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[RP912]

Dope. I got another Usher one from that album I used to keep on repeat.


Usher - The Many Ways

Man.....people slept on usher before My Way.


Since this thread is heading into 2000s territory....

Genuwine- Differences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ctt02WQl1k

Lyfe Jennings- Must Be Nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkpN3uiZ-Ew

 

[xiceman191]

There's nothing wrong with a new thread for 2000's R&B. We'll all be there with our lists.

I would make one but I can't because I haven't been here/posted enough.

 

[RP912]

How can I forget about my boo Karyn White lol.

Karyn White - Romantic

Karyn White - The Way I Feel About You

Also,

Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight


You guys really should make a separate thread for 2000's R&B. It's making it confusing.

Karyn White was my childhood crush....holy moly

And I second a 2000s R&B thread.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Karyn White was my childhood crush....holy moly

And I second a 2000s R&B thread.

If I see a 2000's R&B, and a Motown/Philly/Stax soul thread, I wouldn't know what to do.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

If I see a 2000's R&B, and a Motown/Philly/Stax soul thread, I wouldn't know what to do.

The Meters.

Nothing but the Meters.

And nobody would complain.

Ever.

 

[royalan]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

Confessions part 1 underrated

 

[xiceman191]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

8701 and Confession are his best albums that I have heard. TBH I haven't really paid attention past Confessions tho.

 

[Ovid]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

I liked "My Way". I knew he would become a mainstream star after that.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

8701 and Confession are his best albums that I have heard. TBH I haven't really paid attention past Confessions tho.

Moving mountains and there goes my baby are great songs

 

[Nabs]

I liked "My Way". I knew he would become a mainstream star after that.

I really liked the My Way era as a kid. I didn't bother picking up the album since he had an insane rotation of singles on the radio.

 

[Ovid]

Rude Boys - Written All Over Your Face

BeBe & CeCe Winans - Addictive Love

BeBe's voice is just amazing. Reminds me of Alexander O'Neal. Very strong voice.

 

[Lion Heart]

Its amazing how each song in this thread elicits a place in time from my youth, from a specific location to an event and so on.

 

[RP912]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

Confessions was like the modern day thriller. Album so good I bought the album twice.

 

[3phemeral]

Mariah has some really slept on stone-groove smash wonders that deserve some recognition, especially because these were never single material.

Underneath the Stars
Long Ago
You Had Your Chance
Lullaby
Candy Bling
I Still Believe (Pure Imagination)

And more groove oriented:
Miss You
Slipping Away
Stay the Night
So Lonely
Makin' It Last All Night

Had to get that out of my head before moving on to some other stuff I'm trying to remember.

 

[Dubbmobile]

Yooo this thread is bringing back all the feels!

Groove Theory - Baby Luv (summer groove mix) http://youtu.be/x_T6qaGNXNU

Pm Dawn - Set adrift a memory bliss
http://youtu.be/muAt4evb7Sk

Janet Jackson - Anytime anyplace (maybe nsfw) http://youtu.be/m33PlctkFrU

 

[Zantetsuken]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

Whaaaat! What about You Remind Me, U Got It Bad, U Don't Have to Call, from 8701 album?

 

[Loki]

Oh hey, you know who else I forgot about?

Janet Jackson.

Which is a pretty huge fuckin oversight, considering how large she was. People talk about Michael and Dangerous, but people forget that Scream was seen as having to piggyback off Janet's cred to get some of his own back. Because Janet was THE Jackson that mattered in the 90s, not Michael.

You forgot one of my favorite songs from her. Just a stunningly beautiful song:

Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me

 

[Bluekaveli]

Any song by SWV.

This

And You by Jesse Powell.
That's the way love goes by Janet Jackson
Anytime, Any place by Janet Jackson
All Around The World - Lisa Stanfield
Sally - Sade
Smooth Operator - Sade
How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer
Something in My Heart - Michel'le

 

[Bluekaveli]

Real talk: I couldn't STAND Usher until his Confessions album.

Album was overrated.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

yeah, i just spent an hour putting together a spotify playlist based on the best suggestions in this thread.

11 hours of 90s R&B goodness.

 

[jesalr]

yeah, i just spent an hour putting together a spotify playlist based on the best suggestions in this thread.

11 hours of 90s R&B goodness.

share it?

 

[3phemeral]

Just cross post-inating my thoughts on some recent Janelle Monae tracks that I think fit the vibe of this thread:

Primtetime
It's Code
Electric Lady

 

[royalan]

yeah, i just spent an hour putting together a spotify playlist based on the best suggestions in this thread.

11 hours of 90s R&B goodness.

Share that shit, yo.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Oh shit. Yeah, I probably should have done that.

New Jack Swing & Beyond: The Best of '90s R&B

That should pop open Spotify and take you to the playlist, I think.

 

[benzy]

Can't forget this newcomer of the late 90s.

sammie - the crazy things i do for love

sammie - i like it

 

[Lv99 Slacker]

Glad to see Jodeci in the first post. They were the first to come to mind.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I was wrong, it's 14 of R&B goodness.

I also cheated and went a little into 2000, and started in 1987 (Just Got Paid, Johnny Kemp, considered to be the birth of New Jack Swing)

 

[RandyBobandy]

Yup. This is pretty amazing right here

Thanks for the playlist

 

[jesalr]

Oh shit. Yeah, I probably should have done that.

New Jack Swing & Beyond: The Best of '90s R&B

That should pop open Spotify and take you to the playlist, I think.

 

[A Serious Man]

I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_Gvbn2pFs

The best.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack

Absolutely this!

 

[Maximilian E.]

Joe - Don´t wanna be a player no more

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Oh shit. Yeah, I probably should have done that.

New Jack Swing & Beyond: The Best of '90s R&B

That should pop open Spotify and take you to the playlist, I think.

Excellent playlist. You need to add some LSG.

Maybe poke around this old thread to see if you missed anything to add? I noticed you didn't have any Troop stuff for example.

 

[Rarity]

Who remembers this one hit wonder:
Something For The People - My Love Is The Shhh

The bomb, baby.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

I might have missed it one of the mega-lists, but let me also add some lesser-known 90's R&B gems:

Anywhere by 112
All Good by Mo Thugs
Let's Ride by Montell Jordan
Nobody's Supposed To Be Here by Deborah Cox
Be Careful by Sparkle
My Love Is The Shhh by Something For The People
Swing My Way by KP and Envyi
My Body by LSG
Freak Like Me by Adina Howard
Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) by Maxwell

My #1 choice would be Too Close by Next, but that's been stated multiple times already.

 

[jesalr]

Not sure if it counts, but Ghetto Superstar

 

[Sanjay]

edit: Time travelin' from the end of the thread to post the link to the 14 hour Spotify playlist made from the thread's picks.

New Jack Swing & Beyond: The Best of '90s R&B

All night.

 

[Ben Morales]

This song came out in '89, but it was very popular the following year. Smooth as hell.

Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Al B. Sure!, El Debarge, and Barry White - The Secret Garden

 

[dorkkaos]

Allure ft. 112 - All Cried Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_A3Ia-69U



2000 but...close enough?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABuWphlnZ1A - Craig David - 7 Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxRRCxfRvI - Walking Away


Also, would INOJ's cover of time after time be considered RnB? hahah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbdsWwABKZo

 

[ViperVisor]

A sleeper great song.

Kut Klose - I Like

Known for their bit parts in 2 Keith Sweat songs, they had 1 CD.

Nice and smooth tune. Not over dramatic or belting out the vocals at any chance. These are the type of female group songs I Like *wink*. Where it is approached like typical song and it just happens to be girls singing they don't go over the top because you know girls be emotional.

 

[AmyS]

How can I forget about my boo Karyn White lol.

Karyn White - Romantic

Karyn White - The Way I Feel About You

Karyn White was my childhood crush....holy moly

Karyn White - The Way You Love Me is my all-time favorite. Jammed to that sooo much 1989-1990 (released in 1988).

~And I Love~.... ~And I Love~....~The Way You Love Me~

The Way You Love Me (12'' Hype Remix)

 

[JLynn]

This is a 90's R&B thread that started in 2014, right? How come in the span of about two years no one mentioned Me'Shell Ndegeocello?

I did a CTRL + F on each page. Nothing.

Anyway, she is criminally underrated. Plantation Lullabies fit the definition of "Neo Soul" before the term was conceived. The most well known song is Outside Your Door. Not only is it known for her sultry delivery but it was known for its intro being, for lack of a better term, stolen wholesale by Brian McKnight for his song Anytime.

Another very little known artist is ambersunshower. Not much is known about her aside from what's on her Wikipedia page. I admit to sleep on her when she first came out, thinking she was a Badu clone. I was wrong. She had a more hip-hop sound compared with the more organic sounds of Baduizm. Running Song is pretty much Loose Ends' Hangin' on a String. Still a fun listen.

Other Songs

Horace Brown - Things We Do For Love (Remix)

Alonzo Hunter - Just The Way (Playas Play)

Tasha Holiday - Just The Way You Like It

Mona Lisa - Can't Be Wasting My Time

DRS - Gangsta Lean

 

[Ben Morales]

Karyn White - The Way You Love Me is my all-time favorite. Jammed to that sooo much 1989-1990 (released in 1988).

~And I Love~.... ~And I Love~....~The Way You Love Me~

The Way You Love Me (12'' Hype Remix)

omg... Yes! Karyn White is my girl. That made me think of another awesome R&B artist, Jody Watley. This song was released in 1987, but it deserves to be in this thread. Close enough dammit. lol

Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me

Also, not sure if she has been mentioned yet, but Lisa Stansfield is great too. Love that 90's British R&B/Pop sound.

Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World

And the wonderful Lisa Fischer:

Lisa Fischer - How Can I Ease the Pain

Lisa Fischer - Send the Message of Love

Also, I bet Babyface produced 80% of the songs in this topic lol

 

[Pics_nao]

Why is this on the first page

Now I'm going to spend all the money to get put back in the 90s

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Not even mad at this bump

 

[Jay Shadow]

Guess it's time for me to resubscribe

 

[Ben Morales]

I'm sorry y'all, I forgot one:

Lisa Stansfield - Affection