i'm not hating or being argumentative. are you really pretending hit songs--whether on the radio, in the streets or the club--isn't a viable category to discuss? in any popular genre of music, whenever great artists are discussed, they talk about singles charts and massive hits. stop being weird.

so, just to be clear, you're arguing that popular records is not even a "conceivable category" that could be taken into account when judging a musician's legacy?