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WTF!!?!!! AOL Black voices lists their 11 R&B "geniuses" of all time http://bv.channel.aol.com...iusgallery
Luther Vandross 
R. Kelly 
Anita Baker 
Mary J. Blige 
D'Angelo
Erykah Badu
Gerald Levert 
Teddy Riley
Babyface
Maxwell
Keith Sweat
even if you just inlude artists still alive...left off the list are Prince Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson Mariah Carey Whitney Houston Patti Labelle Roberta Flack The O'Jays (how the hell you put Gerald before Eddie? )
Aretha Franklin the person who wrote this can't be more than 20 years old! [Edited 6/1/05 10:05am] you look better on your facebook page than you do in person  | |
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This is indeed pathetic. | |
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I agree but aleast they didn't put Janet Jackson on the list. | |
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I agree with Luther, Mary, Teddy, Babyface but yeah there was a void left off from alot of other folks, and where the FUCK is Michael Jackson again!?? Tina??? Prince??? Patti??? Chaka???? Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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I don't know what's funnier--the list or the emoticons you added.
Geniuses???  Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Of ALL TIME?!
And where the fuck are Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye? | |
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it's one thing not to include prince, but not to include stevie is just plain silly. weird. | |
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anybody who compares ralph ellison to D'Angelo is just MUCHO LOCO! you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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| Geniuses of all time????!!! I'm stunned...This has got to be a sick joke....
Where are: Ray Charles Sam Cooke Stevie Wonder Al Green Aretha Franklin Sly Stone James Brown George Clinton Prince Marvin Gaye Maurice White Isaac Hayes Ronald Isley Chaka Khan How old are the people at black voices? Please tell me it's a bunch of third graders....are they just talking about those who are influencing the sorry state of so-called R&B these days? is sampling taken into account? and how do any of the people they list qualify as geniuses? .... [Edited 6/1/05 10:31am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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meltwithu said: anybody who compares ralph ellison to D'Angelo is just MUCHO LOCO!
Ralph Ellison? Ralph Waldo Ellison? Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Lists like this (all lists, really) are pointless.
Is anybody going to be looking back at these lists say, 15-20 years from now for some sort of validation? I sincerely doubt it. I've come to the conclusion that lists like these simply give folks something to talk about, plus they fill up lots of space in magazines and music channels. | |
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OdysseyMiles said: Lists like this (all lists, really) are pointless.
Is anybody going to be looking back at these lists say, 15-20 years from now for some sort of validation? I sincerely doubt it. I've come to the conclusion that lists like these simply give folks something to talk about, plus they fill up lots of space in magazines and music channels. The truth | |
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The credibility of AOL Black Voices has just reached the stupididy level.
This list was obviously comprised of younger folks. I mean Keith Sweat? I loved his music but a genuis? That's the funniest shit I ever heard. 
Just the fact that Marvin, Prince, and Stevie are left off the list is a fucking joke in itself. Now - R.Kelly compared to the aforementioned names isn't in their league, but he maybe considered a genuis based on today's popular artist.... anyay, who gives a shit - we all know who the genuises are  | |
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Insert said list...
...and dispose of properly.
tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: Insert said list...
...and dispose of properly. Vanglorious... this is protected by the red, the black, and the green. With a key... sissy! | |
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theAudience said: Insert said list...
...and dispose of properly.
tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm ----- So one is on crack at blackvoices. (LOL) | |
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kisscamille said: This is indeed pathetic.
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This list is worthwhile just for laughs. Nobody should be upset just because someone had a stupid opinion.
The agage "Don't believe everything you read" is more important than ever in the age of the internet. Any moron with access to a computer can end up being read by a billion people. Check this song out at:
http://www.soundclick.com...tmusic.htm | |
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paligap said: Geniuses of all time????!!! I'm stunned...This has got to be a sick joke....
Where are: Ray Charles Sam Cooke Stevie Wonder Al Green Aretha Franklin Sly Stone James Brown George Clinton Prince Marvin Gaye Maurice White Isaac Hayes Ronald Isley Chaka Khan [Edited 6/1/05 10:31am]
I don't think Chaka deserves the title of genius... | |
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This is only the first day of Black Music Month and I'm already pissed! The sad thing is, a whole generation will read this list (which was plastered front and center on my PC when i logged on, mind you) as the ultimate truth. a lot of younger, uninformed folks will read this crap and never appreciate what the word "genius" truly means. you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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D'Angelo Erykah Badu even if you just inlude artists still alive...left off the list are Prince Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson Patti Labelle Roberta Flack The O'Jays (how the hell you put Gerald before Eddie? )
Aretha Franklin There that's better. 
[Edited 6/1/05 11:24am] | |
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krayzie said: paligap said: Geniuses of all time????!!! I'm stunned...This has got to be a sick joke....
Where are: Ray Charles Sam Cooke Stevie Wonder Al Green Aretha Franklin Sly Stone James Brown George Clinton Prince Marvin Gaye Maurice White Isaac Hayes Ronald Isley Chaka Khan [Edited 6/1/05 10:31am]
I don't think Chaka deserves the title of genius... yeah but she damn sure could knock about half of them people of Assholes On Line's list. anybody who has heard Mary J. slaughter Sweet Thing can attest to that you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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Y'all are hatin'. Ain't a damn thing wrong with that list.  | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: D'Angelo Erykah Badu [strike]Gerald Levert even if you just inlude artists still alive...left off the list are Prince Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson Patti Labelle Roberta Flack The O'Jays (how the hell you put Gerald before Eddie? )
Aretha Franklin There that's better.  you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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meltwithu said: This is only the first day of Black Music Month and I'm already pissed! The sad thing is, a whole generation will read this list (which was plastered front and center on my PC when i logged on, mind you) as the ultimate truth. a lot of younger, uninformed folks will read this crap and never appreciate what the word "genius" truly means.
The list is probably better than what they're already listening to! I think they'll hear of Ray Charles eventually. I doubt Keith Sweat will supplant Prince as the "Greatest Musician of the Last 25 Years." Check this song out at:
http://www.soundclick.com...tmusic.htm | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Y'all are hatin'. Ain't a damn thing wrong with that list.
 Okay, I made me laugh. | |
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meltwithu said: anybody who compares ralph ellison to D'Angelo is just MUCHO LOCO!
(ok,i just spit tea all over monitor/keyboard) posture your mandables towards the sky
and oscilate them in an apathetic manner throw your hands in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: RipHer2Shreds said: Y'all are hatin'. Ain't a damn thing wrong with that list.
Okay, I made me laugh.i was concerned for a minute there...was bout to gas up the Batjet and come Napalm your house you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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Maybe they're making the slight distinction between R&B and Soul? Even still, it wouldn't make much sense. That's the only thing I can figure. | |
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JackieBlue said: meltwithu said: anybody who compares ralph ellison to D'Angelo is just MUCHO LOCO!
Ralph Ellison? Ralph Waldo Ellison? Yeah, Unbelievably the writer compares D'Angelo's paused genius to Ellison who peaked early, lived on, but never transcended his brilliant masterpiece The Invisible Man. Waldo? Uhm, Ellison's middle name isn't Waldo. Perhaps you're thinking of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anyway,this list is way off. None of these people deserve mention as a genius of all time. [Edited 6/1/05 12:00pm] | |
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