De La Soul

Skit comedy, abstract rhyming, samples from pop's left field, and a self-consciously intellectual approach to rap became hip-hop staples after De La Soul's 1989 debut, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING. But despite the group's widespread influence, no one ever has ever come close to appropriating their singular style.

• A Tribe Called Quest
• Brand Nubian
• EPMD
• Gang Starr
• Jungle Brothers
• Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo
• Leaders Of The New School
• Monie Love
• Poor Righteous Teachers
• Queen Latifah
• Stereo MC's
• The Beastie Boys

• Afrika Bambaataa & Family
• Boogie Down Productions
• Eric B. & Rakim
• James Brown
• Kurtis Blow
• Parliament
• Public Enemy
• Run-DMC
• Stetsasonic
• Stevie Wonder
• The Sugarhill Gang
• Ultramagnetic MC's

• Arrested Development
• Basehead
• Beck
• Black Sheep
• Black Star (Rap)
• Common Sense (Rap)
• Digable Planets
• Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
• Dream Warriors
• Jurassic 5
• Main Source
• P.M. Dawn
• The Pharcyde
• The Roots (Rap)
• US3

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