Nas would fit in here

Hollafame

...and we already know the answer to the first question:

???Thriller was me being introduced to great music with the total package, which means the artist is cool but he also looks like how he???s supposed to look. His history from the Jackson 5, all the soul added to the whole thing, and the record of course was groundbreaking and took over the world.???

http://www.complex.com/music/2012/05/nas-25-favorite-albums/

SIRUS

???When I first heard it, no one I knew ever heard it. It???s funny that so many people love Marvin Gaye but never knew about this album that was so personal. It???s crazy how my new record has a little bit of that. Motown only put out limited copies and it was a risky record. I think the music industry wanted a more hitting album but that record he did was his expression. I???m sure he caught a lot of slack from it.

???I feel like I???m in the same place that he was at when he made that album [because he was getting divorced and I???m getting divorced]. I feel like Life Is Good is my Here, My Dear. They???re similar in a lot of ways. I relate to him as a human being, as a star.

???It made me like him a lot more because he was an artist enough to just say what he had to say. I like when he???s talking about Anna Gordy, who he was married to. I know what that???s like. I know what he???s singing. I???ve lived it myself. I really relate to that record.???