70's were the overall GOAT era IMO. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire (
) George Duke, the Ohio Players, Bootsy Collins, Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch, Shuggie Otis, Tower of Power, Rose Royce, Sly and the Family Stone, the Sylvers, P-Funk, Funkadelic, etc.
(On the rock side of things, Queen, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Yes
)
The 60's would come up next. James Brown, Sam Cooke, the Temptations, the Stylistics, Smokey Robinson, Hendrix...
Cream, the Beatles, the Doors, Status Quo, the Electric Prunes
The 80's? MJ and Prince are both GOAT contenders. Other than that, Rick James, Cameo, Maze ft. Frankie Beverly, and Loose Ends are pretty dope.
Electro music like Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra were putting out piff then
Rush is also one of the GOAT rock bands
Hip hop peaked with the late 80's/early 90's IMO. All the negativity that took over after that ruined it for me, outside of underground music.
70's > 80's = 60's > 90's >>>>>>> today