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Flash Gets Rockin' Nomination
Maybe they should call it the Rap & Roll Hall of Fame.
For the first time ever, a rap group has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
To be considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 25 years must pass since an artist's first release. Bronx's Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five released their first single, "Supperrappin'" in 1979; making them eligible for 2005's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class and perhaps ushering in a new era of hip-hop nominees.
Other notable nominees chosen by the Hall of Fame's nominating committee for 2005 include U2, the O'Jays, guitarist Buddy Guy, the Pretenders, the Sex Pistols, late country singer Conway Twitty and the J. Geils Band.
Some notable snubs this year include Van Halen, Devo and Black Sabbath.
But the surprise nomination for the class of '05 remains Grandmaster Flash. The Bronx-born deejay helped launch the global phenomena known as hip-hop innocuously enough by performing at New York parties in the late 1970s. He is largely credited with helping invent the entire genre by pioneering scratching and other DJ basics. Flash later hooked up with rappers the Furious Five for hits like the socially conscious "The Message" and the breakout club-hit "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)."
Earlier this year, Prince, ZZ Top and George Harrison were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Typically, around six artists are chosen out of the nominees to become Hall of Famers. Ballots were mailed to industry professionals, musicians and journalists last week, and results of the 20th annual election will likely be announced in late November or December.
Although the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is based in Cleveland, the Hall's 20th enshrinement concert will take place in New York next year.
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