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Underground hip-hop

Underground hip-hop (also known as underground rap) is a scene and style of hip-hop music that is defined as being countercultural in nature, existing outside of and in contrast to the sounds, style and aesthetics of mainstream hip-hop. Despite this, underground artists have often reached widespread success and popularity through internet virality…

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Underground hip-hop

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Underground hip-hop

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related to 1980s–2000s: Origins · 42
Underground hip-hop → Across, Aesop Rock, Although, Antipop Consortium, Artifacts, Atlanta, Beat Bop, Black Star, Bobbito Show, By, CunninLynguists, Del, Diabolic, Dolan, East, El-P, Funky Homosapien, Hieroglyphics, Houston, Immortal Technique
related to Late 2000s–2010s: Digital Age · 23
Underground hip-hop → Alchemist, Armand Hammer, As, Billy Woods, California-based, Clams Casino, Clipping, Contemporaneous, DatPiff, Death Grips, Despite, During, Earl Sweatshirt, Elucid, Injury Reserve, JPEGMAFIA, Ka, Lil, Mach-Hommy, Myspace
related to 2020s · 18
Underground hip-hop → Autumn, Che, From, He, Iayze, Kankan, Kieran Press-Reynolds, OsamaSon, Pitchfork, Prettifun, Reptilian Club Boyz, Rolling Stone, Summrs, Tana, Throughout, Writing, Yeat, Yung Fazo
related to Etymology · 10
Underground hip-hop → Covid, DIY, Editorial Content, Head, In, Mano Sundaresan, No Bells, Pigeons, Pitchfork, Planes

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as many were unable to obtain record dealsinstance ofstyle of later experimental hip-hop artists0.80text
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Jedi Mind Tricksinstance ofunderground hip-hop artists0.80text
Kool Keithinstance ofunderground hip-hop artists0.80text
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Black Starinstance ofprogressive rap acts0.80text

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