We’re almost at the top! The penultimate post of the ’90s best R&B songs features classics from Shai, Mariah Carey and the chart-topping debut of D’Angelo!
bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#40-#31)
The top 40 of our R&B list is upon us! Groove to some classics by Lisa Stansfield, Bell Biv DeVoe, and have a double dose of En Vogue!
bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#90-#81)
The King of Pop is all over this installment of the Best R&B songs of the ’90s, placing three songs here. Find out who else made the cut as the list continues!
bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#100-#91)
We’re counting down the Top 100 R&B songs of the ’90s, and the first ten songs on the list contains the debut smash by T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli, otherwise known as TLC!
Moonlighting: Raphael Saadiq on Popdose (Plus a Playlist!)
A Twitter conversation that began when I posted Raphael Saadiq’s new “Radio” single a week and a half ago led me to promising Popdose Grand Poobah Jeff Giles that I would complete a guide to Saadiq’s music. These guides are a lot of fun to do, but they’re a lot of work. I can’t say that I remember every single song in anyone’s discography, so over the next few days I listened to all of my old Tony Toni Tone albums (and […]
Award Show Sundays: Can You Stand the Rain?
I could write an entire article about the disappearance of the R&B group (matter of fact, I think I will at some point), but back in the late Eighties, there was no shortage of solid multi-member units. Check out the list of nominees for Best Album by a Duo, Group of Band at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. You had Guy’s influential debut album, which set the stage for the burgeoning hip-hop/R&B fusion. There was “Who?”, the solid debut […]