Post Some Conscious Hip Hop (Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, etc.)

[5 Grand]

I remember circa 1999-2001 there was a dichotomy in Hip Hop. For some reason backpackers made the fictitious claim that you can't like Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Common and like Master P, Jay Z and DMX too. The backpacker's rule was that you have to like either conscious rap or commercial rap but liking both was out of the question. (It was similar to the East/West beef, you could like one or the other but you couldn't like both).

Anyway, I'll get the ball rolling

 

[T. Sanford]

Little Brother

 

[Word....Life]

Saigon: Color Purple


K Dot: Blacker the Berry


Joey Bada$$: Good Morning Amerikkka

 

[Anonymous]

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

This song is next level...



If these lyrics dont hit you like a bat there is a problem...

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

 

[konceptjones]

 

[Yhwhcity]

Immortal technque
RICH mans world

 

[King Poetic]

 

[T. Sanford]

 

[5 Grand]

Here's some joints from the second wave of conscious rap (the first wave was 82-85)

 

[5 Grand]

Here's some conscious rap from the first wave.

 

[King Poetic]

 

[5 Grand]

 

[Achewon87]

 

[King Poetic]

 

[Benjamin E]

Damn backpackers and their fictitious claims...