Recommend your favorite obcure band

**The Flying Cow** · 05-03-2009, 08:48 PM

Good music?

Madlib, Madvillain, Jaylib, The Beat Konducta, Quasimoto, Jay Dee (or J Dilla), Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Deltron 3030, Canto I is alright, Strange Fruit Project, Funky DL, Kero One, Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Pharcyde, Main Source, DJ Cam, Exile, DJ Shadow, Brand Nubian, Leaders of the New School, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Crown City Rockers (only heard one song so far but seemed solid), Pete Philly & Perquisite, Azzurro, Black Sheep, Craig Mack, Common, Digable Planets, Dream Warriors, Dulcet, Lootpack, Slum Village, Specifics, Us3, Symbolyc One & Illmind, etc.

Taste is subjective, and if you don't like old school/jazzy hip-hop then my list is useless to you. If you do like poetry though, or at least music that isn't comercialized or heavily dependent on swear words and the mention of guns, glocks and bitches, then go for it.

**mol3culez** · 05-03-2009, 09:07 PM

Future Rock.

If you like electronic music these guys do it proper.

http://fr.libsyn.com/ <--- some great podcasts

Also check out some of their utube videos. I promise you will not regret.

Conspirator are another great livetronica act I'd recommend to anyone into electronic music.
Myspace link: http://www.myspace.com/conspiratorofficial

**cinephilia** · 05-04-2009, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by The Flying Cow

Good music?

Madlib, Madvillain, Jaylib, The Beat Konducta, Quasimoto, Jay Dee (or J Dilla), Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Deltron 3030, Canto I is alright, Strange Fruit Project, Funky DL, Kero One, Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Pharcyde, Main Source, DJ Cam, Exile, DJ Shadow, Brand Nubian, Leaders of the New School, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Crown City Rockers (only heard one song so far but seemed solid), Pete Philly & Perquisite, Azzurro, Black Sheep, Craig Mack, Common, Digable Planets, Dream Warriors, Dulcet, Lootpack, Slum Village, Specifics, Us3, Symbolyc One & Illmind, etc.

nice list, i like most of the groups you posted.
you can also add some groups/artists like:
Slum Brothers, Paul Ray, Brother Arthur, Labtekwon, One Deep, Jedi Mind Tricks, Black Moon, Count Bass D, Benefit, Obscure Disorder, Lords of the Underground, Crooklyn Dodgers, Smif N' Wesson, Blakmajik, Micranots, Binary Star, Jazz Liberatorz and so on...

**1000possibleclaws** · 05-04-2009, 04:57 AM

Except Jedi Mind Tricks relies almost solely on swear words and weapons talk, which is what The Flying Cow is trying to avoid. Paz and his AOTP are Wu-Tang wannabes, and Jus Allah seems to be washed up if you listen to him on the latest JMT release.

Some of their stuff is pretty damn catchy either way though.

**The Flying Cow** · 05-04-2009, 10:00 AM

What I was about to say exactly, T.S.O.L.

Don't fancy Jedi Mind Tricks at all. Waay too aggressive for my taste.

Haven't heard any of those you mentioned Cinephilia, though I have heard of Smif N Wesson and Black Moon.

**cinephilia** · 05-04-2009, 03:21 PM

i agree about jedi mind tricks but some of their instrumentals are really awesome and even a bit jazzy sometimes.

ps: listen to those two songs and tell me what you think, you can't dislike them

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nSw56r2DnQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ninJU4KMNMM[/youtube]

dope!

**1000possibleclaws** · 05-04-2009, 06:09 PM

Yeah, Stoupe is amazing, no doubt about it. Downloaded his first solo release awhile ago and forgot about it, think I'll check that out sometime soon.