PRince, Stevie, Marvin, and Donny we have learned to love these artist by there first name. However, in a recent conversation with many musicians and singers many have said that Brian McKnight deserves to be part of this list. It got me thinking does he. Is McKnight the closest we can get to greatness. I dont he has had a classic album as his forefathers has have. But lets face it will never be another "Sign of Times", "Innervisions", or "What's Going On"!!! Is Brian McKnight a legend??? Tell me what u think?!?







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When I think of Brian, I think of Ferry, Wilson and Eno. Brian McKnight is not a legend. His voice isn't even that good, but he seems like a really nice guy who goes to church.

lilgish said:

he did that one video where the plane crashed and he was in a cornfield. i liked that video kind of.

VisionEnt2004 said:

Brian McKnight is far from a legend.

He may be able to spell legend, and ladies think he's handsome, but he's about as creative as cold milk. I think most of his music is squat boring, monotonous and dull.

Amen!

I always thought people thought of Brian McKnight as Male Dianne Warren or Celine Dion. He's the whitest sounding black singer ever. Is his new album GEMINI any good?

He is not & will never be a legend. You cannot be a legend & a hack @ the same time

lilgish said:

ROTF

Supernova said:

co-

psykosoul said:

I'll see your and raise you a

Anxiety said:

VoicesCarry said:

and I'll see that and raise with a:


If people are really considering mediocrity like Brian Mcknight for greatness, then we're in worse shape than I thought...

He blatantly stole a tune from Meshell Ndegeocello ("Outside your Door") and called it, "Do I ever Cross Your Mind" and of course, people made it a hit, ...



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Talking of greatness of first names, how about.....

I'm sorry - I can't even come up with one Brian McKnight song.
He hasn't made much of an impression on me.

In defense of Brian McKnight, I think his first album is wonderful. Is This the Way Love Goes, After The Love Is Gone and One Last Cry are great tracks. I dunno what tha fuck happened to him after that.

Fuck Brian! Give me BlackByrd!

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

That's exactly the problem! His first album showed a lot of potential: Is the Feeling Gone, Never Felt This Way - great songs! Then he just spiraled into nutsuckery

CalhounSq said:

That's True!!

paligap said:

VisionEnt2004 said:

REALLY? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I'm not doubting the cat has some talent, but on that level? To put it charitably, I don't see it. Not at all.



No. See below.




I submit that your presumption is wrong. I can name, or show you, several albums released after SOTT that are, IMHO, classics in their own right:







Now, if you're talking soul classics, mebbe only Bitter (yes, it is a soul record) and [img]Beautifully Human[/img] fit that list But we need to pay more attention to the contemporary greats in our own midst. Male or female.

Give me Meshell or Jill over McKnight any and every day.
[Edited 2/23/05 15:23pm]

sinisterpentatonic said:

One of the most underrated guitarists of all time!!

Fly On Blackbyrd!! Fly On!!

manray10 said:

Yeah, I'll Take Dwayne "Blackbyrd" over Brian everytime!!

paligap said:

I see there are some funkateers in the house!

VisionEnt2004 said:

I bet even Kenny G is laughing at this one!!

paligap said:

SteamForest said:

Yup, that happened to me, too..But I heard that a few years ago in concert, before playing her song, Meshell remarked to the audience, "Yeah, that MF stole My shit...."

paligap said:

Y'know I always thought to was a pretty bold swipe. When the song was in pretty heavy rotation here I could barely stand to listen to it! It good to know I'm not the only one that was hip to Mr. Mcknight's pilferage.

-K-

kstrat said:

Nope, you're not alone! some o'the rest of us got the ears , too!