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J Dilla
American record producer
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Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
2
Bitty McLean
British singer
3
Corinne Bailey Rae
British singer and songwriter
4
Robert Shakespeare
Jamaican musician
5
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
6
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
7
Madlib
American hip hop musician
8
Michael Rose
Jamaican reggae singer
9
Robbie Robertson
Canadian recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist
10
Sly Dunbar
musician
11
Slum Village
hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan, United States
12
Mr. Scruff
British DJ and artist
13
MPHO
singer-songwriter
14
Sly and the Family Stone
American band
15
Howie B
Scottish musician, producer and DJ
16
The Ummah
american band
17
The Roots
American hip hop band
18
Joss Stone
English singer and actress
19
Mad Professor
Guyanese reggae singer
20
Guilty Simpson
rapper
21
Illmind
American record producer
22
Large Professor
American rapper and record producer
23
Prince Paul
American record producer
24
Elzhi
American musician
25
Robbie Williams
British singer and entertainer
26
AraabMuzik
American DJ and record producer
27
The Band
rock band from Toronto
28
Sly Stone
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
29
Swing Out Sister
British band
30
Kim Deal
American singer-songwriter; alternative rock musician
31
James Poyser
musician and songwriter
32
Bilal
American singer
33
Tom McRae
British singer-songwriter
34
Count Bass D
rapper
35
Venetian Snares
Canadian musician
36
Questlove
American rapper, multi-instrumentalist and journalist from Pennsylvania
37
George Clinton
American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer
38
The Detroit Emeralds
band
39
Teitur Lassen
Faroese musician
40
De La Soul
American hip-hop group
41
Big Brovaz
British rhythm & blues group
42
War
American funk band
43
Masta Ace
American rapper
44
DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
45
Luciano
Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist and poet
46
Black Uhuru
Jamaican reggae group
47
Steven Bernstein
American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader
48
Joe Sample
American pianist
49
Thom Bell
Jamaican-born American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
50
Taio Cruz
British singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer
51
The Avalanches
Australian music group
52
Prince Po
American rapper
