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Decima:
Well I saw there was a thread bout hiphop, so I thought, hey, lets make another one!

But this thread isnt about just any kind of hip hop. Its about abstract hip hop. Now, to avoid missunderstandings, what I refer to as abstract hip hop is the kind of music made by DJ Shadow, DJ Food, DJ Cam, and so on. Make Trip Hop instrumental and it tends to become Abstract Hip Hop.
I dont now if Abstract Hip Hop stops being abstract if you ad lyrics, I really just know what Ive learned from friends, Ishkur and wikipedia, and that may be completely incorrect.

However, defining genres was not what this thread is supposed to be about. Its supposed to a discussion about good Hip Hop that could fit into Abstract Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Turntabelism, and stuff like that.

Ive mostly listened to DJ Shadow to be honest, I got his Entroducing for christmas and its fucking amazing. More then that, DJ Food and DJ Cam has pleased my ears many times, and Ive been listening to some instrumentals by UNKLE and Massive Attack.

Anyone know about something newly released stuff? Any classics that I just HAVE to hear?

And remember people, listenable links are a gift from god. Entroducing... with DJ Shadow is listenable in the UK istore for everyone who got itunes.

MilkmanDan:
Sixtoo - Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures

DJ Krush - Kakusei

Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives

Octavious - Audio Noir

DJ Vadim - USSR: Life On The Other Side

DJ Spooky - Songs of a Dead Dreamer

Lots of other Ninja Tune Stuff.

nescience:
Given the work he's done with hip-hop artists, I'd say the work of Daedelus is pretty fitting, though often it's not as obviously "hip-hop" and tends to have a more downtempo feel.  But anyway:

Daedelus - Invention

Daedelus - Rethinking the Weather

He's also done collaborations with artists like Busdriver and Radioinactive (on The Weather) and his latest album, Exquisite Corpse, features collabs. with MF Doom, Prefuse 73, TTC, and others.

TheLoweringTide:
Just buy a Ninja Tune compilation.  It'll give you a pretty decent cross-section of what's out there and it's guaranteed to be completely full of amazing music.

Catatonik:
Daedelus rocks.

I got three albums and each one kicks my ass regularly

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