Jazz Rap Artists & the Gear They Use

Pino Palladino

Bassist · Nine Inch Nails

MF Doom

Rapper, Music Producer · Madvillain

J Dilla

Rapper, Music Producer · Soulquarians

Madlib

Rapper, Music Producer · Madvillain

The Alchemist

Rapper, Music Producer · Soul Assassins

Nils Lofgren

Singer, Guitarist · Crazy Horse

Pharrell Williams

Singer, Rapper · The Neptunes

Kendrick Lamar

Rapper · Black Hippy

Q-Tip

Rapper, Music Producer · A Tribe Called Quest

DJ Premier

Music Producer, DJ · Buckshot LeFonque

Nujabes

Music Producer, DJ · Urbanforest

James Valentine

Guitarist · Maroon 5

Questlove

Drummer, Keyboardist · The Plastic Ono Band

Ben Kenney

Guitarist, Bassist · Incubus

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Music Producer, DJ · The Roots

Scott Storch

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Roots

Adam Levine

Singer, Guitarist · Maroon 5

Derrick Hodge

Bassist, Music Producer · Robert Glasper Experiment

Pete Rock

Rapper, Music Producer · Heavy D. & The Boyz With Friends

Jonwayne

Rapper, Music Producer · Quakers

"Captain" Kirk Douglas

Guitarist · The Roots

Kenny Segal

Music Producer

Dan the Automator

Music Producer · Gorillaz

Chad Hugo

Singer, Keyboardist · The Neptunes

Large Professor

Rapper, Music Producer · Zulu Nation

Mark Kelley

Bassist · The Roots

Cornell Dupree

Guitarist · The RH Factor

Matt Flynn

Drummer · Maroon 5

Chris Dave

Drummer, Music Producer · Robert Glasper Experiment

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Music Producer, DJ · A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

Music Producer · Native Tongues Posse

Alfa Mist

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Jesse Carmichael

Singer, Guitarist · Maroon 5

Easy Mo Bee

Music Producer · The Bomb Squad

Robert Glasper

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Robert Glasper Experiment

Hi-Tek

Rapper, Music Producer · G-Unit

Kevin Eubanks

Guitarist · Buckshot LeFonque

Sam Farrar

Guitarist, Bassist · Maroon 5

Fat Jon

Music Producer, DJ · 3582

Terrace Martin

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Dinner Party

Leonard Hubbard

Bassist · The Roots

Adam Blackstone

Singer, Bassist · The Roots

James Poyser

Keyboardist, Composer · The RH Factor

Westside Gunn

Rapper · Griselda

PJ Morton

Singer, Keyboardist · Maroon 5

Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Singer · Deltron 3030

Headnodic

Bassist, Music Producer · The Mighty Underdogs

Ryland Steen

Drummer · America

Prince Paul

Rapper, Music Producer · Gravediggaz

Roy Hargrove

Trumpeter · The RH Factor

J. Rocc

Music Producer, DJ · Beat Junkies

Kool Keith

Rapper, Music Producer · Ultramagnetic MC’s

Cities Aviv

Rapper, Music Producer

De La Soul

Composer, Music Producer · Native Tongues Posse

Shing02

Rapper, Music Producer

Kenny Kirkland

Keyboardist, Composer · Buckshot LeFonque

Mickey Madden

Bassist · Maroon 5

Kamal Gray

Keyboardist, Composer · The Roots

Kev Brown

Rapper, Music Producer

Reggie Washington

Bassist · The RH Factor

Ray Angry

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Roots

Mr. Käfer

Music Producer

Robert Mercurio

Bassist · Frequinox

Casey Benjamin

Keyboardist · Robert Glasper Experiment

Mitch Fountain

Guitarist, Keyboardist · flipturn

Damu The Fudgemunk

Music Producer, DJ · Y Society

Bace

Music Producer

J-Zone

DJ · The Bo$$ Hog Barbarian$

Mick Jenkins

Rapper

Keyness

Music Producer

Rakim

Rapper, Music Producer · Legends of Hip Hop

Black Thought

Rapper · The Roots

Slo Five

Music Producer

Brian Leiser

Bassist · Fun Lovin' Criminals

Mach-Hommy

Rapper · Kill Em All

Farnell Newton

Composer · Bootsy Collins And The Funk Unity Band

Es‐K

Music Producer

The BREED

Music Producer

Lu Diaz

Music Producer · Diaz Brothers

Don Kerr

Music Producer · Rheostatics

7th Realm

Music Producer

J.PERIOD

Music Producer, DJ · The Roots

Mos Def

Singer, Rapper · Soulquarians

Chuck Strangers

Singer, Music Producer

Collective Efforts

Chris “The Glove” Taylor

Music Producer, DJ · The Pharcyde

SLIMKID3

Singer, Music Producer · The Pharcyde

Rejjie Snow

Singer, Rapper

Cook

nanase

Jeremiah Jae

Rapper, Music Producer

Chance The Rapper

Rapper · The Social Experiment

L'Orange

Music Producer, DJ

Cordae

Rapper · YBN (Young Boss Niggas)

Freddie Joachim

Music Producer

Dana Williams

Bassist · Diamond Rio