Bump to this thread guys. A lot of this stuff is really good. Lets see if we can get more names to this list.

Oleg

 

heres one for you old (OLD!) schoolers in the house. Vintage hip-hop posters and flyers from the earliest days. These really give you a feel for the time they came out in.

http://toledohiphop.org/images/old_school_source_code/

*56K dont even bother*

 

and this one! Imagine being back in 85 and catching all these guys for $5!

 

not really underground since he died but Mac *********in dre...

try some east coast stuff like cormega, slick rick

 

Beatnuts are the Bomb Diggy. Been listening to Swollen Members and Unknown Prophets lately too. For some nice DJ sets and such, check out DJ Akalepse.

 

Lets see if I can't get more specific here...

I recently picked up:
Felt (Slug & Murs) - Vol. 2 A Tribuite to Lisa Bonet
Blueprint - 1988
A Side of Counterflow (a Counterflow label sampler. very old school feel).

Looking forward to:
Cage - Hell's Winter (9/20)
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (10/2)

 

I can't believe that no one mentioned the greatest underground rapper of all time
MC Paul Barman
This is some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard (NWS)
http://www.mcpaulbarman.com/

 

Paul Barman is the worst MC ever.

Sorry, I usually don't rip into people for their musical taste, but Barman is on a very short list of "artists" I really cannot stand.

 

The Lost Children Of Babylon
Dose One

 

a bay area rap mix wouldn't be complete without woodie and dre dog...

 

For me it would have to have some 4tay. Just the way I feel about it.

 

memories
http://toledohiphop.org/images/old_school_source_code/

 

And it shows u how long some of those guys have been around. For those of us that were born around that time

 

These guys are unbeliveable
http://www.mentalbrotherhood.com/index2.html

 

blackalicious, talib kweli, the grouch, tribe called quest, boot camp click, eyedea and abilities, living legends, j5, the 'glyphs, kung fu vampire, the roots, C.R.A.M., pharoah monche, all natural, dialted peoples, grand puba, helta skelta, planet asia, caliagents, akinyele, atmosphere, hi-tek, aesop rock...thats all i got off the top of my head

chris

oh yeah souls of mischief and sage francis...i cant believe i almost forgot the sage!