I crave ambient hip hop!!!!!!!

[wiretapscars]

The Opus-First Contact 001

Opus produces some really ethereal hiphop beats, i love their stuff. Also check out Rubberroom "Architechnology"...Opus did all the production on that album, and its a real UG classic.

[jilla82]

With the exception of 80s act Basehead and Blackalicious I just can't get into non-traditional hip hop. I tried. I checked out Edan, Anti Pop Consortium, MC Paul Barman, Kool Keith. Didn't like it.

Give me Jay-Z, Young Dro, and Lil' Wayne over COLLEGE RAP any day. No offense. I wanted to like it but was surprised to find that I find the gangsta rap better NOT because of the lyrics but the producers in the background twiddling the knobs for these guys.

I think they have more money to find the very best and (with the exception of P Diddy and Kanye) these guys don't mind taking the money and staying out of the spot light. ALTHOUGH, YOU WILL LOVE 'PETESTRUMENTALS' BY PETE ROCK very ambient and acid jazzy without being 'artier-than-thou'. Actually, that last sentence is probably the short version of my response. I mean it. That is one of those albums that any time you put it on SOMEONE says, "Who's this?"

with the exceptiion of Kool Keith, I know exactly what you mean. Nerd rap is normally liked by folks whose music background isnt grounded by black music (I mean they didnt grow up w/ certain music around them).

btw...Where out south are you from? I would have never guessed someone from the Southside is on SF

[symplex]

You might want to check some of this stuff out:

http://chilledhiphop.blogspot.com/

I would recommend Cyne, Fat Jon, and Pete Rock

[keagan]

might dig clutchy hopkins.

not much about him on the internet, but you get the idea- rhodes heavy, live downtempo.

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pm me if you want the life of clutchy hopkins.

[spacemanvt]

get the samurai champloos albulms

GREAT hip hop beats

[DEPHT]

If your down with Nujabes then you probably know all about Force of Nature/Fat Jon and all the work they did with Nujabes on the Samurai Champloo albums. That would've been my first recommendation. Nujabes is a fucking genius....arguably my fav. artist.

Check out Granhotelbuenosaires by Federico Abuele....

[thescott]

I'm not really sure what ambient hiphop is but this may be up yer alley

Jay Dee - Welcome to Detriot

RJD2 - Dead Ringer, The Horror

Prefuse 73..he's got a bunch of albums...peep em

Theres a Pete Rock/ 9th Wonder that I used to have...it's floating around the net...look for it

I'm not sure if it's yer kinda thing but Mark Farina puts out some dope chillin music.

[Appleseed]

Krush x Toshinori Kondo album.

[domdomdomdom]

dunno if this was posted, just read the first post...

shit is like 2+ hours of what youre looking for

[naturaljax]

LOTS of good recommendations in this thread, I suggest anyone interested in this type of music check out most if not all of these artists.

[Corbin Law]

while im not a big Alias fan, he did a CD with his brother who plays sax or trumpet or something. its called Lillian by Alias and Ehren. it is really badass farily ambient hiphop totally instrumental too.

i enjoyed the mix up, it was just what i was wanting out of beastie boys, i was on the verge of growing tired of most of their signature style songs.

most importantly though check the band SKALPEL they are a polish jazz hip hop band, when i first heard them i didnt even think they were hip hop because they pull it off so seamlessly.

[keagan]

alias + tarsier is fucking gold.

[Decoy]

new Prefuse 73 leaked

[VinnieG24]

ive never heard about this...sounds cool. im going to have to check this out

[palaceman]

with the exceptiion of Kool Keith, I know exactly what you mean. Nerd rap is normally liked by folks whose music background isnt grounded by black music (I mean they didnt grow up w/ certain music around them).

btw...Where out south are you from? I would have never guessed someone from the Southside is on SF

Hey, Jilla. Check your inbox. I sent you a private message. Southsiiiiiiiiiiiide!!!!!

[xcoldricex]

not hiphop but you'd probably like boozoo bajou

[Westbrook]

TM Juke - Maps from the Wilderness.

If you don't have it already, go download it immediately. One of my favorite all-time downtempo albums. Totally flawless and beautifully arranged.

[Lucas0607]

RJD2 and DJ Shadow are alright.

[xcoldricex]

ah shit. can you up it for us p2p restricted folks and pm the link?

the city lounge compilation - Paris Berlin London New York, though i haven't heard it has some good names on it.

[jsmilez]

Get Kero One's album Windmills of the Soul.

[Westbrook]

ah shit. can you up it for us p2p restricted folks and pm the link?

the city lounge compilation - Paris Berlin London New York, though i haven't heard it has some good names on it.

i'm not exactly sure how. do you know of a free service where I can do that?

[xcoldricex]

www.zshare.net, www.yousendit.com

[Westbrook]

will do after work.

[Westbrook]

http://www.zshare.net/download/3478220c13d0e1/

Fire away. +rape

[Larry Bird]

actually i saw anticon with dose one many a years ago.....paid like $5 and got a free 411 skateboard video shirt.

kinda bores me now though

[naturaljax]

not sure if he ever got mentioned but DJ Cam is the SHIT

[JayIvory]

have you heard freddy joachim and choice 37? You can check them out on myspace.. they have lyrics on it but I have no doubt that those two artists have the beats you're looking for. Peace

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1150556

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2212785

And here's a song by Choice 37 that they removed from there..

http://media.putfile.com/Choice-37---Marie

[murdered out]

someone recomended nickolay....foreign exhange definately sets me up for a laxed mood.

[mpcec]

Try these:

Milanese- Extend

Dalek- Absence

Milanese is awesome, I'm not big on Dalek anymore but I think you'd like them.

[avantreverse]

choice37 and freddie joachim are dopee

kudos.