I never listened to anything before Hip hop,
i heard that Biz markie song( "Something for the radio" ) and bought a complication with some good songs on it.
I heard "who I am" by snoop and since then was loyal to hip hop.
The first album i bought was Run Dmc's "Down with the king"
and then in 98 i heard that Pete Rock Album called "mecca and the soul brother"
pretty much my biggest influence