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.

Joell Ortiz – Night Train (Remix) (ft. Novel, Bun B, & Tech N9ne)

Joell Ortiz - Night Train (Remix) (ft. Novel, Bun B, & Tech N9ne)

I really enjoyed Joell Ortiz’s last album Free Agent, but none of the songs on it truly blew my mind; however, this remix of Night Train which he released a few months later immediately left my cranium in pieces due to it’s overwhelming awesomeness. The big name features, the laid back flow, the intelligent lyrics, the soulful chorus, and its overall vibe make this beautiful song essentially perfect in every way…and some how it still manages to remain extremely low-key.

On my 30 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 list I rated this the 2nd best song of the year.

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My Song Rating: 9.9 out of 10

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