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Thread started 01/21/07 8:10am

Krytonite

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King of R&B?

Is Bobby Brown the King of R&B?
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Reply #1 posted 01/21/07 8:35am

Graycap23

Krytonite said:

Is Bobby Brown the King of R&B?


Bobby is NOT the king of anything.....except maybe in his own mind.
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Reply #2 posted 01/21/07 8:48am

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Reply #3 posted 01/21/07 8:56am

rushing07

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The King



The Queen



End of story
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Reply #4 posted 01/21/07 10:12am

CHIC0

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some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even
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Reply #5 posted 01/21/07 10:28am

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CHIC0 said:

some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even


What about Sam Cooke? I heard that he invented soul music and inspired more R&B artists than anyone else.
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Reply #6 posted 01/21/07 10:31am

CHIC0

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Krytonite said:

CHIC0 said:

some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even


What about Sam Cooke? I heard that he invented soul music and inspired more R&B artists than anyone else.




OMG!! duh


Geez! how could i've forgotten Sam Cooke!! bawl of course he tops the list. i was thinking as i hit post response' that i was missing someone! disbelief


thanks Krytonite. biggrin
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Reply #7 posted 01/21/07 10:31am

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CHIC0 said:

some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even


Throw Sam Cooke in there..he had more soul in his shoelaces than BB...

"King of R&B" My god..Bobby you done lost your damn mind.
"I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either" ~ Jesse Owens
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Reply #8 posted 01/21/07 10:34am

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CHIC0 said:

some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even


These are good bicks but they fit only if you consider r&b all black popular music. I myself prefer the narrow understanding of the term which denotes rhythm and blues tracks from the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Reply #9 posted 01/21/07 10:43am

Krytonite

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Did Whitney Houston labeled Bobby as the King of R&B or Bobby himself?
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Reply #10 posted 01/21/07 11:07am

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Bobby is the king of Hasbeen artist who had a bright future married an amazing singer acted like a jackass got arrested for everything had a cocaine stroke talkin all funny and shit now gonna be bankrupt soon.
23 more days to Ball Dangle Day!!!!!
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Reply #11 posted 01/21/07 11:15am

CHIC0

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rushing07 said:

CHIC0 said:

some of my choices for 'KING of R&B' are :

Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Otis Redding
James Brown
Luther Vandross (though i'm not a fan...i'll give the man credit)
Barry (m-fuckin') White
Prince even


These are good bicks but they fit only if you consider r&b all black popular music. I myself prefer the narrow understanding of the term which denotes rhythm and blues tracks from the late 1940s and 1950s.


as far as "pop" terms go. yes. i think these are the ones with the greatest impact. now if it's about pioneers, ones who've built the foundations..of course we'd go back a few decades. John Lee Hooker would be included as well in that case. biggrin
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Reply #12 posted 01/21/07 11:41am

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Not the king

He's the KANG OF URRR -N- BEEEE!!! king


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Reply #13 posted 01/21/07 5:08pm

phunkdaddy

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Otis Redding
Mahvin Gaye
Al Green
Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #14 posted 01/21/07 5:33pm

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Now's the time I step in and give my obligatory "Stevie Wonder" response. smile
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #15 posted 01/21/07 5:38pm

Najee

If there is an unofficial "King of Black Contemporary Popular Music" -- for those playing too tight with the definition of "R&B" -- here are the true contenders for the throne, IMO:

Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
James Brown
Smokey Robinson

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Reply #16 posted 01/21/07 5:48pm

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AS CHRIS ROCK SAID,
HE IS THE KING OF R&B

ROCKS AND BLUNTS!
I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ!
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Reply #17 posted 01/21/07 6:26pm

manthevan

Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Jackie Wilson
Ray Charles
James Brown
Prince
Michael Jackson
Smokey Robinson
Al Green
Otis Redding

are at least legends...
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Reply #18 posted 01/22/07 3:32pm

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Krytonite said:

Did Whitney Houston labeled Bobby as the King of R&B or Bobby himself?


Yep, it was her tired ass. Then again, what the hell would she know about R&B anyway with her sellout ass?
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #19 posted 01/22/07 3:34pm

RipHer2Shreds

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Yep, it was her tired ass. Then again, what the hell would she know about R&B anyway with her sellout ass?

How can she be a sellout when she was pop from the start?
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Reply #20 posted 01/22/07 3:40pm

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RipHer2Shreds said:

vainandy said:



Yep, it was her tired ass. Then again, what the hell would she know about R&B anyway with her sellout ass?

How can she be a sellout when she was pop from the start?


You got a point there. OK, let me correct it.....

Yep, it was her tired ass. Then again, what the hell would she know about R&B anyway with her weak, pop, girl next door, adult contemporary singing ass? lol
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #21 posted 01/22/07 4:06pm

woogiebear

"Bobby Brown is the king of R&B.....ROCKS & BOULDERS!!!!!"
-Jamie Foxx-
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Reply #22 posted 01/22/07 4:22pm

chuckaducci

Wasn't it Jamie Foxx who said Brown is the king of R&B...rocks and blunts?
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Reply #23 posted 01/23/07 3:13am

Paisley4u

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Najee said:

If there is an unofficial "King of Black Contemporary Popular Music" -- for those playing too tight with the definition of "R&B" -- here are the true contenders for the throne, IMO:

Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
James Brown
Smokey Robinson

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Agree,no way BB can compete with these legends!
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taking mental note: vainandy does not like Whitney Houston
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Reply #25 posted 01/23/07 9:23am

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Its got to be Ray Charles
"Todo está bien chévere" Stevie
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Reply #26 posted 01/23/07 10:26am

Adisa

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Well, if you go by the R&B charts you're looking at James Brown or R.Kelly. I could be wrong, don't feel like researching that right now. Any takers...Beuller? Beuller?
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Reply #27 posted 01/23/07 10:48am

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The King of R and B for once and for all is Robert Kelly
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Reply #28 posted 01/23/07 11:02am

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Bobby Brown King of R&B? What? you mean ribs and barbeque? rocks and blunts?
"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #29 posted 01/23/07 11:56am

alphastreet

in the words of whitney HELL NO! He had some awesome songs in the 80's but that doesn't make him the king of anything, he was just a fad and both of them know it

I think people who deserve the title are:

Michael Jackson
Prince
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Luther Vandross
R.Kelly


but then again I think titles are dumb and everyone has a unique talent that speaks for itself.
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