Imaginarium by L'Roneous - sick sick sick. I can listen to this straight through w/o pressing fast forward once.
The Listening by Little Brother - see above, with the exception of the 2nd track in which Ceasar Commanche gets on my nerves screaming.
Common Market by Common Market - different feel than the aforementioned 2, but very nice rhymes and beats. Again, solid album from start to finish but based on OP's list of favorites I think he might like this a little less than the other 2.
Entroducing by DJ Shadow - All instrumentals but really nice. Dude is a ridiculous mixer / producer / DJ.
Some free mixtapes I'd recommend -
Clinton Sparkx & Clipse - We Got it 4 Cheap
Wale - 100 Miles and Running
Mark Ronson & Rhymefest - Man in the Mirror
All those are free to download online and I like them more than a lot of stuff I've paid money for.
"Also like a bit of French Hip-Hop"
Might want to check out Guru's Jazzmatazz volume 1, he has a couple of tracks featuring French rappers.
The sample for "Rich Girl" on the link above ^^^ is super sick. Also the song "I'm A Star" is pretty popular in dummy sessions.
I'd best drescribe them as a mix between The Pack and Chromeo. Don't listen for lyrics that make you think like Lupe, it's more just for the beats and flow. Oh well enjoy it fwiw
How about The Pharcyde? Doom by Mood has some good **** on there. The Perceptionists (Mr. Lif and Akrobatik DJ Fakts One) good too but haven't heard from them for a while, I think they only got together for Black Dialogue.
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New weezy mixtape is about to drop but the tracklist looks kind of disappointing... AZ just came out with a new album that i've downloaded but not yet listened to, got mixed reviews.
Could we just make this the official hip-hop thread? I'd like to prove the Cam'ron haters wrong, not sure if anybody is gonna back me up but hes got some sick music out there. I'll make a playlist of what to DL if anybody is interested.
That freestyle on BET where he counts out the money while freestylin is epic imo
Is that where he spits over Scarface - My Block beat? I have that on mp3, there is also a SICK verse he spit on bet that is from "Its Nothing" but its even better over the Dreams beat.