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.

Matisyahu – King Without A Crown

Matisyahu - King Without A Crown

When I first heard this song way back in Jr. High, I was instantly hooked. It’s a true classic. Matisyahu’s style is a lot more indie/reggae than it is hip-hop, but many of his songs have a strong hip-hop influence, such as King Without A Crown. This combination of genres makes his works exceptionally unique in the realm of alternative hip-hop.

He re-recorded a sped up version of King Without A Crown in 2005, which is actually really good in itself, but the original 5 minute 20 second version is definitely my favorite of the two. This is off of his solid 2004 album Shake Off the Dust… Arise.

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My Song Rating: 9.9 out of 10

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