I know that a lot of metacritic members are into rap/hip hop music right now, and even if you're not in a hip hop mood, I strongly recommend to everybody to listen some work by these great artists from Anticon label:

13 & God
Jel
Themselves
Why?
Odd Nosdam

I actually feel like Anticon has been slacking lately.

Dose is absolutely one of my favorite MC's though

If there is one absolutely essential Anticon album, what is it?

You should definitely pick up Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop. It's the first representation of their music and the new ideas they had about hip hop. The title says it all and is very true. They did definitely advance hip hop. Other than that my favorite albums on or affiliated with Anticon would probably be:

cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD
Boom Bip & Doseone: Circle
Alias: The Other Side of the Looking Glass
Sole: Bottle of Humans
Restiform Bodies: Restiform Bodies
Sage Francis: Personal Journals
Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues

But they have released so much good music altough the last couple of years have been weaker. The new Odd Nosdam is good though.

ive tried why? and cLOUDDEAD, ill give the others a try because ive enjoyed what ive heard so far

And Subtle is, for all intents and purposes, a thoroughly "Anticon" act.

I've heard a few tracks by Why? Some decent stuff. I'm thinking about asking for a guest list spot for when they come up north.

Yeah seriously, pak is right. Subtle is basically a super group made up of everyone that is on the Anticon label. I could see how Anticon's output could be weak over the past couple of years since it's artists have been pouring so much of themselves into this project. Doseone especially has made Subtle his #1 favorite child.

The Exiting Arm is coming out sometime this year. I highly expect it to blow everything they have released previously completely out of the water.

There's a new Why? record coming out in april. If you're interested, check the the Anticon website www.anticon.com

...which has already been leaked about a month ago.

Odd Nosdam's "Burner" deserves more love... Such a great album, fuck the people that say it rips off Boards of Canada.

I like just about everything Anticon puts out, but at the same time, there aren't many albums they've released that just blow me away. But I really like Hood, who has collaborated with a lot of Anticon artists.

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Originally posted by Everyoneanindividual:
Odd Nosdam's "Burner" deserves more love... Such a great album, fnck the people that say it rips off Boards of Canada.

Hells yeah, brother. Nosdam rules.