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Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Building from Run-D.M.C.'s street-oriented beats and Boogie Down Productions' proto-gangsta rhyming, Public Enemy pioneered a variation of hardcore rap that was musically and politically revolutionary. With his powerful, authoritative baritone, lead rapper Chuck D rhymed about all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing the b... Read More

Run-D.M.C, Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash and Gil Scott-Heron

Atmosphere, Busta Rhymes, GZA/Genius, Happy Mondays, Ice Cube, Method Man, Nas, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rage Against the Machine, Scarface, The Chemical Brothers, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Tricky, Wu-Tang Clan, Chino XL, DJ Shadow, Gravediggaz, Paris, Digital Underground, Sage Francis, MC Lars, Ruff Ryders, Main Source, Maspyke, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Urban Dance Squad, Big Audio Dynamite, Tommy Guerrero, Spearhead, Keith Murray, Saul Williams, Tom Morello, Biohazard and Onyx