Jazz-hop has been a huge part of hiphop culture wether we know it or not. Though many artists were not classified as jazz-hop artists, they have used elements of jazz in their hiphop. The following lists presents artists, who have dedicated almost entire albums (or more) to the jazz-hop sound and have done it well.
A list of the greatest Hiphop Artists to have infused jazz with hiphop. (Active Twitter accounts are included in this list.)
1980’s
– Gangstarr
– Stetasonic
1990’s
– Beatnuts
– Big L
– Digable Planets
– Freestyle Fellowship
– Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
– The Roots
2000’s
– Hocus Pocus (France)
– Kero One
– Madlib
– Nujabes
– Sound Providers
2010’s
– Joey Bada$$
– Logic