Who's the most important popular musician from the 20th century?

Kanye West

Anyone not saying the Beatles is kidding themselves

Some random bluesman who died a complete unknown

>>70461797
this anon hit the nail on the head. good luck finding a single song from the radio that doesn't have some basis in Kanye's work

>>70461797
This

>>70462467
Kanye west is the only artist from the 20th century that matters

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>>70461780
Frank Zappa

Prince

Spanned and developed many genres and eras, and influenced just about everyone

>>70461797
>>70462467
>>70462505
you guys could be memeing but Kanye West is probably the most influential in 90/00/10/

kraftwerk

their influence trickles down into the most popular genres since the late 70's

probably a blues artist

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>>70461797
>>70462467
>>70462505
>>70463340
holy shit you fucking retards

The 20th century means the 1900s. Kanye's first album was in 2004.

>>70464894
He was on The Blueprint in 2001 which is basically the 1900's, he qualifies

>>70463379
And YMO

I haven't listened to Aphex Twin. What has he influenced? How big is his influence? What did he do??

kanye west is shit

>>70461780
Jimi Hendrix

The Beatles.
POSSIBLY MJ at a stretch.

Guns N' Roses

>>70464928

no it doesn't, just because you're autistic doesn't mean the 1900s ended in 2001

>>70461780
>>70467855
Thing with Aphex Twin is I don't think he was influential as much as he was ahead of his time.
He seemingly predicated and created a lot of sounds that wouldn't be popular for a while after, this doesn't mean people were influenced by him or he had a large impact on popular music.

Bowie or Frank Sinatra

not aphex twin

Jazz: Louis Armstrong
Rock: Captain Beefheart
Electronic: either Aphex Twin or Kraftwerk
Hip-hop: Eric B. & Rakim

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Prodigy > Aphex Twin

>>70464928
a retard appears

>>70468144
was he continually ahead of time or just his first stuff?

>>70463395
>>70462270

>>70468144
>He seemingly predicated and created a lot of sounds that wouldn't be popular for a while after,
got any examples?

>>70461780
Elvis

Bob Dylan

>>70468144
>He seemingly predicated and created a lot of sounds that wouldn't be popular for a while after
'no'

Radiohead

Brian Eno

1910s: music starts

Bowie

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>>70461780
Maybe not THE most important, but certainly the best:

Paul McCartney

>>70461780
alll i can sayy to u .. is animal collective is the greatest band of all time ok? thats right you ehard me........ end of story

james brown

>>70468564
gtfo