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List of Unsigned Hype Artists / Groups:

(Mar-Apr '90) One Nation
(May '90) Ground Zero
(Sum '90) Soul Kings
(Sept '90) "Unfortunately we didn't get anything good enough to make it into this month's issue."
(Oct-Nov '90) Brothers of the Same Mind
(Dec '90) J Rock
(Jan '91) DMX [the Great]
(Feb '91) All in All
(Mar-Apr '91) Top Quality
(May '91) Shariff Latiff
(June '91) [DJ] Shadow
(July '91) Poetical Prophets [Mobb Deep]
(Aug '91) MC Mechanism & DJ Too Tuff
(Sept '91) Sir Essence Don
(Oct '91) Common [Sense]
(Nov '91) Divine Nation
(Dec '91) D.O.A.
(Jan '92) N / A
(Feb '92) N / A
(Mar '92) The Notorious B-I-G [& The Hitman 50 Grand]
(Apr '92) The B.R.A.T. Crew
(May '92) The Uncanny
(June '92) Legion of D.U.M.E.
(July '92) Puppets of Chaos
(Aug '92) Saafir
(Sept '92) Back 2 Back
(Oct '92) Capital Tax
(Nov' 92) Eight Off the Assassin [Agallah]
(Dec '92) Total Pack
(Jan '93) Unsigned Hype Update
(Feb '93) Snupe [Extra Prolific]
(Mar '93) The Red Eye Crew
(Apr '93) Artifacts
(May '93) Fesu
(June '93) N / A
(July '93) Big Ill the Mack
(Aug '93) Dr. Seus
(Sept '93) Fourtie
(Oct '93) N / A
(Nov '93) N / A
(Dec '93) N / A
(Jan '94) N / A
(Feb '94) N / A
(Mar '94) N / A
(Apr '94) Larceny, Inc.
(May '94) N / A
(June '94) Funky Jilz
(July '94) N / A
(Aug '94) [Mad] Skillz
(Sept '94) N / A
(Oct '94) N / A
(Nov '94) Ragabumpkins
(Dec '94) Da GD'z
(Jan '95) N / A
(Feb '95) Mr. Complex
(Mar '95) The Al Brothers
(Apr '95) Poet Starved Bandit
(May '95) N.A.P.
(June '95) T-Max
(July '95) The Jigmasters
(Aug '95) Next Episode
(Sept '95) Systahood
(Oct '95) Capone & Noreaga [CNN]
(Nov '95) J-Live
(Dec '95) Gauge [the Mental Murderah]
(Jan '96) N / A
(Feb '96) C4
(Mar '96) Ground Zero
(Apr '96) Absent Minded
(May '96) Symbolyc Elementz
(June '96) David Banner & Kamikaze [Crooked Lettaz]
(July '96) Characta Assassinz
(Aug '96) Cipher-Complete
(Sept '96) Fierce
(Oct '96) The Oddest Tools
(Nov '96) Agent 106
(Dec '96) [The] Last Emperor
(Jan '97) N / A
(Feb '97) Smash Task
(Mar '97) Rawcotiks
(Apr '97) Kaoz
(May '97) Erase-E
(June '97) Choclair
(July '97) Perverted Dialect
(Aug '97) Thirstin Howl the Third
(Sept '97) Steve
(Oct '97) Shorty Wreck
(Nov '97) A.L.
(Dec '97) Mekolicious
(Jan '98) Unsigned Hype Retrospective [2 Pages]
(Feb '98) N / A
(Mar '98) Eminem
(Apr '98) Neek the Exotic
(May '98) Choclatt
(June '98) Draft Pick
(July '98) Little Buddy
(Aug '98) The Columbians
(Sept '98) No Goodus
(Oct '98) Azphault
(Nov '98) Live Society
(Dec '98) Brooklyn Essence Team
(Jan '99) ?
(Feb '99) ?
(Mar '99) Loose *missing*
(Apr '99) K.T. [of Concrete Click]
(May '99) Proof
(June '99) Raze
(July '99) 21 Gunz
(Aug '99) Kaliber
(Sept '99) Kawshen
(Oct '99) jAM cOMPANee
(Nov '99) L. Dionne
(Dec '99) Pressure & Araphat
(Jan '00) Joe Summa
(Feb '00) ?
(Mar '00) Sekani *missing*
(Apr '00) Tha Low Lifes
(May '00) Navada
(June '00) ?
(July '00) ?
(Aug '00) ?
(Sept '00) Red Clay
(Oct '00) ?
(Nov '00) ?
(Dec '00) Shells
(Jan '01) ?
(Feb '01) J.U.S. Allah *missing*
(Mar '01) Saigon *missing*
(Apr '01) P-Dap
(May '01) Hom
(June '01) Era
(July '01) ?
(Aug '01) ?
(Sept '01) ?
(Oct '01) Tru-Mac
(Nov '01) ?
(Dec '01) Damai *missing*
(Jan '02) N / A
(Feb '02) Eminem Update
(Mar '02) ?
(Apr '02) ?
(May '02) ?
(June '02) ?
(July '02) Mr. E
(Aug '02) ?
(Sept '02) ?
(Oct '02) ?
(Nov '02) Immortal Technique
(Dec '02) ?
(Jan '03) ?
(Feb '03) ?
(Mar '03) ?
(Apr '03) ?
(May '03) ?
(June '03) ?
(July '03) ?
(Aug '03) 15th Anniversary Recap [2 Pages]
(Sept '03) ?
(Oct '03) ?
(Nov '03) ?
(Dec '03) ?
(Jan '04) ?
(Feb '04) ?
(Mar '04) Joell Ortiz *missing*
(Apr '04) ?
(May '04) ?
(June '04) Jay Electronica
(July '04) ?
(Aug '04) ?
(Sept '04) ?
(Oct '04) ?
(Nov '04) Mecca
(Dec '04) ?
(Jan '05) ?
(Feb '05) Akir, Slykat
(Mar '05) ?
(Apr '05) ?
(May '05) ?
(June '05) ?
(July '05) ?
(Aug '05) ?
(Sept '05) ?
(Oct '05) ?
(Nov '05) ?
(Dec '05) ?
(? '05) Bishop Lamont *missing*
(Jan '06) ?
(Feb '06) ?
(Mar '06) ?
(Apr '06) ?
(May '06) ?
(June '06) ?
(July '06) ?
(Aug '06) ?
(Sept '06) Ya Boy *missing*
(Oct '06) ?
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(Jan '08) ?
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(Mar '08) ?
(Apr '08) ?
(May '08) Dyme Def
(June '08) Homeboy Sandman
(July '08) ?
(Aug '08) ?
(Sept '08) ?
(Oct '08) ?
(Nov '08) ?
(Dec '08) ?
(? '08) Streetz-n-Young Deuces *missing*
(Jan '09) ?
(Feb '09) ?
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(Dec '10) ?
(Jan '11) ?
(Feb '11) ?
(Mar '11) ?
(Apr '11) ?
(May '11) ?
(June '11) ?
(July '11) ?
(Aug '11) Dee-1
(Sept '11) ?
(Oct '11) ?
(Nov '11) ?
(Dec '11) ?
(Jan '12) Jon Connor *missing*
(Feb '12) Macklemore *missing*
(Mar '12) ?
(Apr '12) ?
(May '12) ?
(June '12) ?
(July '12) ?
(Aug '12) ?
(Sept '12) ?
(Oct '12) ?
(Nov '12) Tef Poe *missing*
(Dec '12) ?
(??? '??) Action Bronson *missing*
(??? '??) Curtains
(??? '??) Flatbush Zombies *missing*
(??? '??) Pitbull *missing*
(??? '??) Trinidad James *missing*

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TheBigSleep wrote:Sounds good brother, whenever works.

Did a quick search for that comp, nobody seems to be talkin' about it from what I saw. If you wanna scan up that ad next time you up stuff, that'd be cool.

Thanks man - yeah I think it's safe to say the compilation never came out, I couldn't find anything either. I'll scan the ad though - I have about 12 more issues to do over the weekend.

You're the man.

Here's a link to the October 1990 Unsigned Hype:

http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/28494176/file.html

BTW - The Source never published a November 1990 issue. They skipped from October to December.

And here's Unsigned Hype for February 1995, February 1997, and April 1997:

http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/92035523/file.html

http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/76274855/file.html

http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/60844336/file.html

Here's September 1990 Unsigned Hype with the "missing" message:

http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/91690873/file.html

Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Source Scan himself, Vincent Lopez. Thank you sir, updated.

Do you happen to know when the first Unsigned Hype was for sure? Because it's obviously not in the first two issues from mid-late '88 and there's not much out there online between then and some of the mid '90 issues.

If May ends up being the debut (which it very well could), then we have everything, minus the Soul Kings appearance in the Summer of '90 issue, from inception through the end of '97, which is pretty damn good already if I say so myself.

TheBigSleep wrote:Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Source Scan himself, Vincent Lopez. Thank you sir, updated.

Do you happen to know when the first Unsigned Hype was for sure? Because it's obviously not in the first two issues from mid-late '88 and there's not much out there online between then and some of the mid '90 issues.

If May ends up being the debut (which it very well could), then we have everything, minus the Soul Kings appearance in the Summer of '90 issue, from inception through the end of '97, which is pretty damn good already if I say so myself.

I'm not sure when Unsigned Hype began. It could have begun with the March 1990 issue (Malcolm X cover) or the November/December 1989 issue (Queen Latifah cover) but I don't have those issues to confirm. We'll have to assume May 1990 was first until we hear otherwise.

That's about what I figured, thanks.

Props to Sureshot La Rock from DWG for the Soul Kings photo, updated. If May '90 was the first one, then we have everything through '97 now.

Here's the January 1998 Unsigned Hype Retrospective:

http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/68002830/file.html
http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/78712793/file.html

Here's the June 1998 Unsigned Hype "Draft Pick":

http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/93416379/file.html

If I have some time this weekend, then I'll dig through the crates for a few more issues.

Updated, thanks again man. We now have over half of '98 done.

Also went through and re-cropped, edited and straightened the majority of them to make them look a little nicer.

Great, thanks Vincent! That knocked off a few that I had lined up to scan.

Here is a link to the scans for a few more scans: https://mega.co.nz/#!G45kHZJQ!Ye_mZ37XM ... Tq9cRpeCow

Included:

Aug-98 – The Columbians
Sep-98 – No Goodus
Nov-98 – Ad for the Unsigned Hype compilation
Dec-99 – Pressure & Araphat
Jan-00 – Joe Summa
April-00 – The Low Lifes
May-00 – Navada
May-01 – Hom
June-01 – Era
October-01 – Tru-Mac
August-03 – I know this is past the cut-off but it’s a pretty good Unsigned Hype retrospective they had for the 15th anniversary of the magazine.

From the Aug 03 retrospective article I was able to fill in a few more gaps in the list (although I don’t have these issues to scan):

July 98 – Little Buddy
March 00 – Sekani
Dec 00 - Shells
Feb 01 - J.U.S. Allah
March 01 – Saigon
Dec 01 - Damani

Here are the links to April 1998 (Neek the Exotic), July 1998 (Little Buddy), and October 1998 (Azphault):

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/77813130/file.html

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/96531468/file.html

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/38797030/file.html

Great work! 1998 is now complete I think.

Yes indeed, updated. You guys are killin' it, thanks again for puttin' in work.

Just added half a dozen newer ones. Even though it became less breaking artists and more “did you guys hear this?” as it went on, that's just how everything went with the internet and indies growing in popularity as major labels declined. So forget what I said before about there being a cut off. Everyone online wants a complete list, drawing lines is arbitrary and I want to lessen any misinformation out there (plus the more we got on the list, the better it looks). Regardless of what you think of these artists (and some made it in at least a couple Sounds Like the '90s comps), ones after the “deadline” that went on to be (even) bigger names include Immortal Technique in November of 2002, Joell Ortiz in March, Jay Electronica in June and Mecca in November of 2004, Akir and Slykat in February of 2005 (Bishop Lamp was also this year sometime), Ya Boy in September of 2006, Dyme Def in May and Homeboy Sandman in June of 2008 (Streetz-n-Young Deuces was also this year sometime), Dee-1 in August of 2011, Jon Connor in January, Macklemore in February and Tef Poe in August of 2012. Others that are confirmed to have been included but have unconfirmed dates include Action Bronson, Curtains, Flatbush Zombies, Pitbull, and Trinidad James.

Sounds good - I have maybe 10 copies from after the previous 2002 cutoff so I'll scan those soon.

Right on. Everything up through the end of '98 (plus the extras) is up on The T.R.O.Y. Blog now:

http://www.thetroyblog.com/2014/03/31/w ... -of-light/

Hopefully someone else out there has more to add.

Tryin' to figure out when Curtains appeared, that's the only one we have without a date right now. (If you Google Image search, there is a cached thumbnail of the Immortal Technique one and The Source has the transcribed readable text of it. I also found the one with Dee-1 in bad quality that way.)

Eight Off / Agallah seems to be all about the T.R.O.Y. Blog article, he's linked it all over his Twitter and Instagram pages.

neek the exotic comes out in spring of 92 on fakin the funk then scores unsigned hype six years later in the spring of 98

Here are the links to March 1990 (One Nation):

http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/42746762/file.html

http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/28714921/file.html

Full Size : https://41.media.tumblr.com/98a9584d8fa ... 1_1280.jpg

K.T aka Killa Tactics of Concrete Click
from The Source - April 1999
Original Scan by Reek34