2676894, how many artists in the history of music are regarded as great w/o
Posted by vee-lover, Thu Mar-22-12 03:36 PM
having any hit records???
for better or worse, hit records are a barometer for measuring an artist's greatness, bottom line...and that applies to all genres.
GZA can hang with or outrap many of the great MCs that are usually mentioned in the top 10 but his lack of commercial success is why he's not considered one of the GOATs.
Its why Shuggie Otis who made some really good music is viewed more as someone who had unfulfilled expectations and not as a great artist. The same can be said abt Terence Trent D'Arby.
I think you have a very loose definition of greatness...
>sigh...
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>have you two even heard the second, third, fourth, fifth,
>sixth album?
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