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hate this shit lol
Just change it to the music hall of fame
This. I actually feel the Rock musicians when they complain about it. It makes no sense calling it the RnR HoF especially when you're now letting non-rock musicians in over actual rock artists.
Fuck them rock musicians and stop this stupid ass talking point.
The 1st goddamn inductees were artist that weren't rock and roll musicians, James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Ray Charles.
Please stop bullshit ass take.
Yes — James Brown was a Rock and Roll artist**, but that’s only part of the story.
He began his career in the 1950s when Rock and Roll was emerging, and some of his early recordings had strong rock elements. In fact, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its very first class in 1986 — alongside artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.
Yes — Sam Cooke was considered a Rock and Roll artist, especially during the early part of his crossover career.
He started in gospel music with The Soul Stirrers, but when he moved into pop music in the late 1950s, many of his songs were marketed as Rock and Roll.
Yes — Ray Charles is considered a Rock and Roll artist, though that’s not the full picture.
He was one of the foundational figures in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s. His blending of gospel, blues, and rhythm & blues directly influenced early rock musicians.
Nas is not a Rock and Roll artist.
He is a legendary hip-hop artist, widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. His classic debut album Illmatic is considered one of the most important hip-hop albums ever made.
WTF? Are you serious? People love running around talking about "Black people invented Rock." Now you don't want to give credit to the actual Black people that had a hand in doing that very thing? *sigh* I'm not really in an argumentative mood, so I'll just be lazy and let ChatGPT do it's thing.
Was James Brown a Rock and Roll artist?
Was Sam Cooke a Rock and Roll artist?
Was Ray Charles a Rock and Roll artist?
Is Nas a Rock and Roll artist?
You good and goddamn well James,Sam, and Ray are not considered or known for being "Rock" artist.
Now they aren't known as Rock artists, but it was different in the 50s. Remember back then the lines between Rock, Blues, and Soul were blurred. A lot of songs those three released were called Rock back in the day. Whether you consider them to be primarily Rock artists now is irrelevant. At the time that Rock was becoming a thing, they were contributing to its development. That's why they were inducted. For goodness sake, Elvis Pressley was called the "King of Rock and Roll" and his whole schtick and most of his catalog came from artists like James Brown. You're just wrong on this one, bro. It's ok.
MF just because some cracks back then labeled them rock don't mean they were.
Sam Cooke was labeled the King of SOUL
James Brown the Godfather of SOUL AND FUNK
You let your yt side show, agreeing with some old rock artists and their thinly veiled racism.
It's not ok. Don't let that shit happen again.
You are calling these old rock artists racist (which they might be, I don't know and don't really care) for not wanting a bunch of Hip Hop, R&B, and Pop artists who've had no part in the Rock genre in the Rock and Roll fame while also dismissing the fact that many of those same old rock artists are the ones that say James Brown and Ray Charles are pioneers of Rock. Make that make sense bruh.
It doesn't matter what labels Sam Cooke and James Brown have. The facts are that they made hit songs that were considered to be Rock in the '50s and they are credited with pioneering the early Rock sound and inspiring later Rock artists. That's why they were inducted into the very first class. People thought their contributions to the genre were just that important. It's weird as hell that you're trying to be pro-black by denying black people their contributions. Don't bother responding to me again until you actually do some research because, with all due respect, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
I never denied anything. Don't do that hoe ass bitch shit you do and claim something that's not there.
I know who invented Rock, Black people.
So post those Rock songs by Sam Cooke and James Brown. I'll wait.
Sade been perfecting the same 7 songs across multiple albums for 5 damn decades.
Her most unique song in the last 30 years was Immigrant.