36% "yes" ? You can like Eminem if you want but what the hell did he bring to rock'n'roll ???

Posted by Hyde on Friday, 08.11.06 @ 16:46pm

In a relatively short time, Eminem has become one of the most popular and critically respected rappers ever. Tracks like "Stan" and "Lose Yourself" will still sound fresh in 20 years. He's in.

Posted by A-Killa on Monday, 10.23.06 @ 09:35am

This is a joke right? Rap and rock are two different genres. He'll be one of the first in the Rap & R&B Hall but definitely not the Rock Hall.

Posted by Will on Wednesday, 11.1.06 @ 04:58am

wtf d00d y would he get in hes done nothing for rock n roll
RHCP 2009!!!

Posted by Hector on Wednesday, 11.1.06 @ 23:10pm

Who cares how popular he is, hes not rock so keep the vanilla ice wanna-be out of the hall! Hes not even an influence to rock in the least! What did he ever do for Rock? KEEP HIM OUT!

Posted by Heavy Metal Hero on Wednesday, 02.14.07 @ 00:10am

It all depends on what happens the next 5-10 years. If rappers are being inducted, then he's going to be inducted whether you like it or not. On another note, some of Eminem's songs like Lose Yourself has gotten playtime on some rock stations, which is kind of strange.

Posted by maplejet on Friday, 03.2.07 @ 06:37am

if you have ever been to the rock n' roll hall of fame you will see that there is a hip-hop section so quit saying rap has no place in it.

Posted by champ on Thursday, 03.15.07 @ 12:59pm

nice music cool but violent i say yes eney way

Posted by kayli on Friday, 03.16.07 @ 08:14am

He's done a lot for rock n roll if it wasn't for him I would still be in my basement downloading N'SYNC no strings attached like a pussy than I was into rap and now rock, punk, metal, alternative music and rock made a lot of money off of me so he helped he's in


THIS IS A TRUE STORY!!!!!!!!! All who say no are an @$$40!3

Posted by Lucas on Saturday, 03.17.07 @ 03:45am

if people like Miles Davis and Grandmaster Flash are in, than theres no doubt in my mind eminem will be in

Posted by Hummer on Wednesday, 04.11.07 @ 16:11pm

eminem sucks period and he deserves to die..he did NOTHING for rock n roll. what

Posted by cody leach on Friday, 05.11.07 @ 05:50am

booooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! eminem sucks hes not even rock 1 day i wanted to listen to him but i dicided id rather stay home and shoot myself in the mouth at least 100 times and suffer and live

Posted by rockrockandroll on Friday, 05.25.07 @ 18:49pm

He's off the map these days huh?

But yes, I think he will be inducted. His first 3 albums were brilliant, with excellent songs such as "Stan", will get him in. He became an Icon with his image, sold millions of albums, was a very influence artist etc. He'll get in.

Posted by luke on Thursday, 05.31.07 @ 08:42am

he is not rock n roll. he is not even music. he talks to a loop. oo what skill. he is NOT ROCK!! keep him out. period.

Posted by sdfgsdf on Sunday, 06.24.07 @ 15:14pm

NO, NO, NO, NO!!! By no means should this guy even be allowed to tour the HoF. He has done nothing for music, especially Rock. He had some big hits and popularity for a time, but what has he really done besides be an above average white rapper.

Posted by antny on Friday, 11.16.07 @ 14:58pm

blah blah blah...its not the rap hall of fame...blah blah blah blah blah...what has he done for rock....blah blah blah blah....induct some RAAAAAAAAAAWK bands like Bon Jovi....blah blah blah

Posted by liam on Friday, 11.16.07 @ 15:09pm

hell.no.

Posted by gary on Wednesday, 12.26.07 @ 14:09pm

For real what em did for rock is stopped people from listening to it, which is a good thing.

Posted by KMC on Monday, 12.31.07 @ 20:49pm

Probably no need to worry about this. By the time he's eligible no one will remember who he was anyway.

Posted by Terry on Sunday, 01.27.08 @ 16:29pm

Good, but I prefer Dizzee Rascal by about a mile.

Posted by Liam on Sunday, 03.2.08 @ 14:20pm

Doesn't rock and roll have to be played on musical instruments? Is there even a musical instrument on an eminem recording? It's all drum machines and synthesizers. THIS IS NOT ROCK AND ROLL.

Posted by Paul on Friday, 03.14.08 @ 04:13am

Laim, you knock great rock bands constantly then stick up for this piece of crap white rapper. Congress needs to pass some law that doesn't allow retards near computers.

Posted by Eddie on Friday, 03.14.08 @ 13:59pm

No, I've never knocked a great rock group in my life. Also, I hardly think two comments on this thread (only one of which is directly about Eminem) constitutes "constantly sticking up for" him.

Journey isn't a great rock group, by the way. Get some taste.

Posted by Liam on Friday, 03.14.08 @ 14:58pm

NO!!!! hes RAP...NOT Rock & Roll..this is not the Rap & Hip Hop Hall Of Fame!!!!!!

Posted by Myers on Friday, 03.28.08 @ 07:52am

I say he should make it in cuz by the time he's even able to get in rock n roll will probally be dead.

Posted by Dylan Benson on Tuesday, 04.8.08 @ 07:34am

one more thing it doesnt matter what kind of music the artist is it matters if he can write good music which this guy, EMINEM, can so if anyone can write the kinda stuff em can and make it ryme every single time and line then u can say he doesnt belong here other than that shut up cuz he got over ten years to wait anyway.

Posted by Dylan on Thursday, 04.10.08 @ 07:05am

Eminem isn't even a good rapper! Let alone Rock and Roll. I haven't heard a single, true "Rock" Song from him.

Posted by ... on Thursday, 04.10.08 @ 07:34am

First off eminem does not suck your just mad becuz hes made so much nd he came from nothing nd Lose yourself is proablily one of the best songs ever so 2 all who say he has nothing to do with rock ur rong nd to ''Heavy Metal Hero'' eminem sings how it is and Vanilla ice no offence but is fake Eminem is an original

Posted by Keith on Thursday, 04.10.08 @ 07:36am

Marshall Mathers, first off he isn't rock, but i don't think you can say he doesn't write and preform great. He has a daughter and still able to do all of this, half of his songs are for Haley, whom is his daughter. Sorry if you can't appreciate todays music, but times have changed from straight rock, it just doesn't happen anymore. He should be inducted, and he will be :)

Posted by Allie on Thursday, 04.10.08 @ 07:47am

"It's all drum machines and synthesizers." - Paul

I take it you'd be excluding New Order?

Posted by Liam on Thursday, 04.10.08 @ 08:47am

If Johnny Cash, a country singer, is allowed in, then why not a rapper?

And besides, rappers are already being inducted (see Flash, Grandmaster).

Posted by K-Money on Sunday, 04.13.08 @ 08:29am

wow, who even said Eminem's music sucks, apparently you know nothing about music
I used to only listen to rap, then I listened to Eminems son's and now I listen pretty much everything. Eminem is one of the greatest and most respected rapper in the world of all time, and songs like Lose Yourself will be listened for a long long time

Posted by TheOne on Wednesday, 05.14.08 @ 22:05pm

Whats your problem,he contributes to rap and hip hop, not rock. He is amazing and doesn't get as much respect as he desrves. He deserves more. Listen to Till I Collapse, Lose Yourslef, Mosh, Sing for the moment all by Eminem and then tell me what you think of him then. Peace.

Posted by pop on Thursday, 06.19.08 @ 22:02pm

I'll tell you right now, I'm a die hard metal fan, and I like Eminem. But this is the damn ROCK museum, not the rap one... I hate seeing all this Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Cristina Aguilera crap... They can be as famous and legendary as you want, but that doesn't get you into the ROCK museum. Hell, if it worked like that then they could all be in the NASA museum and all sorts of places as far as I'm concerned...

Posted by Jottunrot on Monday, 06.30.08 @ 18:17pm

"But this is the damn ROCK museum"

No.

Posted by The_Claw on Tuesday, 07.1.08 @ 03:35am

ehh.

He should get in the HOF,
not for rock,
but maybe the musicians hall of fame.

perhaps the rock hall. They've let R&B in.
why not rap?

Posted by e on Thursday, 07.10.08 @ 12:24pm

If anything, Eminem has DAMAGED Rock with all that stupid rap bull****.

Posted by Kirk on Tuesday, 07.22.08 @ 07:23am

GOD! U PPL R SO DUMB! just because it says "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" does not mean that it only has rock groups or ppl in it. there are going to be TONS or hip-hop people in there. there is already a hip-hop section in the rock and roll hall of fame. ppl lik Run-DMC and grand master flash and public enemy will be in heck grand master flash already is. the name of the place is misleading. it should be called the music hall of fame because it encompasses all genres of music.

Posted by Cory on Thursday, 08.7.08 @ 23:07pm

I think they should make a Hip-Hop hall of fame and keep rappers out of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Hip-Hop And Rock and Roll are two very different genres. and Hip-Hop has enough followers for it to have its own hall of fame.

Posted by XxX on Sunday, 09.7.08 @ 10:52am

He should be inducted. There is a hip hop section in the Rock Hall, so he'd go there. But he's probably the single greatest modern rap artist. Among all the bad artists like Lil Wayne, he stands out. He has some awesome lyrics in some of his songs and doesn't sing just about drugs, sex, and drinking, unless other rappers.

Posted by Joey on Thursday, 09.11.08 @ 18:11pm

he will probably end up in the rock and roll hall of fame.
tthere's not only rock in the rock and roll hall of fame.
grandmaster flash and the furious five have been inducted,
and last time i listened to them, they're rap.
in theshort amount he has been out,
hes sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
so whats keeping him out?

Posted by george foreman on Thursday, 10.2.08 @ 19:13pm

if it wasn't for hip hop, bands like red hot chili peppers and rage against the machine wouldn't have been inspired so hip hop does have an affect on rock, and for that reason, i have no problem inducting eminem and other rappers in the hall

Posted by vic on Tuesday, 10.14.08 @ 18:21pm

Yes.Eminem is a good rapper and is set to be one of the most influential of the genre.I would like to see him get in.
Rappers that should get in
Nas
Eric.B and Rakim
Public Enemy
Boogie down productions
biggy
DJ Premier-Greatest hip-hop producer
Kool G Rap
Big Daddy Kane
Marly Marl
LL Cool J
2pac
NWA-This includes Ice Cube and Dr.Dre
Wu-Tang Clan
masta ace
Outkast
Jay-Z
Rappers that shouldnt but will more than likely get in.
The Beastie boys-overrated garbage
Snoop Dogg-Overrated he was good at one time but after doggfood he fell of.Doggystyle is his only true classic.
Dr.Dre(solo)-Overrated.Nwa should get in but knowing the rock & roll hall of fame they will put Dre in there over dj premier and marly marl the 2 greatest hip-hop producers.
rappers that should get in but wont
dj premier
kool g rap
marly marl
masta ace
Big Daddy Kane
wu-tang clan
Eminem aint no vannila ice wannabe.You probably never heard a song by him that wasnt played on the radio.The guy is no joke.

Posted by Chris on Monday, 12.1.08 @ 20:16pm

Since other rappers are already in, then Eminem definitely deserves in. He's done more innovative and influential things than pretty much every other mainstream rapper combined.

Posted by Vicky on Friday, 01.23.09 @ 14:10pm

I'm sure he will get I'm in.He's an ok lyricist,his subject matters bit over my head.I've heard better.But be is the biggest selling Rapper(that's alive).I wonder why ?

Posted by Leon on Friday, 01.23.09 @ 19:40pm

OH MY GOD!!!!
Why? Rap does >>>>>NOT<<<<< belong in the Rock and roll hall of fame! CMON!!!!! WTF? He's a RAPPER. ROCK AND RAP DO NOT COPE!!!!

You may listen to rap and thats ok, but please, keep the talantless out of the rock and roll hall of fame!

Posted by LMAO on Tuesday, 01.27.09 @ 07:32am

apparently this site prefers Eminem (89%) has more chance being inducted in the ROCK and ROLL hall of fame than Nirvana (82%).

wow...rock and roll huh???

Posted by chuvaness on Tuesday, 03.17.09 @ 05:42am

Why is there a hip hop section the rock n roll hall of fame? That's saying hip hop is a form of rock and roll and it's not! The institution should be renamed the popular music hall of fame becasue that is what it is becoming! On that note he should be in. but not because he had a significant influence on rnr.

Posted by Rudy on Sunday, 04.5.09 @ 20:17pm

Eminem is a very talented artist. It's not right to deny his talent just because he raps. Rap is a respectable form of music and Run DMC just proved that. I think people should listen to the music for the lyrics and the song not for the genre. Isn't that what music is about. Eminem rocks!

Posted by Kiara on Wednesday, 04.15.09 @ 10:15am

wtf he is a rapper this is stupid who cares if hes good these people are stupid

Posted by blah blah on Monday, 04.20.09 @ 14:23pm

"wtf he is a rapper this is stupid who cares if hes good these people are stupid" - blah blah

Wow, I used to think Eminem was great, but after reading the above comment, I guess I was wrong. Thanks for your informed and intelligent commentary, Mr. blah blah.

Posted by Itso on Monday, 04.20.09 @ 15:42pm

I guess I'll just have to address myself as "Gitarzan (the real one)" because this other idiot isn't smart enough to come up with a handle of their own...

Posted by Gitarzan (the real one) on Monday, 04.20.09 @ 23:00pm

arent we forgetting about the song he did with merlin manson "the way i am". i just think ya bitches like ta talk shit you dont kno nothin about. the only reason u hate on eminem is becuz he's whyte and can rap, excuse me but, he can rap jus like a black person if not better. he dont go round talk bout how ta jigg or money or have money cars and shit like dat. he talk's bout the shit he's around and how his family is. jus like he said in one of his songs, i dont remember which one, but he said "how can i rap about possitive shit when i dont see possitive shit"

Posted by craig on Friday, 05.29.09 @ 11:28am

craig...we'll look forward to your next legible syllable with great enthusiasm...

Posted by Gitarzan on Friday, 05.29.09 @ 12:03pm

he talk's bout the shit he's around and how his family is. jus like he said in one of his songs, i dont remember which one, but he said "how can i rap about possitive shit when i dont see possitive shit"

Posted by craig on Friday, 05.29.09 @ 11:28am
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It's called imagination. I understand all of us, including Eminem, have this trait. Unfortunately, it seems as though hip-hop doesn't care to use it anymore. In the mid/late 80's hip-hop did possess this, and was willing to use it quite liberally. Then everyone decided to become hardcore - end of story.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 05.29.09 @ 17:11pm

eminem was doing a 69 with bruno at MTV.

Eminem who's made a career poking fun at others as someone who can't take the heat...

Hats off to Cohen.

Posted by akeem on Monday, 06.1.09 @ 07:13am

it does not matter whether or not Eminem is rock or not. What matters is how much he has influenced rock and roll. i think anyone who has listened to rage against the machine, red hot chili peppers, and faith no more would agree rap has influenced rock.

granted, i hate rap. It annoys me to no end, and i am much more of a metalhead. But that does not mean i think that he has no place in music history. after all, i can't stand many bands in the rock and roll hall of fame, but that does not mean i don't appreciate how good they were.

will he get in? i dunno, it's a major possibility, but then so are many others bands that have yet to get in. if i had to guess, i would say yes.

Posted by Justin on Monday, 06.22.09 @ 22:26pm

Eminem may have brought nothing to rock and roll, but neither did Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five.

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 07.7.09 @ 10:29am

YO ITS EMINEM IM A MUCH BETTER MUSICIAN THAN HALF OF THOSE NO TALENT LOSERS THAT ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
SHADY OUT

Posted by EMINEM on Thursday, 07.9.09 @ 12:12pm

YO ITS EMINEM IM A MUCH BETTER MUSICIAN THAN HALF OF THOSE NO TALENT LOSERS THAT ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
SHADY OUT

Posted by EMINEM on Thursday, 07.9.09 @ 12:12pm

So now we are to believe that Eminem himself is posting here. Right, and I'm Rick Wakeman.

Posted by Keebord on Thursday, 07.9.09 @ 12:14pm

YOU KNOW WHAT KEE BORD I MR. MARSHALL MATHERS HAS MORE TALENT ON MY COCK THAN YOU HAVE IN YOUR WHOLE BODY
SHADY OUT

Posted by EMINEM on Tuesday, 07.14.09 @ 23:52pm

Site officials, may you please delete the offensive comments of one "EMINEM"?

Posted by Dude Man on Wednesday, 07.15.09 @ 00:10am

YOU KNOW WHAT KEE BORD I MR. MARSHALL MATHERS HAS MORE TALENT ON MY COCK THAN YOU HAVE IN YOUR WHOLE BODY
SHADY OUT

Posted by EMINEM on Tuesday, 07.14.09 @ 23:52pm

my gosh, it IS Eminem! after all, he's an dick, right? he finds time to go the websites (out of his very busy career), criticize artists that have had an influence on rap (probably more than half of the "no talent losers" that are in the hall of fame), and all around be a troll. it makes perfect sense.

Posted by Justin on Wednesday, 07.15.09 @ 22:11pm

what????
already sick of how RUN dmc was inducted.
such a shame to rock n roll.
rock should be untouched from hip hop.
n finally eminem's a dick

Posted by liv4rockk on Saturday, 08.1.09 @ 07:37am

You guys really make little sense when you argue against rap. The ones that criticize Run D.M.C. for not being as much rock as they are rap really behoove me. Rap is a legitimate genre and should be respected. No its not "talking over a loop". Yes rap has its good deal of crap (Soulja Boy, rappers that rap only about degrading women, chains etc. and other assorted fools) but it also has musical brilliance. The people that down rap and then say go "Red Hot Chili Peppers!" or say "Rage Against the Machine should be inducted!" are extremely contradictory. They definitely should be inducted but they both use rap constantly in their music so if you say no rap in the Hall of Fame you are basically saying that they shouldn't be inducted either. Don't just skim through rap and then generate a blind opinion on rap like a Fox News journalist.

Posted by Sam on Monday, 08.3.09 @ 19:06pm

Wow, no one hear is biased at all. If induction was reserved soley for those who influenced rock and roll, then people like ray charles would not have been inducted. And for those who don't know, ray charles was inducted in 1986, the first year anyone was inducted.

Posted by mike on Monday, 08.17.09 @ 20:15pm

As far as run dmc goes, the songs Rock Box, Kings of Rock, and Walk this way speak for themselves.

Posted by mike on Monday, 08.17.09 @ 20:17pm

Yes, I acknowledge that there is a rap section in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. However the rap section should be CLOSED DOWN PERMANENTLY and moved out somewhere else.

When will the RAP HALL OF FAME finally open its doors so artists such as Eminem and Tupac and 50 cent won't have to be nominated in the Rock Hall of fame?

No to Eminem, no to Tupac, no to all rappers!!! Let them get inducted into another hall and finally let the rock n roll hall be!!

Posted by Barry on Friday, 09.11.09 @ 14:35pm

WHAT THE HELL DID HE COMTRIBUTE TO ROCK AND ROLL IS SOMEONE ON CRACK HE COME UP WITH THE MOST STUPIST VIDEOS I HAVE EVER SEEN AND ONLY BECAUSE OF COMPLAINT THAT I SEE THEM NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THEM HE IS A JOKE USES OTHER STARS WITH TALENT TO LIFT HIS STARDOM PLEASE I DONT HEAR HIS STUPID IGNORANT MAKES NO SENSE MUSIC ITS A JOKE OMG PLEASE SOMEONE TELL HIM TO SHUT UP

Posted by ANN on Saturday, 11.21.09 @ 11:48am

RUN DMCA IS IN, SO EMINEM IS IN TOO, WAIT AND SEE.

Posted by hehe on Friday, 01.8.10 @ 06:45am

he is 10000000000percent in no matter what he is one of the most influential current artist

Posted by tron on Saturday, 02.6.10 @ 21:29pm

The new single is crap but overall he's very talented. Not sure if he's HOF worthy, but he is talented. Yes to the important rappers, no to Boston, Journey, Bon Jovi and various others.

Posted by Sam on Tuesday, 02.23.10 @ 14:26pm

well he's set since he did put out his first ep in 1996 omg diddnt see that one comming
kid rock put his hip-hop out when i dont know in
1990 or was it 1991 please if you like this stuff know it love read the car facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by ray anderson on Wednesday, 03.10.10 @ 14:21pm

Eminem is great artist and i hope someday he will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. There are not only rock and roll artist, there are also pop and hip hop artist- Michael Jackson, Madonna, Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Abba. I'm not a big fan of rap, but Eminem is really great music artist.

Posted by Zeppelin on Sunday, 05.9.10 @ 02:19am

Well he's made a massive comeback in terms of popularity, and the album itself got mostly positive reviews, and another one out this summer. I don't think he's Hall worthy right now, and whether he gets inducted will depend on whether they're focusing on rappers on the whole or whether they're just focusing on the ones that contributed to rock, like Run DMC and Public Enemy (Eminem falls strictly into the "no contributions to rock" category,) but if he keeps putting out popular releases he could certainly find his way in eventually.

Posted by Sam on Tuesday, 05.11.10 @ 21:25pm

He's honestly the only white rapper I've ever heard that was'nt a complete tool. He sold about 80 million albums, how many rap artists have acheived that or above?

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 05.12.10 @ 14:57pm

He's honestly the only white rapper I've ever heard that was'nt a complete tool. He sold about 80 million albums, how many rap artists have acheived that or above?

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 05.12.10 @ 14:59pm

he has nothing to do with rock why is he in this junk!

Posted by James on Wednesday, 07.21.10 @ 17:53pm

"Rock" is undefinable these days, James.

Posted by Sam on Sunday, 08.1.10 @ 18:14pm

Hey thats not cool. So what if hes not a influence in rock. I dont even like rock but Eminem is awesome and he deserves a award. lol

Posted by Ian Coderre on Wednesday, 09.1.10 @ 14:09pm

rock n roll isn't a genre it's a way of life, a way of rebelling, something great stars such as eminem have done time and time again

Posted by Daniel on Wednesday, 09.8.10 @ 12:39pm

"rock n roll isn't a genre it's a way of life, a way of rebelling, something great stars such as eminem have done time and time again"

I'm sure Satan is loving every word of that statement.

Posted by Evangelist on Wednesday, 09.8.10 @ 12:48pm