I’ll start with Saul Williams. I found out about him because he opened for NiN. He was great. I thought he was going to break through when I heard him in a Nike commerical, but nope his social conscious rap didn’t catch on.

What people or groups do you think should be more popular? Also name/link some songs.

No man is an island, but I often feel alone, so I find peace through…ooohhmmmm…

List of demands https://youtu.be/zDMtaIcrfQ0

Black Stacey https://youtu.be/kRsgavuG4sg

Act III Scene 2 https://youtu.be/IMfuQkwlpbk

Om Nia merican https://youtu.be/8gq0m29cADw

Tao Of Now https://youtu.be/DhQQseFcTGE

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Janelle Monae has had some genius and beautiful sci fi going through all their music, as well as supreme bops, yet is absolutely nowhere near the pop queen she should be

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I love Janelle Monae. Lipstick lover, Make Me Feel, and I Like That are a few of her amazing catalogue.

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Destiny Potato. Technically impressive, cool songs, catchy motifs, and at the same time they show that it’s possible to make fun music. Plus at the time of their first release, it was a refreshingly different kind of djenty progmetal.

They’re known as Sordid Pink now, by the way.

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I just checked out Destiny Potato. It feels like Sordid Pink is a more metal version or polished version. Either way, I enjoy the sound. Great songs. Thanks.

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Omg. I had never heard of Saul Williams. Adding him to my playlists. Thank you for this!

Interpol is one of my favorites. I like to think they took over from Joy Division.

No I in Threesome : https://youtu.be/eAaXS_wioYg

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I heard this group before. I couldn’t tell you where. Maybe a show or something. I enjoy the relaxed grove.

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Refused, I found out about them cause they were the band who did all the Samurai songs in cyberpunk 2077 and even though they had a bit of a bump they’re still really obscure

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“Shape of Punk to Come” is chefs kiss been bumping that shit for over 20 years now and it is still great!

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Shape of Punk To Come is a straight up masterpiece. Blew my tiny mind in '98, when my world had come to revolve around whatever Epitaph and Fat Wreck were putting out.

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I think Refused are one of those bands who don’t need to be big. They do their thing, then they disband for a while, work on other projects, then come back together.

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Now this is a band I should have known about. They remind me of Weezer, if Weezer was more hardcore. The melodic metal songs remind me of Evergreen Terrace. New noise is great. The Shape of Punk to Come was awesome. This is the high energy rock, I need in my life. Thank you.

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Good band. I’m trying to learn Spanish so listening to Oh’laville will help. El Diablo reminds me of Big Data. https://youtu.be/E8b4xYbEugo

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