Some great shouts on here, especially those who have understood the op about more obscure stuff.
fu6, spot on with the Ruthless Rap Assassins but this was their masterpiece. Never mind Manchester or Britain, one of the best hip hop tracks of all time, full stop. The lyrics are ad relevant today as when it was recorded.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX7PzexPEJA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]
Another Manc rap classic from Chapter and The Verse and their album 'Great Western Street'
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbjF2vZnAg&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]
An indie funk classic from ACR
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqN-rGM3J8&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]
And a brilliant song and video from the recent but comparatively little known The Longcut. The video is like MCFC BOB's life compressed into three minutes of animation...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEp4b82XbAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]