R&B -Soul- Neo Soul- Funk Thread

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  1. TrustyPatches

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    Maybe there’s a thread? Idk. Just saw this on IG and it reminded me that D’angelo has two of the greatest albums of all time.





    I’ll add those two and songs in the key of life to this post as essential listens. Please add anything you would consider essential and shine light on the new school.

    Must Listen Albums-

    Songs In The Key Of Life- Stevie Wonder
    Black Messiah- D’angelo
    Voodoo- D’angelo
    Brown Sugar- D’angelo
    Blonde- Frank Ocean
    Channel Orange- Frank Ocean
    Malibu- Anderson Paak
    Mamas Gun- Erykah Badu
    First Born Second- Bilal
     
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  2. BellottiBold

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    aka the, grudgingly, soulquarians post.
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    oh my b, you meant everything.
     
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  3. War Grundle

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    90’s R&B was fantastic. Miss that music.
     
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  4. brahmanknight

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    Black Messiah is still my favorite of D'angelo's.
     
  5. ashy larry

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    currently spinning
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    live at the jazz cafe 1995. right after brown sugar
     
  6. ashy larry

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    blonde right up there with those d’angelo albums
     
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  7. BellottiBold

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  8. TrustyPatches

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    I’m also a huge fan of the Anderson Paak albums as well.
     
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  9. TrustyPatches

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    Updated title
     
  10. BellottiBold

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    Nicholas Payton (multi-talented composer, arranger, producer) is a passionate proponent of the notion of "Black American Music" and I dare say that is the thing you're really after ;)

    There's a straight through line, and the labels are really just tags for particular windows of time.

    You want the thread for James, Prince, Michael, Louis, Herbie, Miles, and... Tip.
     
  11. hood b. goode

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  12. CocaineOrgy

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    Solid list. I would add E Badu Mama's Gun, D'Angelo's Black Messiah and Bilal's 1st Born Second
     
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  13. Randy Dangus

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    Taking Hotter than July > Songs imo
     
  14. Randy Dangus

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    I celebrate all of Badu’s catalogue
     
  15. EMAW FC

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    I don’t know if this falls in here but anything The Internet does <3
     
  16. brahmanknight

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    Ego Death is close to perfection.
     
  17. TrustyPatches

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    Dope song from the Judas and The Black Messiah soundtrack

     
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  18. Corch

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    Been on a big Allen Stone kick lately

     
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  19. C-Pay

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    The whole album is fantastic, but this version of Weird Fishes is one of my favorite songs of the year
     
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  20. WillySaliba

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    Jodeci probably deserves its own thread.
    Al green does as well.

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    I know there are more, just the first that come to mind.
     
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  24. Randy Dangus

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    Warning: fire Drake verse in this one


     
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  25. Randy Dangus

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  28. Eamudo229

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    I love Hiatus Kaiyote. Discovered them a few years ago and since then Choose Your Weapon album has been in constant rotation. Building a Ladder is my favorite song on the album too.
     
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  29. Randy Dangus

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    I’ve had the pleasure of seeing them twice, once on their first full tour of the US and again on their CYW tour. I’m still smitten. Met Nai and the band too. Bunch of smelly hippies but got damn they sunk their claws in me. Nai beat breast cancer a couple years back too. I love them all and dig all their individual release stuff too.
     
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  30. Randy Dangus

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    Take them panties off girl

     
  32. Randy Dangus

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  35. Randy Dangus

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    I’m on some shit right now fellas
     
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  36. soulfly

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    I don’t have much interest myself in the subject matter at hand, but will plug KEXP whenever I can, because it’s the best radio station in the biz. They archive episodes for two weeks and you can check out their DJs stuff on this particular genre here:

    https://www.kexp.org/shows/sunday-soul/
     
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  37. mc415

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    How has no one mentioned the genius of Raphael Saadiq?????? He was the shit with Tony! Toni! Tone! And his solo shit is next level

    and Q-Tip solo shit is easy on the ears too
     
  38. Randy Dangus

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  39. EMAW FC

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    The Renaissance album is bullet after bullet
     
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    that album is fire all the way thru, always felt that was such an underrated album
     
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    One of my favorite albums ever

     
  42. Randy Dangus

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    iirc the 12” didn’t have the shit ass BB rap verse. Way better without
     
  43. Randy Dangus

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    Second fav Jilla
     
  44. mc415

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    Would we consider James Blake of this genre and Ryan Hemsworth?
     
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  45. Randy Dangus

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    mixing hip hop in here but Dilla encompasses all of it. Fav JD

     
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  46. Randy Dangus

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    Absolutely
     
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