• mine no order

🏆 1980s:

Too Short
NWA
Kool G Rap
LL Cool J
Ice T
Public Enemy
Rakim
2 Live Crew
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
Boogie Down Productions

HM: Geto Boys

🏆 1990s:

2Pac
Ice Cube
Mac Mall
Scarface
Master P
DMX
Jay Z
Wu Tang Clan
Mobb Deep
OutKast

HMs - The Fugees, Bone Thugs, Nas & Spice 1

🏆 2000s:

Kanye West
DMX
50 Cent
E40
Missy Elliot
Cam'Ron
Nas
Lil Wayne
Ludacris
The Federation

HMs - Three 6 Mafia, Styles P, The Roots, Jay Z, Mac Dre & The Game

🏆 2010s:

Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
ASAP Rocky
Waka Flocka
Rick Ross
Pusha T
Big KRIT
Drake
Mac Miller
Travis Scott

HMs: Future, Roc Marciano, YG, Sob x RBE, The Roots, Vince Staples, Freddie Gibbs & Schoolboy Q

🏆 2020s:

Kendrick Lamar
Pusha T
Draft Day
Mavi
Ovrkast
Kenny Mason
Samara Cyn
Mach Hommy
Nef the Pharaoh
D. Savage

HMs: AZChike, Yonny, Babyface Ray, Baby Keem & Benji Blue Bills

• 🚨 UPDATE: I edited my listings a bit but overall it's the same names just added ppl

My Top 10 altogether at the moment:

Kendrick Lamar
2Pac
Kanye West
Jay Z
Outkast
Pusha T
Big KRIT
DMX
Missy Elliot
ASAP Rocky

50s

Fats Domino
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Ray Charles
Buddy Holly
Johnny Cash
Everly Brothers
Ricky Nelson

60s

Bob Dylan
Kinks
Byrds
Yardbirds
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Velvet Underground
Jimi Hendrix
Beach Boys
Sly & The Family Stone

70s

Parliament-Funkadelic
Neil Young
David Bowie
Black Sabbath
Iggy & The Stooges
Roxy Music/Bryan Eno
Gene Clark
Rolling Stones again
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin

80s

Joy Division/New Order
Prince
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Metallica
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
The Clash
The Smiths

90s

Pulp
Wu Tang
Outkast
Tom Waits again
Nick Cave again
Oasis
Verve
Depeche again
Radiohead
Biggie

00s

White Stripes
Outkast again
Kanye
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Arcade Fire
Radiohead again
MIA
My Morning Jacket
Lil Wayne
Franz Ferdinand

10's

Kanye again
MIA again
Arcade Fire again
Pusha T
Kendrick
Drake
Kodak
Frank Ocean
Cage The Elephant
Grimes

20's

Kanye again
Pusha again
Bob Dylan again
Kendrick again
Grimes again
Cindy Lee
MIA again
Kodak again
Arcade Fire again
The Smile

Truly achieved washed unc status this decade

I'm too busy deep diving the dust to keep up anymore

80s:
Beastie Boys
NWA
Public Enemy
LL Cool J
Rakim
KRS-One
Run DMC
Slick Rick
Geto Boys
EPMD

90s:
Pac
Big
Nas
Jay
Snoop
DMX
Scarface
Ice Cube
Wutang
Outkast

HM: Redman, Dre, & G-Rap

00s:
Jay Z
Eminem
Wayne
Kanye
TI
Jeezy
50
Ludacris
Cam'ron
Nelly

HM: Game, Ja Rule, Missy, DMX

10s:
Drake
Kendrick
Cole
Nicki
Kanye
Future
Travis
Migos
Meek
Thug

HM: Big Sean, Asap Rocky, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi

20s:
NBA Youngboy
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Baby
Rod Wave
Kendrick
Drake
Cole
Carti
Tyler
Future

I assume you meant rap not other genres.

Alright I finalized my list(s) 😃

too lazy to do every decade but

2010s beware the worst list youve ever seen but these the ones i listen to the most

Earl
Vince
Krit
Thug
Future
Kevin Gates
Lucki
Drake
Rocky
Lil Baby

hm Kodak, YB, Curren$y, Roc Marci, Durk, Nudy, Migos there's too many lol

90s would be super fun to do but its soooo many options

Real for Too $hort

Good thread I need to think about this

90s:

Nas
The Notorious B.I.G.
OutKast
A Tribe Called Quest
2pac
UGK
E-40
Too $hort
Mobb Deep
Ghostface Killah

00s:

Kanye
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Jay-Z
Jeezy
Ludacris
MF DOOM
Lupe Fiasco
Common
Rick Ross

10s:

Future
Ye
Kendrick
Kodak Black
Rick Ross
Isaiah Rashad
YG
Sahbabii
YNW Melly

20s:

RXK Nephew
Don Toliver
Rx Papi
454
Rio Da Yung OG
Seafood Sam
Bossman Dlow
Thirteendegrees
Bruiser Wolf
Rx 2doe

admit you made up all those 2020s rappers

I seriously did not and you should honestly try each one

1950s:

1. fats domino
2. little richard
3. chuck berry
4. bo diddley
5. elvis presley
6. buddy holly
7. b.b. king
8. john lee hooker
9. sam cooke
10. nina simone

1960s:

1. the beatles
2. led zeppelin
3. pink floyd
4. the rolling stones
5. the who
6. the kinks
7. cream
8. the beach boys
9. the doors
10. the velvet underground

1970s:

1. the beatles
2. led zeppelin
3. pink floyd
4. the rolling stones
5. queen
6. the who
7. the kinks
8. black sabbath
9. deep purple
10. the beach boys

1980s:

1. the rolling stones
2. queen
3. talking heads
4. blondie
5. the cars
6. nirvana
7. the cure
8. metallica
9. u2
10. r.e.m.

1990s:

1. queen
2. radiohead
3. nirvana
4. the cure
5. u2
6. r.e.m.
7. david bowie
8. bob dylan
9. prince
10. michael jackson

2000s:

1. radiohead
2. u2
3. david bowie
4. bob dylan
5. michael jackson
6. patti smith
7. madonna
8. janet jackson
9. beastie boys
10. outkast

2010s:

1. blondie
2. radiohead
3. u2
4. david bowie
5. patti smith
6. janet jackson
7. beastie boys
8. a tribe called quest
9. jay-z
10. neil young

2020s:

1. the cure
2. bob dylan
3. depeche mode
4. pj harvey
5. fiona apple
6. bjork
7. lady gaga
8. kylie minogue
9. u.s. girls
10. st. vincent

hip hop music artists only

1980s:

1. beastie boys
2. n.w.a
3. public enemy
4. run-d.m.c.
5. de la soul
6. ultramagnetic mc's
7. geto boys
8. too $hort
9. big daddy kane
10. kool g rap & dj polo

1990s:

1. beastie boys
2. a tribe called quest
3. outkast
4. the notorious b.i.g.
5. jay-z
6. 2pac
7. missy elliott
8. public enemy
9. souls of mischief
10. hieroglyphics

2000s:

1. beastie boys
2. outkast
3. jay-z
4. missy elliott
5. clipse
6. hieroglyphics
7. de la soul
8. handsome boy modeling school
9. deltron 3030
10. three 6 mafia

2010s:

1. beastie boys
2. a tribe called quest
3. jay-z
4. pusha t
5. nas
6. kanye west
7. lil b
8. main attrakionz
9. das racist
10. rxknephew

2020s:

1. clipse
2. nas
3. kanye west
4. lil b
5. rxknephew
6. rx papi
7. dave blunts
8. xaviersobased
9. ksuuvi
10. tenkay

Cream

Hotsauce Committee

top guitar player tho

Peaked in 1964-1965 with the Yardbirds and John Mayall though and then was instantly surpassed by Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Hendrix

one of

also one of the top bassists and one of the top drummers

3 musicians who were the cream of the crop in the instruments they played

Remind me have you dove into 60s Fleetwood Mac

i like it. it's underrated.

Byrds and Yardbirds?

the byrds were a top 10 favorite american band for me about 10 years ago. when i updated my list for favorite bands of all time this year, they ended up at #299. i just listened to their first 6 albums again 2 days ago though. they're #61 in my top bands of the 1960s. the yardbirds used to be in my top 100 bands of the 1960s, but they were pushed out by several salsa, folk, soul, and blues artists.

they still untouchable for me, even moreso after 20 years of stanning

real for salsa