Who’s on the Mt. Rushmore of music?

Who’s on the Mt. Rushmore of music?
Fan base criteria on anything (quality, influence, album sales, popularity)

Mine:
Paul McCartney
Elvis
Michael Jackson
Nas

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Meant “can base criteria on anything”

My 5/6
5. Kanye West
6. George Michael (Rip)

Mine:
John Lennon
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Michael Jackson
George Michael

Paramore

Nas? Wtf is wrong with you lol

Illmatic literally created rap as we know it, and modern music has completely branched from rap.

McCartney
Lennon
Jackson
Kanye

Thom Yorke
Jeff Mangum
Michael Gira
Kevin Shields
Honorable mentions: MC Ride, Robert Fripp, Kanye West, Lou Reed, Brian Wilson, Panda Bear, Captain Beefheart

Robert Johnson
Hank Williams Sr.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Charlie Parker

My Rushmore, based solely on singing ability

Jackson
G Michael
Mercury
C Cornell

To bad they’re all dead :/

On another note, why are females so inferior with music? Sure, they sing just as well as men, but they are terrible at putting true meaning behind their songs. It’s all superficial music that is forgotten just as quickly as it rises in the charts.

I honestly don't think you can do much better than OP's picks, other than maybe a classical artist.

Damn, forgot Cornell died until I read this. That really sucks. Same with George Michael. RIP

You beat me to it damn

Ayyy thanks bud
Bach would be my classical pick btw

Yeah, it seriously does. They were both way too young

Damn son where’d you get this

>Bach
>Beethoven
>Mozart
>Kanye

Brendon Urie blows them all out of the water.

Based on influence, this actually isn’t that off. I would include McCartney or Lennon though. Without them, we don’t have modern music.

Guido d'Arezzo

Guys quit fucking around we know the real answer.

is this all the same guy???

lil pump, lil yatchy, lil wayne, lil peep

mozart
beethoven
bach
handel

It's 4 pictures of god. Duh.

>no stravinsky
>no pachelbel
>no chopin
P S E U D

hey man dwight eisenhower was a good president but there's not enough room on the rock yknow?

other user but his selection seems better to me. Who would you have replaced by whom

>Nas
i legit laughed

it's four pictures of jazz musician Herbie Hancock

Chopin
Charles Mingus
Paul McCartney
Peter Hammill

Just on influence in hip hop
Kanye
Dr. Dre
Nas
Andre 3000

>and modern music has completely branched from rap.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaahahahahhahaahhaahhaahhahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHAHAHAHAHAHA HOLY FUCK KILL YOUR SELF YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF GARBAGE

I'm considering skilful, influential and mostly famous artists in each respective category, so they'll mostly be entry-level.

Rock Guitarists:
>Jimi Hendrix
>Jimmy Page
>David Gilmour
>Eric Clapton

Pop/rock icons:
>Paul McCartney
>David Bowie
>Michael Jackson
>Elvis Presley

Big jazz names:
>Miles Davis
>John Coltrane
>Charlie Parker
>Charles Mingus

Drummers:
>John Bonham
>Keith Moon
>Neil Peart
>Ginger Baker

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

fpbp

Can't believe no one mentioned chuck Berry
He did define rock as a fast paced 3-4 piece guitar dominated genre