VH1's 100 Greatest Artist EVER (Where did Hip Hop Artist fall on the list)

[Skeratch]

This is what happens when hipsters form a committee and share their favourite ipod tunes.

From Rolling Stone's 100 Most Influential:

1 - The Beatles

2 - Bob Dylan

3 - Elvis Presley

4 - Rolling Stones

5 - Chuck Berry

6 - Jimi Hendrix

7 - James Brown

8 - Little Richard

9 - Aretha Franklin

10 - Ray Charles

11 - Bob Marley

12 - Beach Boys

13 - Buddy Holly

14 - Led Zeppelin

15 - Stevie Wonder

16 - Sam Cooke

17 - Muddy Waters

18 - Marvin Gaye

19 - Velvet Underground

20 - Bo Diddley

21 - Otis Redding

22 - U2

23 - Bruce Springsteen

24 - Jerry Lee Lewis

25 - Fats Domino

26 - Ramones

27 - Nirvana

28 - Prince

29 - The Who

30 - The Clash

31 - Johnny Cash

32 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

33 - Everly Brothers

34 - Neil Young

35 - Michael Jackson

36 - Madonna

37 - Roy Orbison

38 - John Lennon

39 - David Bowie

40 - Simon & Garfunkel

41 - The Doors

42 - Van Morrison

43 - Sly & The Family Stone

44 - Public Enemy

45 - The Byrds

46 - Janis Joplin

47 - Patti Smith

48 - Run-D.M.C.

49 - Elton John

50 - The Band

51 - Howlin' Wolf

52 - Allman Brothers Band

53 - Eric Clapton

54 - Dr. Dre

55 - Grateful Dead

56 - Parliament / Funkadelic

57 - Aerosmith

58 - Sex Pistols

59 - Louis Jordan

60 - Joni Mitchell

61 - Tina Turner

62 - Etta James

63 - Phil Spector

64 - The Kinks

65 - Al Green

66 - Cream

67 - The Temptations

68 - Jackie Wilson

69 - Carl Perkins

70 - The Police

71 - Frank Zappa

72 - AC/DC

73 - Radiohead

74 - Hank Williams

75 - The Eagles

76 - The Shirelles

77 - Beastie Boys

78 - The Stooges

79 - The Four Tops

80 - Elvis Costello

81 - The Drifters

82 - Eminem

83 - N.W.A.

84 - James Taylor

85 - Black Sabbath

86 - 2Pac

87 - Gram Parsons

88 - Miles Davis

89 - The Yardbirds

90 - Carlos Santana

91 - Ricky Nelson

92 - Guns N' Roses

93 - Booker T & The MG's

94 - Nine Inch Nails

95 - Lynyrd Skynrd

96 - Martha & The Vandellas

97 - Diana Ross & The Supremes

98 - Roxy Music

99 - Curtis Mayfield

100 - Lee "Scratch" Perry

 

[unspoken_respect]

Stevie Wonder at 10? C'mon man.

 

[hrap-120]

I cant take that list serious, they need to re-do it from our perspective.

Any list that has Curtis Mayfield #84 is pure garbage. Top 20 at worse to anyone that knows music and that's at worse. The list should be used like toilet tissue

Thankyou family

 

[bankrupt baller]

Jay -Z >>>>> Tupac

OutKast >>> Rakim.

Yall mad

not mad at all........one guy only did music untill 25 and the other is damn near 42 and he's still rapping.......do the math

 

[unspoken_respect]

No Boys 2 Men either. Well, im not suprised. I know how a list made by BET would look.

 

[MrJR]

aint nobody complaining that Mariah Carey is so low??

 

[qoolaide33]

aint nobody complaining that Mariah Carey is so low??

I did.

But people in the IC aren't fans of pop/popular music. And with the better half of her career being geared towards a popular audience and not the more adult content like earlier (Pre-Butterfly maybe?), niggas in the IC ain't going for that.

 

[MrJR]

I did.

But people in the IC aren't fans of pop/popular music. And with the better half of her career being geared towards a popular audience and not the more adult content like earlier (Pre-Butterfly maybe?), niggas in the IC ain't going for that.

Based on her success of number one albums she should of been higher

 

[qoolaide33]

Based on her success of number one albums she should of been higher

That may be true, but people are on here crying about how the list is about sales already (which isn't true), so that would just add fuel to the fire.

Plus, just to make your point, Boys II Men have a shit load of 1's, too, but they're no where to be seen.

 

[south4life]

I just don't get how they have The Beatles at number 1, Beatlemania ended in the 70's, Mike was the most famous man on earth and you telling me The Beatles and Bob Dylan are better then him? Hell No!

 

[Old Fart]

why would anyone really give a fuck what VH1 thinks??? Why black people try so hard to impress white people? Fuck what they think. This is hip-hop...hood music. Not saying whites from the hood can't be a part of hip-hop but I don't understand why black people put so much emphasis on what white people think. Shit is sad. Do you think they get all excited when they get a BET nomination? seriously, we need to stop trying to get their appoval for shit that we do

 

[BossIntellect]

How the fuck is hov better than pac??

 

[Skeratch]

How many of you watch VH1 anyway? I know I don't, because they rarely play the music I like.

The list was made for their customer base.

 

[south4life]

How many of you watch VH1 anyway? I know I don't, because they rarely play the music I like.

The list was made for their customer base.

I watch it more than BET and MTV, they don't play videos at all no more!
I only watch VH1 for Behind The Music, T.O. show, The Hip Hop Greatest Song countdown and I Love The (70's, 80's, 90's) series

 

[Skeratch]

I watch it more than BET and MTV, they don't play videos at all no more!

I only watch VH1 for Behind The Music, T.O. show, The Hip Hop Greatest Song countdown and I Love The (70's, 80's, 90's) series

Damn, I been away from the music video channels for too long.

 

[qoolaide33]

I just don't get how they have The Beatles at number 1, Beatlemania ended in the 70's, Mike was the most famous man on earth and you telling me The Beatles and Bob Dylan are better then him? Hell No!

You do realize how big the Beatles are...right? The Beatles are the second highest selling artists this decade. Practically 30 years after Lennon died. Beatlemania never ended.

Not saying I agree or disagree with you, because yeah, MJ shouldnt be any lower than 3 (I thought MJ and the Beatles would actually be next to each other)

 

[qoolaide33]

I watch it more than BET and MTV, they don't play videos at all no more!
I only watch VH1 for Behind The Music, T.O. show, The Hip Hop Greatest Song countdown and I Love The (70's, 80's, 90's) series

Bolded is the GOAT show.

 

[rip.dilla]

LOL at this thread going plat...

 

[south4life]

You do realize how big the Beatles are...right? The Beatles are the second highest selling artists this decade. Practically 30 years after Lennon died. Beatlemania never ended.

Not saying I agree or disagree with you, because yeah, MJ shouldnt be any lower than 3 (I thought MJ and the Beatles would actually be next to each other)

I know how famous they are but, when Ringo Starr goes out, he doesn't have the press and Paparazzi all on his ass like they did Mike, every move Mike did they was there, they recorded the man at a video store at 2 in the morning, how did they know he was gonna be there at 2 in the morning?

Paul McCartney isn't as famous as Mike is either, that's why I said Beatlemania is over, Mike was the most famous man on the planet.

 

[1CK1S]

Yo no Diana Ross, Barry White,Luther Vandross, Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men, Usher, Patti Labelle, Lionel Richie, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood?

SMDH @ VH1 ol racist ass for coming up with another garbage list.

-Top three is OK just move Bob Dylan to 3 and MJ to 2

-Beyonce shouldn't be that high on the list that and she's not the GOAT female R&B singer.

- Jay-Z higher than Big, Pac, Em, LL, P.E.(which I'm surprised they made this list considering the fact that white people were scared of them) blasphemy. White folks really need to stop making him the Jesus Christ of Hip-Hop/Rap.