that you now consider "underground classics"

I was talking to a friend who told me "you will never consider anything released post 90s classic" and obviously I had to counter that with some albums that I love (and he hadnt heard of half of them that made the convo awkward as fuck)

my criteria is essentially:
-enough time has passed imo
-i still fucking love the record like the shit came out yesterday
-for this list specifically, that it is "underground"(I'm not saying there haven't been mainstream classics, obviously there has, but just play the game with me here lol)

mine might be kind of obvious/cannon but w/e:

Cunninlynguists: A piece of strange
madvillany
cannibal ox- cold vein
edan - beauty and the beat
el-p - i'll sleep when you're dead

and MAYBE blu/exile - below the heavens (i'm on the fence b/c juicen dranks is fucking terrible) or The Listening (Little Brother)

I'm sure many people here will regard me as fucking crazy for placing the word "classic" near these albums but w/e, I like starting discussion lol

I feel like in the future: Versis-illcandescent and Killer Mike- RAP Music will be added to this list

so um...comment and add on and shit

peace

I'll be back with more later but first I want to say that little brother's the listening is a classic. Period. I feel like they changed music a little bit and their influence far outstripped and outlived the somewhat short time together.

I'm sorry, but they are starting to be one of the mos overrated acts in The Lesson.

and he is copying Phonte admittedly.

Kanye was scared they would blow up before he did.

Its only in black music only the ones who sell alot get the respect for what they did to music like Lil B.

alot of folks out here now is biting Lil B like Asap.

I would say Deltron 3030. Hell Hath No Fury, Fantastic Vol 2, Murs 3:16.

I would also like to say Diamond District's In The Ruff album is classic but I feel like waaaaaaaay to few people have even heard of it to consider it a classic, it is very dope though.

so HHNF wouldn't make my list. I agree with the others though.

I fucking LOVE that album. Besides the aforementioned clunker, I either love or really enjoy every song on that album. One bad egg doesn't keep it from being a (personal) classic.

that song is really really fucking bad tho lol

Bear in mind, in my opinion ALL classic albums by definition are personal classics. So, really, I don't care if other people consider these classic of not. My opinion is the only one that matters for my own definition.

I'm also going to exclude those that have already been mentioned (Below the Heavens, Beauty and the Beat, Cold Vein, In the Ruff, etc.). I'm also gonna excude stuff from the '10s, for now.

So, with that said, here's a couple dozen:

Mr. Lif - I, Phantom
Blueprint - 1988
People Under the Stairs - O.S.T., Fun-DMC, Carried Away
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Third Sight - Symbonese Liberation Album
Roosevelt Franklin - Something's Gotta Give
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much We're Having
Asheru & Blue Black - Soon Come
J-Zone - A Job Ain't Nothing But Work & $ick of Being Rich
Jaylib - Champion Sound
MURS - End of the Beginning
Aesop Rock - Labor Days & None Shall Pass
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Insight - Blast Radius
Porn Theater Ushers - Taxachusetts
Juggaknots - Use Your Confusion
Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
Asamov - And Now
Roddy Rod - Blunt Parks Sessions
J-Live - All of the Above
Esoteric - Esoteric Vs. Japan & Saving Seamus Ryan
Tanya Morgan - Brooklynatti

dead prez lets get free
reflection eternal train of thought
binary star's album

also great list man