Right now I'm obsessed with avant-folk, such as Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, Nico, Natural Snow Buildings, Stephan Micus, but especially Tim Buckley's weirder shit (
Lorca and
Starsailor). Absolutely amazing. Mindblowing stuff.
nutella wrote:It took me way too long so I'm really late to the party on this stuff, but I've finally started actually getting into hip-hop! I've really enjoyed the Death Grips albums I've heard (the first few so far), and upon a coworker's recommendation I also enjoyed an apparently pretty old classic, Nas' album Illmatic. Really good stuff. And right now also via recommendation I am absolutely loving the album CLPPNG by clipping, a group fronted by Daveed Diggs of Hamilton fame. Gooooooood shit.
Took me a while too, never looked back though. CLPPNG is good shit.
You need A Tribe Called Quest pronto. They're my favorite hip hop group of all time for good reason. Couldn't imagine my musical life without them.
The Low End Theory is a desert island album for me without a doubt.
Other classic East Coast Hip Hop is a must (Beastie Boys, GZA/Genius, The Notorious BIG, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, etc.), and while East Coast is clearly superior, some West Coast stuff is amazing too (Kendrick Lamar, The Pharcyde, etc.). And don't forget about Southern (OutKast, CunninLynguists, etc.).
Some of my personal hip hop favorites that I think you couldn't go wrong with either: Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, Danny Brown, De La Soul, Deltron 3030, Digable Planets, Madvillain, Nujabes, Organized Konfusion, Run the Jewels, etc.