So, I put in twelve hours at work the last two days, and getting in my OSF post done in time just wasn’t going to happen. The theme, The Greatest of All Time, however, is the type of theme that gets my music-infatuated (possibly…oh ok, definitely snobish) self in all kinds of tizzies. This is the type of question that I have literally spent months upon months talking about with other music snobs fanatics. I will go to my grave fighting discussing with someone about the greatness of some music or some book.
I still don’t know the answer. It changes, for me at least, almost daily.
Then, we have to start talking genre. The greatest R&B act? The Greatest rapper? The greatest Rock ‘n Roll Guitarist? The greatest Punk band? You can’t compare Biggie to Robert Johnson to John Coltrane to Nick Cave and then declare one of them The Greatest (although at one time or another I have declared all of them The Greatest). I guess that’s what I love about these types of questions. There is no answer.
So, here’s my shot at The Greatest, right now, which may very well change 20 minutes after I publish this post. So, don’t quote me on any of this.
The first one is obvious. Few people will argue with me on this one. Jimmy simply owned the guitar and everyone recognizes this.
I will fight anyone who tries to dispute this one. I’m not hearing anything about Miles, either. Although, I will concede that just about everything Davis did with Coltrane was pretty good (hint, hint).
I’ll let everyone else argue over 2Pac and Biggie (or Nas and Jay Z, or Eminem…). Right now, I’m feeling Rakim.
R&B singer? I’m going with The Queen. How I missed this after searching for last weeks picks is beyond me.
Happy OSF, er…OSS Y’all! Thanks for playing, and as always, much love to all the other OSF participants.
Electronic Village | Fresh And Fab | Danielle | Kim | Ms Grapevine | Quick| Marcus Langford | Cassandra |iriegal | Mahogany | Hagar’s Daughter | Lisa C | Chocl8t | DP | Dallassouth | John | CC Groovy | Kreative Talk | Marvalus One | Regina | Clnmike | Vivrant Thing | AJ | Sharon | The Creole Pimp | Invisible Woman | Beleiver 1964 | Cooper | SJP | Bria | BklynQueen 86 | Hey Shae | From the Battlefield | Thembi | D Spot | Malcolm | Pop Art Diva | Pjazzypar | MsLadyDeborah | Tha Connoisseur
Not surprised that Jimi made your list.
I’m going for Pac if it came down to him & Big.
Happy OSS. LOL
See, I go through phases. Some days I’m all about Pac, but others I’m all about Biggie.
Lately, I’ve been feeling Biggie. This freestyle from Big has got me!
And I’m about Pac and Biggie. Both
I LOVE Love Supreme!! Great pick!
and Rakim was a lyrical genius in his day!
Yup, Jimi was the man. And from my era to boot! Good choice as well as Miles – who would argue with those?
I struggled with this one – trying to pick the Greatest of All Time? Hard to Pick but I went Retro, of course!