Independent As F***: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005Author: Ben Pedroche For a glorious ten year period from 1995 to 2005, hip hop music received a much needed shot in the arm from a generation of determined and wildly creative rappers and producers. They rallied against the increasingly formulaic and shallow world of mainstream rap, as well as a music industry unwilling to listen. By releasing music on their own terms as independent artistsmany adopting the mantra of being independent as fuck as a