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Best broken beat artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a broken beat album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Bob Marley & The Wailers№ 1Bob Marley & The Wailers1 album here4.3Weighted score4.6 avg · 9 ratings
  1. 2Michael JacksonMichael Jackson1 album here3.93.9 avg · 2,082 ratings
  2. 3Erykah BaduErykah Badu1 album here3.83.8 avg · 41 ratings
  3. 4DJ VadimDJ Vadim1 album here
  4. 5Hudson MohawkeHudson Mohawke1 album here
  5. 6DJ KrushDJ Krush1 album here
  6. 7Alice RussellAlice Russell1 album here
  7. 8Joey NegroJoey Negro1 album here
  8. 9Hot 8 Brass BandHot 8 Brass Band1 album here
  9. 10Prefuse 73Prefuse 731 album here
  10. 114hero4hero2 albums here
  11. 12Adrian SherwoodAdrian Sherwood1 album here
  12. 13Otto von SchirachOtto von Schirach1 album here
  13. 14FlevansFlevans1 album here
  14. 15Mark de Clive-LoweMark de Clive-Lowe2 albums here
  15. 16GreyboyGreyboy1 album here
  16. 17AfraAfra1 album here
  17. 18Natural SelfNatural Self1 album here
  18. 19OmarOmar1 album here

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