Don't you think that the hip hop artists deserve to be on the list? There is much more to music than just rock n roll and its roots. You refer to Run DMC as "him" and that is just wrong. Run DMC is a group of three guys who could be solely responsible for bringing hip hop to urban and white cultures. They're mix of Walk This Way with Aerosmith is one of the most ground breaking contributions to music ever.
Also Eminem could probably be higher- did you know that voters rated Eminem as the best rapper alive in a poll taken by Vibe Magazine this past summer?
I agree that the classic rockers deserve their respect, but so do the hip hop artists. Dr. Dre pretty much ran most of the rap industry in the 90s and early 2000. Take this or leave it, but hip hop artists are a very important part of American culture and the music industry today. And I'm talking about real artists that write real music, not the gang bangers who write about bullshit.
Don't you think that the hip hop artists deserve to be on the list? There is much more to music than just rock n roll and its roots. You refer to Run DMC as "him" and that is just wrong. Run DMC is a group of three guys who could be solely responsible for bringing hip hop to urban and white cultures. They're mix of Walk This Way with Aerosmith is one of the most ground breaking contributions to music ever.
Also Eminem could probably be higher- did you know that voters rated Eminem as the best rapper alive in a poll taken by Vibe Magazine this past summer?
I agree that the classic rockers deserve their respect, but so do the hip hop artists. Dr. Dre pretty much ran most of the rap industry in the 90s and early 2000. Take this or leave it, but hip hop artists are a very important part of American culture and the music industry today. And I'm talking about real artists that write real music, not the gang bangers who write about bullshit.