Where can I find more music like this?

February 18, 2009 7:34 PM

Recently I discovered that I really love Zeph and Azeem's Rise Up after listing to it almost daily. Can you please recommend something similar?
posted by Issithe to grab bag (5 comments total)

What I would do is two things .
a)
Explore the website of their record label .
http://www.om-records.com/artists/zeph_&_azeem
b)
go to www.pandora.com, create a radio station based on zeph & azeem.
I just checked and I know they have that group in their system.
They will set up a radio station based around that sound.

That should work, I hope.

-eo
posted by shortbooks at 8:22 PM on February 18

Check out their last.fm page, there is a link to "similar artists" ... explore there.

I've never listened to them until I saw your question... based on what my ears are picking up on right now check out this stuff:

A Tribe Called Quest -- hip-hop, funk pioneers from the late 80s early 90s... still very fresh listening... even today.

Saul Williams - considered much more "spoken word" than anything else... but still interesting if you're in the right mood.

Blue Scholars -- considered to be more "socially aware" hip-hop... but by far my favorite of any hip-hop group I've ever listened to. I'd start with the self-titled album before moving into Bayani or back to the Long March EP. Their track "The Inkwell" is a good track to sample first for their flavor.

Aesop Rock is pretty good to, but has a much different vibe than what I'm sampling of Zeph and Azeem right now. Aesop Rock reminds me of a white, more intellectual Bone Thugs n Harmony.
posted by eli_d at 8:26 PM on February 18

I've found that last.fm is much better than pandora at getting getting similar artists than pandora. Last.fm's matching algorithm is much, much smarter.
posted by Pants! at 9:16 PM on February 18

Solillaquists of Sound

Listen to "mark it place" or '

Also check out Shane Koyczan Listen to "People are Getting Better," "Apology," or "Atlantis."

Shane's album is one of the best I have heard in any genre.

IANAD, but IAADJ :)
posted by bradly at 10:25 PM on February 18

Explore the website of their record label .

Azeem's latest album is on Oaklyn Records.
posted by oneirodynia at 11:44 PM on February 18