I feel like there were a lot of under appreciated albums that dropped in the ‘00s.

Albums that would’ve been much more highly thought of if they dropped in the 90’s

I’ll start with the album responsible for this post;

GZA and Muggs - Grandmasters

Some indie releases -
People Under the Stairs - most of their catalogue, but I'll just say Fun-DMC
Roosevelt Frankiin - Something Gotta Give
capital D - Insomnia
Insight - Blast Radius
Willie Evans Jr. - Communication
Porn Theater Ushers - Taxachusetts
Roddy Rod - Blunt Park Sessions
Maspyke - Blackout!
Third Sight - Symbionese Liberation Album
Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
MC Esoteric - all three of his solo albums: Egoclapper, Eso vs. Japan, and Saving Seamus Ryan
Prophetix - High Risk
Semi Official - The Anti-Album

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This list is dope. So many of my 2004-2005 memories are attached to Blast Radius. Def a lot here that I miss though

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>Some indie releases -
>People Under the Stairs - most of their catalogue, but I'll
>just say Fun-DMC
>Roosevelt Frankiin - Something Gotta Give
>capital D - Insomnia
>Insight - Blast Radius
>Willie Evans Jr. - Communication
>Porn Theater Ushers - Taxachusetts
>Roddy Rod - Blunt Park Sessions
>Maspyke - Blackout!
>Third Sight - Symbionese Liberation Album
>Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
>MC Esoteric - all three of his solo albums: Egoclapper, Eso
>vs. Japan, and Saving Seamus Ryan
>Prophetix - High Risk
>Semi Official - The Anti-Album
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I remember hearing about them thru the two 12"s they put out one with Rawkus and the other with Deep Concentration, so when I searched found their first album "Blackout" on soundclick and was hyped, listened to the album and ended up buying a copy of the cd on amazon the same week.

I loved that album it was so fresh to hear hungry emcees and Roddy Rod's beats were so different; at the time I was so engulfed with anything SV/JD related and was on it quick but wanted something on that plane but not in the same crew and Maspyke was it.

It took 3 years for the next album "Static" to come out and I liked it too, too bad many people slept on another gem.

https://tinyurl.com/y4ba6hog

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"We in here talking about later career Prince records
& your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine
trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak

He had a lot of good 00's material. I think his debut wasn't slept on but I gave these a good amount of spins:

- OG Bobby Johnson
- Leak Bros
- Da Ol Jersey Bastard (prob my favorite of his overall)

A hip hop mixtape that Everlast spearheaded this year. It's really dope:

https://www.warpornindustries.com/mixtape/


Also, here's a write up Big Ghostface did for it which is how I found out about it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQzchbPA2k2/?taken-by=bigghostltd

Deux Process "In Due Time"
Asamov "...and now"
Wildchild "Secondary Protocol"
Oh No "The Disrupt"

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MOP - Warriorz
J-Zone - Music for Tu Madre, A Can of Whupass, Pimps Don't Pay Taxes

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Another artist from the Tha Dogg Pound click that people slept on was Soopafly, I won't front I slept too but not much when "Dat Whoopty Woop" came out I skimmed thru the cd but didn't pay much attention, but when his second album "Bangin West Coast" dropped, I was like "whoa damn I've been sleepin' on Soopfly" and had to go back to "Dat Whoopty Woop" and bang that some for a while too.

Another thing that got me is that his production is dope too, kat can make some heat for reals.

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"We in here talking about later career Prince records
& your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine
trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak

zion i's output.

''i went from bashful to asshole to international''- CdoubleO

their debut mind over matter and atomic clock which came out a good ten years later.
it's been quite some time I gave those a spin, have to revisit...

''i went from bashful to asshole to international''- CdoubleO

I came to post this.

Deep Water Slang still gets played to this day, but I felt like their peak really came with The Take Over. That album is so creative and colorful in so many ways.
All of their stuff is quality though.

there comes a time in every mans life when he's gotta handle shit up on his own Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please they got problems of their own---slim kid3

Living Legends "Almost Famous" (2001)
Freestyle Fellowship "Temptations" (2001)
Pep Love "Ascension" (2001)
Gershwin BLX "Sunch Punch" (2001)
Tre Hardson "Liberation" (2002)
OMNI "Funkdafied Freddy" (2002)
Luckyiam.PSC "Justify the Means (2002)
The Grouch "Crusader for Justice" (2003)
Z-Man "Dope or Dogfood?" (2004)
Shock G "Fear of a Mixed Planet" (2004)
Oh No "The Disrupt" (2004)
Homeliss Derilex "Raise it Up" (2004)
Encore "The Layover" (2004)
Sach "5th Ave" (2004)
Maspyke "Static" (2005)
Emanon "The Waiting Room" (2005)
Living Legends "Classic" (2005)
Zion-1 "True & Livin'" (2005)
Casual "Smash Rockwell" (2005)
Frontline "Who R You" (2005)
MED "Push Comes to Shove" (2005)
Exile "Dirty Science" (2006)

oh yeah.. and good call on that GZA/Muggs "Grandmasters"

Interscope did him dirty.

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Cant believe he did not release another album

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Blueprint - 1988
Super Chron Flight Bros. - Emergency Powers
Juggaknots - Use You
Akrobatik - Balance
Asamov - And Now
Five Deez - Kool Motor
Azeem - Craft Classic
Babbletron - Mechanical Royalty
Styles of Beyond - Megadef
Louis Logic - Misery Loves Comedy

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Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
K'Naan - Troubadour
Beatnits - The Originators
D12 - Devil's Night
Turf Talk - West Coast Vaccine
50 Cent - 'Til I Self Destruct
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
Bestie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger

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In my opinion that was a super slept on era in the grand scheme of things.

Some slept on albums to add to the list:
- Johnson and Jonson
- Wu Tang: 8 diagrams
- Elp: I'll sleep when youre dead
- K-OS: Atlantic Hymns of Disco (slept on in America at least)
- amplive: rainy dayz radiohead remixes
- Bun B: II trill

Listen to 8 diagrams now, I don't know how people hated on that one so much. Thats probably one of my favorite Wu Tang projects. I remember trying to buy Johnson and Jonson to support, but ended up downloading because I couldnt find a copy. I'll sleep when you're dead is el at his best. Classic one right there.

A lot of albums from that era I feel like weren't necessarily slept on since people acknowledged them, but don't get enough credit for how good they are.

Examples:
Fishscale
Grind date
The first two Murs and 9th albums
Felt 2
Atmosphere- you can imagine how much fun


Of course add in the mix the albums that get their respect:
- donuts
- Game Theory
- all the doom stuff
- all the madlib stuff
- All things Little Brother
- Blu and exile: below the heavens
-Kweli: eardrum

That era has CLASSICS! At least for me.

As slept on as any other non-OutKast DF album.

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