Blackstar
Dilated Peoples
Digable Planets
Living Legends
Del
The People Under the Stairs
Wu Tang
Kool Keith
Pharcyde
De La Soul

Public Enemy
De La Soul
Dalek
cLOUDDEAD
The Roots
Wu Tang
Grandmaster Flash
Roots Manuva
Scroobius Pip
DJ Shadow

In no order

good choice :D

^^^^^yeah, been getting back into them a lot lately. Seriously they might be the most underrated, swept-under-the-rug hip-hop artist of all time.

yeah, i only have blowout comb. I should get around into digging for their other matireal

I'd listen to Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
Personally, I think it's better than Blowout Comb.

I'll try to find it tonight :)

Public Enemy
Lyrics Born
DJ Quik
Wu Tang
Digital Underground
Dr. Dre
Kool Keith
The Fugees
Del
Outkast

Hip hop MCs - The originals, I don't have much contemporary 'underground' stuff - it's a bit... nerdy? I like some early Timbaland productions but chart hip-hop is totally devoid of any redeeming quality - Kanye West is cashing in on other producers' accomplishments.

1. Wu Tang and associated solo works (esp. Ghostface & Raekwon, RZA & Gravediggaz, ODB)
2. A Tribe Called Quest
3. Public Enemy
4. NWA
5. De La Soul
6. the Pharcyde
7. Grandmaster Flash & Afrika Bambaataa (for starting it all and electro respectively)
8. Mos Def (Black On Both Sides at least)
9. Gang Starr (and Guru's solo Jazzmatazz volumes)
10. Das Efx

All these are pretty much interchangeable...

Ghost!