splicetoday this week: the golden age of underground hip hop.
it was a utopian era in some ways. in part it's what happens when you don't police racial borders in art; the playlist (which i really think rocks) is about a third white a third black a third latino and all hybrid.
This playlist is the tip of an Iceberg.
—7l and Esoteric (Boston), “Operating Correctly”
—Aceyalone (LA), “Cornbread”
—Atmosphere (Minneapolis), “God Loves Ugly,” “Scapegoat,” “Perfect”
—Awkwafina (Brooklyn), “My Vag” (outside temporal parameters, but don’t miss it)
—Bahamadia (Philadelphia), “Special Forces”
—Beatnuts (Queens), “Se Acabo”
—Brother Ali (Minneapolis), “Three Day Journey,” “Prince Charming,” “Ali Boombaye”
—Cool Calm Pete (Seoul/Queens), “Cloudy”
—Dead Prez (NYC), “Don’t Hate My Grind,” “Police State”
—Delinquent Habits (LA), “Here Come the Horns”
—Demigodz (Connecticut), “Captivate/Deactivate”
—Immortal Technique (Lima/Harlem), “Harlem Streets,” “Freedom of Speech,” “Peruvian Cocaine,” “Golpe de Estado,” “Payback”
—J-Live (Brooklyn), “Not Satisfied”
—Jedi Mind Tricks (Philadelphia), “Heavenly Divine,” “Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story,” “Trinity”
—Murs (LA), “Murs Rules the World”
—Sage Francis (Boston), “Makeshift Patriot,” “Narcissist,” “Take it Back” (Non-Prophets)
—Self-Scientific (LA), “Three Kings,” “Return”
—Necro feat. Vinnie Paz and Immortal Technique, ” Take Hip Hop Back” (a sort of retrospective of the movement)