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Underground Albums 2019

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana

Favorite Songs: Half Man Half Cocaine, Crime Pays, Massage Seats, Palmolive, Flat Tummy Tea, Situations, Giannis, Education

Features: Pusha T, Killer Mike, Anderson .Paak, Black Thought, Yasiin Bey

9/10


Styles P – S.P. The GOAT: Ghost of All Time

Favorite Songs: So Much to Say, Give N Take, Deadman, Out in the Jungle, Really Us, I Ain’t Shit

Features: Jadakiss, Nino Man, Whispers, Sheek Louch, D-Block Europe, Lil Fame, Dizzy Banko, Cris Streetz

5/10


Griselda – Wwcd

Favorite Songs: Chef Dreds, Moselle, Cruiser Weight Coke, Freddie HotSpot, DR BIRDS, Scotties, Kennedy, City on the Map

Features: Raekwon, Novel, Tiona Deniece, Eminem, Keisha Plum, A.A. Rashid

8/10


Inspectah Deck – Chamber No.9

Favorite Songs: Shaolin Rebel, Certified, Who Run It, Fire

Features: Cappadonna, Hellfire, Mz. Geminii, Streetlife, Trife Diesel

4/10


Murs, 9th Wonder & The Soul Council – The Iliad is Dead and the Odyssey is Over

Favorite Songs: The Hulk, Cancun 08′, My Hero, Ga$ Station Gucci Belt, Unicorn Glitter, High Noon, Night Shift, Give Me a Reason, Super Cojo Bros.

Features: Rapsody, Pookie Blow, $ilkMoney, Heather Victoria, Reuben Vincent, GQ, Cojo

8/10


Injury Reserve – Injury Reserve

Favorite Songs: Koruna & Lime, Jawbreaker, QWERTY Interlude, Jailbreak the Tesla, Gravy n’ Biscuits, Wax On

Features: Amine, Freddie Gibbs, DRAM, JPEGMAFIA, Rico Nasty, A-Trak, Pro Teens, Cakes da Killa, Tony Velour, Dylan Brady

7/10


BJ the Chicago Kid – 1123

Favorite Songs: Feel the Vibe, Playa’s Ball, Too Good, Worryin’ Bout Me

Features: Anderson .Paak, JID, Rick Ross, Offset, Eric Bellinger, Afrojack, Buddy, Kent Jamz

3/10


Quelle Chris – Guns

Favorite Songs: Spray & Pray, Guns, Mind Ya Bidness, It’s the Law, PSA Drugfest, Straight Shot, Obamacare, Wyrm

Features: Jean Grae, Mach Hommy, Denmark Vessey, Cavalier, U.G.L.Y Boy Modeling, Bilal Salaam, Eldar Djangirov, James Acaster, Jonathan Hoard

8/10


Fred the Godson – God Level

Favorite Songs: My God, Back Out, Better Now, Smoking Gun, Lebron & Serena

Features: Benny the Butcher, Jim Jones, 38 Spesh, Axel Leon, Marc Scibilia, Bobbi Storm, Sweetest Voice

5/10


CZARFACE & Ghostface Killah – Czarface Meets Ghostface

Favorite Songs: Back at Ringside, face Off, Iron Claw, Powers and Stuff, Morning Ritual, Listen to the Color

Features: Kendra Morris

6/10


slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain

Favorite Songs: Nothing Great About Britain, Doorman, Dead Leaves, Inglorious, Toaster, North Nights, Ladies, T N Biscuits

Features: Skepta, Mura Masa, Jaykae

7/10


Kemba – Gilda

Favorite Songs: Work in Progress, Exhale, Nobody I Can Trust, Peter Pan, Deadass, Last Year Being Broke

Features: Smino, Eric Bellinger, Portugal. The Man, Jagged Edge, Chris Scholar

5/10


Brother Ali – Secrets & Escapes

Favorite Songs: Abu Enzo, Situated, Greatest That Never Lived, Father Figures, Red, Secrets & Escapes, De La Kufi, Red Light Zone

Features: Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, C.S. Armstrong, Evidence

8/10


SOB X RBE – Strictly Only Brothers

Favorite Songs: Sensei

3/10


Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Hiding Places

Favorite Songs: Spongebob, Steak Knives, Checkpoints, Spider Hole, Crawlspace, Toothy, Red Dust

Features: Elucid, MOTHERMARY, Self Jupiter

8/10


Aesop Rock & TOBACCO – Malibu Ken

Favorite Songs: Tuesday, Sword Box, Acid King, Suicide Big Gulp, 1+1=13, Churro

6/10


Atmosphere – Whenever

Favorite Songs: Bde Maka Ska, Push Play, Whenever, The Ceiling

Features: Murs, Gifted Gab, Nikki Jean, Musab, Muja Messiah, haphduzn

4/10


Jim Jones – El Capo

Favorite Songs: Love of the Hustle, Make No Issues of It, My Era, Cocaine Dreamin, Song Boxing

Features: Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Curren$y, Dave East, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Cam’ron, Fred the Godson, Trav, Marc Scibilia, Maino, Drama, Ball Greezy Guordan Banks, Philthy Rich

6/10


JPEGMAFIA – All My Heroes Are Cornballs

Favorite Songs: Kenan Vs. Kel, PTSD, BBW, PRONE!, Free the Frail, BasicBitchTearGas, Buttermilk Jesus Type Beat

Features: Helena Deland

8/10


Obie Trice – The Fifth

Favorite Songs: Intro, Heartless, Truth to Power, Rollin, 185+ Deuce, Smr

Features: G5, Directorkasper, Lyriq, ????, Magnedo7, Xzibit, Spice 1, Swifty McVay

6/10


L’Orange & Jeremiah Jae – Complicate Your Life with Violence

Favorite Songs: Dead battery, Summer Camp, Cool Hand, Borrowed Brass, Clay Pigeons

Features: Billy Woods, lojii, Chester Watson, Zeroh

8/10


KAYTRANADA – BUBBA

Favorite Songs: DO IT, 2 The Music, Go DJ, 10%, Taste, Scared to Death, Freefall, September 21

Features: Mick Jenkins, SiR, GoldLink, Pharrell Williams, Iman Omari, Kali Uchis, Masego, VanJess, Estelle, Charlotte Day Wilson, Ari PenSmith, Eight9FLY, Durand Bernarr, Teedra Moses, Tinashe

5/10


Smif – N – Wessun – The All

Favorite Songs: Testify, Let It Go, Let Me Tell Ya, The A.L.L., Stahfallah, Illusions, One Time

Features: Rick Ross, Raekwon, Rapsody, Heather Victoria, Musiq Soulchild, SmittytheCAINSMITH, GQ

7/10


Bun B & Statik Selektah – TrillStatik

Favorite Songs: Still Trill, Basquiat, Money, Superstarr, Time Flies, Jon Snow

Features: Method Man, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, Westside Gunn, Big K.R.I.T., Uncle Murda, CJ Fly, Haile Supreme, Termanology, F.A.M.E., Wais P, Meechy Darko, Smoke DZA, Grafh, Jovanie, Propain, Killa Kyleon, Tobe Nwigwe

5/10


Billy Woods – Terror Management

Favorite Songs: Marlow, Wester Education is Forbidden, Long Grass, Myth, Blood Thinner, Dog Days, Dead Birds, Gas Leak, Trivial Pursuit

Features: Fielded, Mach Hommy, Pink Siifu, Akai Solo, Lauren Kelly Benson, The Funs

8/10


Maxo Kream – Brandon Banks

Favorite Songs: Meet Again, She Live, Dizzy Draco, 3Am, Pray 2 the Dope

Features: Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, ScHoolBoy Q, A$AP Ferg, KCG Josh

5/10


Diabolic – The Disconnect

Favorite Songs: Marvel, The Story, Pyrex, Holy War, Lumberjack, Dirty, Roundhouse, Buddy Lembeck

Features: DJ GI Joe, DJ Eclipse, Maggie Burnz, Tones, Taboo

8/10


Lou the Human – Painkiller Paradise

Favorite Songs: Stay Safe, Blur, Cameras, Way Back When, Holiday, Refill, Death Note

6/10


clipping. – There Existed an Addiction to Blood

Favorite Songs: Nothing is Safe, He Dead, La Mala Ordina, Club Down, Run for Your Life, Bloof of the Fang, Story 7, Attunement, Piano Burning

Features: Benny the Butcher, Elcamino, Ed Balloon, La Chat, Counterfeit Madison, Robyn Hood, Sarah Bernat

9/10


Trae tha Truth – Exhale

Favorite Songs: Exhale

4/10


Your Old Droog – Transportation

Favorite Songs: Monthly, Under the Train, The Cheese, My Plane, Bikes, Bleeps, Buses, 207, Taxi, Vigilante

Features: Quelle Chris, Wiki

6/10


Insane Clown Posse – Fearless Fred Fury

Favorite Songs: Fury!, West Vernor Ave, Satellite, Night of Red Rum

3/10


Vinnie Paz & Tragedy Khadafi – Camouflage Regime

Favorite Songs: Canaan’s Bracelet, A Warrior’s Fate, Fibre Optic Weapons, Nocturnal Militia, Cinematic Echo, Thought Machine, Persian Legacy

Features: Ill Bill, Iron Sheikh, Agallah

8/10


Flying Lotus – Flamagra

Favorite Songs: Heroes, More, Black Balloons Reprise, Actually Virtual, 9 Carrots

Features: Anderson .Paak, Tierra Whack, George Clinton, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, Toro y Moi, Solange, Little Dragon, David Lynch

5/10


Blu & Oh No – A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night

Features: Straight No Chaser, The Robbery, Liquor Store, Pop Shots, Murder Case, Jail Cypher

Features: Kezia, Abstract Rude, Self Jupiter, Donel Smokes, Definite, Ca$hus King, MED, Montage One, Tristate, Brandi Price, Playa Haze, Mic Holden, Ayun Bassa, Jabee, Carl Roe, LocalBlac

7/10


Black Milk – DiVE

Favorite Songs: Black NASA, Blame, Swimm, DiVE, Pt. 2, Don’t Say, Now Begin

Features: BJ the Chicago Kid, Sam Austins, Mahd, Phil Swish

6/10


The Underachievers – Lords of Flatbush 3

Favorite Songs: No Detectives, Tokyo Drift, Rowdy, Last Call, Randy Moss

6/10


Beast Coast – Escape From New York

Favorite Songs: Left Hand, Problemz, Distance, Last Choir

Features: Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers, Kirk Knight, CJ Fly, Erick the Architect, AK, Nyck Caution, Zombie Juice, Meechy Darko, Issa Gold

4/10


Your Old Droog – Jewlery

Favorite Songs: Shamash, Jew Tang, BDE, Mrs. Cloutfire, Diamonds, Babushka II, Stoop Kid, Jewlery, The Greatest To Ever Do It

Features: Mach Hommy, Matisyahu, Tha God Fahim

8/10


EARTHGANG – Mirrorland

Favorite Songs: LaLa Challenge, UP, Top Down, Swivel, Tequila, Blue Moon, Stuck

Features: T-Pain, Young Thug, Kehlani, Arin Ray, Malik

6/10


Papoose – Underrated

Favorite Songs: Underrated, Numerical Slaughter, Mash the Gas on Em

Features: DJ Premier, Casanova, Remy Ma, Angelica Villa, Musiq Soulchild

3/10


Homeboy Sandman – Dusty

Favorite Songs: Morning Yan, Name, Noteworthy, Step Inside, Pussy, Live & Breath, Lookout

Features: Quelle Chris, Your Old Droog

7/10


Cam’ron – Purple Haze 2

Favorite Songs: Losin’ Weight 3, I Don’t Know, This Is My City, Keep Rising, The Get Back, Straight Harlem

Features: Wale, Jim Jones, Max B, Mimi, Disco Black, Shooter

6/10


GoldLink – Diaspora

Favorite Songs: Cokewhite, U Say, Tiff Freestyle, Rumble

Features: Pusha T, Tyler, The Creator, Khalid, Wizkid, Jay Prince, Ari PenSmith, Maleek Berry, Bibi Bourelly, Lola Rae, Haile, WavelQ, Jackson Wang, Lil Nei

5/10


Diamond D – The Diam Piece 2

Favorite Songs: Omg, The Three Kings, I Can’t Lose, Got It Covered, Bodied, Maintaining, Chivas Blanc, The Hit, The Zone

Features: Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, Twista, Raekwon, Fat Joe, Pharoahe Monche, O.C., Fred the Godson, Styles P, Erick Sermon, Termanology, Havoc, Elzhi, Snooze, Verse, Buckshot, General Steele, Rockness, Case, Blake Moses, Adela, David Bannet, Big Rec, Edson Sean, Lord Tariq, Peter Guns, a-Kash, Xzibit, Ashtin Martin, Raheem DeVaughn, Wes Felton, Doo Wop, Tony Touch, Terror Van Pooh, NIKO IS, a-F-R-O

8/10


Kota the Friend – Foto

Favorite Songs: Full Bloom, Mommy, For Colored Boys

Features: Saba, Isa Reyes, Richard Parker, Hello Oshay, Lizzie Ashliegh

4/10


Uncommon Nasa & Kount Fif – City as School

Favorite Songs: Nyst, Van Gogh’s Ear, Old Cats, Artificial Times, Clusters, Sunrise, Origin Stories

Features: Guilty Simpson, Sadat X, Awol One, Karniege, Barry McLain, Tek, Gajah, Duke01, Short Fuze, Shortrock, Furious P, DJ Kool Flash, Pep Love, DJ Ragz, Shortrock

8/10


Higher Brothers – Five Stars

Favorite Songs: 16 Hours, One Punch Man, Do It Like Me

Features: Ski Mask The Slump God, Denzel Curry, JID, Souljia Boy, ScHoolboy Q, Rich Brian, Guapdad 4000, NIKI, KOHH

5/10


Skepta – Ignorance Is Bliss

Favorite Songs: Redrum, No Sleep, Going Through It, Glow In The Dark

Features: J Hus, Wizkid, Nafe Smallz, Key, Cheb Rabi, B Live, Lancey Foux, Lay-Z, Boy Better Know

5/10


Joell Ortiz – Monday

Favorite Songs: Sip Slow, Champion, Jamaican Food, Momma, Grammy

Features: Big K.R.I.T., Blakk Soul

7/10


Danny Brown – uknowhatimsayin?

Favorite Songs: Dirty Laundry, Belly of the Beast, Savage Nomad, Best Life, Negro Spiritual, Shine, Combat

Features: Blood Orange, Run the Jewels, JPEGMAFIA, Obongjayar

8/10


Ghostface Killah – Ghostface Killahs

Favorite Songs: Me Denny & Darryl, Burner to Burner, Flex, Conditioning, Fly Everything, Pistol Smoke, New World, The Chase, Sourshop

Features: Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Eamon, Harley, Cappadonna, Sun God, Shawn Wigs, Solomon Childs, Masta Killa

7/10


Twista – Summer 96

Favorite Songs: Summer 96, War Ready, So Fresh So Clean, Tonite

Features: DJ Pharris, Do or Die, Scotty Music, Vic Spenser, Beadz, Shan, Bandman Kevo, Berner, Clarkairlines

3/10


Gang Starr – One of the Best Yet

Favorite Songs: Lights Out, Hit Man, Get Together, Business or Art, Take Flight, Bless the Mic

Features: Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Ne-Yo, Nitty Scott, M.O.P., Big Dhug, Freddie Foxxx

7/10


Common – Let Love

Favorite Songs: HER love, Hercules, Fifth Story, Leaders, Memories of Home, Dwele’s Interlude

Features: Daniel Caesar, Swizz Beatz, BJ the Chicago Kid, Jill Scott, Leon Bridges, Samora Pinderhughs, Leikeli47, A-Trak, Jonathan McReynolds

8/10


E-40 – Practice Makes Paper

Favorite Songs: Wake They Shit Up, Chase the Money

Features: Quavo, ScHoolBoy Q, A$AP Ferg, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, G-Eazy, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Jeremih, Scarface, Stresmatic, Sada Baby, B-Legit, Milla, P-LO, James Too Cold

2/10


Rapsody – Eve

Favorite Songs: Nina, Cleo, Aaliyah, Oprah, Whoopi, Serena, Maya, Ibtihaj, Michelle, Iman, Sojourner

Features: J.Cole, JID, SiR, Queen Latifah, Leikeli47, K. Roosevelt, D’Angelo, GZA, Mereba, Elle Varner, PJ Morton

10/10


Roc Marciano – Marcielago

Favorite Songs: Ephesians, Tom Chambers, Puff Daddy, Saw

Features: Westside Gunn, KA, Willie the Kid, Knowledge the Pirate, Cook$

5/10



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