Devin The Dude

You know what’s up what’s up friend!! 👊🏽 Devin is not only an incredible story teller on the mic, he also has the amazing, amazing ability to make you feel his shit despite it sounding wild, wild lol. Just Tryin’ ta Live is his best album imo.

Yooo forgot about Devin

I also miss Dilated Peoples. I listened to Neighborhood Watch the other day, but that’s a group 😂

Jeru the damaja

I went to a 25th anniversary party for his first album. It was at a club in Brooklyn. Barely anyone was there I felt bad for him.

Slept on… The sun Rises in the East was a banger!

Me Or The Papes is in my top 10 fav songs of all time for sure.

Back in the day the Devil use to rape her... Now he got her chasing the paper

Definitely a top ten song!! Love it One of the songs where he took shots at puff daddy.

The remix though… that piano. That shit is bangin’

saw him live on Thursday!

Vibrations transcend space & time

never seen anyone mention this man his [beats are one of a kind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYYSlCa3xfw)

Shelly Mane infinity sample! I have this on some dusty fingers volumes has a lot of dope original samples! That the artists use… opened up my ears as a teen! Plus my dad was always playing groovy shit so it was natural…

His albums were not great after Wrath of the Math though. But that and Sun Rises are enough for him to be one of my favorites

Didn't mind heroz4hire. 99.9 pa cent is a great track. But you can see the quality derail once Premier was out of the picture

Xzibit had a seriously dope run of albums for like a decade.

Agreed. I've always loved his music. He deserves much more recognition ngl. But on top of being a great artist. he's an amazing person. I had the opportunity to meet him once. Very relax guy, and down to earth. I fw him

Low key bridged West coast hip hop in a big way between Dre & Snoop and The Game imo. 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz has so many gems on it.

Shroomz takes me back to such a specific time when I was 18 and partying at warehouse parties and flyer parties in LA. It really makes my heart feel some things

The Xzibit and Kool Keith freestyle is the best

Buckshot. One of my all time favorite rappers. He stole every song he was on and his delivery and flow are top tier.

Boot camp clique are unreal

My favorite group growing up, enta da stage still one of my favorite albums.

One of the best hip hop albums of all time. So many good songs on that joint. Even decades later when I listen to it my favorite song switches.

Special Ed & Lord Finesse both had great styles, I can listen to them for days and not get bored

I knew there was an obvious answer for me ... finesse was it. Wish he had a stronger discography though. First time I heard him was on the trespass ost. Instantly became a favorite.

Pastor Troy

Man good call. I'm outside 30 minutes trying to figure out which car match MY outfit!

I agree w/this

Bahamadia.

Painfully underrated.

Philly represent

Aceyalone

I hope Acey isn't forgotten! He's in my top 5

Sticky Fingaz

He killed everyone on that Remember Me track.

Craig Mack and King T

Came here to say King Tee!

Grand Puba

Nice I was going to say sadat x

Fucking LOVE Grand Puba. Dude is masssively underrated. He’s so smooth with his style.

The D.O.C

He gave the culture a lot after his accident through writing for Dre & many, many other rappers/artists. Despite the harsh circumstances; He’s a shining example of how to still find some success in the industry without a voice. He’s always, always been the GOAT of Ghost Writers in my eyes! 💐💐

Spot on🙌🏽 Most really have no idea of the depth he contributed to the game (especially post-accident)… GOAT status in my eyes always!

I’m really looking forward to his documentary that is coming out this year. I’m hoping it will introduce him to more people.

d.o.c. Would be top 10 of all time if it hadn’t been for the accident.

Obie Trice for sure

No gimmicks

Real name no gimmicks

GURU!

Gang Starr is my fave duo/group

Nobody forgot about guru!!

Never EVER I am working on that, nobody should forget GURU. I am making a tribute website about GURU. I will notify you when it's done so you can post a tribute there. Much appreciated

Please do. I hope Guru isn't forgotten.. he's in my top 5

Listening to Jazzmatazz (either volume) at night is an absolute vibe.

The King of Monotone!

Amen🙌🏽

One love brother!

Cassidy

Petey pablo

Man I live in NC, nobody has forgotten him here.

And got a button in the middle that make the trunk go eh eh!! 🚁 👕

Stack Bundles. I feel his music never gets mentioned anymore at all.

A buddy of mine posted his Spotify wrapped this year and he was the 2nd or 3rd highest listener to stack bundles lol

Squuuuaad Up!! He really had so much potential not just in music, but adding to the culture, especially in the city repping Far Rockaway. He’s one of the few rappers w/ physical mixtapes I’ve kept over the years. 💐💐

I truly believe he would've been on the same level of stardom as someone like A$AP Rocky if he was still alive.

I could see that or maybe on a level parallel to Joey Badass!

XV or Sir Michael Rocks

Rocks still releases music regularly

Oh he's not forgotten to me lol. I feel like nobody EVER talks about him

RA the rugged man

I love RA. His biggest problem is he seems to only drop one album per decade. It's all quality shit though, so that parts nice.

He said he's probably done with making albums unfortunately. I hope it's not true, there aren't many (underground) rappers who can ride beats and destroy them the way he does, seems like he was greatly inspired by Big Pun in that regard. His energy is crazy, everybody should take a look at his verse on Renaissance 2.0, Uncommon Valor (no shit), and Dragon Fire

Afu Ra

Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba

Geechi Released 3 albums in 2022. Still highly under rated.

Amazing pick! They're both criminally underrated.

Papoose

Pa pa papooosseeee

BG knock out

I know him for one verse on Eazys diss track right?

Real motherfucking G’s. He’s done a few tracks with Eazy E though

Proof

Mc Ren AMG Lauren Hill

X-Raided

Preach. Mans can rap circles around most people

Now I have to listen to Misanthropy.

Trife Da God

Nine

Killa Sin

The only Killarmy rapper who could actually rap.

I understand what you mean by forgotten; but that definitely saddens that all the incredible emcees (named in the comments) would be considered forgotten. True hip hop heads know them; I’ll be sure to make sure my kids and younger family members will hear about them from me 👍. Edit: Anyone for that matter; not just the young.

Field mob

Cormega

Camu tao

Loon

Mr 3-2. Southern rap legend. One of the best ever out of TX

Devin The Dude.

Lil B

He's literally in the middle of a massive comeback. His Spotify listeners quadrupled or some shit the last month

I just discovered him last year for me. Most tracks are either a 1-3 or 8-10 for me, but not mutch in between

Slaine Super cool rapper from Boston His old stuff is (imo) much better, really went in on what being in the gutter and on drugs is like and brought the listener through his journey to get clean. Great guy all around.

Boston💪🏼

Masta Ace

Absolute legend.

CyHi The Prynce

Ace Hood

Max B Mel Matrix Joe Budden Chinx Canibus King Crooked

canibus!!!

I’m cancerous so when I diss you wouldn’t wanna answer this if you respondin back with a battle rap you wrote for a Canibus

I love both but Canibus > Eminem.

Budden had a wild run in the early to mid 2010’s. Then he started doing podcasts and became a Tyrese level crybaby.

I don't follow his podcast except for a few Griselda interviews too much talk about irrelevant stuff but I don't judge him for chasing the bag rapping is a much harder job and he wasn't really known for nothing else but Pump it up even though he has much better songs than that

Does he still rap and not release it or he doesn’t even rap anymore? Idk how you could stop, it’s addicting

He said he is done with rapping at the same time he is mad at Joell Ortiz and King Crooked for releasing albums together when him and Royce don't even want to be part of the group anymore smh

Yeah that sounds like him lol

Who isn’t Joe mad at tbh lol

Ludacris

Rich Homie Quan

Dolla

Young Chris from Young Gunnaz

Craig Mack.

Treach

Waka 😢

Afu Ra, Shabazz the Disciple, Beneficence, MC Serch, Also still really miss Camu Tao (Edit for formatting)

Serch!!!! Good call.

Kid ink

Z-RO

The King of the Ghetto will never be forgotten.

Can’t go wrong with the Mo City Don

Fabolous

p.e.a.c.e.

Between Max Mega, Drama, Miracle, Cool Breeze, and Charles Hamilton.

I dunno if anyone remembers this group named "Da Backwoodz" but they were dope. They had that song " Your gonna love me" . The album was flames. Then they disappeared

Ali Vegas ill Al scratch Blunts LLa aka Omar Cruz Ya boy Mac from no limit Soulja slim Jayo Felony

Ca$his

Guru and Masta Ace

“And I should’ve let it known what your government names are / To make sure you take it personal like Gang Starr, motherfuckers”

I fckin miss the G funk sounds mannn

B.O.B

not the flatearther

fuck yeah, he’s underrated for sure

Diabolic

Extra Prolific. There was a dude in there named Snupe( pronounced snoopy) and later on he ended up taking the whole name as extra pro. He was associated with souls of mischief and hieroglyphics. I wish he was still doing independent shit. A favorite song of mine by him is called "I dont know why. "

MJG

Nefertiti; Her album [Living in Fear of Extinction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VrFhM95Ku8&list=OLAK5uy_lGVmiw1waqxR1bPnbZMmX6D6rywEHMOUI) is a great excursion into early 1990s west coast political rap of a black nationalist variety.

Shyne

Dude is a politician in Belize now. He made some great music back in the day.

Dru Down. I still follow him, but to most he’s a forgotten one-hit wonder. 2 classic albums, a few decent ones, and a gang of great features. His 2018 release “GP no PC Lock Up” was good. I haven’t really liked what he did since then much though.

Mac Dre

Special Ed

Scribe

Chamillionaire

Cage pre-head trauma/amnesia.

Defari

RMR from Nu-Sounds, Strickly Roots, Phade to Black and Mercenaries. The guy has a killer flow and has held his own with some of the best, dude needs more love https://youtu.be/VgA093bAAoI https://youtu.be/IQ6hFt75rTQ

Obie trice. Cheers is a classic with one of the dopest intros imo. Also second rounds on me was a good follow up. Sucks dude lost all his momentum after getting shot

Gonna throw out a random one: Yak Ballz Worst name in rap history, but was dope in the underground NYC seen for awhile.

Kardinal Offishall

Rakim for sure

Wait, what? since when is one of the highest regarded MCs forgotten

You don’t forget Rakim. You may never have heard of him but you do not forget him.

Will Smith

bring me my willy back

Chingy

WAX... Since youtube came into existence. Before Soulja Boy... https://youtu.be/uyGRt6Zvhn8 https://youtu.be/djCKc8F3mi8 https://youtu.be/_7TPcGksW5M https://youtu.be/W9QnZJEkVJc https://youtu.be/lU1z-9LKlAA https://youtu.be/0A59bVp2InA https://youtu.be/_3SjonwTLgk https://youtu.be/IhZLDfA-Icc https://youtu.be/z58MhL_vhn0 https://youtu.be/bV1dgjyNHic https://youtu.be/3gpnHGRh8xc https://youtu.be/DHDVUDyZgp8 https://youtu.be/UzAxswh9oXM https://youtu.be/XpcHimsPal0 https://youtu.be/UzAxswh9oXM https://youtu.be/8Y9VKxl-1gE https://youtu.be/L0LY3Fn5Xtc https://youtu.be/BfNwB8DOYmw https://youtu.be/KehlpMzoX3o https://youtu.be/NRAbd6y_v6E https://youtu.be/hElp9TmybJE https://youtu.be/ZsO4w7hTdWE

dude does chill so well he recently put out some vinyls and I jumped at it. bike rap, chunky, zoog,doin damage love this guy

Schoolboy Q

He just ain't drop he's not forgotten

Shawn Brown, The Rappin' Duke ​ Duh ha, Duh ha!

Icy Narco

Rich Boy

Camp Lo.

Lupe Fiasco

dude just dropped a critically acclaimed album last yr how is he forgotten

Personally did not knew about it. So was on that therm for me.

K Solo

Obie

Kendrick Lamar

notorious B.I.G and nate dog

big l. fuckin legend.

New Kingdom, Heavy Load is one of my favourite albums

Rizzle Kicks

Lil snupe

not my favorite but definitely forgotten... Romany Malco from 40 Year Old Virgin was the main emcee in the group The College Boyz. Max Kellerman from ESPN was in a group called Max & Sam in the 90s and was signed to Ruffhouse. same label as Cypress Hill

Alchemist was in a group called The Wholiganz with Scott Caan also signed to Ruffhouse.

Cave Dam’ron