The Best of Underground Hip-Hop

My name's Jake Bourey, and I've dedicated a significant portion of my life to music and deciphering the science behind its beauty. As you can guess from my blog's title, I'm especially passionate about hip-hop. I post and review the best songs hip-hop has to offer, old and new. Most are in the “underground” genre, considering that’s where the vast majority of hip-hop's true art resides these days.

The overall goal of this blog is to educate the general public by exposing them to outstanding hip-hop songs and artists that they might have otherwise never known about. Many people don't realize the hip-hop universe is filled with countless beautiful gems that sadly remain completely hidden deep underground, buried by the overwhelmingly fake, watered down, and soulless music of the mainstream radio and music industry. “There's a war going on outside no man is safe from”, so do your part and help real hip-hop fight back against this overly popularized wackness and sellout mentality. Long Live True Audio Art! I also make mashups and I co-run Hip-Hop Revolutions.

Atmosphere – The Waitress

Atmosphere - The Waitress

Throughout the years I’ve heard a few people say “Biggie is one of the best hip-hop story tellers ever, if not the greatest”, and all I can do is shake my head. Don’t get me wrong, Biggie’s damn good, but he’s no where near the best when it comes to emotional lyrical illustration. Slug of Atmosphere easily out does almost ever rapper in history when it comes to lyrically depicting a story that captivates the listener to the point where they become legitimately emotionally invested in the song’s characters. It’s one of the many reasons why Slug is a hip-hop legend in my book. This song is off of my favorite Atmosphere album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.

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My Song Rating: 9.2 out of 10

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