The Groove

The greatest underground hip hop artists of all time

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

This board is decided by who has rated so far. That is not a verdict on this corner of the record — it is the shape of who has voted. Rate what you love and the number moves.

No. 1

MF DOOM

United States of America · 1971–2020 · hip hop

0.873

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2 Madvillain

United States of America · 2002–2020 · hip hop 0.773

Death Grips

United States of America · 2010– · experimental hip hop 0.631

4 Kid Cudi

United States of America · 1984– · hip hop 0.573

5 Jurassic 5

United States of America · 1993– · hip hop 0.367

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.273

7 Deltron 3030

United States of America · 2000– · west coast hip hop 0.230

8 Tyler, The Creator

United States of America · 1991– · hip hop 0.195

9 Zyehvi

United States of America · 1993– · pop 0.062