Hip-Hop for People Who Don't Like Hip-Hop

Some artists have a crossover allure far beyond their usual audience or genre. Prince Paul's conceptual hip-hop project Handsome Boy Modeling School and hip-hop/neo-soul band The Roots offer up such broad appeal. Rhymes by hard-spitting rappers like Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard display intricacy and verve—you'll find them wheedling their way into your heart.