A certifiable hit maker since his teens, Usher has been cranking multiple top tens in both the Pop and R&B charts and in terms of name recognition, Usher should be near the top of any list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame eligible artists.

Earlier entries discuss the possibility of a Trip Hop entrant into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  A possible wildcard in that equation would be Tricky, who upon leaving Massive Attack delivered as much celebrated Trip Hop as anyone else.  His debut album is considered a landmark in the genre and he has been delivering great music on his own ever since.  Tricky would have had to found a way to truly crack the U.S. market and since that didn’t happen his Hall of Fame path looks bleak.

The only category that even remotely fits for Tortoise is calling them an Indie Rock band. Beyond that, the definitions become murky as Tortoise was very experimental in nature utilizing anything and everything from Krautrock, Dub and Jazz to make albums that were not found on the traditional Rock or even Independent scene.  The critics do love them and they found a niche fan base, but this has not proven to be the formula for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. 

To this day, many critics lists and personal lists still rate The Notorious B.I.G. as the best rapper who ever lived.  He was called the savior of East Coast Rap and his storytelling ability had few equals.  He didn’t romanticize the Gangster life but rapped it in a gritty realistic way.  His rapping style also did not seem forced and arguably nobody ever made rapping seem so natural.