Jazz Based Rap

I realized how much I love this genre once I heard The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest and then I had to get more. I had touched the basis of Common and Blackstar but never really fully dived in. But then someone introduced me to The Roots who I've heard a lot about better never REALLY listened. And I never that that a Rap Band could sound so good. I actually don't even put them in a Hip-Hop categorie, I just put them a music. I love it cause it is rap based solely on smooth lyrics. It doesn't have a flashy beat in the background or hard bass, it has a simple nice beat and bad ass lyrics.

Then I listened to all of the Quest albums and fell in love. My favorite Quest song is "We Got The Jazz"

 I heard a lot of Common including "I Used To Love H.E.R."

 I tried to get into Blackstar but there is something about Mos Defs voice I just don't like. I love Talib Kweli but something about Mos Def. Although I love there song "Definition".

 My favorite of The Roots has to be their classic "What They Do"

Then as I moved through The Roots I got into The Fugees and Lauryn Hills' straight ridiculous rhyming skills. The song "How Many Mics" is plain bananas

And an honorable mention to The Pharcyde for the classic "Passin' Me By"