best artist at each genre
 

lets try and compile a list of the best artist for each genre. i dont like to classify artist in genre, but because it is to hard to compare apples to oranges lets try this. comparing copy and paste and either add to or edit this list.

blues - bb king
classical - beethoven
country - johnny cash
electronica - daft punk
folk - bob dylan
guitar - SRV
alternative/grunge - pearl jam
metal - metallica
pop - elvis pressely
psychedelic - pink floyd
punk - the ramones (i say velvet underground... but i dont think everyone would agree they are punk)
raggae - bob marley
rap - wu tang clan
rock - the rolling stones

its not that the beatles dont deserve to be the best of their genre... they just kind of covered so many genres that it is hard to tie them to one.

alot of these might also come of as being obvious because they started/popularized that style of music... but usually if you make a sound that is beautiful enough for people to try and imitate, then there is a good chance you were probably the best at making that sound.

Corrections: Biggie>Wu Tang Clan
Pink Floyd only released one Psychedelic album, so...Pink floyd>The Rolling Stones
Blues: Eric Clapton>B.B. King
Pop: I'll say the Beatles, just to fit them in, and Elvis belongs nowhere near any best-of list.

^ he is not my favorite either (elvis)... but as far as other people, well they seem to really love him. like i have said before, whenever i make lists i try my best to exclude my personal opinion.

as far as pink floyd goes, they are most assuradly physcadelic space rock beyond just piper at the gates of dawn. how could you say that dark side of the moon (among others) doesnt fall in that category?

Blues - Muddy Waters
Country - johnny cash
Electronica - Brian Eno
Folk - Fairport Convention
Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Metal - Celtic Frost
Pop - The Kinks
Psychedelic - 13th Floor Elevators / Hawkwind (Can't decide between these)
Punk - The Clash
Reggae - Lee Scratch Perry
Rap - De La Soul
Rock - Motorhead

And i'll throw in The Fall for best post punk act.

Wu Tang is 100x better then that fatty. And you're doing the "less than" symbol rather than "Greater Than".

blues - Muddy Waters
classical - Bach
country - Waylon Jennings
electronica - n/a
folk - bob dylan
guitar - BB King
alternative/grunge - radiohead
metal - n/a
pop - michael jackson (is it debatable?)
psychedelic-n/a
punk- n/a
raggae - jimmy cliff!
rap - talib kweli nowadays, public enemy back in the day
rock - the beatles

Oops, lol. The only part of rap I enjoy is the beats, so maybe that's it. To jdg85, I would consider most of Pink Floyd's pop influenced prog.

Many corrections to be made.

1. Pink Floyd had two psychedelic albums. Saucerful of Secrets is very much in the same vein as Piper.
2. If you think The Stones are a better psychedelic band you're completely out of it.
3. Not to mention they only had one psychedelic album in their whole carreer. Her Majesties Satanic Request, and it was mediocre.

Damn it, I messed up those thingies again! <>><

Rubbish ,It's not great but it's nowhere near the abomination you are making it out to be.
Plus bands like Echo & The Bunnymen , Primal Scream and others have claimed that the Stones version of psychadelia was much more of an influence than that of Pink Floyd or The Beatles.
If Brian Jones had got his way the Stones would have done a lot more of this stuff a lot sooner than they actually did.