Since 2010, exciting new styles of alternative hip hop and underground raphave been created by young artists who've begun their careers by releasing free mixtapes and using social media to build a following and attract music industry offers. Notable releases from the best of these artists include all of Kendrick Lamar's mixtapes and albums, Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap, YG's Still Brazy, Schoolboy Q's Blank Face, Danny Brown's Old, Kevin Gates' Islah, Joey Badass' All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, Kamaiyah's A Good Night in the Ghetto, Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory, Brockhampton's Saturation trilogy, and Denzel Curry's TA13OO.
Styles, artists and recommended albums
(Warning: Some of these albums have explicit lyrics.)
- Early Golden Age: Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full, Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
- Later Golden Age: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, Fugees - The Score
- Jazz Rap: A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, Gang Starr - Daily Operation
- Socially-conscious: Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star, Common - Like Water for Chocolate
- Hardcore: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang, Nas - Illmatic, The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
- Gangsta: Ice-T - The Iceman, NWA - Straight Outta Compton, Ice Cube- Death Certificate
- G-Funk: Dr Dre - The Chronic, 2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now, Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
- Female Rappers: Lil' Kim - Hard Core, Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly, Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
- Southern: Goodie Mob - Soul Food, Outkast - Stankonia, Future - DS2, Young Thug - JEFFERY
- Midwest: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP, Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Alternative: Kendrick Lamar - DAMN, Run the Jewels - RTJ 3, Kid Cudi & Kanye - Kids See Ghosts
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