One Day, the Lucid Dream Project, Icarus, Becca Solodon aka Bex & FX, Eyris One, DJ inkaone, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Air, Aceyalone, Cinematic Orchestra, DJ Krush, Shadow, Björk, Coldcut, Vadim, Kid Koala, Prefuse '73, Gunkhole, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, the Weirdos, Radiohead, Tool, Freestyle Fellowship, Eyedea and Abilities, Living Legends, Blackalicious, the Minutemen, Woven, Mingus, the Dead Kennedys, Atmosphere, Black Flag, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Beat Junkies, Candiria, De La Soul, Soundgarden, David Byrne, Paul Simon, MIA, Eligh, Danny Elfman, Bauhaus, Joy Division, the Clash, Mind Over Four, Combustible Edison, Mr. Bungle, The Herbaliser, Roni Size, the Beastie Boys, Public Image Ltd., the Propellar Heads, Queens of the Stone Age, the Kills, Soul Coughing, the Deftones, Mia Doi Todd, Beck, the Mars Volta, Iggy Pop, Ozomatli, Los Lobos, Rufus Wainwright, the Beatles, Zakir Hussein, Velvet Underground, the Doors, (early)Korn, (early)Incubus, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Fiona Apple, Louis Armstrong, TSOL, Cut Chemist, (late)Massive Attack, (early)Tricky, Primus, Nirvana, the Cranberries, Aesop Rock, Bonobo, Clifford Gilberto, UNKLE, Heiroglyphics, Gorrilaz, Dan the Automator, Kool Keith, Saul Williams, Wu Tang, The English League, Einstürzende Neubauten, Outkast, Squarepusher, Faith No More, Portishead, Finley Quaye, Fugazi, Cornelius, Del, Nine Inch Nails, Haiku De'tat, Jah Wobble, Z-trip, James Brown, the Last Poets, Patrick Wolf, Four Tet, Faraquet, Sol.illiquists of Sound, Zap Mama, Telefon Tel Aviv, Savath & Savalas, RJD2, Medeski, Martin & Wood, KRS-One, PaceWon, Screwball, Shade Shiest, Pharoahe Monch, Talid Kweli, Gangstarr, Bahamadia, Keith Murray, Crime Boss, Spice One, Jurassic 5, Choclair, Swolen Members, barrington levy, mad professor, desmond dekker, Aesop Rock, Explosions in the sky, Broken Social Scene, A Silver Mount Zion, Set Fire to FLames, Aceyalone, Adult., Le Tigre, Alvin Cash, Autechre, Squarepusher, Nick Drake, elliot smith, david bowie, ornette coleman, coltrane, mingus, miles, art blakey, lee morgan, grachan moncur, joao gilberto, getz, alvin cash, faith no more, mr bungle, floyd, nina simone, RJD2, Radiohead, DJ Shadow, Jurassic 5, Tribe Called Quest, At the drive in, air, dj krush, aphex twin, jungle/DnB, The Rapture, curtis mayfield, the cure, bjork, hooverphonic, jamiroquai, john lee hooker, fugazi, Deftones, Ol Dirty Bastard, Electrelane, Fugazi, Hooverphonic, Joy Division, Outkast, Bjork, Blackalicious, Atmosphere / slug, James Brown, Electrelane, Mos Def, Gangstarr, DJ Hi-Tek, blockhead, Souls of Mischief, UNKLE, Amon Tobin, Cujo, Antibalas afrobeat orchestra, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Z-trip, cursive, refused, MARS VOLTA, Godspeed you Black emperor, sparta, dj cam, Blackstar, black moon, el-p, lovage, dan the automator, gorillaz, Toledo, sigur Ros, J. Rawls, Ridiculously obscure 70's funk and soul (you got to know the roots of it all), mr. lif, starang wondah, portishead, massive attack, bows, buck 65, augustus pablo, plaid, beck, bdp / krs-one, kool keith / dr octagon / dan the automator, the roots, boards of canada, be-bop / hard-bop, saul williams, beastie boys, beck, nas, sonic youth, del the funkee homosapien / deltron 3030, mogwai, astrobotnia, al green, marvin gaye, gnarls barkley, goodie mobb, cee-lo green, anything danger mouse, mf doom, sage francis, blueprint, illogic, eyedea, dj abilities, invisible skratch pickles, thud rumble, dj craze, dj qbert, dj z-trip, the pioneers of the game: dj kool herc, grand wizard theodore, grand mixer dxt, busy bee, treacherous three, grandmaster flash (and sometimes the furious five), and i could go on forever, but overall I like anything with a good beat and poetic lyrics.