"Peace Kehd" dropped earlier this year, and is one of my favorites of 2014. They dropped Lone Sharks in 2012 and HARK! in 2013. Plus they have a few instrumental albums.

The Your Old Droog EP qualifies.

That Marco Polo album from last year was pretty gritty.

Mello Music Group did a lot of gritty shit in 2012: Sean Born's Behind the Scale, Hassan Mackey Nd Apollo Brown's Daily. Bread, Gulty Simpson's Dice Game.

Of course there's a lot of the Armand Hammer/Billy Woods/Elucid stuff, but I'm pretty sure you're up on that.

I'll return with more later.