Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
Hip Hop Hall of Fame Induction Criteria
Since a proper institution is still waiting to get off the ground, there is no official criteria for getting inducted into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame.
Creating a hip hop hall of fame requires careful consideration of criteria for induction, in order to ensure that the inductees are truly representative of the genre's legacy and impact. Some possible criteria for a hip hop hall of fame could include:
- Impact and Influence: Inductees should have had a significant impact on the hip hop genre and its culture. They should have demonstrated influence on the development of hip hop, through their music, style, or other creative endeavors.
- Innovation: Artists should be recognized for their creativity that pushed the boundaries of hip hop in new and exciting ways.
- Longevity: Inductees should have a sustained career in hip hop, with a body of work that has stood the test of time and continues to resonate with audiences.
- Critical Reception: Artists should have received critical acclaim for their contributions to hip hop. They should be recognized as leaders with respect and admiration from their peers.
- Cultural Significance: Inductees should have contributed to the cultural significance of hip hop, by reflecting the experiences and perspectives of their communities, and amplifying important social and political messages.
- Industry Recognition: Artists should have received recognition from the industry, through awards, nominations, and other forms of acknowledgment.
Ultimately, the specific criteria used should be carefully considered by a committee of experts in the field to ensure that the inductees are representative of hip hop's rich and diverse legacy.
When establishing a "hall of fame," the transparent induction process for selecting the members is critical to the institution's validity because it ensures that the selection of inductees is fair, consistent, and based on objective criteria. Without transparency, the induction process can be open to bias, manipulation, and favoritism, which can ultimately undermine the credibility and legitimacy of the hall of fame.
After many years of studying other institutions, here are some reasons why a transparent induction process is important:
- It builds trust: When the induction process is transparent, the public and the industry can see that the inductees are being selected based on an established criteria. This builds trust in the hall of fame, and in turn, enhances its reputation and credibility.
- It promotes fairness: By being open about the induction system, the public will understand the inherent fairness in the process and it reduces the possibility of discrimination, favoritism, or other forms of bias.
- It ensures consistency: A transparent induction process ensures that the same criteria are applied consistently across all inductees. This means that the hall of fame is not influenced by personal preferences or outside pressures, and that it remains true to its mission and values.
- It honors the inductees: When inductees are recognized for their achievements in a fair and consistent manner, it elevates the importance and meaning of the award.
Looking ahead to a proper hip hop institution, what should the process look like? Consider the following:
- Eligibility requirements
- Nomination and Selection process
- Induction class size
- Induction categories
What do you think about a Hip Hop Hall of Fame? Comment below:
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41 comments so far (post your own)Thanks for this opportunity, it always feels good to be appreciated for Artistic Works, I have been a musician since 5 years old, I improvised my first song at 7 years old, although my mother later Banded it my being sung in her home, it gave me my foundation for song creations in 1986-87, My musical background is in Choral Music, I still create and perform Choral, RnB, Classical, Rock/Rock n Roll, Baroque, EDM, Rap/HipHop Today. Posted by BigDru on Monday, 02.27.23 @ 10:22am |
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1 biggie Posted by Rap365 on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 15:11pm |
Some how...hip hop needs to recognize these old school artists who opened up all the doors for this new hip hop generation...I mean when I Go to a Show and see somebody like Grandmaster Caz or Kool Moe DEE Or Kool KEith or RED Alert or standing on back of the line but some new rapper or dj walkin straight past line and inside ...thats ridiculous....Wish I could make some type of hiphop legend championship ring or id card so that these old school male and female hip hop legends can be recognized by alllllllllllllllll these new artists who dont even know who paved the way Posted by kevin thornton on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 23:55pm |
First off...Before i get to the rap aspect of it all....lets talk hip hop .....Kool Keith of the legendary ultramagnetic mcs was one of the best pop lockers in ny..The legendary Shack crew dancers were well known..I remember Keith practicing in living room with other legendary electric boogie dancers loose Bruce and Supreme..This included dancin in the movie Moscow On The Hudson starring Robin Williams and dancin ON national tv for Ronald Reagan at the Presidential convention...That was hip hop...I saw him weekend after weekend dance alongside rock steady and many other dance groups back in the day....Now comes the rap side of Kool Keith...As the group Ultramagnetics #1 mc ..Keiths style was unique out the gate...the group held their own at all the hot spots in new york and overseas on the same stage with all the hottest rappers and rap groups back in the day... Ask any Dj in ny..ask any old school rapper or rap group about Kool Keith or Ultra.. Posted by kevin thornton on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 23:44pm |
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From the 80s to mid 90s there are still a HUGE number of ARTists that should be inducted before so many. I can definitely agree about the comment "why Missy was chosen before Queen Latifah I'll never know," but my main focus is on a group that to this day is still one of THE MOST influential groups of its time and artists still use their sound, style, and hooks today, even us members on their albums to spark a good sound. I'm talking about one of the greatest all around HIP HOP groups of all time and that is BONE THUGS ~N~ HARMONY!!! They have been overlooked for WAY too long and it's time they all 5 get recognized especially since they've been together and on the scene for 20 years! Much respect to all hip hop ARTists but don't forget to include the 5 thugs from Cleveland that are Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy, Wish, & Flesh. Not to be overlooked as well on of the sickest beat makers of all time and that is DJ UNEEK. ~BTNH~ Posted by Andy on Monday, 12.31.12 @ 15:05pm |
I think there should be a 10 year wlimit from when they first debut wether it was underground or as a guest artist ie pac on digital underground and i may get hated on but as much as i dislike vanilla ice he absolutely should get in he was a pioneer for white rappers and cyprus hill as pioneers for latino rap but when it comes to all artst first thing othor than the 10 ye from there debut should be the message and poetry behind there music Posted by junior s on Saturday, 03.31.12 @ 17:45pm |
Rap should have a thing like the ROck n roll hall of fame.. What's wrong wit people. They're singers 2, give them credit. I'd like to see you people come up with a rap Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 11.2.11 @ 13:48pm |
I think that it should be 10yrs after the artist put's down the mic. Regarding the criteria, record sales, what they did to change hip hop, their movement, length of time in hip hop, their character. Posted by David on Wednesday, 10.12.11 @ 05:15am |
Posted by Jerry Sanchez on Sunday, 10.9.11 @ 20:59pm |
man em, big l, jadakiss, 50 cent, jay-z, next big star is gonna be my man j cole, but all these kats should be inducted Posted by j-stylez on Sunday, 08.14.11 @ 11:47am |
The West Coast Hip-Hop Pioneers Rodney O & DJ Joe Cooley A.K.A "Tha King of Scratch " are not on the list. Come on ppl . U Don't Hear Me Tho! Posted by Blacc Velvet on Tuesday, 04.12.11 @ 17:54pm |
M.A.R.R.S must have a page here. Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 03.16.11 @ 08:47am |
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I think last nite show was a total disrepect to Scarface and the Geto Boys, and OutKast. These artist should hsve there place in HHH before Wu-Tang, or Missy Elliot. And if you were honoring the south, where is 8-ball MJG, Tela, and 3-6 Mafia. so where do they go from here. Personally if i was Face or OutKast, i would not want them to honor me ever. Posted by Gee on Tuesday, 06.8.10 @ 14:41pm |
Why is Outkast not apart of the 2010 hip honors. My Opinion Outkast is one of the founders for ATL for hip hop. Maybe next year Posted by Nick on Monday, 06.7.10 @ 19:29pm |
I think gangstar and mr.magics rap attack should be in the hhh. Originators in the game R.I.P Mr.Magic. Posted by Shawayze Davis on Tuesday, 03.16.10 @ 08:06am |
This is our art! We have always rebeled against the normality in our own culture and music, yet, we embace it as a great friend and utilize its tools. We have kindly, and respectively scratch & mixXxed others records to create new symphonics. We have studdied others dance steps, transmuted them, added Posted by CTuc01 on Friday, 12.18.09 @ 22:05pm |
I THINK THAT SUPERWOLF AND THE RAP-O-MATICS SHOULD BE INDUCTED IN THE HIP HOP HALL OF FAME TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BIO AT (http://www.myspace.com/therapomatics)WE WERE PRODUCED BY DENISE LASALLE AND WILLIAM C BROWN III KEYBOARD COLLABORATION WAS DONE BY MARK BYNUM OF THE BARKAYS, WE OPEN SHOWS FOR LAKESIDE,THE LATE RODGER TROUTMAN AND TYRONE DAVIS AND JAY BLACKFOOT,THE NAME OF OUR TITLE TRACK IS (HOOKED ON THE RAP) IT'S ABOUT THREE GUYS WHO'S LIFE WERE HEADED DOWN THE WRONG ROAD OF LIFE A PIMP A HUSTLER AND A DRUG DEALER, IT WAS TIME TO GET (HOOKED ON THE RAP)ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS IN LIFE,THIS RAP SONG WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL TO YOUTH DURING THE TIME OF IT'S RELEASED.WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ALSO DURING THIS ALBUM RELEASE IN 1983 IT LANDED US ON A TV INTERVIEW ON ABC WBBJ TV IN JACKSON TN AND A SPECIAL GUEST SPOT ON THE WINK MARTINDAL CELEBRAL PALSEY TELETHON TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US GETTING INDUCTED IN THE HIP HOP HALL OF FAME THANKS CEDRIC L DODD Posted by CEDRIC DODD on Friday, 12.4.09 @ 10:43am |
This might be a turn around but i think the rocksteady crew should be in the honors. back in the 1980s the dominated crews with their smooth transitions and their amazing moves. they even have a song in their honor "Hey You The Rocksteady Crew" they are legendary not to only New York but to all of the B-boys and B-Girls. Posted by DRO>DOLLAZ on Wednesday, 11.4.09 @ 06:59am |
Kool G Rap and Dj Polo, Eric B and Rakim, Pete Rock and C.L Smooth, & DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince should be honored the main reason is that these M.Cs had Djs to promote while they was getting big for their lyrics the djs always on their side coming up with a hot beat these groups was the work horses in the game and get mad respect for pleasing our ears. Posted by DRO>DOLLAZ on Wednesday, 11.4.09 @ 06:47am |
I personally think the geto boys should be in the hip-hop hall of fame... because they basically was the first southern rap group they was one of the pioneers of hip-hop music throughout the south...and their music is still played!!! Posted by DRO>DOLLAZ on Wednesday, 11.4.09 @ 06:07am |
why hasn't anybody realized the omission of the dj's....red alert and mr. magic(r.i.p), epmd(made gold records with limited radio play), the fat boys(1st crossover group),beat street and krush groove(real hip hop movies)especially beat street i grew up in the south bronx and that was as real as u could get....is everyone on vh1 an idiot?....what about VIDEO MUSIC BOX....25 years of kickin the real for people with no cable...and its host vj ralph mcdaniels......i don't understand how these "producers"are this stupid...if your really going to honor hip hop you have to start at the beginning and work your way forward....whats the lineup for next year hammmer, vanilla ice, milli vanilli, and ric suave? ...really what the hell is wrong with you people! Posted by joey on Saturday, 10.10.09 @ 17:07pm |
The God Rakim ...after you induct all that made a significance before him... Posted by Kryst Allah on Wednesday, 09.23.09 @ 13:17pm |
I think Pete Rock & CL Smooth should also be considered for HHH.... Posted by JC on Friday, 09.18.09 @ 00:36am |
I think Blondie should be honored at some time she had the first rap song by a female to hit the top 5 on the charts in the us with Rapture, and she did that in 1980 and being white Posted by Me Against The World on Thursday, 05.14.09 @ 03:40am |
EPMD should be honored. If a lil rock kid asked me - what is hip hop ? I'd probably say Hip Hop is EPMD. Just go and listen to their sound. Posted by Baron C on Saturday, 02.7.09 @ 06:25am |
There should definitely be a 1st record released timeframe set so the pioneers are up for nomimation first. I love Missy but Latifah should have been up first and other artists like Kurtis Blow, Fab Five Freddy, Kool Moe D, Sparky D, Spoony G, and should have been honored first! Posted by jay on Thursday, 02.5.09 @ 04:27am |
I'mma put it to ya like this. Ya have Real School. Then ya have Fool School. 86 the old school and new school. Cuzz to tell it. Much of the game today is polluted.A whole lotta Rah, Rah with no substance. Alotta hooks'. Real school are the mc's, groups', and so forth that have been innovative. Fool school are the sucka's nowadays' that say two seconds' of rhymes'. Then let the hook make 'em. I may piss some people off. I am not saying at this point in time. In the future, when it comes to 50 Cent. Here you have a guy who attacks' mc's for usin a certain formula of rhyme. Then once he gets' people to turn on the other mc's. He releases' songs' of similar nature. That he was dissin brotha man fo'. There needs' to be analysis of longevity, potency of rhyme and vocal styling, social influence,artistry. Do not make it mainstream. That is what is wrong with with the Hip Pop culture nowadays'. Cuzz in this day and age anybody can be Hip Pop. The suburban white kid is Hip Pop. I'm like the Game. Bring back rap music. The music of struggle and buckin the system. Flippin' off Uncle Sam, Paintin the White House black, 2 Live Crew gettin arrested. Bring back REAL SCHOOL AND REAL MC'S. NOT THIS CORPORATE BACKED, CROSSIN OVER TO MAINSTREAM. IN REAL RAP MUSIC CROSSIN OVER IS PUNISHABLE BY EXILE. Posted by jaydafunkyone26 on Tuesday, 10.21.08 @ 11:26am |
Kool Moe Dee (threacherous three) should be up there for sure Posted by Steve on Monday, 10.20.08 @ 03:34am |
there are definiterly artist that deserve to be in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. Also on the 50 greatest MCs. How come Kool G Rap didn't make the list? (and probably never will)What about Grand Puba? Ultra Magnetic? Just-Ice? I could go on... Posted by RAAJI ROCK (WELL) on Thursday, 10.16.08 @ 14:52pm |
After looking at the list of the top 50 hip hop artists,I also feel Gang Starr, MC Hammer, Master P deserve a nod at Hip Hop Honors. All 3 have extensive catalogs, have been in the game for some time and have gravelly made an impact on hip hop. Other groups are 3rd Bass and Nice N Smooth who I am undecided on. Fugees made an impact, but they don't have a catalog unless you do the Fugees, Wyclef, Lauren Hill and Pras as seperate intities. Posted by Kevin on Sunday, 10.12.08 @ 20:40pm |
While looking at the previous Hip Hop Honors, I have come to the conclusion about how the honorees are picked: many of them were in the game for awhile. They have made an impact on hip hop, have had several hits and are now either retired or touring doing material that made them legends. After I saw the last HHH, I started thinking about several artist that deserve the honor such as Biz Markie, EMPD, Heavy D and the boyz, Fat Boys, Kool Moe Dee, Dr. Dre, the movie Krush Groove, tribute to Rick James and/or James Brown, Kurtis Blow, Marley Marl (Juice Crew) and Diddy. Others that I thought of were Eminem, Jay Z, Nas, Outkast, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Common and Busta Rhymes. Yes these are very well deserving artists, but like I said earlier a lot of the previous honorees aren't putting out any new material. So that does question EPMD. They are one of the all time hip hop duos, up there with Run DMC, but at the present time they have a CD coming out in October. So I guess that eliminates them for the time being. Just like Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Well deserving hip hop group, but Will Smith is too big to come to the HHH. So that's my take coming from an old school hip hop head. Posted by Kevin on Sunday, 10.12.08 @ 20:27pm |
You might have to come with a criteria at some point once all the real hip hop cats are in the hall of fame because a lot of what we have today is garbage you have rappers getting credit for being the best rapper today which is crazy best rappers to me spittin today is the lox hands down jay z, nas, ransom just to name a few its been a lot of one hit wonders created the past few years I give it up to two or maybe three of them cats in the south the rest lyrically is ass Posted by dre on Saturday, 10.11.08 @ 23:17pm |
I defintely agree with you about the missy elliot thing. No way she should have got in before alot of people like jay-z, nas,queen latifah, heaavy d and the boyz Dr. Dre, scarface, outkast, must I go on! and you are also right they should cut down the number of honerees or make the show longer! good comment on ya behalf! Posted by Dion Brown on Saturday, 10.11.08 @ 02:00am |
The Pioneers should all be honored before anybody else (1980s-1995). Why Missy Elliott was honored before Queen Latifah, I'll never know. Missy is awesome in her own right, but it is not her time. There were plenty of women that contributed to rap in some why. You should have at least 1 female honoree each year. Posted by Denise on Wednesday, 10.8.08 @ 14:25pm |
Fat Boys Forever! Posted by George on Wednesday, 08.13.08 @ 19:59pm |
The fifth annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors will be taped on October 2nd at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The show will premiere on VH1 the following Tuesday, October 7th. The honorees and performers will be named later this summer. Posted by FHHH on Thursday, 07.3.08 @ 07:49am |
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