Am I The Only One Who Been Sleepin On this Dude??

One of my favourite emcee's really, his work as one half of Binary Star on Masters of the Universe was ridiculous...

I got Sonogram as well which is really nice as well, highly rated in the underground. But I'd recommend picking up Masters of the Universe if you like it as it's one of my favourite albums.

Lyricism on that album was incredible and the beats are nice as well, one of those discs that will make you rap along in public... or maybe that's just me lol.

Great drop though and to anyone who has any of the other releases, I'd be interested in hearing some of your favourite cuts :tu

satyrone wrote: »

yeea sonogram and masters of the universe are 2 of the illest albums out there. ive been meaning to go thru my c.ds at my parents hows to listen to these. mos def classics

Definitely, get diggin'!

Valentinez A. Kaiser wrote: »

yh Binary Star - Masters of the Universe put me on. Funny I felt Senim Silla had the slight upper hand lyrically on that, yet One Be Lo got the better solo catalogue.
They remind me of smaller scale version of Talib n Mos

At times, I think they surpass Mos and Talib, especially on tracks like Reality Check... good comparison though.

Sunflowa Seeds wrote: »

I like a variety: Blu, MF Doom, Skyzoo, Little Brother, Elzhi, Clipse, Sean Price, Jedi Mind Tricks, Black Thought, Pharoahe Monche etc.
I listen to a lot of older stuff too of course. Wu-Tang is my favorite group of all time, Ghostface favorite artist.

I presume you've listened to Wu Syndicate then?

Nice list of artists... it's a varied list but generally NY based or influenced in terms of lyricism.

I'd say because you like Blu, you should check out Fashawn and Kendrick Lamar. Fashawn's Boy Meets World was my favourite album of 2009, whilst Kendrick Lamar's self titled EP of the same year was the best EP.

As for Little Brother, I always put the CunninLynguists above them in every way. I assume you've checked for them though?

As for a more hard-hitting emcee, I'd suggest:

Akrobatik's Balance
Aesop Rock's Labor Days/Daylight EP
Bronze Nazareth's Great Migration
CYNE's Evolution Fight
P.O.S' Audition & Never Better
Prolific and Re-Animator's - Ugly Truth
Y Society - Travel at your own Pace.

Just the one's that I think you may like, here's some YouTube's of my fave track from each album:

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Sunflowa Seeds wrote: »

By the way, Masters of the Universe is what I'm going to listen to after Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun- Monumental.

You'll be impressed, just enjoy it for what it is though as I always find listening to a CD I hear that's overhyped is a disappointment. Just make sure you check it out :tu

Sunflowa Seeds wrote: »

Just google "One Be Lo S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. Mediafire"

Are we not supposed to say that here? lol

It's okay to say it, not to post links. It's available over at UGHH though for like $10.

Sunflowa Seeds wrote: »

Damn great post :tu
I haven't checked for Wu-Syndicate for some reason, I will though.
Yes I'm a Cuninlynguist fan, forgot to add them. Piece of strange is one of my fav albums.
I'll listen to all the youtubes you posted and check the albums too, thanks bruh.

Yeah, you should. They're a disappointment as they had a lot of potential on that album and reached it in many ways, but they had complications with their relationship and I think one of them was sent to prison as well.

Dope, yeah, APOS is a great disc. No problem, I'd recommend Evolution Fight by CYNE the most out of all of them though :tu

Lou Cypher wrote: »

Check out Extended F@mm aswell! the supergroup from QN5.

PackFM - I ? Hate Rappers

Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Danger Mouse and Jemini - Ghetto Pop Theory

Seconded, I was tempted to include this in my list, but I ended up leaving it off, but it's definitely similar and Danger Mouse's production is unreal on that album. Anthems.

a.mann wrote: »

I have this ill One Be Lo mix CD I received as a bonus from when i first copped PROJECT F.E.T.U.S (another dope CD by him also) from UndgergoundHipHop.com


? had mad rare and unreleased tracks & remixes.

Illest no doubt was the remix to "Why Doe The Caged Bird Sang"

I'll try to upload it tonight when I get off work

Props, as it's a mix, I'm sure that would mean it's a mixtape? And if so, it can be posted :tu

Look forward to that remix too :tu

Lou Cypher wrote: »

Ah man glad to see someone else knows of that album. Its crazy how big Danger Mouse got but this album always got over looked. Do you know anything recent Jemini has done Ruff?

To be honest, I never really checked for him like that afterwards, they were supposed to follow the album up with '? Your Heroes' but that was years ago! So he may have fell under the radar, which is a shame because he's a skilled emcee.

I did get DangerDoom album as well I think after getting Ghetto Pop Life... wasn't as good to me though. Jemini was on par, IMO, with his production, which is a massive compliment to him. So I felt like he was missing.