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Underground hip-hop (also commonly known as indie hip-hop or underground rap) is an umbrella term for hip hop music that is outside the general commercial canon. It is typically associated with independent artists, signed to independent labels or no label at all.
Dec 2, 2021 · The meaning of “underground rap” has changed over the years. This is the story of underground hip-hop’s evolution, and the shifting meaning of the term.
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Mar 22, 2022 · [Underground Hip Hop is an umbrella term for Hip Hop music outside the general commercial canon. It is typically associated with independent artists, signed to independent labels, or no label at all. Underground Hip Hop is often characterized by socially conscious, positive, or anti-commercial lyrics.]
Aug 9, 2023 · Indie rap, also known as underground hip hop, refers to a subgenre of rap music that is produced independently, outside of major record labels. It often emphasizes artistic freedom, creativity, and non-commercial success. Indie rap artists typically have a DIY approach and cultivate a dedicated fan base through grassroots efforts.
- The Pharcyde - "Runnin'" (from Labcabincalifornia, 1995) Let’s start with a bridge — one between the insurgent wave of early ’90s West Coast indie and all the potential dynamism, insight, and creativity that underground hip-hop would cultivate by the decade’s end.
- J-Live - "Braggin' Writes" (12", 1995) One of the other calling cards, it should be noted, is rapping about rapping — the recentering and arms-race showoff of skills.
- Dr. Octagon - "Blue Flowers" (from Dr. Octagonecologyst, 1996) Kool Keith’s always been a crazy bastard, if by “crazy” you mean “can sound fly even rapping complete nonsense” and “bastard” you mean “stylistically fathered by immaculate conception.”
- The East Flatbush Project - "Tried By 12" (12", 1996) When street rap mourns, it’s the strongest case there is for hip-hop not as the detractors’ “inspiration for violence,” but as something inspired by violence — of something that has to be paid attention to, made sense of, after-the-fact justified, but not so much celebrated as chronicled in ways that at least try to find the resilience of artistic expression in the midst of a grim scenario.
Underground hip hop is defined as “the ultimate space and place of humanity,” implying a connection to the human species, above just cultural objects or movements; a call of the wild or a natural inclination toward the values that the underground conveys. 47 Thus, the underground aesthetic is founded on a moral high ground that motivates ...
Underground hip hop, also known as alternative hip hop or independent hip hop, is rap music performed without a label. Several American and international artists do not have a "mainstream hip hop" record label, such as the underground rap record company Rhymesayers Entertainment.
