Thread: Underground

Anyone know any good underground rock or rap songs?

well underground is not a music genre, but i think i know what you mean

Here are some recommendations:

Rock:
The Libertines
Babyshambles
TV On The Radio
Mogwai
Caspian
Dresden Dolls ( maybe not really rock.. )
The Distillers
The Melvins
The Pixies (!!)
The Smiths
Velvet Underground

Hiphop/Rap:
MF Doom
Madlib/Quasimoto
J Dilla
Necro (!!)
Non Phixion
Jedi Mind Tricks
Cannibal Ox
Immortal Technique
Aesop Rock
El-P

Company Flow
A Tribe called Quest
Pete Rock ( this is more oldschool )

Hope you can find what you are searching for

Ayo Newbie, Still interested in some Song recommendations? Or was Pest Band recommendations enough?

If you are, I could mix up a long list of underground Rap songs, though only a few Rock.

Lights Below, Stutterfly, and The Academy Is...

I am, I just have been busy since my finals are coming up. Thanks for the list guys, I'll check them out once I finish.

Okay, lets see..

List Part 1

Immotal Technique - Dancing with the Devil
Luniz - I got 5 On It
Reakwon - Ice Cream
Pastor Troy - Visa Versa
Wu Tang clan - CREAM
Wu Tang clan - Young Godz
Wu Tang clan - On The Strength
Wu Tang clan - TearZ
Wu Tang clan - Killa Beez
Wu Tang clan - Little Ghetto Boys
Wu Tang Clan - For Heavens Sake
Wu Tang Clan- Wu-Gambinos
Wu Tang Clan - Never Again
The Notorious B.I.G - Ten Crack Commandments
The Notorious B.I.G - You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)
The Notorious B.I.G - Long Kiss Goodnight
The Notorious B.I.G - Miss U
The Notorious B.I.G - Playa Hater
The Notorious B.I.G- Juicy
Mos Def - Mathematics
Killah Priest- One Step
Killah Priest - From Then Till Now
Common - The 6th Sense
Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest
Mobb Deep- Q.U. - Hectic
Mobb Deep - Shook Once Part 2

Grafh's pretty good.

Originally Posted by Raszagal

Okay, lets see..

List Part 1

Immotal Technique - Dancing with the Devil

I have this song, it is bad ass.

Yeah, it really creeps you out at the end, first time a song did that to me.

Lise part 2

Beastie Boys - Remote Control
Capone-n-Noreaga - Invincible
Common Sense - I Used To Love H.E.R.
Coolio - Geto Highlights
Coolio - Bright as The Sun
Coolio - Cruisin
Coolio - Is This Me
Cuban Link- Flowers for the dead
Cypress Hill - Hits from the Bong
Cypress Hill - Tequila Sunrise
Cypress Hill - Illusions
Easy E - Real Compton City G's
Ice Cube - Ghetto Vet
K-OS - The Love Song
KRS-ONE - How Bad Do You Want It
KRS-ONE - Somebody
Lifeseeker - Gone Guru (Alternative Rock/Hiphop)
M.O.P. - Downtown Swinga
M.O.P. - Cold As Ice
M.O.P. - Fly ***** Hill Figga
Nas- Nas Is Like
Outlawz - Real Talk
Outlawz - Hell 4 A Hustler
Outlawz - U Can Be Touched
2Pac - Pain
2Pac - Krazy
2Pac - Komradz
2Pac - Str8 Ballin'
2Pac - Hail Mary
2Pac - Train War Stories
2Pac - Shorty Wanna Be A Thug
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Muder was the Case
Rza - The Birth
Run DMC (Feat Pete Rock) - Down With The king

Raza and Pest win the thread although some of their choices drifted into 80s/early to mid 90s mainstream. I'm going to compliment their recommendations with a few of my own ranging from old school to new school artists from both mainstream and underground/indie/whatever you want to call it.

Hip Hop
Nujabes
Black Milk
Madlib
Lupe Fiasco
Leaders of the New School
Black Sheep
Skee-Lo
Typical Cats
Bahamadia
Apani B-Fly Emcee
Jean Grae
Wordsworth
Masta Ace
J-Live
Psyche Origami
Common
The Roots
The Cool Kids
Somobe
Substantial
Tae K
Speak
Rhymefest
Slum Village
Soul Position
The Fugees
Big L
Queen Latifah
De La Soul
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Souls of Mischief
Casual
Blackstar
Invincible
Blackalicious
Saul Williams
Binary Star
Peanut Butter Wolf
J-Dilla
Busta Rhymes
Kanye West
Planet Asia
Strange Fruit Project
Raydar Ellis
Ethereal
RATATAT

That's all I've got for now off the top of my head. Enjoy.