Just some of my favorite artists off the top of my head, which are also my infuences.

Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, dj Mark Farina, Led Zeppelin, Esthero, dj Krush, dj Shadow, Steppenwolf, The Notorious B.I.G, A Tribe Called Quest, dj Dan, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, 2pac, Booker T & The MG's, Black Moon, Amon Tobin, Digable Planets, Dr. Dre, Ant Banks, Wu-Tang, Redman, ZZ Top, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, St. Germain, Sublime, Bob Marley, Black Sheep, Boot Camp Click, ONYX, Georgia Satelites, Big Daddy Kane, Kid Frost, Kurupt and Daz, Too $hort, Alice n Chains, George Thorogood & The Deystroyers, Queen, The Crystal Method, Das EFX, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, N.W.A, Snoop Dogg, KRS-one, Jeru the Damaja, Dialated Peoples, Digital Underground, Del The Funky Homosapien, Kool Kieth, Jurrasic 5, Sugar Hill Gang, James Brown, INXS, Steve Miller Band, Geto Boys, Gang Starr, Eric B & Rakim, Bran Van 2000, Garbage, Boards Of Canada, Deelite, The Cure, The Clash, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Guns n Roses, Rage Against The Machine, Eric Clapton, Cream, The Who, Roger Troutman & Zapp, Young MC, Xzibit, Pharcyde, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Spice1, MC Eiht, Celly Cell, E-40, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stone Temple Pilots, Sound Garden, Green Day(before their new shit), Swollen Members, Sweatshop Union, Van Halen, Tosca, Eazy E, Ice Cube, Rza, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Pete Rock, CL Smooth, EPMD, War, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Rick James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tone Loc, Lost Boyz, Johnny Cash, Jefferson Airlplane, Jermaine Dupri, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Jedi Mind Tricks, White Zombie(AstroCreep is their only good CD IMO), Nas, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, Foghat, Filter, Eurythmics, Nirvana , Classified, Lou Reed