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This is an alphabetical list of '''[[alternative hip hop]] musicians''' and their most influential recordings.  This list is alphabetized by the first letter in the first word of the artist's or band's name. Note that this list contains several artists listed alone and under the name of their former group, such as Pharaohe Monch and his crew, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.

See also: 

[[list of hip hop musicians]], [[hip hop]], [[rapping]], [[list of musicians]]

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==0-9==
*[[2 Skinee Js]]
*[[7L & Esoteric]]
==A==
*[[Abstract Rude]]
*[[Aceyalone]]
*[[Aesop Rock]] (''[[Bazooka Tooth]]'')
*[[Akbar (artist)|Akbar]]
*[[Akil]]
*[[Akrobatik]]
*[[Alias (rapper)|Alias]]
*[[All natural (artist)|All Natural]]
*[[Analog Brothers]]
*[[Andy Bleek]]
*[[Anaxagorus (artist)|Anaxagorus]]
*[[Antipop Consortium]]
*[[Apathy (artist)|Apathy]]
*[[Arrested Development (rap)|Arrested Development]] (''[[3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of...]]'')
*[[Arsonist (artist)|Arsonist]]
*[[Art Official Intelligece]]
*[[Atmosphere (hip hop crew)|Atmosphere]] (''[[Seven's Travels]]'')
*[[Atoms Family]]
*[[AWOL One]]
==B==
*[[Bad Seed]]
*[[Bahamadia]] (''[[BBQueen EP]]'')
*[[Barber Shop Emcees]]
*[[Basehead]] (''[[Play With Toys]]'')
*[[Beans (artist)|Beans]]
*[[Bicasso]]
*[[Big L]]
*[[Big Jus]]
*[[Binary Star (artist)|Binary Star]]
*[[Black Elvis]]
*[[Black Eyed Peas]] (''[[Behind the Front]]'')
*[[Black Sheep]] (''[[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]'')
*[[Blackalicious]] (''[[Blazing Arrow]]'')
*[[Blueprint (artist)|Blueprint]]
*[[The Bomarr Monk]]
*[[Boogie Monsters]]
*[[Boom Bap Project]]
*[[Braintax]]
*[[Brand Nubian]] (''[[One for All]]'')
*[[Brooklyn Academy]]
*[[The Broun Fellinis]] (''[[Aphrokubist Improvisations, Vol. 9]]'')
*[[Buck 65]]
*[[Buckshot Lefonque]] (''[[Buckshot Lefonque (album)|Buckshot Lefonque]]'')
*[[Busdriver]]
==C==
*[[C-Rayz Walz]]
*[[Cage (artist)|Cage]]
*[[Camu Tao]]
*[[Cannibal Ox]]
*[[Carlton Fisk (artist)|Carlton Fisk]]
*[[Cavemen Speak]]
*[[Celestial Squadron]]
*[[Celph Titled]]
*[[The Cenobites]]
*[[Channel Live]]
*[[Chali 2na]]
*[[cLOUDDEAD]]
*[[The Chicharones]]
*[[Common (rapper)|Common]] (''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'')
*[[Company Flow]] (''[[Funcrusher Plus]]'')
*[[Comunalien]]
*[[Copywrite]]
*[[The Coup]]
*[[Creature Box]]
*[[Cunninlynguists]]
*[[Cyne]]
==D==
*[[Daily Planet (artist)|Daily Planet]]
*[[Dälek]]
*[[Dark Lotus]]
*[[De La Soul]] (''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'')
*[[Dead Prez]] (''[[Let's Get Free]]'')
*[[Declaime]]
*[[Deep Puddle Dynamics]]
*[[Def Jef]] (''[[Just a Poet With a Soul]]'')
*[[Defari]]
*[[Del The Funky Homosapian]]
*[[Deltron 3030]]
*[[Demigodz]]
*[[Digable Planets]] (''[[Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)]]'')
*[[Dilated Peoples]] (''[[The Platform]]'')
*[[Disflex 6]]
*[[Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy]] (''[[Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury]]'')
*[[Diverse]]
*[[Divine Styler]]
*[[Dose One]]
*[[Dr Doom]]
*[[Dr Dooom]]
*[[Dr Octagon]]
*[[Dragnaslimdublin and The Beatcave Hermit]]
*[[Dragon Ash]]
*[[Dream Warriors]] (''[[And Now, the Legacy Begins]]'')
*[[DV Alias Khrist]]
*[[Dynospectrum]]

==E==
*[[Edan]]
*[[Eddie Brok]]
*[[Eddie Ill]]
*[[El-P]]
*[[El Da Sensei]]
*[[Eligh]] (''[[Gandalf's Beat Machine]]'')
*[[Ellay Khule]]
*[[Elusive (artist)|Elusive]]
*[[Eyedea]]
==F==
*[[Fact and The Verbals]]
*[[Fakts One]]
*[[Foreign Beggers]]
*[[Freestyle Fellowship]] (''[[Inner City Griots]]'')
==G==
*[[G Love and Special Sauce]]
*[[Gang Starr]] (''[[Daily Operation]]'')
*[[Genelec and Master Kong]]
*[[Gift of Gab]]
*[[Gold Chains]]
*[[Gonzales (artist)|Gonzales]]
*[[The Goods]]
*[[Gorillaz]]
*[[Governor Bolts]]
*[[Grand Puba]] (''[[Reel to Reel]]'')
*[[Grap Luva]]
*[[Grouch (artist)|Grouch]]
*[[Group Home]]
*[[Gruf]]
*[[Gumshoe Strut]]
*[[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] (''[[Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1]]'')
==H==
*[[Hi-Tek]] (''[[Hi-Teknology]]'')
*[[Heiruspecs]]
*[[Hieroglyphics (artist)|Hieroglyphics]]
*[[High and Mighty]]
*[[The Himalayan Project]]
==I==
*[[Icon The Mic King]]
*[[Ill Al Skratch]]
*[[Ill Seer]]
*[[Illmatic]]
*[[Illogic]]
*[[Imani Coppola]] (''[[Chupacabra (album)|Chupacabra]]'')
*[[Immortal Technique]] (''[[Revolutionary Vol. 2]]'')
*[[Infesticons]]
*[[Infinte Mass]]
*[[Infinto]]
*[[Ink Operated]]
*[[Insane Clown Posse]]
*[[Insight (artist)|Insight]]
*[[Intelligent Hoodlum]] (''[[Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum]]'')
==J==
*[[J Live]]
*[[J Zone]]
*[[Jane Doe (artist)|Jane Doe]]
*[[Jaylib]]
*[[Jean Grey (artist)|Jean Grey]]
*[[Jedi Mind Tricks]]
*[[Jehst]]
*[[Jel]]
*[[Jeru the Damaja]] (''[[The Sun Rises in the East]]'')
*[[Jigmastas]]
*[[Jizzm]]
*[[Josh Martinez]]
*[[Juggaknots]]
*[[Jungle Brothers]] (''[[Straight Out the Jungle]]'')
*[[Jurassic 5]] (''[[Quality Control]]'')
*[[Justice System]] (''[[Rooftop Soundcheck]]'')
*[[Justin Warfield]]
==K==
*[[Kankick]]
*[[Kanser]]
*[[Kazi]]
*[[Kool Keith]]
*[[Krondon]]
*[[KRS One]]
*[[Kunga 219]]
==L==
*[[Labtekwon]]
*[[Last Emperor (artist)|Last Emperor]]
*[[Last Poets]]
*[[Latryx]]
*[[Legendary Axe]]
*[[Lewis Parker]]
*[[Lexicon (artist)|Lexicon]]
*[[L Fudge]]
*[[Lifesavas]]
*[[Living Legends]]
*[[Lone Catalyst]]
*[[Lootpack]]
*[[Lord Finesse]]
*[[Louis Logic]]
*[[Lyrics Born]]
==M==
*[[Madvillian]]
*[[Main Flow]]
*[[Main Source]] (''[[Breaking Atoms]]'')
*[[Majesticons]]
*[[Masterminds]]
*[[Masters of Illusion]]
*[[Mathematik]]
*[[Maylay Sparks]]
*[[MC 900 ft Jesus]]
*[[MC Hawking]]
*[[MC Paul Barman]]
*[[Mcenroe]]
*[[Medaphoar]]
*[[MF doom]]
*[[Micranots]]
*[[Mikah Nyne]]
*[[Mike Ladd]]
*[[The Mind Clouders]]
*[[Moka Only]]
*[[Molemen]]
*[[Monie Love]] (''[[Down to Earth (Monie Love album)|Down to Earth]]'')
*[[Mos Def]] (''[[Black on Both Sides]]'')
*[[Mountian Brothers]]
*[[Mr Lee]]
*[[Mr Len]]
*[[Mr Lif]]
*[[Murs]]
*[[Mystic Journeymen]]
==N==
*[[Nacrobats]]
*[[Naptron]]
*[[New Flesh]]
*[[The Nextmen]]
*[[Nobody]]
*[[Nobs]]
*[[Non Phixion]]
*[[Nova Cain]]
==O==
*[[Odd Nosdam]]
*[[Of Mexican Decent]]
*[[Offwhyte]]
*[[Oldominion (artist)|Oldominion]]
*[[Only Child]]
*[[Onry Ozzborn]]
*[[Organized Confusion]] (''[[Organized Confusion]]'')
==P==
*[[Paris (rapper)|Paris]] (''[[The Devil Made Me Do It]]'')
*[[Passage (rapper)|Passage]]
*[[The Pedestrian]]
*[[PEACE (artist)|PEACE]]
*[[People Under the Stairs]]
*[[Pep Love]]
*[[Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth]] (''[[Mecca and the Soul Brother]]'')
*[[The Pharcyde]] (''[[Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde]]'')
*[[Pharoahe Monch]] (''[[Internal Affairs]]'')
*[[Pheeroan AkLaff]]
*[[Phi Life Cypher]]
*[[Phil Da Agony]]
*[[Pip Skid]]
*[[Planet Asia]]
*[[Poor Righteous Teachers]] (''[[Holy Intellect]]'')
*[[Presage]]
*[[Princess Superstar]]
*[[Pugslee Atomz]]
*[[Pumpkinhead (artist)|Pumpkinhead]]
*[[Punchline (artist)|Punchline]]
*[[Puppetmastaz]]
==Q==
*[[Q-Tip]] (''[[Amplified]]'')
*[[Quasimoto]]
*[[Qwazaar]]
*[[Qwel]]
*[[Queen Latifah]] (''[[All Hail the Queen]]'')
==R==
*[[Radioinactive]]
*[[Rakaa]]
*[[Rascalz]]
*[[Rasco]]
*[[Rawcotics]]
*[[Reaching Quiet]]
*[[Restiform Bodies]] (Newbliette)
*[[Rhymesayers]]
*[[The Roots]] (''[[Things Fall Apart (album)|Things Fall Apart]]'')
*[[Roots Manuva]]
*[[Rubberoom]]
==S==
*[[Sacred Hoop]]
*[[Sage Francis]] ("[[Personal Journals]]")
*[[Sarah Jones]]
*[[Saul Williams]] (Amnythiest Rock Star)
*[[Scapegoat Wax]]
*[[Scienz Of Life]]
*[[Self Jupiter]]
*[[Self Scientific]]
*[[Shapeshifters]]
*[[Sister Souljah]] (''[[360 Degrees of Power]]'')
*[[Sixtoo]]
*[[Skeme Team]]
*[[Slug (artist)|Slug]]
*[[Sole (artist)|Sole]] (Selling Live Water)
*[[Sonic Sum]]
*[[Soul Position]]
*[[Soul Purpose]]
*[[Souls of Mischeif]]
*[[Sound Providers]]
*[[Spearhead (band)|Spearhead]] (''[[Home (album)|Home]]'')
*[[Spooks (artist)|Spooks]]
*[[Styles of Beyond]]
*[[Supernat]]
*[[Sweat Shop Union]]
*[[Swollen Members]]
==T==
*[[Tachichi]]
*[[Tai Mai Shu]]
*[[Talib Kweli]] (''[[Reflection Eternal]]'')
*[[Tame One]]
*[[Taskforce (artist)|Taskforce]]
*[[Tes]]
*[[Themselves]]
*[[Thirsten Howl]]
*[[Thoughtbug]]
*[[Tonedef]]
*[[A Tribe Called Quest]] (''[[The Low End Theory]]'')
*[[Twizted]]
*[[Typical Cats]]
==U==
*[[Ugly Duckling (artist)|Ugly Duckling]]
*[[Ursula Rucker]]
*[[US3]] (''[[Hand on the Torch]]'')
==V==
*[[Vakill]]
*[[Vast Aire]]
*[[Versatile]]
*[[Visionaries]]
==W==
*[[Warcloud]]
*[[Weathermen (artist)|Weathermen]]
*[[Why?]]
*[[Will I Am]]
*[[Wise Intelligent]]
*[[Wordsworth (artist)|Wordsworth]]
==X==
*[[X-Clan]] (''[[To the East, Blackwards]]'')
==Y==
*[[Yak Ballz]]
==Z==
*[[Zap Mama]]
*[[Zion I]]
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