Gil Scott-Heron

The Bullet Points

• Previous Rank: 2011: #98
  2012: #84
  2013: #81
  2014: #76
  2015: #71
  2016: #64
• Eligible Since: Sunday, 01 January 1995
• Country of Origin: U.S.A. (Chicago, IL)
• Why they will get in: There is no doubt that he is influential in a genre that the Hall respects.
• Why they won't get in: He is largely forgotten in today’s Hip Hop world, and he could potentially be a loose cannon during an induction speech.
• Essential Albums: Pieces of a Man (1971)
  Free Will (1972)
  Winter in America (1974)
• Our Five Favorite Songs as Chosen by Each Member of the NIHOF Committee: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (From Pieces of a Man, 1971)
  Home is Where the Hatred Is (From Pieces of a Man, 1971)
  Ain’t No New Thing (From Free Will, 1972)
  Rivers of My Fathers (From Winter in America, 1974)
  The Bottle (From Winter in America, 1974)