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whodknee said: Justin Timberlake Nope George Michael.😉 Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Speaking purely objectively, if we’re talking about someone who had genuine cultural impact over a sustained period of time you’d probably have to say R Kelly. Given what we know about him saying that brings me no joy at all and makes me very uncomfortable. I’m not even much of a fan musically but the impact is clear. I just don’t think any RnB artist since, no matter how great some have been artistically, has had a sufficient grip on popular culture in the same way. | |
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^^R. Kelly did kind of had a hand in resurrecting the careers of The Isley Brothers & Charlie Wilson. One of Weird Al's later popular songs is Trapped In The Drive Thru. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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funkypixie said: Speaking purely objectively, if we’re talking about someone who had genuine cultural impact over a sustained period of time you’d probably have to say R Kelly. Given what we know about him saying that brings me no joy at all and makes me very uncomfortable. I’m not even much of a fan musically but the impact is clear. I just don’t think any RnB artist since, no matter how great some have been artistically, has had a sufficient grip on popular culture in the same way. thats true..and i was never really even a fan... but he clearly had the same impact that Teddy Pendergrass and Marvin Gaye did, before him |
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Obviously, the term "great" is objective but, for my money, I'd say Queen Bey. Not sure if we'll ever see a superstar emerge from the R&B genre again... | |
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In the case of Charlie Wilson I think he planted his own seed. Although Bridging The Gap wasn't a smash commercially the single Without You did pretty well on the radio and he was also touring with the Gap Band and the United We Funk All Stars. Charlie was being recognized and respected on these tours. I think R.Kelly had more of a hand in putting the newer generation on to the Isleys with the whole Mr.Biggs scheme but some of the other younger artists like Snoop Dogg were already on to Charlie Wilson. Don't laugh at my funk
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Goddess4Real said: D'Angelo
D' is my favorite Plus Maxwell, Moonchild, Bilal, Cee-Lo, Badu,Tweet, Allen Stone | |
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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder | |
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Other than Prince, Martha Wash was the last one that I kept buying music from up into the 1990s before I dropped current music. Although I feel like I'm cheating by picking her though because she wasn't a new artist at the time. That heffer had been around since 1977. I can't think of anyone else that I bought consistently like her on up into that era though because good music was definitely becoming scarce in those days. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: Other than Prince, Martha Wash was the last one that I kept buying music from up into the 1990s before I dropped current music. Although I feel like I'm cheating by picking her though because she wasn't a new artist at the time. That heffer had been around since 1977. I can't think of anyone else that I bought consistently like her on up into that era though because good music was definitely becoming scarce in those days. Lol, you sound like me and I agree the only artist I cared for then was... Wait who was there to care for again in 90s? Anyways, when you would SPECIFICALLY say it went downhill? I'd say around 1993-1994 | |
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