Hip-Hop
 

I've been liking some hip-hop artists lately, like DF Doom, DJ Shadow, Company Flow. I wanted to expand my knowledge on this genre some...
Anyone got any ideas of artists similar to the ones I mentioned above?

i don't recognize any of the stuff you mentioned but... public enemy is really great

check out rjd2

I like Digable Planets...that is about it.

Get Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

That is one of the most amazing records ever.

Hilltop Hoods

http://www.hilltophoods.com/

KRS-ONE
PUBLIC ENEMY
CHUCK D

Talib Kweli's-Quality is really good.

I already have heard Beastie Boys and Public enemy.
I'm going to check out Prefuse 73 and Talib Kweli....
Keep the suggestions coming.

young blood brass band does a fair amount of rapping and it's just an all around great band. sage francis is spectacular

Jurassic 5, Non Phixion, The Coup, The Roots.....are all pretty swell.

a tribe called quest

hence the reason you should listen to RJD2. you will love those fuckers

Yeah, I don't really listen to much hip-hop with rapping. I like the intstrumental stuff.
I'm going to download some RJD2 and Prefuse 73 stuff later tonight. (good albums by either of them would be nice)

if you like them i would also recommend checking out the stuff i'm about to list, the thing with him hiphop though is that it has probably the highest rate of great artists who lose it after a couple of records, so even if you recognize some of the name on this list as being crappy commercial stuff, it's worth bearing in mind that they probably started out amazing

MF Grimm - The Downfall of Ibliys
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Quasimoto - The Unseen****
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown****
Kool Keith - Black Elvis
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising****, Stakes Is High
Nas - Illmatic****
Organized Konfusion - Extinction Agenda
Blackalicious - A2G EP****, Melodica
Scaramanga - 7 Eyes 7 Horns
Outkast - ATliens
Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet****
Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East, Wrath Of The Math
Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar****
Lootpack - Soundpieces****
Quannum - Spectrum****
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein****
Monster Island Czars - Escape From Monster Island
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Gang Starr - Step In The Arena, Daily Operation, Hard To Earn
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory****, Midnight Marauders
EPMD - Strictly Business
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle, Done By The Forces Of Nature

blackalicious is good. seeing them at bonnaroo!

Thanks for that list Toilet and Bowels. I've started downloading some of those and I've read about most of 'em.
I'll get back to everyone with what I think later.

If anyone has anything they'd like to share it would be helpful...(YSI, bandogo)

i like doom's Viktor Vaughn stuff better than MF doom- his beats are always great, though. you'd probably like Madlib/Quasimodo, too. madlib's a complete genius at producing. madvillain is him & doom, he's put out a million albums...
other hip hop i dig:
Kool Keith
Public Enemy
KRS One
EMPD
edan
Beans
Dead Prez
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Pharcyde
NWA
The Roots
Rakim

Although I don't know that much about hip hop soem of my favourite albums are:
Dr Octagon- Dr Octagnecologist
Concept album by Dan the Automater and Kool Keith about a space ginecologist from Jupiter. Its rad, trust me.

Wu- Tang- Enter the Wu-Tang
No explanation needed, best hip hop album ever.

Big L- The Big Picture
Awesome New York rapper who got capped.

Edan- Beauty and the Beat
Great album from last year fusing a lot of psychedelic sounds with hip hop in a totally non-lame way.

Rawkus Records Presents:Soundbombing 2
Rawkus used to be a great record label and this shit was great. Featuring some of the best tracks I've ever heard from Company Flow, Pharoh Monch, Blackstar, Big L, RA tha Rugged Man even a really good Eminem track before he got wack

yeah, that thrack is surprisingly excellent.


also, i should have mentioned these:
Anti-Pop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue****
The Infesticons - Gun Hill Road****
Mike Ladd - Welcom To The Afterfuture****