best artist at each genre

I'm going to do favorites since thats what everyone else is doing, (I hope). I took out the genres I didn't like or didn't have answers for.


Country: Townes Van Zandt
Folk: Pete Seeger
Pop: the Beach Boys
Punk: Jawbreaker
Reggae: Jimmy Cliff
Rap: A Tribe Called Quest
Rock: Modest Mouse
Emo: Kidcrash
Post-Rock: 65daysofstatic

Most of my favorite artists didn't fit in any of that, what exactly is alternative?
 
^ he is not my favorite either (elvis)... but as far as other people, well they seem to really love him. like i have said before, whenever i make lists i try my best to exclude my personal opinion.

as far as pink floyd goes, they are most assuradly physcadelic space rock beyond just piper at the gates of dawn. how could you say that dark side of the moon (among others) doesnt fall in that category?
 
Blues - Muddy Waters
Country - johnny cash
Electronica - Brian Eno
Folk - Fairport Convention
Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Metal - Celtic Frost
Pop - The Kinks
Psychedelic - 13th Floor Elevators / Hawkwind (Can't decide between these)
Punk - The Clash
Reggae - Lee Scratch Perry
Rap - De La Soul
Rock - Motorhead

And i'll throw in The Fall for best post punk act.
 
I hate metal and always have, anyone on here who knows me well enough (swimintheundertow, lespaul43) knows I actually do think that and i'm not just trying to "troll".
 
every artist listed in this thread is the personal opinion of the one who posted it. so, while i do not think that eminem is the greatest rapper of all time, he is a great rapper who put out two classic albums back to back, and an argument could be made that he is at least one of the greatest, especially of the past few years.
 
I'm not a metalhead, So that aint it.

But I know for a fact that Ethan does it for the sake of starting a ruckus rather than constructive criticism.
 
blues - Muddy Waters
classical - Bach
country - Waylon Jennings
electronica - n/a
folk - bob dylan
guitar - BB King
alternative/grunge - radiohead
metal - n/a
pop - michael jackson (is it debatable?)
psychedelic-n/a
punk- n/a
raggae - jimmy cliff!
rap - talib kweli nowadays, public enemy back in the day
rock - the beatles
 
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