Marley is important to music because he brought reggae to the mainstream, at least within the United States. That being said, there is far better reggae bands/musicians, Marley is just the most well known.
I am a big Elvis fan, but I would say he is overrated, I mean his Sun Sessions and other early stuff is great, but his music got very bland towards the end of his career and did not warrant the hype it received.
To each his/her own, but both of these artists are far from Godlike.
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