Needles & Grooves

Nujabes-Modal Soul

Yeah, what @nolalady said. Modal Soul is about perfect.

Another good example is The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind

Oddisee - The Good Fight... and a lot of the stuff from the Mello Music Group label fits that vibe

Beats only or with lyrics?

@scotthilk both!

These are all great recs, there's also like the Chillhop label or Lo-Fi Girl YT to explore the LoFi hip hop side of things. Chillhop compilations on bandcamp are a great place to discover artists. Some artists I've found that I like from them are SwuM, eevee, L'indécis, and a bunch of others. Mostly instrumental and very laidback.

For a specific album check out L'indécis - Playtime

These recs might not all be in the true realm of "chill hip hop" but you should check em' out!

• Blockhead
• RJD2
• J Dilla
• DJ Shadow
• Thievery Corporation
• Emancipator
• Madlib, MF Doom also have a ton of instrumental/beat oriented chill stuff

Happy listening!

and.. 1AM Study Sessions has been one of my "go to" chill sleep/beats albums for awhile now.

Anything on chilledcow Chilledcow Music & Artists | Bandcamp

tossing out a recommendation of Sweeps who makes chill instrumental hip-hop.