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100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Artists |
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Criteria: - These 100 artists where chosen and ranked based on their influence, impact,
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Newly added names are in RED | Edited By: Chris F |
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1. Run DMC
2. Public Enemy
3. 2 Pac
4. The Beastie Boys
5. N.W.A
6. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
7. Eric B. & Rakim
8. Salt-N-Pepa
9. A Tribe Called Quest
10. Notorious B.I.G.
11. Nas
12. Outkast
13. LL Cool J
14. Boogie Down Productions
15. Missy Elliott
16. Queen Latifah
17. Jay Z
18. Dr. Dre
19. Mary J. Blige
20. De La Soul
21. Eminem
22. Wu Tang Clan
23. Afrika Bambatta
24. The Fugees
25. Doug E. Fresh
26. Ice-T
27. Lauryn Hill
28. The Roots
29. Erykah Badu
30. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
31. Mos Def
32. KRS - One
33. Ice Cube
34. TLC
35. DJ Kool Herc
36. MC Lyte
37. Snoop Dogg
38. Grand Wizard Theodore
39. Common
40. Slick Rick
41. DMX
42. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
43. EPMD
44. Mantronix
45. Kurtis Blow
46. Gang Starr
47. Kool Moe Dee
48. Talib Kwelli
49. Digital Underground
50. Mase
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51. Big Daddy Kane
52. Lil Kim
53. MC Hammer
54. Naughty By Nature
55. Treacherous Three
56. Cypress Hill
57. Biz Markie
58. Eve
59. Kanye West
60. Busta Rhymes
61. Puff Daddy/P. Diddy
62. Arrested Development
63. Heavy D. & The Boyz
64. The Sugar Hill Gang
65. Scarface
66. Brand Nubian
67. Geto Boys
68. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
69. Wyclef Jean
70. The Fat Boys
71. Digable Planets
72. the Pharcyde
73. Method Man
74. Mobb Deep
75. Ludacris
76. Will Smith
77. Nelly
78. Roxanne Shanté
79. The Jurassic 5
80. Eazy E
81. Whodini
82. Coolio
83. Spoonie Gee
84. Da Brat
85. Tone Loc
86. Funky 4 + 1
87. Foxy Brown
88. 3rd Bass
89. Big Punisher
90. Nappy Roots
91. The Cold Crush Brothers
92. The Jungle Brothers
93. Yo - Yo
94. Stetsasonic
95. Grandmaster Melle Mel
96. Black Eyed Peas
97. Blackalicious
98. Grand Puba
99. Fat Joe
100.Das EFX
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Influential & Important Artists on Hip Hop - (No Order) (Non Hip-Hop Artists)
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James Brown
Mariah Carey
Millie Jackson
Beck
Neneh Cherry
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Miles Davis
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Teena Marie
Sneaker Pimps
Chaka Khan & Rufus
The Last Poets
Blondie
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Prince
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American Gangster
Jay-Z
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Timbaland Presents
Shock Value
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Graduation
Kanye West
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The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
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Lovehate
The Dream
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Disclaimer: There is nothing 'Official' about these lists. They are compiled by the 'editor' using the
stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only.
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