5 Favorite Hip-Hop acts of all-time?

[DarkStar]

This may be a touchy subject beacuase everyone on this board seems to be pro-metal, anti-rap, but.....

Here are mine-o!

1. Tribe Called Quest
2. Fugees
3. Beastie Boys
4. Outkast
5. Digable Planets

 

[willyd]

I totally dig Outkast. I love their music, especially how they started back with players ball and its just been changing and evolving through the years.

edit: Aint nobody dope as me im just so fresh and so clean.

 

[DeusExMachina]

1. Run DMC
2. Beastie Boys

...uhh...

yeah. I only have a top 2...

 

[Bad^Hat]

Beastie Boys, sho' as sugar.

And um... J5 are cool. Roots have a few sweet tunes, tho I haven't heard much.

Black Eyed Peas win grats in my book for their amazing live performance (mostly due to the backing band... actually just the drummer. What a fiend!).