Oh, and this one is important – this list is weighed by what I determine, in my oh so humble opinion, to be quality, not necessarily a reflection of their legacy.
R STEVIE MOORE SWING AND MISS REVIEW PLUS
Plus if these were just my favorites Nicole Wray would be top 5 easily. I tried to be as unbiased as possible, giving shine to legendary releases and underrated gems too. This isn’t necessarily a list of my FAVORITE albums (though Soul In Stereo old heads will spot a few that I’ve celebrated over the years).So if I missed Lady Magpie’s 1991 indy R&B hit from New Zealand, my bad. Obviously I couldn’t listen to EVERY SINGLE ALBUM released during that decade, though lord knows I did my best.READ BEFORE YOU START TYPING DEATH THREATS: No shade if your fave didn’t survive – that’s just proof of the quality this decade provided.Ī few additional notes. Of course, that means I had to leave many, MANY incredible albums off the final list. So instead, we’ll stick with the 50 best. I could have easily dropped a 100-album list but, let’s be real, y’all ain’t doing that much scrolling.
I spent weeks pouring through albums I hadn’t heard in decades (including some I hadn’t heard at all until researching this post) to craft this list. “Why haven’t you ranked 90s R&B albums yet?”Ī ton of y’all have asked me that for years now and there’s an easy answer:ĭo you realize how many INCREDIBLE R&B albums reside in this era? That’s a massive task! There’s a reason why it’s constantly cited as R&B’s last stand – the year R&B went mainstream, broke records and many artists became household names … before we lost steam in the mid 00s.īut let’s focus on the good times and the embarrassment of R&B riches the 90s provided.
0 kommentar(er)
