Graycap23 said:

That's a good way of describing it.

I don't really dislike Rahsaan, but his music gets abit redundant after awhile.

His 2 1st albums are good but the rest are hit & miss.

I don't know if it's been said but Amerie. I thought 1 Thing was going to blow her up to bigger success and now she's a one-hit wonder. I really dug her.

daPrettyman said:

I second that too. He sounds no different from anybody else in R&B and I don't care for his songs either.

Another one would be Tamia. She got noticed for the Quincy Jones song "You Put a Move On Me" or something like that and she had some hits like "Stranger In My House" but she never became a household name. That's too bad too cause she can sing.

daPrettyman said:

That's all music has ever been. He's got great vocal arrangements and his style is remniscent of Chaka. Good soulful voice.

Harlepolis said:

Preach! And I never knew he sang for CK. Cool shit. Thanks.

Harlepolis said:

His 1st is off the hook. I was "cool" on his 2nd one. His 3rd was real nice. This latest one is just "cool".

purplecam said:

So he and Anthony Hamilton and Joe sound the same?

Maybe not 'huge' but certainly bigger than what they currently are:

Amerie
Tamia
Deborah Cox
Shanice

Amerie in my head is a huge star, but folks ain't seeing it.


Sometimes when someone is getting a lot of guest hook features, I expect that their solo careers will be as hot.

Billy Lawrence is one that was on a lot of Bad Boy hits, around 1997, but she never really achieved fame.

daPrettyman said:

Well it sounds that way to u, but it all doesn't sound the same. Both of Raheem's albums are completely different from each other and Bilal's style is a tidy bit more soulful than Raheem's style. Bilal has more controlled voice than Raheem. I think both men have versatile singing styles that make them stand apart from one another...that is more than just being "neo-soul".

Rufus Blaq That cd was nice, especially the package concept.
Chris Bender- Oh boy if he didn't get murdered, he had something for that ass.
CeCe Penniston-Wow
Vesta Williams
Bryan Loren
Rueben Studdard
NewKirk
Leotis
Choklate
Christopher Williams
Trey lorenz
Jermaine Paul-BackGround singer for Alicia Keys
Calvin Richardson
Milira
Adina Howard
Michael Speaks
Big Bub
Keith Washington

I know it is more than one...sorry!

missfee said:

If u say so.

I'm not disagreeing, I just don't get either of them. Their styles are similar to me.

daytonohioplayer said:

I totally agree with a lot of people you have listed. Ruben Studdard should have been bigger on the r&b side, but his managers and record company didn't give him the right material, nor did they promote him properly. They were all hung up on his size and not his talent. Maybe he will continue to do gospel projects and be successful.

Trey Lorenz should have been HUGE!! I don't know what happened with him. I don't know if it was material, promotion, or what.

Keith Washington also had the total package. Looks, voice, and stage prescence. I loved all 3 of his albums. Maybe if he had stayed with the Quincy Jones camp, then he would have been bigger, but he ended up on MCA and was dropped so fast. I know he tried acting for a while. Maybe he didn't make it because of the process/wavey hair he had.

I don't agree about Adina Howard. She was banking on the stripper/whore image and that stuff never last.

I (kinda) don't agree with Ce Ce Penniston. She was not that great of a singer. Her material that Steve "Silk" Hurley did for her was amazing, but house music died and she didn't survive on the r&b side. Is she still performing? Last I saw her was on the reality show where has-beens appeared singing recent hits.

Maxwell is still popular, but all the glory is for his past which he hasn't lived up to. I thought that dude was gonna rule the universe when he first dropped If only he'd stayed on track...

I hoped Fantasia would have made better career decisions but she's putting out shit like everyone else...

Martin Luther - he deserves to be so much bigger than he is, I thought the flick would blow his shit up. Maybe there's stuff in the works, hopefully

daPrettyman said:

Yeah, maybe you are right about Adina Howard. But I was really digging that first album!

Cece, man those albums are nice!!

CalhounSq said:

I don't know Martin Luther but I would have thought that Fantasia and Maxwell would have been superstars, especially Fantasia with American Idol and even The Color Purple. Oh well.

purplecam said:

See, that's what I mean - the fact that Martin is still so unknown is a crime, he's so so good

daytonohioplayer said:

You got a lot of people who I thought would have been big like Vesta, CeCe Peniston, Christopher Williams and Adina Howard. Amazing how things end up.

purplecam said:

Yea, why did Christopher Williams stop making music anyway? I loved his voice

I completely forgot about Bilal and Martin Luther.
Both are extremely talented.

Graycap23 said:

SEE - even you forgot... & you know of Martin Luther! Shit is cold, MAYNE!

CalhounSq said:

I know. I've seen and met the cat several times.
I think I'm just getting OLD.

Graycap23 said:

MuthaFunka said:

Indeed. Dude's a vocalist, a singer.

CalhounSq said:

That's a good question. Isn't he doing theater now?

Javier. I got his first CD and really like, "A Song For Your Tears".

I think he has a second one out, but I don't know how good it is?

daytonohioplayer said:

Choklate Yes she should be a huge star. I'm biased tho she is one of my homies. LOL

daytonohioplayer said:

Damn. Did he just drop Newkirk? I remember that cat! I have his CD! He was De La's announcer on their debut album. He was pretty tight.