probably either Chester Bennington or Mike Shinoda... Chester has amazing vocal talents and Mike can rap like a mofo

A lot of people, including myself, would argue that Tupac was indeed the greatest musician that we have seen so far. Now, there are other musicians out there that have come pretty close, but Tupac straight up dominated every aspect of his genre: the lyrics and the music.

I know that most of you on here would disagree with me, but Tupac really doesn't get the appreciation he deserves from the majority of people today. Even if you're not into rap/hiphop, I guarantee you there's at least ONE song of Tupac's that you'd like. All it takes is a little open-mindedness. Tupac's music is what got me into rap in the first place.

I'll go with Mr. Freddie Mercury on this one.

Mercury was an interesting and unorthodox pianist, in addition to being a mastermind at creating interesting structural compositions in his songs. Lyrically, he could also shine and vocally he was (is) damn near unparalleled.

you telling me this guy didn't dominate every aspect of his genre?

http://motherjones.com/files/legacy/...o-thriller.jpg

just this one album alone trumps absolutely everything Tupac ever did.

Mr. Doctor

That album had some total shit tracks and you know it.

Right Annie.

Thriller ownssssssssssssssss

I think Pete Doherty is a great all around musician, I dont think I could pick a "greatest all around musician evar"

Bold indicates classic:

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
2. "Baby Be Mine"
3. "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
4. "Thriller"
5. "Beat It"
6. "Billie Jean"
7. "Human Nature"
8. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
9. "The Lady In My Life"

Not bad.


EDIT: Whoops, I missed one.

I don't speak in absolutes, so I'm not going to say "of all time", but as far as modern musicians go, Sufjan Stevens is rather remarkable.

Really? With the exception of a couple songs I find him rather... pedestrian.