aquemini for me (i know im a late bloomer) i had listened to some hip hop before that but mostly garbage, outkast got me to appreciate more consciene hip hop and i always liked dre's cuts even though he was probably using a switch but i didn't get into cutting til much later on account of my boy smyrx gettin' a table, so i guess he would have to be my BIGGEST influence that went off on a litle tangent there, im baked out of my tree right ow sorry