1. Bjork
2. Jill Scott

...who else?

Snow.



I'm sorry, I can't pull myself back together after that Bobby Valentino shit.

TheSmyrk said:

slow down, I just wanna get to know you

Sinead O'Connor

badujunkie said:

Björk's best is "Vespertine" and the second best is "Homogenic" in my opinion!

Then "Medúlla", "Selmasongs", "Post" and "Debut"!

most

ok, well on the R&b/hip-hop side

Bell, Biv, Devoe
Ralph Tresvant
Al B Sure
Whitney Houston (this is debateable)
Envogue
Boys II Men
DMX
Keith Sweat
Jill Scott
Maxwell
De'Angelo
Ready for The world
NAS
De La Soul


and the list goes on and on, till the break of dawn.

Everybody's?

Oh, except Prince.

I think the best example is



but also...

Lenard Cohen,
Tori Amos.

The Velvet Underground

world party

Missy Elliott
Kelis- Wanderland was good, but Kaleidescope was better.

lilgish said:

Some Sinead fans would disagree with you. I, however, am right there with you. Make no mistake, she's had some grand albums since then, but that's her best and my favorite.

Air
Imperial Teen
Guns N Roses

Stymie said:

Guns n' roses
Al b. sure
Bell biv devoe
Guy

I'm embarrased to say this but..
I really digged..

jasonstar said:

better lay off the crack before you start saying you like ashlee simpson too.

jasonstar said:

Actually it was decent and she had some good songs on her second album too. Avril doesn't bother me, in fact she has pretty good range with her voice.
She's horrible live though.

jayaredee said:

I gotta agree with this. I love almost every song on her debut album. As for her second release, I love the singles "Don't Tell Me" and "My Happy Ending." (But for me, they didn't measure up to the tracks on the first. Even the non-singles on the first were better than the singles on the second IMO.)

And yeah, I downloaded some of her live tracks and

badujunkie said:

I don't mind the track "La La" but it was bombed on the radio and MTV so much, it is hard not to know the song, and for me it grew on me. But the rest of her catalog IMO sucks. And talk about sucking live..

Icicle said:

endorphin74 said:

I know you love them so.

MichaelsLight said:

Did Sade's first album include the song "Smooth Operator?" Because, that song is one of the best songs ever recorded in my book. So I doubt any follow up could top that, unless it included that song on it.

As for Terrance, I never got into his music that much. I dig his song "Right Thing, Wrong Way." But his debut album is pretty good, eh? If so, I might check it out.

1. Maxwell
2. Jill Scott

Stymie said:

Bowie's debut kinda sucked too. I can think of several who were great later on and started out with relatively weak debut records.

badujunkie said:

I agree with you about Jill Scott. She has come out with some good songs but her albums haven't been quite as good as her debut. I like the duet she does with Darius Rucker.

World Party:



Tears For Fears:



The Cranberries:

Mariah Carey.