"Alternative rap" groups

@bijouxbroussard Okay the fact Del voices a cartoon version of his character from these concept albums is the coolest thing I'll ever learn.

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@CountScrofula mastermind ;)

@caPnAhab Rap was considered "alternative" to R&B, and even the political stuff was relatively PG13.
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@bijouxbroussard Alternative rap has always just been the term for rap that rejected mainstream trends in hip hop and tended to be a little more artsy and experimental. So while - for example - gangster rap was the biggest thing going you'd have groups making stuff that different sounds and different themes as, well, an alternative.

Tribe Called Quest, Fugees, early Kanye, Outkast are probably some of the biggest groups although who counts as 'alt' and doesn't is a debate for bigger music nerds than I.

@CountScrofula ah yeah, I think you explained better than I could put it in words.

@bijouxbroussard yeah, I like these. They got a nice rhythm. And of course a funky bass line

@MethDozer ey these are pretty cool. Of these I did know about aesop rock