- Beastie Boys:
Broke the racial barrier in hip-hop and reinvented what a rappers image is while touching generations of people with their different style and flow.
- Wu-Tang Clan:
Showed lyrical perfection and gave metaphorical 6th senses that still aren't 100% deciphered due to it's intensity; also basing their lives as if they were lyrical warriors fighting rappers that gave a false illusion of what hip-hop really is.
- RUN DMC:
Broke the rock and rap borders lines and created a new concept to music; combining rock and rap to change music forever while converting rock-heads into hip-hop-heads for the better by being more musically diverse.
- N.W.A.:
Combined rapping about street-live life and overthrowing the oppressive and racist cops that judged them based on what they looked like because of their skin color and where they grew up.
- Young Money:
Continuously rap about money and execute extremely poor delivery; make metaphors that contradict itself and virtually collapse within itself, make rap about fashion more than lyrics and talent. they all fucking suck. AND THEY'RE ALL GAY AND CANT RAP
- illusive:
Made emotion and music his own world through nostalgic reminiscing about being hurt emotionally by females. He made his own genre with instrumental music by adding an element of emo to it.
- yung karim:
breaking bitches backs and taking all your money. swaggerd up on all frequencies. cant rap but is a kush individual.