The Groove

The greatest boom bap artists of all time

21 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Wu‐Tang Clan

United States of America · 1992– · hip hop

5.520

Why this number?

The full board

Nas

United States of America · 1973– · hip hop 3.414

Eminem

United States of America · 1972– · hip hop 2.762

4 A Tribe Called Quest

United States of America · 1985–2017 · hip hop 2.630

5 The Notorious B.I.G.

United States of America · 1972–1997 · hip hop 1.745

JAY‐Z

United States of America · 1969– · hip hop 1.226

7 Mobb Deep 1993–2017 · hip hop 1.148

8 GZA/Genius

United States of America · 1966– · east coast hip hop 0.980

9 MF DOOM

United States of America · 1971–2020 · hip hop 0.873

10 Fugees

United States of America · 1992– · hip hop 0.767

11 Joey Bada$$

United States of America · 1995– · hip hop 0.667

12 Doechii

United States of America · 1998– · hip hop 0.607