Here is some Music I Think Is Nice. The kind I like for Easygoing / ambient / background /hip hop music. Please try it! Even if it's not really Your Thing. I
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts (2002)This is Ace's most acclaimed album, I really like his kind of chilled but pure form of hiphop. This album follows the story of Ace leaving the Projects to go to the fictional 'Institute for Disposable Arts' which teaches rapping, hiphop and dj-ing and such. But besides a few skits, all the songs are strong on their own and loosely linked to different themes in the album, so it's not hammering the 'plot' down your throat.

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Mattafix - Signs of A Struggle (2005)UK duo, sort of reggae sound to them, also a bit blusey / hiphop. One is of Carribean heritage, the other is Indian, but both brought up in London. Makes for an interesting combination I think. It is kind of slow, not for busy days! Yes, it's two guys singing, but one of them sounds like a girl.

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