Lotta grey area, but at certain points I couldn’t consider guys like Common, Curren$y, & Mos…. ‘underground’. Like in Curren$y’s case, around the Reagan Era/Independence Day time he could be considered that, maybe…but after How Fly, which was Wiz launching pad, imo….you could no longer say he was a underground even if the ‘mainstream’ wasn’t fully pushing him.
Mos/Talib...Blackstar. Got put on to this around 09/10. So to me, Mos was already mainstream, a star. But hearing others speak on it, seems likeat the time of release, even with his other respected projects, this was still considered an underground drop. Hard to believe tho.....a 'backpack' / "conscious" success makes more sense imo.
Mick Jenkins....Chicago had this little wave of 'positive' rap post-Chief Keef and nikkas really rappin....around that Vic Mensa, NoName, Chance, Jean Deaux time. Mick sounded like the one cat that wanted to straight up really rap, but still able to infuse the musical side and make it really bout something vs just rappity rappin.
Oddisee...strong catalogue, laid back vibes. Similar to J Cole in a lot of ways in the sense that the vibes are better than the actual (rapping) talent.
J-Live...wouldn't be surprised if he's a ghost
Brittney Carter...she already doesn't have the biggest catalogue, and delete a lot of her shyt off of SoundCloud that was heat. Some of it was political heavy, so maybe that's why.
Black Milk....another cat with a real strong catalogue. Dope fukking producer, saw him live in Miami, nikka just started making beats...shyt was tight.
Reks...only can do Reks in doses...one them cats that is super 'nice' but after while you gotta switch it up.
From the crib
Blade (FromDade).... wish this nikka would've blown up outside of Miami & Florida. He actually got really solid catalogue despite the whole thing not being online. Broke my first CD, Brown Bottle & a Bible, from him on of those drunken nights. shyt stayed in my 6 CD changer the one time I took it out...smh. Wouldn't be surprised if Rod Wave was heavily influenced by him. The whole city knew Quarter of a Century word for word. His vocals project well, on some Pac shyt.
Iceberg...Berg is a tricky one. He hopped on a lot of (strip) club type hits, so nikkas probably know of him even if they don't know it's him. I would still considered him underground, even with him being the biggest thing poppin from Miami post Trick & Ross.
C-Ride...Iceberg came thru & crushed the buildings, but C-Ride was a favorite outta Miami at one point
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wish this nikka would've blown up outside of Miami & Florida. He actually got really solid catalogue despite the whole thing not being online. Broke my first CD, Brown Bottle & a Bible, from him on of those drunken nights. shyt stayed in my 6 CD changer the one time I took it out...smh. Wouldn't be surprised if Rod Wave was heavily influenced by him. The whole city knew Quarter of a Century word for word. His vocals project well, on some Pac shyt.