UON wrote:
Stingray24 wrote:
No, rap artists should not be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gimme a break, does rap have to invade everything? Van Halen and R.E.M. are valid entries, the rest not.
Really, you are a piece of work. Don't you claim to a Christian? How nice it is of you to judge all rap artists as incapable of musical innovation and influence, which is what the hall of fame is about.
If you are going to argue technicalities, and say that rap isn't rock and roll (which doesn't matter anyway), Grandmaster Flash actually took many samples and beats from rock and roll, r&b, disco, funk and put them into a modern context in a revolutionary way, and that alone is worthy of a top spot. then you won't hear a single note of any true rock and roll in anything by Van Halen or R.E.M., but not so for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. (edit: and "hard rock" isn't rock and roll anyway, so on technicalities Van Halen and R.E.M. = double fail)
UON:
Lowing already answered your post quite well, but I figured I should throw in my 2 cents. You made two incorrect assumptions in your post.
1 - You assumed
I think all rap artists are incapable of musical innovation and influence.
2 - You assumed I'm a racist because I think each musical genre should have its own hall of fame.
At least attempt some dialogue instead of making assumptions next time. I'm tired of people assuming that, just because rap isn't someone's favorite style of music, that they're racist.
For the record, rock is my favorite style, but I enjoy artists from almost every genre of music including a little rap (2Pac, Nelly, Ludacris, Eminem). I'm not going to post pictures of my CD collection and list my MP3s to prove it.
If you think this isn't rock, you're nuts:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … =Van+HalenWatch those finger fly, now THAT is talent!
No hall of fame because no one is singing like Elvis?
Your opinions just get more and more interesting. Come on, every musical style evolves - the list you posted proves that. Rap is much different than it used to be, too. The hole you're digging is getting so deep that soon you won't be able to toss the dirt out.