Instrumental Hip Hop

[dead prez]

After listening to Nicolay's City Lights Volume 1.5, it opened me up to a world of Hip Hop devoid of lyrics. Normally when one listens to Hip Hop you'd expect lyrics, but this one is free of that, and I don't know but I really liked this album. I really liked the serene soundscape and how atmospheric it was, honestly if anyone rapped over the beats it would have probably ruined it.

For anyone not aware





Anyone else have any other recommandations you'd like to share, I'm already aware of Nujabes/Fat Jon/Oh No.

[Master Chief]

I never listen to instrumentals unless I'm writing to them or they're from the Halo soundtracks. But, actually sitting down to listen to a whole instrumental album is an unbearable and impossible task for me.

I heard Mr. Porter released an instrumental package that was original sent to Nas for Untitled. He's one of my fav. producers so I guess I would recommend that even though I haven't heard it.

[classthe_king]

Emancipator is the only person I listen to

[dead prez]

@ MC I could understand, as a lot of rap instrumentals tend to be highly repetitive, so listening to a whole album of just beats is probably daunting. Maybe it's a rock mentality that I've picked up recently, after all I'm enjoying prog rock maybeshewill more than any Hip Hop artist right now, and there's no lyrics in there at all.

@ Class thanks, but you only listen to him because he makes beats for Sadistik, right.

[classthe_king]

Well that's how I discovered him....but his music is beautiful

[Xray]

I vibe all day listening to instrumentals tbh. I don't nearly listen to as much rap songs as I listen to beats, most of the time when I'm home. Vocals would have definitely ruined both those beats. Listen to this beat. It's amazing so I had to sample it.

Original


My Version
http://hulkshare.com/00olutrmbhzy

Planning a track on this one.

[stillmatic]

Pete Rock - The Surviving Elements entire album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_R-D3Tf2JU

Just rock with it.

[ThomasJ]

I love instrumental hip-hop.

If you haven't, check out:

Apollo Brown
Blue Sky Black Death
DJ Shadow
Exile
Flying Lotus
J Dilla
Kno (He doesn't really have an instrumental album, but download his Excrementals series)
MF DOOM
Resolved Dissonance
RJD2

[AJS2050]

Pete Rock - The Surviving Elements entire album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_R-D3Tf2JU

Just rock with it.

I've got this instrumental album and would definetly recommend it.

Other Favorties: Apollo Brown - Make Do, Foreign Exchange - Connected Instrumentals, Ta-ku - Day & Night EP

[classthe_king]

I vibe all day listening to instrumentals tbh. I don't nearly listen to as much rap songs as I listen to beats, most of the time when I'm home. Vocals would have definitely ruined both those beats. Listen to this beat. It's amazing so I had to sample it.

Original


My Version
http://hulkshare.com/00olutrmbhzy

Planning a track on this one.

I wouldn't reccomend that. Sadistik already did a track on that beat.

[Xray]

I vibe all day listening to instrumentals tbh. I don't nearly listen to as much rap songs as I listen to beats, most of the time when I'm home. Vocals would have definitely ruined both those beats. Listen to this beat. It's amazing so I had to sample it.

Original


My Version
http://hulkshare.com/00olutrmbhzy

Planning a track on this one.

I wouldn't reccomend that. Sadistik already did a track on that beat.

Just heard Sadistik's version. Lyrically he demolished it pretty fucking hard, but what I plan on doing with that beat is completely different. But that was pretty strange to hear a full blown lyrical warfare attack on a beat like this. But yeah...still using it.

[KillahBee]

Damn, ThomasJ already mentioned everything I came here to reccommend

Oddisee is good too, he has an album called Travelling Man, names each beat after a City, then tries to encapsulate the sound of each particular city in his beats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX3XOob ... re=related

Not stictly hiphop, but I'd advise you to check out Burial too, Untrue is one of the most atmospheric instrumental albums around

[dead prez]

Damn, ThomasJ already mentioned everything I came here to reccommend

Oddisee is good too, he has an album called Travelling Man, names each beat after a City, then tries to encapsulate the sound of each particular city in his beats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX3XOob ... re=related

Not stictly hiphop, but I'd advise you to check out Burial too, Untrue is one of the most atmospheric instrumental albums around

Thanks that sounds dope.

[Tornado]

I love hearing pure instrumentals you can listen to. Twas the case that only songs i'd listen to but hearing the right beat can inspire creativity a lot more for me than hearing most Hip-Hop songs. It paints a scene in my mind where i wanna write like a possesed poet