fair enough. in no order, immortal technique, the coup, pete rock & c.l. smooth, de la soul, xzibit, the goats, jedi mind tricks, artifacts, redman, big daddy kane, black moon, btnh, canibus, dead prez, eazy-e, krs-one, leaders of the new school, nas, rakim, royce, kano, sway, skinnyman, az, the firm, wu-tang and so on