Artist	Song
People Under the Stairs	Yield
from ...Or Stay Tuned (2003)
Kool Keith	Girl You Know
from Lost Masters Collection (2009)
Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Molemen & Slug	Put Your Quarter Up
from Ritual of the... Revisited & Remastered (2004)
Atmosphere	Trying to Find a Balance
from Seven's Travels (2006)
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien feat. The Hyrogliphics	Burnt
from The Best of del Tha Funkee Homosapien - The Elektra Years: B-Boy Handbook (2004)
Freddie Foxxx	Lazy!!!
from Konexion (2003)
Supernatural	Internationally Known
from The Lost Freestyle Files (2003)
DJ JS-1, PackFM & Tonedeff	Basix
from Audio Technician (2004)
Aesop Rock	None Shall Pass
from None Shall Pass (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Skyzoo and 9th Wonder	Way To Go
from Cloud 9: The 3 Day High (2006)
Mr. Complex & Not For Nothin'	Eye Opener
from Embedded Joints (2004)
Black Moon	Rush (Bonus Track)
from Total Eclipse (2003)
People Under the Stairs	Out da Club
from Yield / Out da Club - Single (2004)
Hieroglyphics	7 Sixes
from Full Circle (2003)
Pete Rock, Soul Supreme & T-Max	Queen (feat. Pete Rock, A.G. & T-Max)
from The Saturday Nite Agenda (2003)
The Weathermen	5 Left In the Clip (Remix)
from The Conspiracy (2003)
J-Zone	Orphan Babies (feat. Huggy)
from A Bottle Of Whup Ass (2000)
Jaylib	The Red
from Champion Sound - Complete Set (2007)
El Da Sensai	Hard Times (Hard Rhymes)
from D*Tension Presents: Contacts + Contracts (2002)
RJD2	June
from Deadringer (2009)
El-P	Stepfather Factory
from Fantastic Damage (2002)
Hieroglyphics	Oakland Blackouts
from 3rd Eye Vision (1998)
D Tension	It's Time (feat. Encore)
from Westcoast Lyricist Lounge (2009)
Thirstin Howl III	Orgasms
from D*Tension Presents: Contacts + Contracts (2002)

Comment:

Wondering how People Under the Stairs and Hieroglyphics earned four spots in our Deep Cuts? That’s easy — they’re two of Cali’s most criminally overlooked hip-hop acts — pass-the-mic types who pay tribute to hip-hop’s golden age with feel-good flows and verses that read like a slam-poetry session. If you prefer grooves that are grittier than a mechanic’s fingernails, we’ve got that covered there, too, including the severed circuitry and apocalypse-now narratives of El-P (“Stepfather Factory”), the unrated shock tactics of Kool Keith (“Girl You Know”), and the supergroup stylings of the Weathermen, as remixed by Rjd2 (“5 Left In the Clip”).

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