I PREDICT THEY WOULD INDUCT EPMD ,THE JUICE CREW, DR DRE(GOT TO PUT IT OUT THERE A 2ND TIME)THE MOVIE MENACE TO SOCIETY,FAR AS FEMALE RAPPERS ROXANNE SHANTE...

WHY ARENT THERE ANY SOUTH RAPPERS GETTING INDUCTED??

Posted by BIGDEE on Monday, 07.14.08 @ 20:22pm

How can you leave out Chubb Rock before Biggie Chubb held it down He's much more than "treat'em" He's way too underrated

Posted by Mrs. C on Friday, 07.18.08 @ 08:26am

Naughty by Nature is rumored to one of the honorees at this year's Hip Hop Honors.

http://www.hhboard.com/hip-hop-talk/361845-07-21-08-hip-hop-rumors-more-attacks-rick-ross-gangsta-more.html

Posted by Future Hip Hop Hall on Monday, 07.21.08 @ 14:16pm

I think Kurtis Blow(for being the first rapper with a major record deal),The Juice Crew,Queen Latifah,2 live crew(for fighting for freedom of speech),Fatboys,Epmd,Dougie Fresh & Slick Rick,and Dr Dre. I also think the Roxanne Roxanne battles should be recognized.I also forgot about the Cold Crush Brothers and Heavy D and the Boys.

Posted by AFRO-NICA on Wednesday, 07.23.08 @ 10:03am

what about kid n play, they should be honored along with heavy D and the fat boys

Posted by stan on Saturday, 07.26.08 @ 13:50pm

2 live crew
Too Short
jazzy jeff fresh prince

Posted by gee on Monday, 07.28.08 @ 17:37pm

Kurtis Blow: 1st 'cool' MC to have a major record deal. Just do it..just do it.. do it.. do it!

Fat Boys: the first overweight MC's who paved the way for other large rappers. RIP Buff aka Human Beat Box.

Beastie Boys: got to give these cats their props; they hung in there thru the beginings of DEF JAM. paved the way for other white rappers, License to ILL is a classic

Queen Latifah: next to MC Lyte, one of the tightest females lyricaly.

TOO Short: 1st West Coast MC to bring that pimpin and mackin in the game back in the late-eighties...Biiiitch!!!

OutCast: it's time for New York to let some country boys up in here. Dre and Big Boi help put the Dirty on the map. Back at the Hip Hop Source awards (1994)Dre said 'the south got something to say', well, they did.

Krush Groove: this Hip Hop movie gave Blair Underwood his start and showed a young LL do his thing despite almost gettin a beat down...lol..remember that scence?

Posted by jrock15302 on Tuesday, 07.29.08 @ 17:54pm

I think it should be Jay-z, Outkast, Doug E fresh and Slick Rick, Nas, Krush Groove, Kurtis Blow and for Female rappers Queen Latifah, Roxanne

Posted by Travis Powell on Friday, 08.1.08 @ 08:34am

For Artists
Gang Starr - Premier is the greatest hip hop producer of all time, stuck with Guru from 1989 till now, 6 albums, Guru does his thing on all the albums, they need to be inducted already!
Slick Rick - can't believe he hasn't been honored yet.
Doug E Fresh - they could do him with slick rick(no homo), since he is the world's greatest entertainer.
Outkast - One of the best rap groups of all time. They probably won't honor them, but they have contributed to hip hop throughout the years, and if Missy Elliot got in last year, than I don't see why they can't get in.
De La Soul - Come on, this one should have been done already.
Kool G Rap - One of the greatest rappers, classics with Dj Polo, he should definetely be on here.
Kool Moe Dee - It's Kool Moe Dee, he definetely needs to be honored.
And for the non hip hop artists,
Sampling - What hip hop was created out of.

Posted by nameno on Sunday, 08.3.08 @ 15:14pm

De La Soul will in fact be honored at the 2008 Hip Hop Honors.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/rock-the-bells.html

Posted by Future Hip Hop Hall on Wednesday, 08.13.08 @ 07:30am

You forgot about the Fat Boys..!!!

Posted by Harv on Wednesday, 08.13.08 @ 20:04pm

Next year definitly,Kurtis Blow,The Fatboys,2 live crew,Kool Moe Dee,Queen Latifah and Roxanne Shante.

Posted by TONY on Thursday, 08.14.08 @ 06:39am

i think bone thugs n harmony should be in this 2008 hip hop honors

Posted by lemyo on Wednesday, 08.27.08 @ 16:27pm

waz really gudd wit epmd

Posted by shelton on Wednesday, 09.3.08 @ 17:49pm

what about busy bee that was my boy from the bronx!!

Posted by michael jones on Saturday, 09.6.08 @ 21:10pm

YALL OUT YALL RABBIT ASS MINDS NOT HAVING ME "SPECIAL ED" ON THIS LIST. AS A MATTER OF FACT... OVER HALF OF THIS LIST HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY ME.. AS WELL AS SAMPLED OR BORROWED MY LYRICS.
I HAVE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED GENERATIONS. I DONT NEED AWARDS AND ACCOLADES BUT AT LEAST TELL THE TRUTH.
SPECIAL ED.

Posted by SPECIAL ED on Friday, 09.12.08 @ 19:11pm

gotta include first Too $hort. his career started 28 years from now which is in 1980. NWA must be included. finally, Rakim deserves to be in the list.

Posted by venusss on Thursday, 10.2.08 @ 05:13am

THE PHARCYDE: As far as i'm concerned the dopest Cats to eva make records as a collective bringgin' a whole new style to the westcoast hip hop scene. nuthin' but respect 4 Emmany, Booty Brown, Fatlip & Slim Kid Trey "TRUE HIP HOP LEGENDS"!!! GANG STAR: I mean seriously need i say more? #1 DJ with one of the illest MC to eva grab the mic str8-up! Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal's flow & voice tone is unique, pure & real! As fo Premier simply genius on the One's & Two's! Definite "Mass Appeal" 4 Real!

Posted by 2 DOPE on Tuesday, 10.7.08 @ 02:20am

where's slick rick???????????????

Posted by sasha on Tuesday, 10.7.08 @ 14:02pm

This list is a joke you guys suck!!!

Posted by D-wade on Tuesday, 10.7.08 @ 14:22pm

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Posted by yoovoa on Friday, 10.10.08 @ 17:42pm

i think next year they have to have 1.Doug E. Fresh 2.scarface 3.Jay-z 4.NAS and 5.EPMD

Posted by Dion Brown on Saturday, 10.11.08 @ 01:55am

One of the main hip hop group kings you must make sure is honored none other than (EPMD) them cats brought all business to the mic and every album title

Posted by dre on Saturday, 10.11.08 @ 22:59pm

Next year they need to induct: The Juice Crew (Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Craig G, etc..) or at least some more members of the crew; EPMD; Nas; Jay-Z; Queen Latifah; Dr. Dre; the movie "Style Wars"; and most importantly, Dj Premier and/or Gangstarr.

Posted by Wise on Sunday, 10.12.08 @ 10:03am

there must be a criteria now. it is very disrespectful hip hop it self not to have one and just wing it. it's not done in this way with with anything that has a hall or fame. you may call it honors. but its the hall of fame. you'll started out being disrespectful so it must stop now. let me give you some examples: Rakim without Eric B, Eazy E. without N.W.A. or before them and Dr. Dre. missy before Queen. Cypress Hill period. No EPMD but De La Soul. Need i say more. well let me just side note. there is a difference between Hip Hop and Rap. but when it comes to the Honors/Hall of Fame. they must be linked together. i disagree that everyone from 1980-1995 should get in. i understand they are the prime years but all because you played the game and got on the field don't make you a hall of famer. we should take a page from Rock and Rolls criteria and modify it to hip hop. mainly there 25yr waiting list. does one hot song get you in. if soo. Rob Base it takes 2 was bigger and ran longer on the air waves longer than naughty by natures OPP. thats why i think they should not be in. well just not yet. but i would like to say. thanks for the show. its been 5yrs. its time or improvement. At the rate you're going. everyone that made a record would be in the hall of fame.

Posted by berk on Sunday, 10.12.08 @ 10:57am

in my opinion I love Hip Hop of all time I think that EPMD, Cold crush Brothers, Fab 5 Freddy,, Kurtis BLow , Gang Starr, Outkast and UTFO should be in the hip hop honors next year because they should and worked hard making it the game they influenced me to listen to their songs

Posted by byron on Sunday, 10.12.08 @ 17:45pm

next year's should include EPMD, N.W.A., Kool G. Rap, Gang Starr, and the most underrated emcee in my opinion, P-Dawg.. Paris!!! Guerilla Funk all the way. Can VH1 handle a hard truth soldier???!!!

Posted by Billy Hud on Monday, 10.13.08 @ 00:13am

I got major beef with the way this list looks'. For the simple fact. The Beastie Boys, Nas, and KRS-ONE not being in the top 10 is insane. The fact that NWA is not ahead of Wu-Tang is absurd. I love the Wu. But if wasn't for NWA, Public Enemy, Run Dmc, and The Beastie Boys'. No Wu. Dre cannot hold his own weight on an album without a prodigy like Snoop or Eminem. That is the reason why his two Chronic albums' even sold half as much as they did. Whoever compiled this list does not know a boombox from a beatbox.

Posted by jaydafunkyone on Tuesday, 10.21.08 @ 11:37am

Next year should be Big Pun, Nas, Marley Marl & The Juice Crew (or Kool G Rap by himself), EPMD and Scarface. The year after that shoULd be Jay-Z, DMX, Bone Thugs-N-Hamony, Busta Rhymes and Outkast.

Posted by money_skeno on Friday, 11.7.08 @ 08:49am