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PrintableNajee said: 2.) I'm well aware that Vandross is considered by some black people to be above reproach, to the point some people feel you should be obligated to like him. If there's some subliminal message in "Bad Boy Having A Party," "Forever, For Always, For Love," and "A House Is Not A Home" that forces black people to like Luther, then so be it! 
3.) Maybe the more appropriate comment is "I don't find Vandross' songs sexy or sensual, that there isn't a lot of strong emotive feeling in his style."
They're more "love songs" than "slow jams." 4.) Thanks for proving my point -- Vandross' songs are fairly middle of the road that they can be played at some family reunion or get-together, which is not bad for that moment. After all, it's high-glossed "conservative R&B." However, it generally seemed like Vandross' music came off as too restrained.
Everybody's got their something. Luther's voice and style was, at its best, so good that, while he may not be mistaken for Al Green or Marvin Gaye, his music had a "soul." He was the definitive voice of black music of his era. What he wasn't is more of a testimony to what black music may have been missing during that time. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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