I've been ridiculously into hip hop in the last little while; so much so, I have actually incorporated it into my academic work.

So here are some of my recommendations, if you have some not on this list, shout em out.

Hip Hop from the US

Paris - straight up political anti-cop/ anti-drug fairly pro-woman for rap.

Dead Prez - the original RBG badasses

Tupac - some of his tracks are bang on with explaining the life of the poor, original Thug.

Talib Kweli - decent rap, black consciousness not so anti-capitalist as Paris or DP

Immortal Technique - Probably most ego in revolutionary hip hop.

the Coup - fairly cheesy, but right on funky marxist hip hop.

Nas - sometimes east coast gangsta, other times some of the best consciousness around.

Public Enemy - damn the OG's of real hip hop.

Big L - straight up Harlem gangsta hardcore.

Eric B. and Rakim - they kick it oldschool, but pretty much created alternative hip hop.

Sage Francis - decent consciousness, a bit of ego and gender slander.

Jurassic 5 - Muslim influence hip hop, deep voices mighty fine.

Blackstar - Kweli/Mos Def collaboration, good shit.

French Hip Hop

Keny Arkana - pretty much drops the best activist single I have ever heard seen; an argentinian youth living in the poor french suburbs, she brings it large.

Calavera - anarcho/antifascist french hip hop.

Abd al Malik - is a slam poet that drops them francophone; super hard hitting impactful lyrics about a post-911 world.

Palestinian Hip Hop

Ramallah Underground - drop beats with power about the life in Palestine, both english and arabic lyrics.

the Philistines - created free the p mixtape... benefit for palestine, hard hiting sad and powerful.

Iron Sheik - decent but not much power or soul.

Hip Hop from the territory claimed by the Canadian State

Sweatshop Union - Toronto based political hip hop.