How Many Artists Can You Name That Totally Changed Music After Their Arrival?

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Kid Cudi
Kanye west with 808s and Heartbreak

 

[JustCKing]

Prince- where do I start. Don't know how he wasn't named

A Tribe Called Quest- Native Tongues Movement

D'angelo- Neo Soul

Lil' Jon- made Crunk mainstream

T.I.- made Trap mainstream

Timbaland- changed drum programming and had producers incorporating Middle Eastern and Indian samples and influences into their music.

 

[UNATTACHED]

Suprised nobody said Soulja boy

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Louis Armstrong

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Lonnie Johnson on acoustic guitar

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Charlie Christian on amplified/electric guitar

 

[get these nets]

Most overlooked figure in post-1980 music.

yup,yup

 

[Ahadi]

Pink

 

[Kaydigi]

Bone Thugs
Outkast
Wu-Tang Clan (especially the solo contracts situation)
Death Row Dr. Dre Era
DJ Clue
Onyx (Throw ya Gunz Era)

 

[Phantom Dreamer]

 

[nieman]

The Beatles for sure
Schoolly D
Run DMC
Melly Mel
Wu
Native Tongues
Madonna
Hendrix
Prince
Chuck Berry
Metallica

 

[Cladyclad]

Puffy
Jay Z

 

[nose hair]

Sly Stone
Miles Davis
Little Richard
Betty Davis

 

[bigde09]

Prince

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

I scrolled quick, and bypassed everyone elses answers....

I'll just speak, from what I've seen, or know of, in my lifetime...

MJ
NWA
New Edition
Run DMC
Pac
Nirvana
Dre & Snoop
R. Kelly
Nas
BIG
Lil Kim
Marilyn Manson
Busta Rhymes/Missy Elliot
Wu
Em
Backstreet Boys
Lauryn Hill
Kanye
Wayne
Jeezy
Keef
Migos
Thugga
Xxtencion
Juice World

I felt like, you seen shifts, or changes in the types of ppl, who came out after (whether clones, culture, etc.

 

[Youngdev]

I scrolled quick, and bypassed everyone elses answers....

I'll just speak, from what I've seen, or know of, in my lifetime...

MJ
NWA
New Edition
Run DMC
Pac
Nirvana
Dre & Snoop
R. Kelly
Nas
BIG
Lil Kim
Marilyn Manson
Busta Rhymes/Missy Elliot
Wu
Em
Backstreet Boys
Lauryn Hill
Kanye
Wayne
Jeezy
Keef
Migos
Thugga
Xxtencion
Juice World

I felt like, you seen shifts, or changes in the types of ppl, who came out after (whether clones, culture, etc.

Thug basically came into the came a wayne clone. What did he change about music?

 

[Human Torch]

Thug basically came into the came a wayne clone. What did he change about music?

i see the Wayne influence but I feel like thug and future were the poster boys for prioritizing harmony and “vibe” over actual lyrics though neither of them started off that way. I feel like how you said things became way more important that what you actually said. For better or worse, mostly worse.

the other newer person I didn’t see mentioned was chief keef. That should be self explanatory.