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One of the most lamentable facts about the ’90s was the inability of underground hip-hop to register even the slightest blip on the mainstream radar. While gangsta rap rose to pop-culture ascendancy – ruling Top 40 charts and pretty much directing the speech, fashion, and reference points of every American teenager alive – tons of hip-hop collectives honed their skills in underground club battles and tours, rarely rapping about 40s/getting shot and relegated to obscurity because of it.

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Hieroglyphics, the veteran Oakland outfit whose founding members include awesome emcee genius and Ice Cube cousin Del tha Funkee Homosapien, are alternative hip-hop at its best, and they sound as fresh now as they did 10 years ago.