
In the age of the internet the term "underground" means less than ever (are you underground if you're dropping mixtapes with thousands of downloads?), but there's still very much a place in the game for artists operating on the outskirts of the hip-hop mainstream. Luckily
KeepItClassic and
Louis Logic are still devoted to giving those voices some shine, and they've done so admirably on their new mixtape "
Underground Hip-Hop Compilation Vol.19", a collection of some of the best microphone killers operating in the subterranean. Bust out your shovel and start listening.
Kind of take me back to the first time my boy passed me a Lyricist Lounge tape (yes, an actual tape). Ah, memories.
The tracklist on the back of the mixtape is impossible to read without a telescope, so I'm going all text. Download link and mixtape preview is underneath:
1) Louis Logic Intro
2) Broken Record - Black Mask Ft. Louis Logic
3) Brainstorm Troopah - Serum
4) The War - Irregular
5) Sleeper Cell - Caligula
6) Louis Logic Drop
7) Joining the Fight - windchILL
8) It's A Must That I Bust - MC Subcon
9) Running Out Of Reason - Odd Ounce
10) Ever Since - DaVincci Feat. Tenaj
11) Louis Logic Drop
12) When Im Around - Lyricly Insane
13) Vocaloid (Terror Dactel Mix) - Charlie Tippie
14) R.S.V.P - SVELT ST.
15) For The Fans - Double Helix
16) Louis Logic Drop
17) Commandments - Krookid Hooks
18) Mi casa su casa - Siryn
19) My Mind Goes - Affictionados Feat. Bracey Hansun
20) Louis Logic Outro
Download "Underground Hip-Hop Compilation Vol.19" Directly via BandCamp
To journey to the underground right now, check out two of the project's standout tracks, Black Mask's "
Broken Record" and Serum's "
Brainstorm Troopah" below.