Top 10

I'm my favorite MC by default, I'm my favorite Griot by default, but there's those that influence ME that find the best midpoint between the two, the ones that I revisit the most, because their material, whether its flow or substance or both, gives me the most of what I enjoy and need on some level. I'm not doing a top 10, because hierarchies waste time and energy, the only hierarchy that is constant is age.

 No particular order


Solo Acts:
Ice Cube
2Pac
Biggie 

Kanye West
Dr.Dre
Andre3K 

Big Boi
Lauryn Hill 

Krayzie Bone
Bizzy Bone
Twista
DJ Quik
Big K.R.I.T. 

Lupe Fiasco
Busta Rhymes
50 Cent 

Missy Elliot
Snoop
Common
Eminem
Kendrick Lamar
Jay-Z
Nas
Erykah Badu

 
Groups/Collectives:
Bone Thugs N Harmony 

Outkast/Dungeon Family 
Little Brother 

Wu-Tang Clan 

N.W.A. 

Cash Money Records 
Crucial Conflict