Spliffhanger67: Hip-Hop Albums For Metalheads

BookoftheFallen 02.23.21	isnt run the jewels popular with metalheads?
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	Maybe. That's my selfishness coming in...I liked the first album, but...Idk haha
Shuyin 02.23.21	There's a Portuguese rapper called Ex-Peao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRBm8u5_hVU&ab_channel=Expe%C3%A3oDealema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BElBj3axpN4&ab_channel=Banz%C3%A9
ian b 02.23.21	RTJ2 is very popular with metalheads
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	Yeah, my buddy who was a big death-metalhead back in the day got heavy into RTJ after the second album came out. I think that second album was his favourite, which is fair. That Close Your Eyes track slays.
StarlessCore 02.23.21	lil wop - enchanted, friday the 17th
ChoccyPhilly 02.23.21	Surely Denzel Curry? Never got into wu tan, a bit too repetitive for me imo
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	Never really checked out Denzel Curry, but I see by his Sputnik following that I should haha
parksungjoon 02.23.21	three six mafia and related wtc related solo albums
Keyblade 02.23.21	Big L had a bm aesthetic to his first album
parksungjoon 02.23.21	haha
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	[x2]haha
ReefaJones 02.23.21	Necro
DavidYowi 02.23.21	Geto Boys - The Resurrection If “Still” was played with guitars it would be the greatest rap metal song ever made
Kompys2000 02.23.21	Tech N9ne has some of that metal-ish aggression, plus he's collabed with Chino from Deftones
Avagantamos 02.23.21	m/emphis
Supercoolguy64 02.23.21	three 6 mafia [2] also koopsta knicca's solo album denzel curry [2] dalek
Avagantamos 02.23.21	techno animal - brotherhood of the bomb
gryndstone 02.23.21	City Morgue, check ummm Toxic Boogaloo
Willie 02.23.21	I’m big into metal, and I have to say I love that Public Enemy album. I also listen to Tech N9ne, Sadistik, and Dalek. That’s all that ever really appealed to me.
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	Dalek is a killer call, I don't know why I didn't remember them.
Egarran 02.23.21	The Bug - London Zoo I obv heard a lot of Beastie Boys too Endorsed by Kerry King you know
blou52 02.23.21	As a metalhead, I would say Cannibal Ox is the best on this list so far. I'd also recommend Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served for similarities to metal. The instrumentals are darker, the rapping is fast, and the lyrics are messed up. MC Bushpig - Wank of Death also works
Rowhaus 02.23.21	Check out Dalek - Absence. One of the best for sure.
ShadowRemains 02.23.21	mobb deep - the infamous
Spliffhanger67 02.23.21	Aight, so so far we have: Rx-Peao Lil' Wop Denzel Curry Three 6 Mafia Koopsta Knicca Dalek Geto Boys (and by extension Scarface) Techno Animal City Morgue Tech N9ne (which, even though the guy is talented, his music blows IMO) The Bug Beastie Boys Dr. Dooom (and by extension Dr. Octagon) MC Bushpig, & Mobb Deep Good stuff here.
LeddSledd 02.23.21	bookmarking list
Willie 02.24.21	I forgot about Beastie Boys. I grew up hearing them all the time. Eminem's first two or three albums are pretty appealing to metal fans, too. Are any of those in the list similar to Dalek?
MillionDead 02.24.21	Dalek
Willie 02.24.21	Awesome. Any particular album you'd suggest I.... wait a minute, I see what you did there.
North0House2 02.24.21	I’m bothered that Hiding Places by Billy Woods isn’t on this list. Spider Hole has nearly as close to a metal song structure as I can think of in hip hop.
Emim 02.24.21	P.O.S.'s first two have some hardcore elements since he was in a hardcore band originally.
cordwainerbird 02.24.21	Deltron is a rly good add, that was a great crossover album for me not a metalhead but a new wave / industrial fan (enjoyer)
DominionMM1 02.24.21	you left off all the southern stuff that is literally the hip hop equivalent of extreme metal
Ryus 02.24.21	UGK
Yep321 02.24.21	Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel? Clouddead - Clouddead Why? - Alopecia Sage Francis - Personal Journalist Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly Sole - Selling Live Water Buck 65 - Square Cage - Movies for the Blind Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design Celph Titled - Nineteen Ninety Now Black Moon - Enta Da Stage Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal Cypress Hill - Black Sunday Funkdoobiest - Brothas Doobie House of Pain - Same As It Ever Was The Goats - No Goats, No Glory Del Tha Funkee Homosapian - No Need For Alarm Gangsta N-I-P - The South Park Psycho Geto Boys - The Resurrection Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle Ice Cube - Lethal Injection Ice-T - O.G Body Count - Body Count
Coast 02.24.21	30+ years rock/metal and I'm just getting into hip hop last 12 months. Would they start with what's more accessible or the more abrasive/experimental artists? My faves not already listed are more to do with catchy melodies/beats, menace and melancholy: 2Pac - Me Against the World Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide Benny the Butcher - Burden of Proof Conway - From King to a God Dr Dre - The Chronic Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt Kurupt - The Streetz iz a Mutha Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation OutKast - Stankonia Run The Jewels - RTJ4 The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die Adagio! - New York to Philly
CaliggyJack 02.24.21	My friend was a Metalhead who loved Tech N9ne religiously
Relinquished 02.24.21	Dalek all other recs dont goes as hard
MillionDead 02.24.21	I feel we're just reccing good hip hop at this point. Lots of these aren't even particularly abrasive or heavy. Idk, I'd advise metalheads to just listen to it. It's not a "how to get into hip hop" thing, just get into it.
Yep321 02.24.21	Hip Hop doesn't have to be abrasive or heavy to appeal to metal heads.
Coast 02.24.21	I started with gateway/classics with metal and just kept expanding. Basically doing the same with hip hop. Haven’t got into something like Death Grips yet.
MillionDead 02.24.21	"Hip Hop doesn't have to be abrasive or heavy to appeal to metal heads." Exactly. So then what's the point of even saying something like "Hip hop for metalheads"? Just listen to good hip hop, bois.
Egarran 02.24.21	But that's too easy. Metalheads like firm boundaries. Check The Judgment Night soundtrack. I guess all the artists there count.
Shuyin 02.24.21	It's not Rx-Peao, it's Ex-Peao! I know a lot of people aren't gonna be checking Portuguese Hip-Hop because of the language barrier but we have a lot of great rappers/bands here in the north, absolutely worth checking even if you're a metalhead Dealema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXLWFi5Dsk&ab_channel=Jo%C3%A3oPaulo
Shuyin 02.24.21	Oh, and before I forget, Da Weasel (when they were good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLDzHGPxnc&ab_channel=WarnerMusicPortugal
PopsicleBob 02.24.21	most metalheads are racist when it comes to music, that's what happens when you listen to only white people music your entire life
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Hey, MillionDead, is Deltron abrasive? Is Dynospectrum abrasive? Perhaps these recs are coming from a "shit to get you pumped" spirit, much like a lot of death metal does. Meshuggah's Nothing album does it to me every. time.
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	I'm surprised it took over 40 comments before the slander started hahaha
claygurnz 02.24.21	Anything by A Tribe Called Quest
Egarran 02.24.21	Q-TIP WHAT'S UP WITH THE BOOTS ON YO FEET
Grungil 02.24.21	GHOSTEMANE or SKARLORD
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	That one korn and q tip collab Limp bizkit Linkin Park
Deez 02.24.21	Dat Limp dickzit and Method man joint yo
Deez 02.24.21	Dalek Rubberroom Cult Favourite Jak Progresso First Onyx record
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Fort Minor That one EL-P song with Trent Reznor
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	The Korn and Limp Bizkit battle rap
Deez 02.24.21	Fort Minor' hahah jesus forgot about them
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Beastie Boys
Deez 02.24.21	Styles of beyond
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Cage Sadistik Insane Clown Posse
Deez 02.24.21	That Hip Hop track Candiria did which is the legitGREATEST https://youtu.be/XsTVWHRzChc
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	The new Dark Time Sunshine album The Trife Life interlude on War From A Harlots Mouths first album Deftones
Deez 02.24.21	Cage' I loved Caged first 2 records. Havent listened in years. Dunno if theyd have aged well
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Blunk-182 - The Fallen Interlude
Deez 02.24.21	The new Dark Time Sunshine album' lol
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	I'm running out of ideas
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Transit - Calgary feat. Jann Arden
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	https://youtu.be/LuMzeZBKMEQ
Sinternet 02.24.21	"War From A Harlots Mouths first album" didnt expect you of all people to bring this up lmao what a blast from the past
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	One of my earliest memories of this site was being triggered by low ratings for that album
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	You guys beat me to the Korn reference... OHHHHH the Metallica song with Ja Rule! WE DID IT DID IT DID IT AGAIN
Egarran 02.24.21	that noob hasn't even rec'd Run DMC and Aerosmith yet
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Oh shit nice one
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	I actually like N 2 Gether Now haha
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	I almost forgot hed pe and kid rock too
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	I actually like the korn and q tip song if it makes you feel any better
Keyblade 02.24.21	"OHHHHH the Metallica song with Ja Rule! WE DID IT DID IT DID IT AGAIN" aint that linkin park and busta rhymes
Keyblade 02.24.21	there was also within temptation and uh...xzibit
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Renegade by Hed PE, the most enjoyable bad song.
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Holy sh*t I feel like there needs to be a new thread just dedicated to hip-hop/rock&metal fusion...
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Also apparently metalheads hate Necro Anyone remember the year he got harassed out of the Sounds of the Underground tour?
Deez 02.24.21	Biohazard
Deez 02.24.21	Thought Necro was down with the metalics no?
Deez 02.24.21	ohhhh oh oh Prophets of Rage
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	I Need Drugs is the only Necro song that I heard and enjoyed. Idk...
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Is Prophets of Rage actually good?
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Or have we truly verged into parody-land?
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Maybe it was mostly the amon amarth crowd. They also booed devil wears Prada off stage and I'm sure devil wears Prada fans like necro
alamo 02.24.21	Link park
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Oh we been in parody land for a steamy minute
Deez 02.24.21	Is Prophets of Rage actually good?' no not even slightly
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	That first Sounds of the Underground line-up looks insane. Strapping Young Lad, Clutch, High on Fire, Opeth...
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Is Prophets of Rage actually good?' no not even slightly hahaha
Deez 02.24.21	Immortal Technique always goes down with the sweaties 'Dude Dance with the devil, dude'
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	God i hate that song lmao
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	The Fire In Which You Burn - Co. Flow.
Spliffhanger67 02.24.21	Billy Woods was also a great call.
0GuyMan0 02.24.21	as someone who took the plunge in the last five years, I really wish people wouldn't have given me "albums with x that might appeal to a metal fan". Just show them good albums. Show them the breadth of the genre and how diverse it can be. a metalhead should appreciate that. Illmatic / Hell Hath No Fury / The Blueprint / TPAB / Doggy Style are my recs. Something will appeal to them within those five, and you'll have your starting point.
0GuyMan0 02.24.21	Also - I went to the inaugural Sounds of the Underground. I was 19. It is pretty much untouchable.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	honestly full disclosure back when I was a metal purist teenage shithead the "hip-hop" that helped me transition into the genre was all the Anticon shit (why?, subtle, doseone, themselves, deep puddle, clouddead, sage francis, sole, 13 and god etc), Atmosphere, El-P, Cannibal Ox, Darc Mind, Cage, Blueprint, stuff like that. Various Trip Hop and Downtempo stuff helped a lot too, I remember being big in RJD2's Deadringer and early Bonobo and stuff like that.
parksungjoon 02.24.21	>back when I was a metal purist teenage shithead the truth come out
Jasdevi087 02.24.21	Cypress Hill?
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	"the truth come out" was never a secret tbf, i was still active on the site back then!
MillionDead 02.24.21	"God i hate that song lmao" It's not a bad song, the meme of it has just risen to uncontrollable levels.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	it's also part of why i joke about hating metal/~guitar music~ back then i was super closed minded about electronic music in general and thought it was all shit and it's ironic that now electronic takes up the biggest portion of my music intake and i don't care for very much metal at all. so i pretend metal is as irredeemable as i thought electronic was back when i only liked metal just 4 THE MEME
Pon 02.24.21	Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	""God i hate that song lmao" It's not a bad song, the meme of it has just risen to uncontrollable levels." i hated it long before it was a meme so unfortunately i can't place the blame there
Jasdevi087 02.24.21	i feel like most of my guitar muzak friends' tastes in hip-hop and beyond stems exclusively from GTA so maybe just get them to play that
parksungjoon 02.24.21	>it's also part of why i joke about hating metal/~guitar music~ yea iktf when u gonna 5 u-ziq's debut
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	"i feel like most of my guitar muzak friends' tastes in hip-hop and beyond stems exclusively from GTA so maybe just get them to play that" lmao "when u gonna 5 u-ziq's debut" tango n vectif? i dunno ill save it on spotify to peep soon, i honestly don't really vibe with most of the old IDM classics much so i haven't thought to give his discog much attention
parksungjoon 02.24.21	oh im sorry no pressure then
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Nah, its good for me to be aware of the roots of things and I appreciate the encouragement
parksungjoon 02.24.21	https://open.spotify.com/album/5WGqQScqNttnQV30Kd6Rws mb this? i had to add it to sput a few months ago because no one else had... zzz
MillionDead 02.24.21	@Pots: lol I think it's a perfectly good song. Not like AMAZING, but really good.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	It reminds me of Jr High so that might be the culprit
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	Saved that too park
MillionDead 02.24.21	I hate how that's the only Immortal Technique song that anybody every talks about online too. Man had a couple of awesome LPs.
Demon of the Fall 02.24.21	Lol imagine thinking you can like metal AND hip-hop. That shit cracked me up real good ngl.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	i know tis jokes but i've actually personally found a lot of times that if there is one genre that big metalheads WILL be open to it's hip-hop
PopsicleBob 02.24.21	wow did not realize people who listen to music also listen to music
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	singular blink
Ryus 02.24.21
Demon of the Fall 02.24.21	Yeah it’s bloody mad innit. Ppl are crazy. I’ve noticed that Pots (on here anyway), I could speculate as to maybe why but not sure it adds up. I guess neither genre is necessarily reliant on melodic hooks or choruses to pull the listener in. Both can be more rhythmic/have ‘groove’. There are exceptions of course, but yeah. Maybe? It might also be a product of environment, but that’s not easy to guage.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	i've always attributed it to the shared element of machismo
parksungjoon 02.24.21	we should ask progmaster
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	also if there is one other thing that metalheads and hip-hop headz have in common it is getting blunted af
Demon of the Fall 02.24.21	Oh really, that’s shallow ‘base instinct‘ level reasoning that I wasn’t expecting but could make sense, haha.
MillionDead 02.24.21	@Demon: I could concur. Maybe it's a lot of people that are like "FUCK that sing song shit". In a lot of metal and a lot hip hop, the vocals and instrumental are much more rhythm based. But catchy rhythms too. I feel like there're more factors than anyone could even think about at once though. "i've always attributed it to the shared element of machismo" I guess I could see that, but I feel more like there's a ton of rap and metal that don't necessarily have anything to do with being macho at all, it's just a lot of it is made by men. Idk it's weird. Did every modern metal fan have a nu metal phase as a kid? Idk but I sure did. But I came from a perspective of the hip hop aspect making the metal/rock parts more palatable, whereas I could see the metal/rock bits making hip hop more palatable for others who were more rock oriented.
MillionDead 02.24.21	But I always vibed with the straight up alternative rock, pop punk, and metal stuff that you'd hear on kids TV shows/anime too. That Power Rangers intro was straight up metal. Either way, when I heard Slipknot and Linkin Park and SOAD in the 4th grade, it was off to the races. I was into Deathcore and scene kid post-hardcore by middle school lol. And I come from a place of growing up black in Mississippi with no rock music in the house and a lot of my youngest peers being into hip hop that was going on. My dad didn't like hip hop at all but my mom would play it occasionally but rarely. I honestly had to get into rock and hip hop both mostly independently.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.24.21	"but I feel more like there's a ton of rap and metal that don't necessarily have anything to do with being macho at all," yeah, and i said this knowing that this conversation could go this direction, but when i think of and generalize the metalheads i've known that like hip-hop and what kinds of metal/hip-hop they enjoy it has very much all been the blunted machismo stuff lol. on the flipside - reflecting on myself - i was an angsty metaller and liked emotional stuff so it makes sense that a lot of my hip-hip gateway music was equally angsty shit in contrast to what i was talking about above.
Egarran 02.24.21	> not sure it adds up. I guess neither genre is necessarily reliant on melodic Let me stop you right there. It's weed. Oh fuck ofc pots already said that
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.25.21	Lol
Piripichotes 02.25.21	Jedi Mind Tricks "violent by design" Delinquent Habits "ST" Control Machete "Mucho Barato"
Piripichotes 02.25.21	CunninLynguists "Oneirology"
Spliffhanger67 02.25.21	Violent by Design, a killer call!
lg433 02.26.21	hear me out.......playboi carti
TheAntichrist 02.26.21	basically white east coast rappers
Willie 02.26.21	I have to throw out the self titled album by Sad Night Dynamite. It came out today, and I'm just now checking it out. It's pretty damn cool. Kind of has a Dalek/Sadistik vibe to it, but with more of a groovy feel.
Piripichotes 02.26.21	"basically white east coast rappers" nah bro, I'd say chicano or mexican which were more open and exposed to the metal and crossover thrash scene like ST's. And stuff like JMT are mixed.
gg901goody 10.29.22	MF Doom, Roots Manuva and Tricky. The UK represents