Makes the connection between the "put your hands in the air/wave em like you just don't care" rap and the electronica of Kraftwerk. All modern day hip hop owes a lot.

Posted by JAck on Monday, 02.5.07 @ 12:33pm

Makes the connection between the "put your hands in the air/wave em like you just don't care" rap and the electronica of Kraftwerk. All modern day hip hop owes a lot.

Posted by JAck on Monday, 02.5.07 @ 12:34pm

IF Grandmaster Flash is in there is no reason for Afrika Bambaataa not to be in.He was great. Let hm be the second rap act in the hall

Posted by roméo on Sunday, 03.4.07 @ 11:34am

At the same time that the Furious Five was transforming hip-hop from simply party music to something more socially conscious, Bambaataa was moving the music into the future, one steel wheel at a time. Whether it be futuristic ("Planet Rock") or just plain hyperactive ("Looking for the Perfect Beat," "Jazzy Sensation," his "Unity" single with James Brown), his sound was mighty and muscular and best played loud. The auto electronics industry owes him bigtime because he was one of hip-hop's first reasons to pump up the volume while driving ...

Posted by Franorama on Tuesday, 03.13.07 @ 01:08am

All the reasons above are good, also he was part of the first rap/rock collaboration, Time Zone with John Lydon of The Sex Pistols and PiL.

Posted by Kit on Monday, 04.2.07 @ 12:03pm

I'd enjoy seeing him in if for no other reason than he strove to market positive messages with his brand of rap. A virtuous choice and more ambitious and intelligent than the trite, lazy, crotch grabbing, thug/"my money an' my hos" crap. Makes me admire the likes of Afrika, Fugees, Arrested Development and De La Soul even more than on their basic talents alone.

Posted by shawn on Monday, 08.27.07 @ 16:37pm

gosh, anon, i know its hard for you to grasp the concept that some artists, genres even, weren't influenced by Rush.

Posted by liam on Monday, 10.8.07 @ 13:02pm

ONE THING THATALL PEOPLE FORGET IS THAT AFRIKA BAMBAATAA IS THE ONE WHO NAME HIP HOP AS A CULTURE,WHO GAVE ITS NAME THE 5 ELEMENTS,WHO GAVE US ELECTRO FUNK,HIP HOUSE,WHO BROUGHT PEOPLE OF ALL RACES TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH HIS UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION, WHICH IS THE OLDEST AND RESPECTED HIP HOP ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD, WHO FIRST STARTED DOING DUETS WITH MANY OTHER ARTIST OUTSIDE OF HIP HOP AND YES MADE THE FIRST HIP HOP MEETS ROCK WAY BEFORE RUN DMCS WALK THIS WAY WITH WORLD DESTRUCTION WITH JOHNNY ROTTEN FROM THE SEX PISTOLS.

Posted by JamesRoberts on Saturday, 10.13.07 @ 01:38am

Afrika Bambaataa should be there along with Grandmaster Flash. Bambaataa have given the planet Hip-Hop since it's birth in the early 70's and as a DJ he has given the people a new way of enjoying music. Using postive music to make positive changes in society. Not only in the streets of the South Bronx, but world wide or if not universally. Give the Amen Ra of Hip-Hop his place at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by TORO on Saturday, 09.27.08 @ 16:29pm

DJ Hero ...

Posted by Joe-Skee on Saturday, 10.31.09 @ 11:20am

Afrika Bambaataa should be inducted soon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Posted by Matt Love on Monday, 03.22.10 @ 19:08pm

I am 100 percent yes on this one. Realizing that many don't few Hip Hop or ElectroFunk as any sort of Rock sound, i challenge that the idea of Rock and Roll died long ago, and we have a lot of brilliant ideas in its place. Notinhalloffame puts the godfather of Hip Hop at #15 which is a fair number. Rateitall.com puts him a little low, but the Rap question is long over and this man's influence is undeniable. http://www.notinhalloffame.com/news.php

Posted by The_Avenger on Monday, 03.22.10 @ 19:20pm

ROCK ROCK PLANET ROCK PLANET ROCK

Posted by tron on Sunday, 05.2.10 @ 19:07pm

A definite yes. Very influential.

Posted by Sam on Monday, 07.19.10 @ 20:51pm