Tyler and Odd Future might be gobbling up all the hip-hop hype, but there are a host of new artists waiting in the OF shadow, just waiting to jump onto your iPod.
Check out Purple Revolver’s top 5 rappers to keep your ears open for in 2011 and click the links for videos;
After bouncing around Master P’s No Limit and then Lil Wayne’s Young Money, the New Orleans rapper has now found a home with ex- Jigga partner Dame Dash.
Mixing East coast flow with a NO drawl, watch out for his new album Pilot Talk.
4. Kendrick Lamar – Michael Jordan
With an unusually croaky voice, the Compton MC already has the ultimate seal of approval, working with Dr Dre on the upcoming Detox album and getting the good doctor to help out on his debut album, Good Kid in a Mad City.
3. Danny Brown – Greatest rapper Ever
Another graduate from Motor City’s conveyor belt of hip-hop talent, the Detroit rapper, who nearly signed with Fiddy, has been snapped up by Fool’s Gold after a couple of banging mixtapes.
When Kanye West heard Da Prince freestylin’, the Heartless mastermind went on the search. Now signed to West’s Good Music label and with his debut expected this year, get clued up on Kanye’s prodigdy.
Big things are expected from the Mississippi native. Caught somewhere between 8-Ball and Outkast. Check out his critically acclaimed mixtape Returnof4eva and relive that ’96 Atlanta flava.