Indie hip hop also popularly known as “hip-hop underground” is a new variant of hip-hop music.
Today, music blogs are looking for artists with underground music you’ve never heard before. They want to promote such music and make it accessible to the desired audience. The goal is to introduce new, remarkable music in the hip hop world. Here is a curated list of blog sites you can submit your music to:
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Earmilk
Launched as an MP3 blog in 2009, Earmilk is now a haven for artists around the world to post their music. It promotes various genres of music such as dance, hip hop, indie, electronica, and experimental. Earmilk aims at discovering underground music and is currently looking for independent artists. You can submit your music on Earmilk through Submithub.
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Obscure sound
Mike Mino started this blog in 2006 out of a passion for discovering quality obscure music. Obscure Sound aims to provide music lovers with independent music from underground artists. Their content is mostly track-focused, giving listeners more options to listen. They’ve been featured in The Independent, The Guardian (UK), The New York Times, BBC Radio 1, and VH1’s Best Week Ever.
You can submit your track to Obscure Sound via MusoSoup, Submithub, or Fluence.
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Hip Hop Indie Music
Hip Hop Indie Music is currently one of the fastest-growing indie hip-hop blogs on the internet. Its purpose is to motivate young musicians and provide fans with new hip-hop content. They captivate the audience and keep them up to date with the latest independent music in the hip hop scene.
To submit your music email Jonmadden525@gmail.com with hiphopindiemusicc@gmail.com in the CC.
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Ride
Ride was founded by journalist Jonathan Ramsey to cover local, underground hip hop in Northeast England. Today, it has evolved into an international hub for all alternative hip hop and underground music. It is also known as the home of underground music.
Get in touch with ride through their Contact page.
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The Word Is Bond
The Word Is Bond was launched in 2010 to promote underground artists and share underexposed music. Since then, they have connected several artists with fans and shared new, multimedia content. Their goal is to introduce emerging, quality hip-hop music to their audience.
You can visit their Submissions page. Or you can submit via Submithub.
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Urban Vault UK
For over a decade, Urban Vault has been an online resource for all underground topics in the UK. It finds the best multi-genre underground music from around the world. They help independent artists gain recognition and make them known by reaching their work to the desired audience.
To submit to Urban Vault, email info@urbanvault.co.uk
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Cougar Microbes
Cougar Microbes is a London-based online music blog developed in 2008. Since then, they’ve been featured on BBC Radio 6. They have also received positive reviews from artists and audiences around the world. They are skilled in promoting artists and are interested in hip hop, indie pop, rock, and alternative music genres.
You can submit to them via MusoSoup.
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