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Alternative Hip Hop genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Alternative Hip Hop
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Alternative Hip Hop
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2005The Rising TiedFort Minor
2004The College DropoutKanye West
2005Late RegistrationKanye West
1996Come Find YourselfFun Lovin’ Criminals
2005Demon DaysGorillaz
1994
Blunted on RealityFugees (Tranzlator Crew)
1998
The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn Hill
2006
St. ElsewhereGnarls Barkley
2017Flower BoyTyler, The Creator
New in Alternative Hip Hop
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Trouble MountainAesop Rock × Blockhead
2026Heavy Is the CrownAnderson .Paak & Cordae
2026MADE YOU THINK I WAS GONE…BUTTory Lanez
Alternative Hip Hop by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Alternative Hip Hop by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Alternative Hip Hop
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
?uestlove- 13 & God
- Ace Hashimoto
- Aesop Rock
- ALT BLK ERA
- Anderson .Paak
- Aras Diler
- Ceschi
- CofiCarrera
- Common
- Digable Planets
- Drawn Tide
- Ehiorobo
- Elliphant
- Fun Lovin’ Criminals
- Gallowayyys
- Gnarls Barkley
- Harry Chandel
Heiruspecs- HILTON
IC3PEAK- Justinas Jarutis
K.Flay- Kala
- KEYAH/BLU
- Kilo Kish
- King Porteous
Kongcrete- Lani Rose
- M.I.A.
- Mahalia
- Matisyahu
- MatrixFR
- Md Faisal Ahmed
- NAFTA
- NEFFEX
- Nicholas Knatchbull
- Nujabes
- Patrick Ace
- Prefuse 73
- Proper Einstein
- Quarashi
- REIKI
- Renzo Suburbn
- Samil
Slave Beaver Revolt- Stanza
- Step1
- Street Academics
- The Pharcyde
- Theory 77
- Tkay Maidza
Tory Lanez- TriskelionMusik
- twenty one pilots
- USE
- William Crooks
- XCORPIIIO
- XLBaron
- XRKFX
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Alternative Hip Hop is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Alternative Hip Hop originated
Parent genre
Alternative Hip Hop is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Alternative Hip Hop