The ULTIMATE Underground Rap Iceberg Explained

[@Goth.money.trainwreck]

Ik icytwat doesn't fully count as rap but his insturmental tapes like cyber palace or icy cathedral are some hidden masterpieces

[@pipebomb2960]

his recent releases have been so amazing

[@Aaron-uz4fy]

yeah siddhi world was hard asf

[@pipebomb2960]

@@Aaron-uz4fy and ghost 2

[@osonoticed]

Siddhi siddhi siddhi

[@eleganteaura]

Produce and record of my phone on my channel real shit

[@peppyz4057]

can u pls add blackkray? to me seens kray did so many things that inspired everyone in the scene that he deserves a little recognition

[@UVXCX]

He’s on there

[@peppyz4057]

@@UVXCX 🥹🥹

[@cheachyvaldez13]

ThouxanbanFauni is another Underground legend! It’s wild to bring up Carti and Uno and not go over Fauni

[@MC-ux7ew]

same w diego money

[@popolmengompol]

SPLUR GANG

[@vncci1269]

Great video Jit now come back to bed

[@Oinkyyt]

come back😭

[@UVXCX]

WHAT

[@thyartismurder6352]

I’m sooooooooooo drunk @UVXCX 😭😭😭😭😭

[@slambamcam]

Huh?

[@sefdestruct1]

😂

[@tooggeekd]

saying bladee sucks and scarlxrd is good is wild but to each their own this was a good vid

[@jameater.4026]

Unpopular opinion, I consider ken to be the best rage artist in Opium. Honestly ken carson is actually extremely versatile, especially his unreleased stuff, and I think fashion habits highlights how he can rap in different ways on different beats.

[@mrkrabskraps7085]

Off beat flow?

[@jameater.4026]

@@mrkrabskraps7085 Yeah tbh he raps really fast on X and XTENDED 😭😭

[@KreepKarnage]

@@mrkrabskraps7085 listen to free young thug if u dont get it

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯

[@mAAfia__]

if he takes real time on a project then yea project x and teen x were the best examples

[@m5tthew]

im so glad night lovell getting recognition, hes so good

[@weakfunny]

bro he mainstream asf💀

[@m5tthew]

@@weakfunny when did i say he wasnt

[@3sedem]

@@m5tthew "I'm so glad night loverly getting recognition"

[@00serenity00]

the bladee slander is crazee

[@LIL5LIME5TAR]

Bladee doesn’t deserve a career

[@endrocreactive]

​@@LIL5LIME5TAR bro you have a rappers mugshot as your pfp

[@LIL5LIME5TAR]

@@endrocreactive yeah and hes the best rapper to ever live

[@endrocreactive]

@@LIL5LIME5TAR L dickeating a wife beater

[@LIL5LIME5TAR]

@@endrocreactive she deserved it. Dont press the goat

[@big.kool.]

Ngl this is the best thing to do as the underground is always growing and many names are blowing up and in the come up, there could be more names but good video

[@onemario64]

Good video, I looked at the full iceberg and you hit most spots, the two things I think you should add are surf gang and the anti world collective. Sybyr from anti world in particular is extremely important and unique, he's very underappreciated and if he didn't have mental health issues that affected his output, he'd probably be one of the most respected in the game. Also happy to see you included lil soda boi, he's one of my all time favorite artists and easily the best out of the hinoni wave, he inspired a lot of styles including hyperpop

[@tokonight]

W video, lovell so underrated fraud my fav song too

[@citgodumb]

fraud so hard

[@superrary1027]

Happy you know about rcb. Hi-c production hard asl

[@UVXCX]

Been on them since 2017 fr

[@nifty4049]

Bro said bladees ass then proceeded to say scxrlxrd is good

[@JohnnyMontilla]

You need more subs bro!

[@UVXCX]

Appreciate it!

[@ajthemonk]

Love that u doing an iceberg g u already know I'm ready for pt 2 and shoutout to all the prod of these rappers that helped push their sounds to where we are now

[@rajleaksahmad2618]

You really tapping into a desirable market rn

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯💯

[@twin3206]

Another banger! I love watching videos about the underground! 💯🔥 Keep it up dawg

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯

[@vadamane]

Tokyo and 80 dime bags by Chris Travis are goated

[@o-0-2-1]

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE SO FEW VIEWS? Damn, I thought I was watching something over 100k, such good quality and so underrated. good luck

[@candelee]

that's kinda how underground works sorry to break it to you

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯💯

[@kidzn]

@@candeleeyou mean yt algorithm, yeah we all know it’s ass

[@ochoov1]

@@candelee literally 😂

[@buddhasontags]

mentioning the cod trickshotting scene in the night lovell part is goated

[@tiwopx]

i need more vids like thisss i was searching for good underground artists this cane perfectly

[@staywidow]

calling scarlxrd better then bladee is insane

[@UVXCX]

Bladee fans stink

[@staywidow]

@@UVXCX some of them do icl but bladee is an amazing artist his lyricism and his ability to make very emotional yet not corny music (if that makes sense) is so fire 😭 literally if im in ANY mood theres a bladee song to match it plus his works with ripsquadd and whitearmor (some of the best prods oat imo) is insane

[@hazy003]

@@UVXCX how tf is your negative perception of his fanbase supposed to be a reason as to why his music itself is bad, god you are so dumb

[@UVXCX]

@@staywidow it’s actually his music and fans like you but okay lol

[@staywidow]

@@UVXCX whatever lol

[@nrg6245]

Bones is the best artist of all time. Sesh. The goat. He’s the main reason why I didn’t stop making music. I will forever be a underground legend just like him. Sesh.

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Thank you. Nobody can touch Bones entire catalog not to mention the rest of Sesh and all their individual careers

[@nrg6245]

@@the_real_tay_loud2072 bones just goes harder lyrically and flow wise he is my favorite artist of all time and I’m 22 and an artist myself

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

@@nrg6245 true he’s never switched up, he’s evolved as a musician, tried diversifying and experimenting with his sound but never changed who he was or how he did things. Always kept it independent DIY and never sold out or big dogged his supporters and day 1s. Ima check yo shit is it on YT under NRG? I’m in my 30s but grew up involved in the hardcore and underground rap scene, and it was crazy to see the lines blur between them until they were completely nonexistent like it is today

[@sasori2378]

without bones there wont be much new gen rappers

[@nrg6245]

@@sasori2378 preach brother. Sesh 🖤 happy Halloween 👻

[@XLT999]

Back to back rob and Wifi ! Niceeee

[@TubularTV]

#wififuneral is mad mad talented and under promoted.

[@tiwopx]

the guy in the 2nd comment probably meant very very unknown artists like artists that are so underground that no one knows them except for a few people like their fans etc also so glad diego money is in there lmaooo he fire asl

[@perfectpersona4334]

luckis appeal comes from his relatability and how hes one of the few artists that doesnt hide anything, one of the few people that unintentionally glorify drug use just cuz of how the music sounds, its very easy to believe and even empathize with many things he talks about cuz hes not emo hes not gangster hes just literally himself

[@perfectpersona4334]

essentially its more than fw luckis music, he is the music if you fw luckis music you fw him as a person and vice versa thats why so many fans feel so close to him

[@jackparent7226]

17:40 ish, tracy didnt inspire peep to start rapping, Nedarb introduced the 2 when peep lived in Pasadena, but peep had already been rapping since he was in HS in new york

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯💯

[@XD-ly7fp]

peep did say he was inspired by tracy tho

[@kxrnxge165]

now where tf is thouxanbanfauni

[@UVXCX]

Adding him on there for sure. I thought i did

[@TOPKaz.]

Finna be on these list in a few years

[@Fakorw6]

Prolly my best 2023 video so far

[@owenraspberry4737]

I'm so underground...my album has single digit streams 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@blakeberte1696]

i been listening to tay k since 2016, and nobody knows who he is now when i play his music😭

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯

[@allah-a70]

Bruh nobody cares💀 I was listening to him at that time also but you don’t see me saying shit like that.

[@yewmeya2858]

Ain’t no way

[@nahtwin]

cap

[@zoyah3805]

Incredibly done video bro💪🏽

[@iluvslaughter]

Man just glazed autumn

[@MrChewbakka19]

"people who are underground from the underground" = starting out or didnt make it.

[@Priiincee]

Yea u should definitely do individual videos on underground rappers that a b fireee

[@Brokeboitoy]

I keep rewatching these icebergs they so dope

[@Walnutgod]

Underrated mane

[@warpoon]

Im a new lucki fan and you gotta find his leaks. Literally the best leaks ever

[@popolmengompol]

agree, lucki kinda like the underground kanye people be looking for his leaks anywhere frfr

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

Definitely Need a documentary from you

[@asakukarma]

yung bruh, black kray, trassh vampire, lil b, reptillian club boyz and spaceghostpurrp are the most influential artists of all time

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Add bones and Xavier in there and I agree💯

[@drrew2058]

weiland in that mix somewhere too ngl

[@popolmengompol]

​@@drrew2058who tf is weiland

[@drrew2058]

@@popolmengompol do some research and give a listen and come back to me

[@adonaindoglio1728]

Niceee video dude, I'm really hype for the second part.

[@sunsurfer2166]

Amazing vid waiting for the next part 💯

[@PercsAbuser]

Just got off work and bro just uploaded 🥂

[@saucy6623]

UV and dinner undefeated combo

[@I.RMusic]

you def gonna get bigger just be consistent like you is rn g

[@vicious592]

I feel like xavier wulf was one of the first rappers to bring anime into music, especially the car scene

[@PuLsarSevenMC]

Agree but kanye was taking inspiration from anime movies like akira far before xay

[@XD-ly7fp]

@@PuLsarSevenMC he never really had any references to anime in the music tho. xavier made a whole initial d themed album lol

[@popolmengompol]

Soulja boi started this anime wave when he was still in Ocean Gang (now disbanded I think) by that time, soulja made songs about goku, talk abouf vegeta and shi but for the underground context I think Josip On Deck paved the way, the real ones kno look him up he's not even on yt no more but you can look up in Internet Archive website Josip On Deck Mai Waifu and come back here telling me wrong, that was on 2013, bruh be talking playin Touhou and shi bruh was ahead his time RESPECT⭐

[@jxmsesh]

Looking deep down in the iceberg I recognized K-9 unit and some of the other artist in that tier. Looking forward for the next part as they were a huge part of my junior high school years aside of sybyr 🔥💯

[@Subwaygoonfree]

just watched this to see if sgp is on this list, gadly it will become a series fr, sgp needs more recognition, like fr, hes already pretty known by name if you are deep on this underground shit, but im saying he needs chief keef type of recognition, hes the most influential artist of our generation, to yung lean, black kray, to the entire florida scene, to cartis baby voice and this vamp shit, to shit the rap community wears today, fr you can do an entire series on the influence of this guy over the years

[@wachitorico9309]

hes such an ass though thats why he doesnt get the recognition he deserves

[@Lxrzo]

SGP is the greatest rapper to ever be born on this planet besides lil b

[@saidimbackinaction]

bruh these aint even underground ngl yall get everything from the internet go outside

[@saidimbackinaction]

@@Lxrzobay area rap 100x better thats where lil b from too

[@andrew_gould]

autotune just does something crazy to Ken's voice that i can't get enough of, he kinda reminds me of NAV in that way. i love his music, definitely my favorite member of Opium besides Carti

[@ydgjoe]

better be some of the underground og’s here fr, yk we talm bout that kirblagoop, ruben slikk, sgp, chxpo, zchronik, keenaza, rushhy bandxz, traash vampire etc.

[@popolmengompol]

shoutout Metro Zu

[@ydgjoe]

@@popolmengompol fax

[@brodyot94]

Im doing an interview with a fan of underground rap and his experiences with the genre. If anyone here has any suggestions for good questions that someone from the outside might not think of, i would love to hear your suggestions!

[@gloclipp]

great video can’t wait for the next one

[@zixyPixy]

My favorite "Underground" artist is LIL DARKIE.

[@OfficialHavocOsiris]

Coming up on 7 months on the video going live, and about that guy who asked “what do you call someone who are underground from the underground,” I wonder if he meant the…whatever percentage of artists that it is that you likely wouldn’t have heard of without Bandcamp’s underground hip hop section because that’s literally where all their music is (like not even one thing on Spotify or SoundCloud)

[@OfficialHavocOsiris]

Realized that you mentioned on the Part 3 iceberg that you were doing a part 4. So yeah, I’d say what you’d call someone who’s “underground from the underground”…basically might be either in a part 4 or god forbid if this ever went into a part 5 or part 6, because you’re talking about the people who have basically no following consistent following but they have some niche approach to hip hop and they’ve probably gotten their name somewhat out there Or again, people you wouldn’t have otherwise heard of without Bandcamp. Possibly Reddit

[@PuffWrldWide]

Banger after BANGER after BANGER

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

I felt like back in the day omen xiii and night Lovell woulda easily been on the same tier but today it’s definitely different

[@SpacieKid]

wifi is actually criminally underrated

[@MidTierVillain]

$B might as well be a cover band for 3-6 & BONES/Team Sesh.. what I can say about $B, they figured out the formula to the underground aesthetics, the emo drug addicted edgy rapper not from Memphis, but inspired by the sound & imagery Memphis rappers during 3-6, Tommy Wright, and Dj Zirk created..

[@switchh.]

best opinion here

[@vdeaddd]

kray better be on the next vid

[@anxi3ty_boys795]

WHAT IM SAYIN REAL

[@paulblartmoviee]

Where do you get your background music from?

[@UVXCX]

All over KZbin

[@Wheezy1]

Fact you got RCB on here is insane shoutout hi-c i love his sound

[@evilasspimp1532]

I appreciate you adding Robb bank$ though but damn ma nigga what about FAUNI

[@Kkayy020]

D Savage should’ve been on here for sure wtf😂

[@kraccbakkk1563]

needs more views this is some top content

[@Unknown2Xtymes]

💯

[@darkseedfile]

bro said someone who’s actually “good” then this nigga said scxrlord 😭😭😭 21:43

[@vampcell]

damn night lovell is insane ive been sleeping on bro since he dropped lethal presence

[@kamogelo2154]

"It's ya boi, YADIIIIG " Bro😭😭

[@UVXCX]

4 is 2 gs here

[@Brendan_C07]

I subbed your contents fun asf to watch

[@aaphex]

do you have any kind of playlists for a lot of the lesser known songs in this video because theres a lot of stuff that sounds really good and interesting

[@Gotenblitzem]

I want to go back and listen to a lot of this music but I just know ill just get sad

[@UVXCX]

Why?

[@DRAYARETURN]

recognized lil soda boi on the iceberg because he made "strawberry blonde" that later was purchased by Jumex, then he renamed it as "Billie Eilish"

[@UVXCX]

Insane that you remember that

[@WxlfOkami]

i showed ur last video to skyte, he fw it. Keep it up

[@Jxy_T]

I’m learning more than what I thought about the underground, but one artist that we needa be gatekeeping is Midwxst and i have been listeningto for a few years, that’s how I discovered the underground (my unpopular opinion)

[@_jakefair]

Wow lmfao jalen jenks is absolutely mad - props for that one bro shout out to you

[@danielsmokesmids]

Who ever wrote "GBC (ew)" needs to be put in a psych ward Edit: jus saw the part where you said your favorite rapper is bones. He's my favorite too and I used to hate gbc because I thought they were bones clones, but eventually I realized they're wearing their inspirations on their sleeve. You should try listening to some more of their music. Especially Wicca Phase Springs Eternals song with Bones

[@popolmengompol]

you don't have to edit it🤗gbc don't deserve the hate. he be hating white rappers for all i see. nedarb, horse head and jayyeah was WorkingOnDying of their era, they be feeding the whole gbc their emo beats till they choked, gbc are goated fr for this plus he be downtalking about tracy bet he didn't know that yung bruh goated, like nobody downtalk yung bruh. rip yung bruh comment are the undaground tradition from the start yet he be doubting tracy influence to underground. gbc till i die🥀💔rip peep

[@danielsmokesmids]

@@popolmengompol yeah even black kray fws tracy now

[@zoppp]

crazy amount of informations nice video

[@blakeberte1696]

the timestamp message w bladee 💀💀

[@skreamuhs6849]

so glad u added sematary

[@UVXCX]

Of course mane

[@jssmsmifcfc8987]

sematary got a interview on masked gorilla for more info about his life.

[@Leebenz0]

What about guess like Rx papi and Rxknephew , where are the place in all of this ?

[@popolmengompol]

same place as Viper

[@trippyvannoir.333]

Great video. RDY 4 The NXT 1 🌚

[@slimegadfloggy]

finally one of these r out callin it W vid

[@j.xzxz0]

Great work done on dis video man.

[@RonMotivated]

great video you finna blow up!!

[@SheLoveRoyal]

yung bans is amazing bro i really suggest going deep into his soundcloud discography

[@imgoth]

underground to the underground is jus unknown 💀

[@viewsln]

Now THIS is good content 💯💯

[@unswitchable]

ngga u funny asl i’m subbing rn

[@blxxdbvrn]

1:12 Underground shaft workers

[@isthisreallife489]

This is a cool video, but if I got 1 piece of constructive criticism, I feel like there shouldn't been maybe 2 additional segments. One quickly going a lil more into the various collectives that have been a big part of the scene + maybe just naming the members; nothing too in-depth like GBC/THRAXXHOUSE, Buffet Boys, Sad Boys, Drain Gang, G59, SHWB, Awful Records... etc (some of which u did mention). Also another one mentioning some of the KZbin channels that have also been a big part of helping these artists get more known within the scene like デーモンAstari, NxrthNxrthPhvnk, HAUNTXR, ELEVATOR, ＴＲＡＳＨ 新 ドラゴン Overall, a good video, tho!

[@UVXCX]

HAUNTXR takes me way back

[@popolmengompol]

don't forget about DatPizz

[@houch30]

yoo uv boi in the background music! at 5.10! 🔥

[@toptierplays7844]

Nice vid, I know you said you were not gonna remember everybody but I just wanted to say that maybe uzi and trippie should have been on this list. Trippie nd carti influenced rage and uzi made his own sound which has influenced this new soundcloud generation too. The vids are nice tho keep up the grind

[@swstaurus5919]

Ya if Carti n x gonna be up there Uzi was the biggest artist on SoundCloud for years

[@somtraa]

word but uzi def not underground at all

[@dumdum-wo3oc]

bro is not underground

[@toptierplays7844]

@@dumdum-wo3oc Uzi was underground at one point he is a underground goat. Carti is not underground but he put him at the top. So as X. Uzi is an underground and soundcloud legend.

[@toptierplays7844]

@@somtraa He used to be nd carti aint underground either . Carti jus an underground goat and uzi was even bigger then carti in the underground. Uzi is a goat and was the biggest soundcloud artist on soundcloud.

[@mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328]

Bro you are doing a good job. Dont take prople's comments on here so personal. Keep doing you..

[@abcnews388]

wwhat was the song you used in the night lovell entry?

[@UVXCX]

It was just a night lovell type beat

[@abcnews388]

@@UVXCX oh ok. thanks

[@jayswipedit]

Can you add the part where you don’t sigh on every artist you don’t like damn💀

[@Nxvaisgxd666]

Bruh...I fux with this video...u got sum good artist on here that I never heard of

[@wachitorico9309]

dont diss bladee like that.

[@lastimementioning]

the underground is a beautiful thing man

[@MKBIII.]

Denzel is one dude I can say I’ve followed from the get go, always going to be in my top 5 artists