Underground Hip-Hop

Underground hip-hop at Hip-Hop Linguistics. The term underground hip-hop is a sore subject around here. Most websites that rep underground hip-hop don't really cover the underground. Just because you don't hear it on the radio doesn't mean it's underground. To us, underground hip-hop is comprised of emcees without record deals - cats who are on the grind every day trying to get their music heard. Emcees you've never heard of. The list below represents the best of unsigned underground hip-hop artists. We recommend checking them all out.

FREE Download: Georgia & Declaime “SomeOthaShip Connect Game”

SomeOthaShip Connect Game is the fourth release from, and another reason to check out, Georgia & Declaime’s new album “SomeOthaShip” – which I’ve been bumping pretty regularly as of late. SomeOthaShip Connect Game features Kazi and was produced by Black Milk. If you like this, check out fOnk w/ an O, Heaven Or Hell, Endure and Get Up. Click below to listen to Georgia & Declaime’s SomeOthaShip Connect Game:

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    FREE Download: J57 “The Incredible” feat. Mr. Beatz & Kinetik

    Big ups to the homie Mr. Beatz for sending this one over. The Incredible is a brand new track from J57 of the Brown Bag Allstars which features Mr. Beatz and UK emcee Kinetik. Click below to listen to J57’s The Incredible:

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      PFM “You’re No Moses” Video

      Never heard of this cat before, but thought the video and track were tight. You’re No Moses is a track from PFM’s upcoming album “THEND.”

        Hip-Hop Quotable: Bohemian Rap CD “Mama Mia”

        This week’s underground hip-hop quotable of the week is Mama Mia from “Bohemian Rap CD,” which you can still download for FREE here if you haven’t already. Mama Mia features dope verses from NYC underground emcees Jake Lefco, IllSpokinn, Ryan-O’Neil, Kats and Domer – and is part of a compilation CD featuring all five emcees rapping over 6 tracks created from samples of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Click below to listen to Mama Mia:

        And be sure to follow along with the lyrics after the break. (more…)

          Thaione Davis “Everybody Got A Say So” Video

          Big ups to whoever emailed this over to me. Everybody Got A Say So is a track from Thaione Davis’s upcoming album “GOODENOUGH.”

            FREE Download: ScholarMan “Hiroshima Fusion”

            I’ve been anticipating this FREE mixtape since ScholarMan told me it was dropping a couple weeks back. “Hiroshima Fusion” is an EP that fuses the jazzy and soulful music of 70s rock band Hiroshima with ScholarMan’s brand of hip-hop. “Hiroshima Fusion” is the first of many Soganic Music free projects to expect in 2010, and features K-Mynez, Kahli Abdu, Teisha Marie and Verronica Styles. Click below to download ScholarMan’s “Hiroshima Fusion” for FREE:

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              FREE Download: Reason “Stalker Stories”

              Big ups to Storm Davis with the Poorly Drawn People/Strange Famous Records crews for sending this over. Reason is a talented emcee out of Rhode Island’s Poorly Drawn People crew (one of my favorite crews of the deep underground) who caught my eye with his ‘07 debut album “Gemini Slang.” This is the only thing I’ve heard from his since, but upon first listen, it’s definitely worth the download. “Stalker Stories” features production by Falside, Dox of PDP and PhillipDrummond, with guest appearances by Storm Davis, Dirty Hank, Cas Uno, Esh The Monolith and Intrikit. Click below to download Reason’s “Stalker Stories” for FREE:

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                Kam Moye “Spitting Image” Video

                This is the third dope video and title track for Kam Moye’s “Spitting Image.” If you like this, check out the videos for Forever Fresh and Let’s Be Honest.

                  DaVinci “What You Finna Do” Video

                  Somebody emailed me this video a couple days ago and I thought it was tight. What You Finna Do is a song about gentrification – especially in the Fillmore District of San Francisco. From DaVinci’s new album “The Day The Turf Stood Still.”

                    FREE Download: Agartha Audio “The Butterfly Effect”

                    Uncommon Records artist Dig Dug caught my eye a couple years ago when he dropped “Tales From the Cafetorium” – an album he created with a bunch of elementary school students as part of an after-school program. Now the Berkeley-based underground hip-hop artist is returning with his new crew Agartha Audio, and their new album “The Hollow Earth” – which is apparently somewhat of a sci-fi concept that sticks to the overarching theme of the Reptilian Agenda. The Butterfly Effect is the first leak from that album, and features Cam on the mic with Dig Dug on production. Click below to listen to Agartha Audio’s The Butterfly Effect:

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