Are there anymore R&B bands? It seems like Rap and Hip-Hop killed musicianship. I don't mind a little rap or hip-hop, but I do resent their monopolizing the airwaves. I know, I know -- it sells. Anyway, I was curious are there any bands left? I'm not talking about the bands that are holdovers from 20 or 30 years ago. I mean, are there any new R&B bands on the horizon? By "band," I mean a group who plays their own instruments -- lead guiltar player, bass, synth, drummer etc.

brothaluv said:

Mint Condition is still around. Haven't seen any new ones.

Soulive...




...with special secret guest star Stevie Wonder

www.soulive.com


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Rhythm & Blues period is dead.

For a good while too..

funkpill said:

Rhythm & Blues was the pioneer ( 1960's )

Urban Soul is the contemporary movement

www.slapbak.com/






www.daproducers.com/






Ray Ray with Lucy were tight some years ago
... saw an awesome show then , and a recent slammin' solo-gig from him & band .

Philly's phinest in Hip Hop





Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson invented the "lazy" beat !
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www.riosoul.com





Transcendental Funk
http://www.fatcity.co.uk/...etrans.mp3

http://www.fatcity.co.uk/...temid=2476

http://www.metix.net/news...id+577.htm
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brothaluv said:

I just got back from Victor Wooten's show in LA and they threw downwith everything you asked: not 1 not 2 but 3 excellent bassists, 2 female vocalists (plus the female bassist raps), a killer guitarist and an excellent drummer and keyboardist.

This was the end of the West coast tour and Victor goes back to touring with the FLECKTONES. I posted the whole tour last year. I can't help if y'all can't take a clue.

http://victorwooten.com/

Outside of that my latest buzz is 24-7 SPYZ. Well they're "holdovers from 20 or 30 years ago" but they are the bomb in my stero!

sosgemini said:

http://www.samhillbands.c...index.shtm
http://www.cyberfuzz.com/news/

If you guys wanna hear a nice jazz fusion-type band, The Fuzz is your calling.

PFunkjazz said:

These brothers always did mindblowing jams .
I'd like to add Fishbone , Living Colour , Tackhead , Junglefunk and Ice-T's Body Count to the Hall of Flames .
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ChristopherTracyParade said:

I tried to play the music on their site , but there wer some error-faults
Looks all great ... there were some smashing live-pics over there .... very curious how they sound ...

http://www.mperia.com/dis...t&id=16988

Found this too .... soundz kewL
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100MPH said:

If you have AOL, you can listen to them on AOL's XM-Neo Soul channel. Great fuckin' band.

ChristopherTracyParade said:

i managed to get access

ChristopherTracyParade said:

U got dat rite ! ... just hearing the intro's of " Crossroads " / " Love " / " Notma " ..... DANG!
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ChristopherTracyParade said:

Maaayyn , their ballad-stuff is " surreal " and sophistifunktastic !

I just signed-up for their E-mail list , and ordered " Without Boundaries " .
Their " Collision "-album is out-of-stock at their site .... temporarily i guess .
I'll be back for that .... thanx Chris for all your info


album-medley http://cdbaby.com/allmp3/...zzband.m3u
http://cdbaby.com/cd/thefuzzband

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100MPH said:

Ahhh! I LOVE IT when new cats get ahold of the REAL SHIT! I'm glad you guys found this band! ENJOY!

ChristopherTracyParade said:

When is the Live-dvd coming out ?

100MPH said:

I don't know yet!

ChristopherTracyParade said:

We'll see ... i hope

Okay , logging out now ...

peace ,
100MPH .

Thanks everyone. I needed that. BTW, that girl in Fuzz is hot! If she sounds like she looks, I'll buy all their damn albums. GirlBros. I knew about of course. Nice to know Wendy and Lisa are still around. Victor Wooten...where can I find more info on his group?