He’s arguably the most important person in the history of Hip Hop tbh.

Yeah but how important were they was just chill dad music by then

Ray Charles f***in smokes him in the 50s

People underrating Ray

I believe Sly Stone and Larry Graham, along with the P-Funk movement, deserve at least a mention.

Cannot be the only one who thinks so.

nah I agree with you, he helped popularize the concept album in the 50s and had an insane run but the 40s were the height of sinatramania

sings for only the lonely and songs for swinging lovers tho

Surf rock highkey a top 4 rock sub genre , beach boys over the others mentioned itt

Future… Thug…

But yeah, for the '80s, I'd firmly have Prince.

Awkward cause Family Stone peaked for the last few years of the 60s and first few of the 70s.

I almost named Clinton for 70s. No band any genre touching P-Funks run that decade. But Bowie still a little more impactful across his eras.

Surprised nobody has said James Brown.

F***, true—James Brown…

drake

Kraftwerk is up there for the 70s + Q-Tip for the 90s

80s gotta go to hard rock

I would probably name Clinton et al. instead of Stevie for the '70s, and James for the '60s.

yeah, I would give the 90s to dre the more I think about it

"My ding a ling" went platinum on my old man's stereo back then

chronic og, 2001 and doggystyle all in my top 10 rap albums

rza is a dope pick

Hard rock was massive but not as important as Prince was to music in general

50s - Little Richard for sure
60s - Beatles, Beach Boys
70s - Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk
80s - Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna
90s - Nirvana, Tupac / Biggie, Bjork
00s - Pharrell, Kanye
10s - Kanye, Kendrick, Beyonce
20s - (need to think about this one)

Idk op, you might wanna put Aubrey instead for the 2010s, regardless how you feel about dude

yeah James Brown more important than nearly every artist mentioned itt tbh

Torn between Kanye and Weezy