I love hip hop and can’t believe there are others on here. Damn. Gotta say though, Blowfly was definitely not a big influence in hip hop. He may have had a small influence somewhere, but I've read loads about hip hop, interviews with tons of artists, magazines about early influences and culture and I've never heard him mentioned.
For you jazz fans out there, check out madlib, also known as quasimoto. The man is so prolific it’s incredible. He samples loads of jazz and has very complex rhythms. Plus, he’s not a gang banger, so his lyrics are clever, often insightful, almost never violent or misogynistic. One of his uncles, a jazz musician, gave him cr*p about hip hop not being music, so he started playing instruments, sampling himself, and putting together fake jazz bands: yesterday’s new quintet, the Joe mcduphrey experience, Ahmad miller... He’s quite the musician.
