Re: RnB [was Re: Oi/Marvin Gaye]
MR BOB DAVIS
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:34:45, -0500
>
> * Maxwell
> * Erykah Badu (the studio albums from both Erykah and Maxwell are
great,
> and the live ones show they can bump without the technical wizardry
> afforded by studios...)
> * Prince (anything he touches..)
> * D'Angelo
> * Brandy (still reckon her debut album is a cut above most other RnB
out there)
> * Micheal Jackon (Thriller)
> * Quincy Jones (Back on the Block I used to love .. haven't listened
to it
> for a while tho..)
> * Renegade Funktrain (Aussie contribution to the list.. on the hip hop
end
> of the RnB spectrum)
> * Jamaica Boys (still reckon the J-Boys album has some great stuff ..
> Marcus Miller and Lenny White go pop..)
> * The Time (What Time Is It?, Ice Cream Castles and even Pandemonium .
..
> although I guess more straight up funk than RnB)
> * Stevie Wonder (his pre-80s stuff I would have in another cateogry,
but
> later albums like Jungle Fever soundtrack and Conversation Peace are
more
> in contemporary RnB vein and I still like em..)
>
> Others who have occassionally risen above their usual to produce a
single
> or two I like..
> * TLC (cover of Prince's If I Was Your Girlfriend was pretty cool..)
> * SWV (sucked in by the Micheal Jackson sample on Right Here I'm
afraid ;-)..)
> * Janet Jackon (sometimes .. still digging the single with Q-Tip/Joni
> Mitchell for example)
Nice list although I would also throw in Rick James "Urban Rapsody" &
also Candy Dufler's new joint.....:)
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Bob Davis
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