You into my good books again after saying Freddie Gibbs
Madlib is easy, everyone who heard his productions likes him automatically. But seriously, it requires a little effort, but theres TONS of good quality shit released everywhere, let alone in last decade, just dont look for them in radio airplay, which I doubt you would anyways. But I dislike the notion of just grapping hold of the old greats and not bothering to search for good stuff now and assume it isnt out there just because it isnt delivered to you on a plate. Even if so far 2014, atleast album wise, is one of the weakest years in Hiphop (2013 was good).
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I don't know why, but I just don't really like the sound of post 2005 Hip-Hop. I can't really say it's objectively worse or anything, but the more high pitched, electronic beats with the sometimes "delayed" rhythms (don't know how to explain it any better, but both songs you posted are prefect examples) just doesn't sound that good to me. Apart from Immortal Technique and, to a lesser extent, Vinnie Paz, the most recent albums I actually liked were Late Registration and Food & Liquor. Perhaps Life is Good as well.
I hear you about the sound, it gets getting used to. I generally I try all new stuff (most songs I post in this thread tend to be new music I just heard, like the above two guys, released within last week or so), even the ok-so-so stuff really, but regarding albums, you missing on ALOT if you think those are the last good albums. Vinnie Paz being quite dissapointing for me for a while (even his concert I saw few months ago, R.A Ruggedman, his opening act, was alot better), and I'm rarely dissappointed by underground hiphop, you allways know what you get with them. But in general I would say the same to you as I did with Zozo, there's more then plenty of good rap music to be find, wethers its in mixtapes, underground, or studio album releases, it wont be all in mainstream (it can be, like Kendricks classic debute album), but its there.
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For example a song like this was just released (love the production more then anything):