Hip-Hop Isn't Dead. Here's The Proof! (Song List)

Tired of hearing songs with the same old tired repeated themes? Tired or rappers talking about how much money they have, what kind of cars they drive, disrespecting women, & all of the gratuitous "Shoot Em Up" & Gangsta songs that are so prevelant in the Genre today? Do you miss meaningful & creative Hip-Hop? Yeah me, too. The point of this blog post is to provide people with a list of songs that they will enjoy if they're sick of the state of hip-hop today. YouTube em, Download em...whatever...just enjoy the music! Hip-Hop is not dead! It's still alive and Kicking & here's the proof! I'm going to get this started, but I'll need help from you guys. If you have songs in mind that you think should be on here, please respond and let me know, and I'll post them up here! I'm just typing these tracks off the dome, so I definetly need help. New or old, it doesn't matter...just post whatever you think is dope Hip-Hop! Without Further adieu:

Harbinger of Light - Canibus
Layered Prayers - Canibus
Indibisible - Canibus
Poet Laureate II - Canibus
Liberal Arts - Canibus ft. Jedi Mind Tricks
Father Author, Poor Pauper - Canibus
Spartibus - Canibus
Master Thesis - Canibus

Soul on Ice - Ras Kass
The Evil That Men Do - Ras Kass
Van Gogh - Ras Kass
Goldyn Chyld - Ras Kass

Worst Fears Confirmed - Vakill
The Creed - Vakill
Serpent & the Rainbow - Vakill
The Confirmation - Vakill
Sickplicity - Vakill

Shadow Business - Jedi Mind Tricks
Heavenly Divine - Jedi Mind Tricks
On The Eve Of War - Jedi Mind Tricks feat. Gza
When All Light Dies - Jedi Mind Tricks

Enough Beef - Chino XL, Royce Da 5'9", & Common
Do This - Canibus, Bekay, & Chino XL
Wordsmith - Chino XL
Nahh - Chino XL
90 Bars of Intervention - Chino XL
Don't Say A Word - Chino XL
Heavenly Father - Chino XL
Watch Closer - Chino XL
Kreep - Chino XL

Holier Than Thou - Copywrite
Fucksoundcheck - Copywrite
Enterlude - Copywrite
Fire It Up - Copywrite
Hear Me Though - Copywrite

Basket Case - MF Doom
Deep Fried Frenz - MF Doom
Kookies - MF Doom
Benzi Box - MF Doom, Danger Mouse, & Cee-Lo
Saliva - Viktor Vaughn aka MF Doom
Accordian - MF Doom & Madlib
Rock Co. Kane Flow - De La Soul ft. MF Doom

Shining Down - Lupe Fiasco
Sunshine - Lupe Fiasco
Gold Watch - Lupe Fiasco
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Streets Are Watching - Lupe Fiasco
Intruder Alert - Lupe Fiasco
DayDreaming - Lupe Fiasco ft. Jill Scott
Dumb it Down - Lupe Fiasco
Fighters - Lupe Fiasco

Rising Down - The Roots, Mos Def, & Styles P
Right Now - Fort Minor ft. Black Thought
The Seed 2.0 - The Roots ft. Cody Chestnut
Break You Off - The Roots ft. Musiq Soulchild
Boom! - The Roots ft. Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane
Don't Say Nothin' - The Roots
Star - The Roots
Don't Feel Right - The Roots

Love Thirst - Jean Grae
Going Crazy - Jean Grae
Supa Luv - Jean Grae

Sunshine - Mos Def
UMI Says - Mos Def
Next Universe - Mos Def
Astronomy (8th Light) - Blackstar
Respiration - Blackstar ft. Common
Thieves in the Night - Blackstar
Changes - Common ft. Muhsinah
The Corner - Common
The Light - Common
The Light - Pharoahe Monch
Queens - Pharoahe Monch
Joy - Talib Kweli ft. Mos Def

The 3rd World - Immortal Technique
Dance With The Devil - Immortal Technique
Tell the Truth - Immortal Technique ft. Mos Def
Angels of Death - Outerspace ft. Immortal Technique
The Illest - Immortal Technique ft. Jean Grae & Pumpkinhead
Industrial Revolution - Immortal Technique
Internally Bleeding - Immortal Technique
Freedom of Speech - Immortal Technique

Superstarr Pt. 0 - K-Os
Crabbuckit - K-Os
Sunday Morning - K-Os
The Love Song - K-Os

None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock
Daylight - Aesop Rock
Zodiaccupuncture - Aesop Rock
Gun For the Whole Family - Aesop Rock ft. EL-P
Food, Clothes, & Medicine - Aesop Rock

Mic Mastery - 7L & Esoteric

Ink - Cubbiebear
Apple Juice - Teddy Faley

Eastern Conference All-Stars - Cage, Camu Tao, Copywrite, Mr. Eon, Skillz, etc.
Dirty Decibels - High & Mighty ft. Pharoahe Monch
B-Boy Document '99 - High & Mighty ft. Mos Def & Mad Skillz
The Last Hit - High & Mighty ft. Eminem
Anti Heroes - Smut Peddlers ft. Copywrite

EMG - EL-P
The Overly Dramatic Truth - EL-P
8 Steps to Perfection - Company Flow

The Format - AZ
Publicity - GZA

For You - Little Brother
The Getup - Little Brother

Dead Prez - Hip-Hop
Dead Prez - Radio Freq
Dead Prez - Mind Sex

Alright it's your turn to contribute...GO--> LOL

Alloyius McIlwaine
Cultures Clothing Co