Prince maybe a bit of a streeeeeeeetch. But, , If I Could Turn Back time was a Sam Cooke 90's song. He's got the voice, the musicianship, the sexual stamnia, and the albums.

12 Play was the 1999 of the 90's Thinm of HOW MUCH it influenced others. In the r&b and even the rock scene. R was his Sign O The Times no doubt.

He's made clsssic albums, has a classic look, the voice, the lyrics, the videos etc. Too me he's the closest we had to a modern day Sam Cooke or even Prince. He influenced an entire generation.

Plus Kells is still making good music. Something Prince hasn't done for awhile sadly.

r kelly is r kelly and prince is prince and what is considered a hit is in the key of the dumb and untalented so that goes with a grain of salt.

The only one who can pull off a Sam Cooke soul performance is Bruno Mars

At 2:06 he completely kills that shit the organ, the bands moves, his light tenor voice (Just like Sam's), he does it so perfectly.

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He's talented, but he loses me with the rap albums. When he's great, he's great though.

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Dude has done some killer Sam Cooke covers too. Thanks for that video! to me he is the king of r&b though. Whitney needs to quit playin

missfee said:

Neither.

R kelly is a wannabee anybody

Neither. He's the modern day R Kelly.

R. Kelly is great at what he does when he is serious about making quality music. However, he is no Prince or Sam Cooke. He does some good Sam Cooke covers but R. Kelly is just R.Kelly. Artists can be great at what they do without being compared to a legend. There is only one Prince and only one Sam Cooke.

He's the modern day version of that other infamous perv who had an abiding obsession with urine, the Marquis de Sade.

mjscarousal said:

R. Kelly is great at what he does when he is serious about making quality music. However, he is no Prince or Sam Cooke. He does some good Sam Cooke covers but R. Kelly is just R.Kelly. Artists can be great at what they do without being compared to a legend. There is only one Prince and only one Sam Cooke.

And he isn't making quality music right now grown ass man.. old enough to be a grandpa. Singin about marryin the pussy Love Letter was a fucking great album! i wore it out. I had faith he would be on top again r&b wise. Then it was back to the pussy music...

He better than both!

You remind me of my jeep!

Gunsnhalen said:

mjscarousal said:

R. Kelly is great at what he does when he is serious about making quality music. However, he is no Prince or Sam Cooke. He does some good Sam Cooke covers but R. Kelly is just R.Kelly. Artists can be great at what they do without being compared to a legend. There is only one Prince and only one Sam Cooke.

And he isn't making quality music right now grown ass man.. old enough to be a grandpa. Singin about marryin the pussy Love Letter was a fucking great album! i wore it out. I had faith he would be on top again r&b wise. Then it was back to the pussy music...

Grown mother fuckers up here talking about a child molester? He ain't got nothing on Prince and don't even use his name in the same sentence as Sam Cooke's.

iambackbitches said:

iambackbitches said:

Grown mother fuckers up here talking about a child molester? He ain't got nothing on Prince and don't even use his name in the same sentence as Sam Cooke's.

Isn't Prince a child molestor too? didn't he try to get with Mayte when she was underage?