The Groove

The greatest east coast hip hop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Beastie Boys

United States of America · 1979–2014 · hip hop

13.710

Why this number?

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25 Raekwon

United States of America · 1970– · hip hop 0.274

26 Ms. Lauryn Hill

United States of America · 1975– · r&b 0.250