurexx3424 righteous! Humble dude.
Anthony DeMar Word up. “Trick Dice” is my favorite project from him, underrated asf!
@@kurexx3424 Stuck the one though. Trick Dice probably my 2nd. Both equally jam!
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I cant believe that the particular sound, tone, content and delivery was not mentioned when speaking of what qualifies an artist as underground.. Underground hip hop speaks on important matters while paying homage in the beat to elements of jazz and other classic genres (most of the time.)
And underground ain't dead.. we just ain't trying to kick it with y'all.
Griselda Records is a good example of Underground coming back
Go listen to MIKE and artists from the SLUMS collective as well
I agree. I fw Benny the Butcher
Jay-z done a deal with them so how they underground coming back?
My name is my name their sound is not mainstream. Alot of their beats don’t even have drums or choruses
Rhymesayers is still around... and still the best
The problem with Underground Hip Hop does come with gatekeeper-ism, but at the same time, if the artist's music isn't supported by their fans, only so much can be done.
Exactly
The homies Starlito and Don Trip still going hard til this day. "Underground til im underground"🔻
Bro like 3 years ago Florida just got mainstream. Go back 5 years, it’s a huge underground scene. My area has a huge underground. No big shows, but we have small festival type things.
Florida is the true king of the underground, specifically south Florida in the early 2010s with Raider Klan and Metro Zu. Real underground
TechN9ne has his own record label n he brings a lot of new artists to light more than a major label because those Major labels want to change the artists to their idea that they think he/she should look sound even to what they wear
Right
#itgoesup
But underground isn't about profit that's the thing...
With digital streaming the line between mainstream and underground has become extremely blurred
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SoundCloud and Bandcamp are the new Underground
@Michael Greif Nope again underground was created by talib kweli and mos def to bring hip hop back to its roots. They were as popular as main stream rappers at the time and wanted the game to switch back to its morals. You can be popular and under ground you just can't make music that follows trends, or is intended only to make sales.
@Michael Greif lol couldn't face the truth I see
@Michael Greif damn man ur so fucking stupid.
Just wanna say I’ve been watching this channel for a week or so now and I really enjoy the narrator’s voice. Could listen to this dude talk all day
With people like MIKE, Joey Badass, Earl Sweatshirt, Medhane, Fahim, Mach Hommy... It's still well alive
Lucki?
I remember saying “yeah I listen to hip hop but only underground” 😬
Still lots out, jus gotta find em: Flatbush Zombies, K.A.A.N, Dopplegangaz, Villain Park (highly recommend), Hugh Augustine, Dot Demo, Dan Buddah. I could go on and on 😁
freddie gibbs, danny brown
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I feel that underground rapper should not jeopardize a good so by choosing a basic best with the intention of being deep
You can still drop bars and punchline with a wavy beat
underground isn't dead, regionalization is. People aren't as hot in their hometowns as they would be before the internet, but now "underground" artists are gaining traction slowly off rising thru streaming sites
That's one point
Man growing up in middle nowhere Alaska, I started digging tech in circa 2002. Blew me away the everyone saw how special he was(no hate) and I am happy for him. Hes a PUREBREAD LEGEND
I see a lot of people trying to flex rap muscle, and I think they missed the point of the video because of that. I didn’t take it as him saying there are no more underground rappers or that it’s not good anymore, but its easy access defeats the purpose of underground. Now you have the underground and mainstream mixing and that’s what he’s pointing out.
But that’s not true... just because underground hip hop is more well known than other genres does not mean it is mainstream. All it means is that rap is bigger now and that the underground is bigger than ever. There are plenty of rappers who aren’t mainstream, y’all r honestly dumb.
As long as unknown artist keep making music underground hip hop is not dead. The problem is nobody wants to dig.
10,000 years in the dungeon for putting Hopsin on the cover of your underground hip hop video
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Underground HipHop is Very Much Alive. You can find them performing weekends at the clubs and in the hood with the people every day. They are still called hood stars. I would rather have the raw and real rather than the main stream garbage used to taint something so beautiful.
Well said and I concur.
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it's far from dead it just looks different, there's tiers and shit
underground hip hop is crowded and tough you gotta really fight for every play and every gig and it's not as much about album sales as it is about word of mouth and trying to get put on tours
there's mainstream, what I'd call mid-stream, then there's underground which gets hella deep and very very buried at times
BONES is keeping the underground alive
This is the first time I saw one of your videos and didnt feel like you weren't actually fully aware of what you were talking about. Usually im like "Okay, this kid likes rap music, & likes hip-hop music, but doesn't really seem Hip Hop (although I have no right to tell someone they arent Hip Hop unless they prove it themselves) and is just too young to know a lot of the history but at least it seems like he tries diligently to research well for each video, I can at least respect that he tries, hes not just trying to somehow benefit off of it for nothing in return like a lot of the other kids in his realm/field", but you made a distinction in this video about the difference between hip-hop music and pop-rap, (rap music isnt necessarily Hip Hop or hip-hop music, and nowadays often is not) and you actually provided me with something to think about afterwards. You're getting better homie, keep it up 🤘🏻 - pickd4prez
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tha god fahim
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estee nack
i could go on...
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Denzel Griselda just keeps going up. Hope wsg don’t really stop making music after 2020.
Out of all people. YOU know what's up my man. This video is real dumb
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Mach hommy is the new king of underground!!!!
Denzel word homie that shit is real as it gets sad not more people know so slept on
There will never be an underground scene like there was between 2002-2010. That was the underground golden age.
True. Mixtape and Blog era. Underground was so big it was mainstream lol
2002? Definitely a dope year, but Rawkus, Eastern Conference, Fondle'em, Solesides, Anticon, and Stones Throw Records started before that. 1998 had Blackstar, Killah Priest, Aceyalone, Heiroglyphics, The Dynospectrum, Jurassic 5, Rasco & Peanut Butter Wolf, ect...1999 had Pharoahe Monch, Kool Keith, Blackalicious, Atmosphere, MF DOOM, ect...2000 had Slum Village, Dead Prez, Quasimoto, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, JMT, Afu-Ra, Dilated Peoples Necro, Deltron, ect...2001 had Cannibal Ox, Typical Cats, Aesop Rock, J Dilla, Chino XL, J-Live, Masta Ace, Immortal Technique, Ugly Duckling
@@lyricsanonymous9036 : I'll give you 98, but I feel like your 2000s acts started peaking around 02-03.
I’d say 2002 - 2013. the early 2010s was a great time for underground hip hop as well
@@UniVS427 I still dont understand how y'all are skipping over 1999, 2000, and 2001
This is so true. I haven’t heard pure underground hip-hop in a long time. On HighFocus, SektionRed and GlobalFaction you still get some good underground hip-hop. Big respect to everyone keeping it alive. I think it’s better overseas personally than it is in the UK and US.
The cream rises to the top over time. It can be easy to look back and say there used to be more quality underground hip hop, but at the time it wasn’t mainstream, it wasn’t played on the radio, just like now you had to look for it. It’s way easier to look for it now.
Independent is not always underground. You had Mackelmore blow up mainstream independently. You have Tech N9ne who’s mainstream, but independent.
Underground hip hop has been mad dope wirh roc marci and griselda creating a new eastcoast style mixed with the 00s underground
this aged well
SoundCloud is the new hub for Underground rappers.
Y2K and other sub genres are bigger than traditional rap
Underground Hip-hop is still here... I don't get it.
Underground hip-hop isn't dead, seeing that most rappers start from there how could it possibly die?
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Funny tho that KRS-One released an album, Immortal Technique is doing an US tour and DangerDoom dropped a single ALL THIS MONTH.
Also, Jedi Mind Tricks is still standing strong and K-Rino is about to drop an album within a few weeks. So Wat Cha Sayin'
Griselda.
But, overall.. much like the middle class slowly dwindled, the “mid-tier artist” disappeared. You’re either Jordan or Vlade Divac out here, there is no more Horace Grant, Tony Kukoc
It exists still but you actually have to look for it. SoundCloud has divided underground due to a major flux of music
I don’t quite believe that It is dead i mean, Trevor Daniel ,Brennan Savage, and 1990bishop
Trevor Daniel? Lmao dude he's not even an underground rapper
@@jackiebrown4188 he hasn't reached enough popularity yet. He is still relatively unknown.
@@zane_wiley I think our definition of underground is very different
The internet happened. And Social Media. You no longer have to dig in the crates just click an icon.
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Underground hip hop isn’t dead, it is where it’s name is, underground. Go dig. Slauson Malone, Medhane, Mike, you just gotta look.
Mavi and Mike killing the underground game.
I call artists underground if they have no label at all to copyright to. But I do also distinguish independent and main stream.
Tech N9ne, Jelly Roll, Doomsday Productions, Brotha Lynch......
Y’all ever looked into what’s going in Las Vegas? Vice just did a lil spotlight on them but Their underground is crazy, artist that you’ve never heard of are playing sold out shows in major venues and making genuinely great music. Look up The Noir Movement , B Rose BigHomieStone, Sabriel , REDX, Zelly Vibes, PapichuloTeej , Mike Xavier, Cabrera, could go on for a minute honestly. Vegas had on hip hop until real recently and since it’s been lifted these artist have been flourishing and since what happens In Vegas stays in Vegas everybody’s just over looking it. Hip hop is an attitude not just rapping and what’s happening in Vegas is the most hip hop shit. Since the Bronx back in the day. Not to mention Now that Two Winners of SYTYCD now Have been B Boys the dance style from hip hop are from las Vegas. I think it’s crazy noones talking about it. But whatever we getting money over here 🤷🏾♂️
1MRED Las Vegas easily has the most slept on “underground” scene IMO. Atlanta, Florida, Cali, NY, other major cities have artists, but I agree with you that the quality & quantity of Las Vegas artists is crazy overlooked. I mean the list really goes on. We could host a festival of local artists & if major label A&Rs were to show up, I guarantee multiple people/ groups would be getting recording deals. It’s nuts & we have to do our party to develop the infrastructure & support these artists need
So we jus gon ignore dizzy wright?🤦♂️
1million subs no content hell nah that’s the OG I’m saying there’s so much more than dizzy.
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Underground Hip Hoo still with us it just gotten less more showcased now.....back in time what got understand hip hop artist relevants was late night weekend mix hours....then local state college mix shows was a catalyst for real rap music....this was pre internet era......lets not forget of Soul Train, The Video Box, Rap City, Pump It Uo With Dee Barnes & MTV Raps now put on a visual face to hip hop with Hip Hop Music Videos.....its still here ......
It's called underground for a reason yk
@@chriskatz2355 No Doubt about it
@@Notorious_G.O.D_76 I think the biggest thing right now in the underground is bias and racism to be honest. I can't tell you how many opportunities I lost just when I was first starting to reveal my face 🤔 the bias coming in to the style of music, since most of the time if they are closer to old school they are shunned for they're skill and style, because they have grown to the mentality that it has "to have bars be on beat" like it isn't restrictions to put on art itself
@@chriskatz2355 You've got something there went you mentioned hip hop has racist moments......i did see how they view white & latin rappers don't get the shine they deserved in a predominantly black market. Nowadays, rappers like Eminem, Everlast from House Of Pain, Milk Bone, & Vinni Paz is popular white rappers that not just dope but put up coming white rappers in the spotlights now. That's a good thing. Same as the Spanish rappers. Hip Hop is constantly evolving......now the youngsters are doin'. I won't say who has the better era in hip hop.....but i can say without the "Underground & The Mainstream" markets both would fall off.....🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊
@@chriskatz2355 I like your theory.....Im just glad Marvel or DC didn't got after him for the name Doom. The MF isnt want we think meaning Mutha F'ing. It stands for Metal Face.. Doom is one of my favorite rappers. My lineage with Doom goes back to his affiliation with 3rd Bass & KMD. He also produces as well. He was a true definition what a B Boy MC supposed to be......he will be dearly missed. 💝💝💝💝😜💝😍😍
I think y'all in the comment section are missing the point. He's not saying underground doesn't exist, he's saying mainstream music and media have so much overshadowed the underground world of hip hop that it feels like the underground music is suffocating and has no way to reach the mainstream audience... Take a look at hopsin there used to be a time his music was able to reach mainstream audience while being underground... But in 2021 how many people know his song "alone with me".
Underground hip hop was meant to make people really feel like they are part of the media while having normal lives but now an underground rapper is usually viewed as corny. I personally still listen to underground music but it doesn't carry the "coolness" it had before
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Not really. Its just a thin ass line between underground and indie at this point, imo
I mean we still have a lot of underground rappers. Pouya, GhosteMane, Suicide Boys, 6 Dogs, City Morgue I can keep going.
exactly
@Michael Greif underground hip hop isn't underground because it's not popular it's because the topics and sounds these artists use are strictly grounded toward the art of rap instead of creating music for radio play and trends. MF DOOM broke away from underground numbers a long time ago but is still underground because he stayed dropping true hip hop albums in the bling and internet era.
@Michael Greif lol wouldn't it be underground in the sense of rock and not hip hop then. I feel like your missing the point go look up the definition of underground hip hop.
Right. Fire list man. Suicide Boys and Sic Hop from New Orleans is craaaaazzzyyy
@Michael Greif underground aint about how big u are. Its about not selling out and also its music that doesnt get played on radios and shit.
But I listen to underground Hip Hop all the time! Shout out to Windmills, Substantial, CYNE, Omaure, Anti Lilly, Awon, Phoniks, The Mouse Outfit, Otis Mensah
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When people say underground hip hop is dead, they’re talking about the spirit in which that music was made, the specific genre aesthetics of it. Let’s not pretend that an UNDISCOVERED rapper doing the same things as a mainstream rapper in hopes of having the same material success as a mainstream rapper is the same as an UNDERGROUND rapper who’s content to make creative/core hip-hop music for far less money while spending their whole career signed to Stones Throw or Def Jux or something like that. At least do us the respect of being real about what people mean when they say “Underground hip-hop” and educating the folks who don’t know about underground and the many different flavors of hip-hip that they’re missing out on.
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So does independent mean you’re underground? Idk if Tech N9ne fits in the underground category anymore he’s way to big now, in my personal opinion he should be more popular than he is
Im starting to think these music channels don't actually go look for music unless it has a large following. Mike and the slums collective have already started the new era of underground hip hop and have been dropping damn there classic albums back to back this year.
Real hip hop is definitely gone .. because when we talk about hip hop it was jams that had all the 4 elements that became hip hop like graffiti , djs, mcs and breaking all into one culture and now it’s separated ! And it kinda sucks that that’s what happened to it but I really think that things move cycles and eventually it will go back to its original golden era and we will have dope hip hop once again!
It died when 50 cent was dethroned in 2007 by Kanye and Jay Z as well as 50' own label. Eminem did say 50 cent kept hip hop alive.
Underground rnb was great the last couple years till the blew up. Gallant, Daniel Ceasar, Alina Baraz, H.E.R. it was nice finding them first.
Undaground Hip Hop certainly isn't dead. What's happening is that Underground Hip Hop fans have to strategize how they're going to keep up with the continuing Undaground Hip Hop Industry so they're always up to date on the Newest and latest tracks. Most Undaground Hip Hop fans are aware that the majority of the Undaground Hip Hop Industry exists on streaming platforms like Pandora and Spotify. However, Spotify usually has the latest and newest tracks by a long shot. I've Customized Spotify for over 2 years to inform me when tons of BRAND NEW Undaground Hip Hop tracks come out and I create Radio Stations with the latest releases. I've compared my current Rotation to weekly or monthly Undaground Hip Hop charts and I've found my Radio Stations to be at least 90% identical to other Undaground Hip Hop Industry charts, showing the latest releases and tracks
you're not a real head if you think it's dead
Nigga it’s mad new underground artist coming out every fuckin day and I’m glad you don’t know where to find them !
"Less then mainstream J. Cole" Most of your viewers are from this generation I imagine. They don't know who MF Doom is. I liked this channel till that statement. It shakes me the wrong way... NOT SAYING MF DOOM ISN'T HUGE!
Brennan Manion dude you’re probably 20 and hurt
I'm actually not a J. Cole fan. Just being honest.
What’s up with all the ads before watching the video? We don’t know if it’s worth watching.
I’ll be honest, we are in the golden age of music, stop blaming the artist, blame the consumer, were lazy.. Cos if you really search, you will find amazing music and artist
Surprisingly I discovered Baby Keem from the radio. Underrated artist
Set me up with a link
So underground, you wanna feel it you have to dig it - bva mc
People who say any genre or subgenre is dead clearly arent in on the scene lmao
People in spots drop anything that's different and ignore it blatantly that's a big problem
Underground 2010 - 2016 had some of the best music I've ever heard
Section 80, live love asap, 1999, control system, acid rap, and habits and contradictions, and bastard etc
Its official youtube killed underground hip hop
Underground not about actually going underground to get music otherwise all of rap in the 90's and before would be underground it's more of a sound or idea that opposes popular music at the time
kingtkillla67 this is the most accurate comment I have read on here , heavy hip hop listeners will always define sub genres of hip hop by the way it sounds not by the way it sells and for many underground artists , it isn’t all about the money and is truly in fact just staying true to their style , this is why we see so many one hit wonder artists in the main stream , they always try and appeal to things people want not what they want , this ofc results in terrible creativity
I'm just sayin nowadays most people take to youtube to see what's hot they dont even bother with tryna check out underground music im 24 and ppl my age and older know whats up with underground music but ppl about 18 and younger dont even bother with checking it out raider klan, suicide boys, Flatbush zombies, underacheivers they were amazing artist but ask the new generation about them and they couldn't even tell you about them its a shame
Darren Jones I’m 19 , I’m an aspiring rap artist and I only listen to underground music ( I am from the UK ) and I am all for the underground sound and never want to change
@@zekenebel good for you man 🙏 more kids your age need to appreciate the underground culture
Is Rap following Rock's path?
I think so but in what way do you mean?
@@sumayzebecreating he means is it dying out like rock
Well Rap is the new rock But I don't think it'll die out anytime soon due to the mixture of elements from other genres
I been saying this. There is no more underground you have to make music for mainstream nowadays
It ain't dead it ain't buried it's right here.
We all use the internet now to get music out, 20 years ago major labels didn’t understand That. Groups like Hieroglyphics, living legends and even chuck D was able to capitalize the internet and using it to distribute music.
Underground hip hop can be found in a Reddit forum
Underground Hip-Hop isn't dead.
Underground hip hop is not dead. Got Rapsody sa-roc atmosphere. Late MF DOOM. Che Noir rj Payne.
I always had the belief that underground just meant not well known.
Like I consider an artist mainstream If i can ask about 20 people (of all types of different age groups) and half of them say they know that artist, then he /she is kinda mainstream, over half means he/she is mainstream and under means he/she is underground.
Also I think mainstream music also means super polished, extremely popular music. Think Drake, Migos, Cardi B, etc then compare that to Pouya, Earl Sweatshirt, AshNikko.
Most people would know the first 3 artists, I would have to search a bit for others to know the last 3
The whole idea of underground is that the artist is usually independent or signed to an indie label and tends to experiment from the usual norms of hiphop... but u can be signed to a label and still experiment... so the labels don't make sense anymore