Before Boom Bap
This 80s Trio With Ad-Rock,Mike D,And The Late MCA From New York Started Off As A Hardcore Punk Band Before Going Into Hip Hop With Albums Like The Def Jam Staple License To Ill,The All Sample Based Paul's Boutique,The Punk Fused Check Your Head,The Funk And Jazz Heavy Ill Communication,The Artsy Sounding Hello Nasty,The Rap Throwback Based To The 5 Boroughs,The Fully Instrumental The Mix-Up,And The Final Album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2.
This Iconic Rapper Droped His Debut Illmatic Which Is Considered One Of The Best Boom Bap Albums Back In 1994 With Production By DJ Premier Of Gang Starr,Large Professor,Pete Rock,Q- Tip Of A Tribe Called Quest,And L.E.S.
Who Is Nas?
This Rapper And Producer Known For His "Chipmunk Soul" Sampling Trick And Controversial Behavior Was At One Point Labeled A Genius In Production Who Could Make Art With Music By Using Techno Synths,Rock Opera Style Stories,Brutal Industrial Drums,And 808 Drum Machines But Nowadays He's Known For His Crazy Rants,Big Ego,And His Poorly Made Songs Using AI Slop Tools.
Who Is Kanye West?
This Trashy Florida Born Rapper Was A One Trick Pony Mainly Because He Was A White Guy Who Raps,He Had A Major Hit Called "Ice Ice Baby" Which Sucked And He Tried To Get Back Into The Spotlight In The 90s With A Bad Cypress Hill Style Album And A God Awful Nu Metal Album.
Who Is Vanilla Ice?
This Trip Hop Group From England Combined Hip Hop,Jazz,Soul,Blues,Prog,Noise Rock,And Dub Reggae Elements To Make The Iconic English Trip Hop Sound.
Who Are Massive Attack
This Highly Influential Duo Consisting Of A DJ And MC Are Best Known For Tracks Like Paid In Full,Juice (Know The Ledge),My Melody,Don't Sweat The Technique,And Microphone Fiend.
Who Are Eric B And Rakim?
This Trio Consisting Of Rapper And Producer Q-Tip,The Late MC Phife Dog,And The DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad Fused Jazz,Funk,Blues,And Rock To Make Abstract Beats Like Can I Kick It,Award Tour,Electric Relaxation,And Stir It Up (Steve Biko)
What Was A Tribe Called Quest
This Widely Loved Producer From California Got His Start In The 90s And Has Worked With MF DOOM,J Dilla,Freddie Gibbs,And Other Artists By Using Things Like The Boss SP-303 Sampler,A Fisher Price Turntable,World Music Samples,And Recently Softer Drums To Make Beats.
Who Is Madlib?
This Pop Chart Rapper From L.A. Had A Major Hit With "U Can't Touch This" Which Led To Him Being A Punching Bag For Rappers To Mock And He Even Tried Doing G-Funk With The Album "The Funky Headhunter" Which Failed Intensely On The Charts Leading To Him Going Into Christian TV Programs.
Who Is MC Hammer?
This 90s Band With Zach De La Rocha On Vocals,Tom Morrelo On Guitar,Timmy C On Bass,And Brad Wilks On Drums Combined Hip Hop Style Lyrical Flow,Hardcore Punk Aggression,Funk Based Grooves,Blues Guitar Bite,And Punchy Slap Bass With Left Wing Politics,Socialist Ideals,And Unapologetic Lyrics Inspired Bands And Groups Like Public Enemy,The Clash,Beastie Boys,Dead Kennedys,And N.W.A
Who Were Rage Against The Machine?
This NYC Trio With The 2 MCs Rev Run And DMC And A Late DJ Jam Master Jay Brought Hip Hop To Rock Crowds By Working With Bands And Artists Like Aerosmith,Living Color,Limp Bizkit,Tom Morrello Of Rage Against The Machine,And Even The Funk Metal Turned Pop Rock Band Sugar Ray As Well As Sampling Rock Songs From The Knack And Minor Threat.
This Cali Based Group With The MC B-Real,MC Sen Dog,Percussionist Eric Bobo,And Producer DJ Muggs Had A Darker Sound That Used Blues Guitar Squeeks,Hard Rock Drones,Free Jazz Horns,Psychedelic Guitars,And Dry Drum Breaks To Make Gritty Hardcore Hip Hop Beats That Influenced Rock And Other Hip Hop Artists Throughout The Years With Tracks Like "Insane In The Brain',"Hand On The Pump","How I Could Just Kill A Man",And "I Ain't Goin Out Like That".
Who Are Cypress Hill?
This Austin Born DJ And Producer Who Got His Start In Boston Made Beats Sampling Strange And Rare Jazz,Rock,Blues,Soul,And Electronic Records On Tracks By KRS-ONE,Common,Jeru The Damaja,Nas,And Even The Pop Singer Christina Arugula
Who Is DJ Premier?
This Southern Duo Made The Bass Heavy Techno Style Club Song Named "Whoop (There It Is)" Which Is There Only Hit On The Charts.
Who Was Tag Team?
This Widely Hated On Nu Metal Band From Jacksonville,Florida With The Overly Clowned On Fred Durst On Vocals,The Highly Loved Wes Borland On Guitar,The Groove Master John Otto On Drums,The Late Funky Sam Rivers On Bass,And The Down To Earth DJ Lethal On Turntables,Synths,And Samplers Combines Cheesy Rapping,Punk Rock Grit,Electronic Sounds,Turntable Scratches,Thrash Metal Rage,Groove Metal Swing,Jazz Style Bass,And Intense Guitar Riffs
Who Are Limp Bizkit?
This Political Group From NYC Are Considered The Hardcore Punk Of Hip Hop With Lyrics About Racism,Police Brutality,White Washing,And Military Greed With Noisy,Loud,But Hard Hitting Beats Made By The Bomb Squad.
Who Are Public Enemy?
This Kung-Fu Loving 9 Piece NYC Group Are Best Known For Having A Gritty Sound In The Early To Mid 90s Thanks To The Main Production Mind Known As RZA Using The Ensoniq EPS-16+ Sampler Keyboard,The Ensoniq ASR-10 Keyboard Workstation,And The EMU SP1200 For The Grit On Tracks Like "C.R.E.A.M.","Protect Ya Neck","Bring The Ruckus",And "Shame"
Who Are Wu Tang Clan?
This Producer From Virginia Who Is The Cousin Of Pharrell Williams Was Once Praised For His Production Style Combining Middle Eastern Instrument Plucks,Latin Style Percussion,Trance Synth Grooves,Unique Sound Effects,Foley Sound Drums,And Punchy Drum Beats Who Now Is Unfortunately Using AI Software To Make Songs.
Who Is Timbaland?
This Fowl Mouthed Rapper From Miami Had A Major Hit Known As "I Wanna Rock" Even Though His Just As Crude Group 2 Live Crew Had Some Major Hits On The Charts.
Who Is Uncle Luke?
This Possible Former Scientologist 90s Indie Rock Artist Combined Folk Guitar,Hip Hop Drum Breaks,Spoken Word Like Vocal Flows,And Art Rock Sounds While Working With The Production Duo Behind Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique The Dust Brothers On His 3rd And Most Famous Album With Tracks Like Devils Haircut,Where It's At,Hotwax,And His Earliest Hit Loser.
Who Is Beck?
This West Coast Group With Ice Cube,Dr Dre,The Late Easy E,And Others Became Loved By Kids In Cali And Punk Teens And Hated By Conservatives And Parents For There Gangsta Rap Lyrics,Anti-Police Songs,And Violent Lyrics.
Who Were N.W.A?
This Late Producer Who Produced For Common (The Light),Q-Tip (Breath And Stop),And Even Nu Metal Band KoRn (End Of Time) And RNB Icon Janet Jackson (Got Til' Its Gone) Had A Sound That Has Been Dubbed "Drunk","Loose",And "Swinging" In Terms Of Drums And Sample Chopping.
Who Was J Dilla Or Jay Dee?
This Producer Founded The Icon Hip Hop Label Def Jam Records,He Produced For Run DMC,Beastie Boys,Geto Boys,And Even Thrash Metal Band Slayer,And Is Now Known For Pushing AI,Compressing Songs To Breaking Points,And Wasting Time In Studio.
Who Is Rick Rubin?
This Now Imprisoned Rapper Had A Major Dance Hit In 2015 And 2016 Named "Watch Me" Which Was A Hit With Kids Leading To Him Working With Nickelodeon For A Remix But Got Sent To Prison After Killing His Cousin.
Who Is Silento?
This British Cartoon Band Made By Blur Vocalist Damon Albarn And Comic Book Artist Jamie Hewlett With A Shy But Sweet Blue Haired Vocalist Named 2D,A Evil Green Skinned Bass Player Named Murdoc,A Kind Hearted Black Drummer Named Russel,And A Tough Japanese Female Guitarist Named Noodle.
This Band Works With Hip Hop Icons Like De La Soul,MF DOOM,Snoop Dogg,Pusha T,Danny Brown,And D12 Without Eminem As Well As Groups And People Like Robert Smith Of The Cure,Elton John,Tame Impala,Hypnotic Brass Ensemble,Paul And Mick Of The Clash,And Even The Late Actor Dennis Hopper Who Did Spoken Word Dialogue On The Dark But Great Song "Fire Coming Out Of A Monkeys Head"
Who Are Gorillaz?