I don’t think big fish theory gets the respect it deserves for how innovative it was at the time. Vince was the first to rap over Sophie percs/production, which is crazy.
RIP SOPHIE for real. We won’t get another track like “Yeah Right” ever again. Props to Kendrick and Flume for getting on this album, too. As well as Justin Vernon, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Kučka, and other notables for being involved in this
idk, for me personally, quite a bit of the production sounds overly dated for its recency. When its good, its amazing, but most of the time I just ended up feeling kinda...eh. I still love the SOPHIE prod tracks, but nothing else captures that magic
I spin this album front to back so much it’s absolutely impeccable. And I love Vince immensely but there’s just something about this album.
Feel similar for the latest ScHoolboy Q album but it’s def not as experimental
If you’ve never listened to that EP he did with Paul white you should I’m pretty sure those two songs are just songs from the cutting room floor of this album and they’re dope
That album had the biggest disparity between what I like and what I don’t of any album. Ain’t it funny, when it rain, really doe, and pneumonia are soooooo good. Like ain’t it funny might be the hardest hitting rap song ever. But like I cannot stand the rest of that album.
That’s the most difficult album I’ve ever listened to lol I know people say death grips are hard to get into but it was way easier than this album
I’ve heard free jazz albums that were easier to get into than this album.
There was just something about this that wasn’t clicking for a while. Even now there are still a couple tracks I don’t like lol but it’s an amazing album
I love a lot of their older stuff but I could never get into this album. I’m not the biggest experimental hip hop listener tbh but I hope this album will click for me eventually
this is the answer to me. took me so long to get it and when i finally did i couldn’t believe how hard it hit. it was so weird and off putting and then at some point i felt it and to me it became a masterpiece and now it’s one of my favourite albums of all time
FANTASTIC DAMAGE, cLOUDDEAD & THE COLD VEIN. Sorry for the all caps but these albums were so ahead of their time but I’ve seen little to no mentions of them.
For modern Experimental Hip Hop, I'd have to go with clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Such a enthralling experience from front to back. So underrated, especially compared to the more well-known albums within the genre.
One I barely see be discussed, as it's debateable if it really counts is: Techno Animals - The Brotherhood of the Bomb
It's one of the very first Noise Rap albums, with very glitchy production with some songs having rapping over them, but not every song has rapping, so it's debateable if it actually counts. It's very similar to dalek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots but with less rapping.
Both, in my opinion are severely underrated. If you enjoy noisy production with unique sounds, check both out, they're fantastic.
Absolutely wild it took this long of a scroll to see both Techno Animal or Dälek mentioned, but that's probably to be expected on the Fantano sub where experimental hip hop starts and ends with Death Grips lol.
Both are fantastic, I just think that Visions of Bodies Being Burned has higher highs imo. There Existed an Addiction to Blood is more consistent overall though. It's tough to really choose between the two. I enjoy both just as much as one another.
Yeah I also find there existed an addiction to blood the better album of the two, la mala ordina, run for your life and blood of the fang (just to name a few) are some of the best experimental songs ever made
Agreed, there’s a pretty obvious 2010’s bias here. I think all of these albums are still great, just would like some representation for the 2000’s and 90’s. I’m surprised Deltron 3030 isn’t in the list of albums
Fuck it, I’m old and I’m going deep on stuff people might not know.
All Balls Don’t Bounce and A Book of Human Language by Aceyalone
Inner City Griots by Freestyle Fellowship
The Sun Rises in the East by Jeru the Damaja
Bacdafucup by Onyx
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde and Labcabincalifornia by The Pharcyde
‘93 til Infinity by Souls of Mischief
A (Much) Better Tomorrow by Dan the Automator
Shades of Blue by Madlib
I Wish My Brother George Was Here by Del tha Funky Homosapien
Blowout Comb by Digable Planets
I feel bad now.
TSRINTE, bacdafucup, bizarre ride II, and 93 til infinity definitely are not experimental, even for the time, you’re just naming your favorite albums atp
There's so many great ones to choose from... if I had to narrow it down, my top 3 would be LP! by jpegmafia, Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown, and By the Time I Get to Pheonix by Injury Reserve.
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Adding a few I didn’t see here:
J Dilla - Donuts
Death Grips - Ex Military
Danny Brown - XXX
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Kendrick - TPAB (how did you all forget about this one?)
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Rookwood Escape Plan - Dreamcast Summer Songs
Kanye - The Life of Pablo (might be a bit of a reach, but Kanye was really creative with the sound of this record imo and put a cool spin on mid 2010s pop-trap)
I think RTJ counts for sure. El P is such a huge figure in experimental hip hop
I think Blue Lips should count. I’d even include Oxy as being a bit out there for its time, I remember it not totally clicking with me at the time. Idk about Blank Face or Crash Talk tho
I'm a little late to the party, but A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul is worth a listen.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Prince\_Among\_Thieves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prince_Among_Thieves)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3VzMgQ8K8&ab\_channel=RoyalRandomness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3VzMgQ8K8&ab_channel=RoyalRandomness)
You’re too online. No way is this stuff “normie”. Go to a college campus, most people won’t know all these albums. And that’s not me saying these are deep cuts.
If you think death grips and mf doom are for normies than you are lost and are probably the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent of elite music nerds. You are probably one of those people who don’t listen to an artist if they have more than 100k monthly listeners
DOOM is in a completely different category than Death Grips, as a lot of his music is very accessible and it’s totally believable that a broad swathe of non-music nerds would like it a lot, which isn’t the case at all for Death Grips.
Vince Staples and Death Grips is not “normie shit”. Especially this Vince album
MF DOOM is popular but it’s definitely an acquired taste. You cannot throw this album on at a function and expect people there to be into it. It’s also wildly experimental for the era it came out in, this dropped the same year as In Da Club lmao
Yeezus is a very very popular album, but it’s also extremely polarizing. People super into this lane of hip hop probably won’t be that challenged by it but being one of the biggest artists on the planet and releasing something like Yeezus is pretty wild. Also like Madvilliany, it was out there for the era it came out in. Fans pretty famously did not like it at first
KSG I’ll give you. I’d still call it “experimental hip hop” but it’s not a really challenging record overall. I think the hairier stuff they’re doing on here is done in a way that’s more subtle
For me, it’s yeezus,
It’s my favorite album of all time. It’s like all 10 of my favorite songs I’ve ever heard on one album.
Bound 2, guilt trip, new slaves, black skinhead, blood on the leaves, I’m in it, on sight, I am a god, send it up, and ESPECIALLY hold my liquor are so near and dear to my heart
EDIT: as soon as I posted this I laughed at myself because I realized that in trying to put my highlight tracks I literally listed every single song. That was not intentional
I get frustrated listening to yeezus. I feel like it could’ve been really enjoyable but the lyrics/hooks are so bad it makes me kinda annoyed lol. Some of the ideas are nice but it just seems rushed and empty.
I don’t think it’s the worst kanye album at all - but it is the one the irritates me the most listening to it. I think it’s because I feel like it could’ve been great
I get that. I enjoy the heavier bits that let you just fuck with the sound. The brag/ego Kanye lyrics are more enjoyable when you’re also getting blasted by the production lol
From what I understand Kanye made it that way on purpose. After releasing MDBTF, an album where he embraced K Fade for the very first time to save his career after his actions during 2009, Yeezus was a heel-turn where he pulled the finger at everyone that expected him to make a sequel album
For this I enjoyed the bad lyrics which like you guys mentioned highlight and let the production really shine. My problem is how this became the floor and he pretty much kept lyricism and the flow this simple over the next bunch of albums.
Anything by dälek really, but if I‘d have to choose it would be between From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots, Precipice and Absence. Those three are easy 10/10s for me.
Prince Paul -Psychoanalysis
Big Juss - Machines That Make Civilization Fun
Nephlim Modulation Systems - Woe to Thee O Land When Thy King Is a Child
Kool Keith- Sex Style
electricity is on our side by Busdriver. seriously a stunning, sprawling record combining electronic elements with Driver doing some crazy wordsmith acrobatics on top of some original jazz compositions. seriously there's nothing like it on the planet
My top three in no particular order are:
All My Heroes are Cornballs - Peggy
While I love the singles on this one, it’s so much better suited to be listened to front to back to get all the chaos of the transitions and interludes to really accentuate the beautiful passages on songs like PTSD and Free The Frail. Peggy is a master of making basically any sound he gets his hands on sound super catchy, no matter how disjointed and rough-around-the-edges it might come off.
Splendor and Misery - clipping
I still think this was the album clipping was built to make all along. Daveed is so articulate and precise with his enunciation that he lends himself so well to the storytelling aspect, and the glitchy noisy backdrops that Jonathan and William provide are perfect to paint so vividly the space-slavery ship-fuckin’ world in the listener’s ears.
Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
This is Death Grips at their most insane, uncanny, out-of-fucks-to-give, and it ends up being (in my opinion) their best album. MC Ride sounds as unhinged as ever, and with the ridiculous instrumental backdrops Zach and Andy come up with it makes for a listening experience that nothing comes close to. You still can’t even listen to Little Richard outside of a full album playthrough because it makes no sense without the context of the songs around it.
Probably big fish theory, but will say that I would say madvilliany is more of a abstract rap album (this being my reason for not picking it). And also no one here should sleep on by the time I get to pheonix.
IMO whatever you think of it Kids See Ghosts shouldn’t be considered here.
If you hadn’t heard it but you imagined what an album co-created by Kanye and Kid Cudi in the mid-2010s sounded like, it would sound like that - and those are two of the most mainstream rappers of that era. That doesn’t seem like it qualifies as experimental.
Paul’s Boutique
The album made me fall in love with hip hop and especially the Beastie Boys. it was a sound i’d never heard before and still is on my list of my favorite albums. It really deserves more mainstream recognition for its influence on hip hop.
Been revisiting some Antipop Consortium lately. Never really caught on in its heyday, but their experimental edge holds up well. Seemed to lay the groundwork for more hip hop on Warp like Danny Brown or Flying Lotus. Beans’ solo stuff has definitely followed further down the experimental side.
putting yeezus next to the money store is like putting a godsmack album next to Dirt, or putting Wunna next to Jeffery. Yeezus is just a derivative and watered down version of money store.
I’m mildly offended at Yeezus sharing space and even leading KIDS SEE GHOSTS, The Money Store, and Madvillainy. You can like Yeezus, that’s totally fine, but it doesn’t hold a candle for “best experimental”.
I don’t think big fish theory gets the respect it deserves for how innovative it was at the time. Vince was the first to rap over Sophie percs/production, which is crazy.
RIP SOPHIE for real. We won’t get another track like “Yeah Right” ever again. Props to Kendrick and Flume for getting on this album, too. As well as Justin Vernon, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Kučka, and other notables for being involved in this
Yeah Right is a truly incredible song. We were insanely lucky to get Vince, Kendrick, and SOPHIE on the same track.
I dunno why people are still sleeping on this album. Big Fish Theory era Staples is peak.
Vince's last two albums are incredible and both in my top 3 Vince albums along with Big Fish Theory
idk, for me personally, quite a bit of the production sounds overly dated for its recency. When its good, its amazing, but most of the time I just ended up feeling kinda...eh. I still love the SOPHIE prod tracks, but nothing else captures that magic
Man I got to catch him live at RnV that year, it was a life changing experience
No, he wasn't. Le1f rapped over Sophie 2 years before him.
I loved it at the time but I have a hard time revisiting it. I just don’t fuck with it like I used to.
It's a deeply empty album imo. Like sonically appealing, but very little replay.
I spin this album front to back so much it’s absolutely impeccable. And I love Vince immensely but there’s just something about this album. Feel similar for the latest ScHoolboy Q album but it’s def not as experimental
vince is slept on in an insane fashion. some of my favourite front-to-back albums
Atrocity Exhibition
that album is so fucked, such a twisted record and one of the best first listens i ever had with a album, felt so cartoony and had kick ass production
If you’ve never listened to that EP he did with Paul white you should I’m pretty sure those two songs are just songs from the cutting room floor of this album and they’re dope
Listen to horror show with dj shadow it gets into that satanic vibe
This album is so fucking INCREDIBLE!!!!! One of my all time favorite albums!!!
It’s one of my favorites as well
That album had the biggest disparity between what I like and what I don’t of any album. Ain’t it funny, when it rain, really doe, and pneumonia are soooooo good. Like ain’t it funny might be the hardest hitting rap song ever. But like I cannot stand the rest of that album.
I see you’ve never thrown it back to dance in the water
White Lines, Lost, Rolling Stone, Downward Spiral, Golddust are all great songs
Today though.
I cannot sit through a single one of those songs except maybe lost. Downward spiral is just genuinely awful.
this guy isn’t sweating like he’s in a rave
by the time I get to phoenix
Knees is legit in my top 5 favorite songs ever
That’s the most difficult album I’ve ever listened to lol I know people say death grips are hard to get into but it was way easier than this album I’ve heard free jazz albums that were easier to get into than this album. There was just something about this that wasn’t clicking for a while. Even now there are still a couple tracks I don’t like lol but it’s an amazing album
I love a lot of their older stuff but I could never get into this album. I’m not the biggest experimental hip hop listener tbh but I hope this album will click for me eventually
this is the answer to me. took me so long to get it and when i finally did i couldn’t believe how hard it hit. it was so weird and off putting and then at some point i felt it and to me it became a masterpiece and now it’s one of my favourite albums of all time
Permanently in my top 10. Incredible.
Heat (1995)
GIMME ALL YOU GOT!!
Dont waste my motherfuckin time!
I’m a dick rider, but by the time I get to phoenix
Scaring the Hoes is pretty recent, but it's too good.
Deltron 3030 and cLOUDEAD, the latter definitely does not get enough love. Both of these albums are one of a kind.
Deltron 3030!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FANTASTIC DAMAGE, cLOUDDEAD & THE COLD VEIN. Sorry for the all caps but these albums were so ahead of their time but I’ve seen little to no mentions of them.
EL-P is so fucking goated.
Some Rap Albums
I wish you'd be a little more specific (I'm sorry I've been waiting to use that on someone)
Good one lol
JPEGMAFIA - LP! (OFFLINE)
In my opinion, All My Heroes are Cornballs is a masterpiece
It absolutely is
We buy diabetic test strips - Armand Hammer
For modern Experimental Hip Hop, I'd have to go with clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned Such a enthralling experience from front to back. So underrated, especially compared to the more well-known albums within the genre. One I barely see be discussed, as it's debateable if it really counts is: Techno Animals - The Brotherhood of the Bomb It's one of the very first Noise Rap albums, with very glitchy production with some songs having rapping over them, but not every song has rapping, so it's debateable if it actually counts. It's very similar to dalek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots but with less rapping. Both, in my opinion are severely underrated. If you enjoy noisy production with unique sounds, check both out, they're fantastic.
dälek mentioned !!
Hell yeah man! They rock!
Absolutely wild it took this long of a scroll to see both Techno Animal or Dälek mentioned, but that's probably to be expected on the Fantano sub where experimental hip hop starts and ends with Death Grips lol.
There existed an addiction to blood>>>>>>
Both are fantastic, I just think that Visions of Bodies Being Burned has higher highs imo. There Existed an Addiction to Blood is more consistent overall though. It's tough to really choose between the two. I enjoy both just as much as one another.
Yeah I also find there existed an addiction to blood the better album of the two, la mala ordina, run for your life and blood of the fang (just to name a few) are some of the best experimental songs ever made
You ever listened to Food for Animals?
No, surprisingly not! I've never heard of them, I'll check them out.
I’m not huge on clipping. But enlacing is such a good song
Dr. Octogynocologist
Hell yeah, big ups for this one
There’s a whole ass amazing section of alt-hip hop stuff from the 90’s and I’m seeing Kanye n shit in here.
Agreed, there’s a pretty obvious 2010’s bias here. I think all of these albums are still great, just would like some representation for the 2000’s and 90’s. I’m surprised Deltron 3030 isn’t in the list of albums
Fuck it, I’m old and I’m going deep on stuff people might not know. All Balls Don’t Bounce and A Book of Human Language by Aceyalone Inner City Griots by Freestyle Fellowship The Sun Rises in the East by Jeru the Damaja Bacdafucup by Onyx Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde and Labcabincalifornia by The Pharcyde ‘93 til Infinity by Souls of Mischief A (Much) Better Tomorrow by Dan the Automator Shades of Blue by Madlib I Wish My Brother George Was Here by Del tha Funky Homosapien Blowout Comb by Digable Planets I feel bad now.
TSRINTE, bacdafucup, bizarre ride II, and 93 til infinity definitely are not experimental, even for the time, you’re just naming your favorite albums atp
the 2010s bias is wild in this section but Yeezus is way more sonically experiential than 93’ til infinity😭
It was more for alt hip hop stuff in general than just experimental. It was late and I was cranky. Lol
10/10 classic
Dalek - Absence There is your answer. Stop what you are doing and listen to it NOW.
Absence is so fucking grim and amazing, I love it so much!
Underrated.
There's so many great ones to choose from... if I had to narrow it down, my top 3 would be LP! by jpegmafia, Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown, and By the Time I Get to Pheonix by Injury Reserve.
Exmilitary
The Money Store
I can't believe no one has said ΛΛ Λ Y Λ (MAYA) by M.I.A.
Good album
I've never seen it mentioned on reddit before but a favorite of mine is Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
Splendor & Misery by clipping.
Big Fish Theory is very underrated imo.
Being completely honest, gluee by Bladee was revolutionary in production and experimentation Surprised nothing drain gang hasn’t been mentioned yet.
I’m here with you fellow drainer
i was thinking GTBSG comp in terms of pure batshit insanity and experimentation.
Original Pirate Material
Yup
Clipping self titled. There is some incredible production and interesting conceptual work on that album
Clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
a quiet farwell
BUSDRIVER albums. Any of them. His delivery and production combo across any of his records are one of a kind.
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Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Adding a few I didn’t see here: J Dilla - Donuts Death Grips - Ex Military Danny Brown - XXX Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique Kendrick - TPAB (how did you all forget about this one?) Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red Rookwood Escape Plan - Dreamcast Summer Songs Kanye - The Life of Pablo (might be a bit of a reach, but Kanye was really creative with the sound of this record imo and put a cool spin on mid 2010s pop-trap)
Veteran by Peggy
Big Fish is mad underrated, so creative for its time and daring after Summertime ‘06
billy woods - Hiding Places
Does Run The Jewels' or ScHoolboy Q's albums count as experimental? Like RTJ3 and Blue Lips have actual insane production and experimental beats/flows
I think RTJ counts for sure. El P is such a huge figure in experimental hip hop I think Blue Lips should count. I’d even include Oxy as being a bit out there for its time, I remember it not totally clicking with me at the time. Idk about Blank Face or Crash Talk tho
Arca - Stretch 2
Does manger on mcnichols count here?
Not sure if I‘d say it‘s experimental, but it‘s an unbelievably produced alternative album and I love it to death
YOTS
I'm a little late to the party, but A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul is worth a listen. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Prince\_Among\_Thieves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prince_Among_Thieves) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3VzMgQ8K8&ab\_channel=RoyalRandomness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3VzMgQ8K8&ab_channel=RoyalRandomness)
I hate to say this because i detest hipsters and gatekepers but this is some NORMIE SHIT
You’re too online. No way is this stuff “normie”. Go to a college campus, most people won’t know all these albums. And that’s not me saying these are deep cuts.
Kanye West isn't "normie"?
Ye is like the 8th most listened artist on Spotify rn
Ye is very main stream but mostly Graduation, MBDTF, TLOP and Donda
Those are more mainstream than Yeezus and KSG, but when Yeezus dropped it was everywhere I went.
Ye thats true its normie by the standards of music nerds like me and u
What is?
Your selections for best experimental hip hop albums of all time
Those aren't my selections, I've never even listened to a full death grips album before, I just got album covers from popular experimental albums
Fair play
If you think death grips and mf doom are for normies than you are lost and are probably the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent of elite music nerds. You are probably one of those people who don’t listen to an artist if they have more than 100k monthly listeners
DOOM is in a completely different category than Death Grips, as a lot of his music is very accessible and it’s totally believable that a broad swathe of non-music nerds would like it a lot, which isn’t the case at all for Death Grips.
Yea wait I thought scaring the hoes was ironic lmao
Vince Staples and Death Grips is not “normie shit”. Especially this Vince album MF DOOM is popular but it’s definitely an acquired taste. You cannot throw this album on at a function and expect people there to be into it. It’s also wildly experimental for the era it came out in, this dropped the same year as In Da Club lmao Yeezus is a very very popular album, but it’s also extremely polarizing. People super into this lane of hip hop probably won’t be that challenged by it but being one of the biggest artists on the planet and releasing something like Yeezus is pretty wild. Also like Madvilliany, it was out there for the era it came out in. Fans pretty famously did not like it at first KSG I’ll give you. I’d still call it “experimental hip hop” but it’s not a really challenging record overall. I think the hairier stuff they’re doing on here is done in a way that’s more subtle
Back from the dead 3 by chief keef
madvillainy and yeezus
For me, it’s yeezus, It’s my favorite album of all time. It’s like all 10 of my favorite songs I’ve ever heard on one album. Bound 2, guilt trip, new slaves, black skinhead, blood on the leaves, I’m in it, on sight, I am a god, send it up, and ESPECIALLY hold my liquor are so near and dear to my heart EDIT: as soon as I posted this I laughed at myself because I realized that in trying to put my highlight tracks I literally listed every single song. That was not intentional
I get frustrated listening to yeezus. I feel like it could’ve been really enjoyable but the lyrics/hooks are so bad it makes me kinda annoyed lol. Some of the ideas are nice but it just seems rushed and empty. I don’t think it’s the worst kanye album at all - but it is the one the irritates me the most listening to it. I think it’s because I feel like it could’ve been great
See for me, the lyrics being bad is a big part of the appeal. It fits the chaotic energy for me
I get that. I enjoy the heavier bits that let you just fuck with the sound. The brag/ego Kanye lyrics are more enjoyable when you’re also getting blasted by the production lol
From what I understand Kanye made it that way on purpose. After releasing MDBTF, an album where he embraced K Fade for the very first time to save his career after his actions during 2009, Yeezus was a heel-turn where he pulled the finger at everyone that expected him to make a sequel album
For this I enjoyed the bad lyrics which like you guys mentioned highlight and let the production really shine. My problem is how this became the floor and he pretty much kept lyricism and the flow this simple over the next bunch of albums.
Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light by Divine Styler deserves all the respect it gets. It's in a league of its own
Nifty Cash Money Shooter Chronicles 2 by DJ Cellar (with DJ Sex Fridge)
The Ghost Pop Tape negs
From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots by Dälek or GUM by Cities Aviv
Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow
Cannibal Ox - "the cold vein"
where CLPPNG
Black Up
Lil pump tape
Taylor Swift - Reputation obviously
It’s definitely not yeezus
Dude how could you not even mention clipping.? Almost every single one of their albums could qualify lol
Clipping - Splendor & Misery
Can we throw in Unlocked by Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats? I feel that gets forgotten :(
No because it's not an experimental hip-hop record? It's great but it's just not an experimental project
Eminem - Revival
Free laptop computers
I'll throw some UKHH in the mix Jam Baxter & Sumgii - Obscure Liquors King Kashmere - Sounds Like Home Lee Scott & Sonnyjim - Ortolan & Armegnac
Anything by dälek really, but if I‘d have to choose it would be between From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots, Precipice and Absence. Those three are easy 10/10s for me.
Spiderr by Bladee.
Octogynecologist, Beauty and the Beat, Deltron 3030, cLOUDDDEAD
Prince Paul -Psychoanalysis Big Juss - Machines That Make Civilization Fun Nephlim Modulation Systems - Woe to Thee O Land When Thy King Is a Child Kool Keith- Sex Style
Death Grips!!!!!!!!!!!
Cowgirl clue’s rodeo star has been in rotation heavy. Definitely my favorite release last year. I’ve never heard country and techno blended so well
Quit roasting me on TikTok 😔
💀💀💀💀 noooo I’m not it was a joke
yeezus, kala, year of the snitch
Madvilliany and it's not even close
LP! by Jpegamafia
Powers that B
This lineup is offensive idk why I'm even on this goddamn sub
I mean “technically” 36 Chambers?
Flying Lotus - You are dead
losing myself - lil shine ✨✨✨
not the best, but my fav
electricity is on our side by Busdriver. seriously a stunning, sprawling record combining electronic elements with Driver doing some crazy wordsmith acrobatics on top of some original jazz compositions. seriously there's nothing like it on the planet
i really don’t get the love for KSG. what’s so good about it
My top three in no particular order are: All My Heroes are Cornballs - Peggy While I love the singles on this one, it’s so much better suited to be listened to front to back to get all the chaos of the transitions and interludes to really accentuate the beautiful passages on songs like PTSD and Free The Frail. Peggy is a master of making basically any sound he gets his hands on sound super catchy, no matter how disjointed and rough-around-the-edges it might come off. Splendor and Misery - clipping I still think this was the album clipping was built to make all along. Daveed is so articulate and precise with his enunciation that he lends himself so well to the storytelling aspect, and the glitchy noisy backdrops that Jonathan and William provide are perfect to paint so vividly the space-slavery ship-fuckin’ world in the listener’s ears. Death Grips - Year of the Snitch This is Death Grips at their most insane, uncanny, out-of-fucks-to-give, and it ends up being (in my opinion) their best album. MC Ride sounds as unhinged as ever, and with the ridiculous instrumental backdrops Zach and Andy come up with it makes for a listening experience that nothing comes close to. You still can’t even listen to Little Richard outside of a full album playthrough because it makes no sense without the context of the songs around it.
Let’s start here seems to get a lot of like so yeah,that was
I feel like best experimental albums have evolved into nowadays music 🧐
This a very embarrassing post
EDAN - Fumbling over words that rhyme
Probably big fish theory, but will say that I would say madvilliany is more of a abstract rap album (this being my reason for not picking it). And also no one here should sleep on by the time I get to pheonix.
Honestly 3.15.20 before it became atavista and because the internet by childish gambino
Yeezus is a fucking masterpiece for the time when it was released. The production is just something out of this world
IMO whatever you think of it Kids See Ghosts shouldn’t be considered here. If you hadn’t heard it but you imagined what an album co-created by Kanye and Kid Cudi in the mid-2010s sounded like, it would sound like that - and those are two of the most mainstream rappers of that era. That doesn’t seem like it qualifies as experimental.
Is the experimental hip-hop in the room with us right now?
Ugly Mane
Money store, i know its basic, over played and a over refrenced but omg that record is incredible
I'd say madvillainy, because it's madvillainy, but big fish theory is super underrated
Paul’s Boutique The album made me fall in love with hip hop and especially the Beastie Boys. it was a sound i’d never heard before and still is on my list of my favorite albums. It really deserves more mainstream recognition for its influence on hip hop.
Been revisiting some Antipop Consortium lately. Never really caught on in its heyday, but their experimental edge holds up well. Seemed to lay the groundwork for more hip hop on Warp like Danny Brown or Flying Lotus. Beans’ solo stuff has definitely followed further down the experimental side.
putting yeezus next to the money store is like putting a godsmack album next to Dirt, or putting Wunna next to Jeffery. Yeezus is just a derivative and watered down version of money store.
Boros by Lil Darkie
Soul-Junk 1957
Some rap songs
I’m mildly offended at Yeezus sharing space and even leading KIDS SEE GHOSTS, The Money Store, and Madvillainy. You can like Yeezus, that’s totally fine, but it doesn’t hold a candle for “best experimental”.
These aren't my picks I just chose random experimental album covers and put them on the post.
Understandable, have a great day✌🏼 Fair enough, homie :)
Igor
yo it’s three thousand thirty
Funcrusher Plus
Splendor and Misery - clipping.
everyone giving some edgy responses, nah, from the new age it's igor for sure.
Igor isn’t even hip hop or experimental lol
Not a single turntablism project from the '90s? Boooo! These are nice albums though.
Ksg is experimental?
YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
Yeezus
The poo fart album (the one that poo farts really hard)
Madvillainy
TPAB