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.

Aesop Rock – BMX (ft. Blueprint & Rob Sonic)

Aesop Rock - BMX (ft. Blueprint & Rob Sonic)

BMX is my favorite song off of Aesop Rock’s new album Skelethon, which is definitely not his best album, but it’s still one of the better hip-hop albums of the year. Like all of his music, this album takes quite a few listens before you fully appreciate it. Similarly, you cannot read a very deep and complex poem and immediately comprehend its profound beauty 100%. The magic behind Aesop Rock’s music is you can listen to it on repeat for hours (as I have), and still constantly have those moments of “Oh shit, I get that verse now…fucking sick”. This album is no different. Aesop Rock is hands down the best hip-hop lyricist of all time.

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My Song Rating: 9.4 out of 10

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