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What is the best underground rap album of all time?

Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded

BDP's 1987 debut, an independent release that pioneered hardcore underground hip-hop before being picked up wider.

Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded

Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly

Slug and Ant's 2002 Minneapolis underground classic of raw, confessional storytelling that sold without label support.

Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly