Oooohhhh, good one! For starters:
Marvin Gaye
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Prince
Sade
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Cat Stevens
Jimi Hendrix
Jill Scott
Erykah Badu
Outkast
2Pac
Biggie Smalls
Al Green
Wu-Tang Clan (including Ol'Dirty)
Mariah Carey (Vision of Love version)
Michael Jackson (Thriller / Off the Wall version)

Kanye West, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Donna Summer, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Janet Jackson, Jay & Bey, Outkast, Coldplay, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Postal Service, Matchbox 20, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Jody Watley, Madonna, Donny Hathaway, The Beatles, James Brown, Thriller-era MJ, Bodyguard-era Whitney Houston, Fantasy-era Mariah Carey, John Legend, Marcy Playground, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Maroon 5, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Lauren Hill, Beyonce, Chrisette Michelle, Jill Scott, Prince, MJ

Jay Z, Tupac, Biggie, LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim, Salt 'n Pepa, Digable Planets, Kanye, Weezy, Outkast, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, Snoop Dogg

:
PJ Harvey,
Mason Jennings
Beach Boys
Donovan
Everly Brothers
Rufus Wainwright
Lila Downs
Lunasa
Gillian Welch
Old Crow Medicine Show
Nickel Creek
:
Refused
Casualties
International Noise Conspiracy
No Doubt
Fishbone
Madness
Dead Kennedys
The Go! Team
Circle Takes The Square
Thursday
At The Drive-In
Saves The Day
:
Daft Punk
Chemical Brothers
MIA
The Go! Team
Nine Inch Nails
Janet Jackson
Air
Deee-Lite
Crystal Method
Bjork
Depeche Mode
Pet Shop Boys
Prodigy
Gotty Boi Chris
Sister Sledge
Sheryl Lynn
…i'm tired

Mark Ronson
Lily Allen
Amy Winehouse
Artic Monkeys
Kaiser Cheifs
The Killers
The Ting Tings
MIA
Santogold
Lupe
Dragonette
Oasis
Coldplay
Black Kids
Paolo Nutini
Bob Dylan
Adele
The Gossip
Blur
Plup
The strokes
The white Stripes
There's more…..
Liam is right; Galsto is guitar music. The UK music has never really been about rap/hip hop. Lil wyane sold 1 million albums here, debuted 23 in the UK.

I forgot Kenna!

Myopinionounts,too

I want to be at your festival plus Bilal, Res, Common, Estelle, Van Hunt, and Mos Def with Dave Chappelle to host; basically I wanted to be at the filming of block party with Chappelle.

The Fugees,Outkast, Common, Mos Def
Sade, Sweetback, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Van Hunt, Anthony Hamilton, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, Fertile Ground, Thievery Corporation, The Dining Rooms, Gnarls Barkley, Les Nubians, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Nujabes, Raphael Saadiq, Tony Tone Toni and William Devaugn

oh damn - forgot Amy Winehouse

I agree with all QUI's but I also have to have Al Green and Prince!!

I'm definitely on the Block Party train…but one person I would hafta have is Bob Marley. I just know I would get the good tunes as well as some serious knowledge.

I mean, damn - apparently mine would be a short festival comparatively.

Jay-Z
The Roots
Martin Luther
Cody Chesnut
Linkin Park
Kelly Love Jones
Estelle
Meshelle N'degeocello
Umm…….

Lupe
Kayne
MIA
Santogold
Muffy
Chemical Brothers
Common
NERD
Metalica
Beyonce

My Line Up:
Nelly Furtado
Christina Aguilera
Amanda Diva
Lenny Kravitz
Michelle Branch
Alicia Keys
Norah Jones
Sara Bareilles
Lauryn Hill
The Fugees
A Lilith Fair Melody (Lucious Jackson/Nina Gordon/Liz Phair)
Mandy Moore (only songs from Wild Hope)
Janet Jackson (only songs from Control and Rhythym Nation)
Rachel Yamagata
John Mayer
Teddy Geiger
Dave Matthews Band
Jimmy Eat World
Ben Jelen
Amerie
Mariah Carey (only songs from Butterfly/Music Box/Emotions/Mariah Carey)

This is a hard one and I'll no doubt forget some ppl, but here's the lineup for the 2008 BMD Music Fest:

Sly & The Family Stone
Bone Thugs (ALL of them)
OutKast
Teena Marie
Chaka Khan
Gladys Night
Soundgarden
The White Stripes
Jimi Hendrix
Metallica
Guns N' Roses (the OG GNR)
Marilyn Manson
Garth Brooks
Reba McIntyre
Bessie Smith
Marvin Gaye
Weezy (of course!!)
Floetry
Earth, Wind & Fire
Meshell Ndegeocell
The Rebirth Brass Band
The Hot 8 Brass Band
Donny Hathaway
Curtis Mayfield
James Brown
Parliment
Rick James
Marlena Shaw
Jocelyn Brown
Sergio Mendes
Tito Puente
Shakira
The Temptations
Diana Ross
Etta James
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Buddy Guy
Muddy Waters
T Bone Walker
Robert Johnson
CCR
The Who
AC/DC
The Doors
Journey
Sam Cooke

Get your tix now, nuccas!

Just added to the lineup:
Pink Floyd
Tina Turner
The Rolling Stones
The Isley Bros
The Sex Pistols
Billie Holiday
Depeche Mode
Janis Joplin
The Byrds
Santana
Donovan
The Mamas & The Papas
Jefferson Airplane
Heart
Ozzie Ozbourn (w/ Lita Ford)
The Moody Blues
Joan Baez
Michael Jackson (the OG MJ)
John Lennon
Led Zepplin (b/c my husband would kill me if I didn't include them)
Black Sabbath (see above note)
Iron Maiden (again with the note)
Bob Marley
QUEEN (HOW COULD I FORGET THEM???)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Bros
Rod Stewart
Donna Summer
Bee Gees
Madonna
Prince
Massive Attack
Portishead
Tricky
NWA
Snoop
Dre
Ice Cube
DJ Quick
Duran Duran
Tom Petty
Eric B & Rakim
Genesis
Cyndi Lauper
Culture Club
and last but not least the FUCKING BADDEST ROCKER OF ALL TIME: Pat Benetar.

(I can't believe I can recall all of these ppl from the top of my head this early in the a.m.!)

(Not necessarily in this order, and with ample opportunity for any of these artists to team up and do songs together)

Hendrix
The Roots
A Tribe Called Quest
Al Green
Sonny Rollins
Supernatural vs. Canibus vs. Thirstin Howl III (freestyle battle)
Celia Cruz
Tito Puente
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
The Meters
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
James Brown