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.

Vast Aire – The Day Is Long When You're Poor

This is a snippet from a mini documentary about Cannibal Ox and Def Jux. It’s my second favorite hip-hop documentary of all time. I REALLY love how Vast Aire talks in normal conversation, because he always sounds like he’s flowing with no beat. This is my favorite quote from any documentary I’ve seen concerning music or hip-hop. Vast Aire is a very profound dude, which you would already know if you’ve listened to any of his verses from Cannibal Ox’s classic album The Cold Vein. If you’re a fan of Cannibal Ox, El-P, Aesop Rock, Def Jux, or underground hip-hop in general, this is a must see. As you can tell, this was made a while ago…back when Def Jux was first starting to really take off.

Cannibal Ox - Def Jux documentary (Part 1)

Cannibal Ox - Def Jux documentary (Part 2)

Cannibal Ox - Def Jux documentary (Part 3)

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