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List of alternative hip hop artists

Here is a list of alternative hip hop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the alternative hip hop genre. You can find out what alternative hip hop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Gorillaz	80	20	64	71	13	61	132	10499863
2	Oliver Tree	76	0	62	65	9	51	121	2280744
3	MF DOOM	75	40	63	66	21	76	110	1998802
4	The Alchemist	71	43	54	64	29	53	101	466934
5	Madlib	68	39	60	61	20	57	105	415631
6	Freddie Gibbs	67	0	68	71	22	54	120	1158924
7	Daveed Diggs	67	0	59	77	1	25	180	76666
8	JPEGMAFIA	67	4	61	76	24	43	124	627982
9	Madvillain	66	53	60	64	24	73	111	542212
10	Danny Brown	66	1	60	79	14	51	121	776928
11	Westside Gunn	65	0	46	69	32	59	111	375117
12	Benny The Butcher	64	0	59	74	25	55	106	324186
13	Action Bronson	63	0	53	73	32	54	114	765745
14	Gang Starr	63	1	73	71	12	75	100	861105
15	Killer Mike	62	0	62	77	4	42	116	297026
16	Boldy James	62	0	43	54	47	44	110	138815
17	Knxwledge	62	19	58	59	23	61	110	216350
18	Common	61	0	70	66	13	60	96	883380
19	Conway the Machine	60	4	56	66	33	54	118	251275
20	Run The Jewels	60	0	60	66	5	37	128	1039201
21	J Dilla	59	40	56	65	20	61	123	627448
22	El-P	59	26	49	80	11	39	129	169011
23	MAVI	59	2	54	58	48	56	104	119449
24	Domo Genesis	59	0	51	71	27	56	109	318098
25	The Pharcyde	59	4	77	70	16	70	104	660002
26	Mick Jenkins	59	0	68	67	21	46	107	580557
27	Black Thought	58	0	60	94	21	57	134	221547
28	Atmosphere	58	1	70	70	20	52	96	662212
29	Statik Selektah	58	13	66	74	10	66	106	127967
30	Jay Electronica	57	0	42	66	30	38	93	306210
31	King Geedorah	56	1	47	85	25	76	94	221617
32	AZ	56	4	70	65	21	60	103	344363
33	Aesop Rock	56	15	63	74	14	62	108	417099
34	9th Wonder	56	45	65	60	15	63	112	193760
35	Flying Lotus	56	58	53	68	20	38	115	735602
36	Mike Shinoda	55	28	61	68	14	38	129	527788
37	Slum Village	55	11	81	58	26	69	100	300222
38	Viktor Vaughn	55	0	69	72	29	65	95	175347
39	Souls Of Mischief	55	10	73	66	9	62	106	276392
40	Mach-Hommy	54	4	49	70	48	55	108	90234
41	billy woods	54	0	50	63	40	33	107	89040
42	Jurassic 5	54	8	84	77	18	79	101	422001
43	Del The Funky Homosapien	54	4	80	75	9	68	115	284058
44	CZARFACE	53	4	68	70	16	57	110	163165
45	MIKE	53	2	46	75	34	53	107	103370
46	Roc Marciano	53	0	47	65	55	55	124	129108
47	DANGERDOOM	52	0	43	52	14	58	172	223991
48	Clipse	52	1	67	77	17	68	113	372802
49	Theophilus London	52	1	69	72	14	57	124	158757
50	Quasimoto	51	3	66	69	17	66	112	269175
51	MED	50	43	75	53	22	83	94	36401
52	Zelooperz	50	1	66	58	25	44	122	64001
53	People Under The Stairs	49	4	79	78	23	68	96	192002
54	Blu	49	4	56	70	37	64	107	144410
55	Jeru The Damaja	49	0	76	75	14	68	100	216756
56	Dead Prez	48	9	69	69	10	51	112	160404
57	Oddisee	48	31	65	66	10	41	120	227703
58	Navy Blue	48	4	45	61	48	43	111	60119
59	Injury Reserve	48	3	53	68	20	44	126	249290
60	88-Keys	48	30	70	53	30	46	129	26576
61	Dilated Peoples	48	0	67	81	12	64	101	201504
62	Count Bass D	47	6	59	73	9	62	93	30678
63	Handsome Boy Modeling School	47	17	64	65	23	58	121	135780
64	DJ Muggs	47	45	75	47	44	74	91	77884
65	Meyhem Lauren	47	0	61	81	26	68	103	59147
66	Phonte	46	0	59	69	27	48	121	85750
67	Dan The Automator	46	49	58	70	21	51	136	44256
68	Sean Price	46	2	55	79	10	63	101	174649
69	Blackalicious	46	1	76	71	10	66	108	182805
70	J-Live	46	0	75	79	21	74	98	43938
71	Apollo Brown	46	65	47	60	15	55	101	128957
72	Murs	46	0	63	78	15	66	103	154739
73	Reflection Eternal	46	39	78	60	21	66	91	65712
74	Karriem Riggins	46	46	60	63	26	64	109	42582
75	Zion I	45	0	72	68	17	54	107	94220
76	Illa J	45	1	71	60	32	61	115	83829
77	D.I.T.C.	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	56507
78	K-OS	44	0	65	82	5	67	116	56682
79	Cunninlynguists	44	3	61	71	40	45	99	154809
80	Deltron 3030	44	0	60	78	3	50	94	220403
81	Evidence	44	21	56	80	18	56	92	91359
82	Griselda	44	0	66	82	30	47	108	137559
83	Oh No	44	31	62	65	13	42	102	55648
84	Quelle Chris	43	3	57	76	28	53	97	67635
85	Artifacts	43	2	74	70	8	68	119	81571
86	Wiki	43	0	59	72	42	64	108	54534
87	Hieroglyphics	43	0	75	75	20	71	94	198986
88	Your Old Droog	43	0	60	73	33	62	97	76642
89	Little Brother	42	0	60	72	30	69	106	129993
90	Havoc	42	23	54	63	1	29	115	107537
91	MF Grimm	42	0	74	69	25	69	94	47087
92	Planet Asia	41	1	55	74	28	55	122	60572
93	KMD	41	0	84	56	41	66	115	85519
94	Bishop Nehru	41	0	66	65	39	55	104	92932
95	Saul Williams	41	7	55	80	30	37	144	57835
96	Termanology	41	0	54	81	23	69	98	47978
97	JJ DOOM	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	80661
98	Gift Of Gab	41	0	72	71	21	68	108	59514
99	Blu & Exile	40	0	79	68	20	73	93	85017
100	Ras Kass	40	0	66	73	13	64	107	80960
101	Mr. Lif	40	0	69	81	14	63	103	44529
102	J. Rawls	40	70	71	56	15	49	153	22469
103	BUSDRIVER	40	0	66	74	17	60	110	94167
104	Open Mike Eagle	40	3	64	66	36	56	109	115419
105	Jay Dee	39	6	84	43	17	72	121	34087
106	Black Milk	39	6	65	72	17	67	110	113389
107	Jonwayne	39	13	56	58	52	44	112	107688
108	Stalley	39	0	57	71	18	45	105	192338
109	Lootpack	39	0	69	78	31	68	110	50759
110	Hi-Tek	39	7	74	65	26	68	102	79194
111	The Coup	38	0	77	69	15	58	111	68745
112	Peanut Butter Wolf	38	69	74	68	5	72	114	53876
113	Guilty Simpson	38	0	71	82	71	70	86	45007
114	Elzhi	38	0	60	77	10	59	97	79147
115	Fashawn	38	0	68	63	28	60	94	51152
116	Skyzoo	38	0	53	80	17	59	115	85563
117	Living Legends	38	0	78	74	27	57	104	90874
118	Shabazz Palaces	37	10	59	46	16	29	116	119472
119	Trademark Da Skydiver	37	0	68	66	7	54	148	67627
120	Aceyalone	37	0	71	71	21	60	100	43120
121	Main Source	37	1	76	75	5	66	99	70643
122	Rasco	37	6	77	78	13	63	101	16371
123	Kemba	37	0	61	70	19	57	138	36327
124	Binary Star	36	0	59	66	15	73	97	40668
125	Fatlip	36	0	82	69	10	65	108	26931
126	Jemini the Gifted One	36	0	70	64	7	63	112	2154
127	Jean Grae	36	0	64	81	18	60	102	57281
128	Rhymefest	36	0	57	82	7	67	119	14339
129	Homeboy Sandman	35	0	65	78	12	58	110	46193
130	Nehruviandoom	35	1	61	58	21	64	89	57181
131	Dr. Octagon	35	0	67	73	4	46	139	86125
132	Charizma	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	6078
133	Declaime	34	0	68	75	9	61	95	18699
134	Jaylib	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	73083
135	Edan	34	0	68	82	33	62	92	26971
136	DJ Babu	34	58	76	58	5	57	94	27587
137	PRhyme	34	0	51	93	14	82	105	49301
138	Tha Alkaholiks	34	0	72	75	10	62	95	124632
139	J Rocc	34	68	64	70	10	64	117	16934
140	Ka	34	3	46	61	53	49	107	53399
141	One Be Lo	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	18057
142	Jake One	33	15	60	83	8	72	85	23249
143	Percee P	33	0	53	85	4	57	111	11825
144	Reks	32	0	60	87	9	60	90	43673
145	Organized Konfusion	32	0	74	70	27	63	105	46252
146	Edo. G	32	0	70	78	4	70	120	27375
147	Quakers	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	9996
148	Casual	31	0	72	68	6	70	113	15770
149	Cannibal Ox	30	9	56	81	18	45	91	71915
150	Company Flow	30	12	65	57	10	62	100	37534
151	Kev Brown	30	66	75	37	4	69	109	34894
152	Torae	29	0	58	83	6	70	122	25406
153	Clear Soul Forces	29	0	61	72	25	54	114	31600
154	Buckshot	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	32762
155	Soul Position	29	1	64	83	16	60	87	18610
156	Vast Aire	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	17240
157	El Da Sensei	28	0	76	80	20	71	114	14993
158	Mello Music Group	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	21741
159	Rapper Big Pooh	28	0	57	77	25	62	122	45556
160	Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire	27	0	58	76	30	56	151	19590
161	Quannum Projects	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5844
162	Nottz	27	0	56	84	14	78	87	15217
163	Strong Arm Steady	27	0	59	69	13	54	95	17586
164	Yesterday's New Quintet	27	89	56	71	9	83	214	26302
165	Cali Agents	25	0	80	73	8	71	92	20861
166	Visionaries	25	2	79	78	22	64	119	19913
167	Step Brothers	21	0	51	81	28	49	107	9416
168	Horror City	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	934
169	Kazi	20	0	76	73	8	70	92	6946
170	LMD	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1278
171	Beat Konducta	19	95	75	93	0	91	95	4123
172	Jericho Jackson	18	0	55	72	2	59	121	11486
173	Kenn Starr	17	0	66	69	34	61	91	14259
174	DOOMSTARKS	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	19691
175	Roc C	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	784
176	Jackson Conti	12	80	52	77	1	61	100	1832
177	R.M.C.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	157
178	Ahmad Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1413
179	Baron Zen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1280
180	The Jackson Conti Band	3	73	49	67	2	77	118	300
181	Otis Jackson Jr. Trio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1041
182	Poysner, Riggins & Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	167
183	J-88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	116
184	The Mighty Underdogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	622
185	Johnson&Jonson	0	0	56	56	10	86	82	4988
186	The Big Black Foot Band feat. The Black Spirits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	279
187	Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3053
188	Chocolate Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	179

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