R&B & Soul music

[ADU]

You know what to do. If you're posting multiple video clips though, please try to put them in separate posts to make the page loads a bit faster and more manageable. Listing the artist and track is also helpful.

 

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New Normani "Fair"

 

[bluefuzz]

Back when I were a lad, this is what we called R&B:

(Dr. Feelgood live in Southend)

 

[bluefuzz]

Anita Baker's Rapture album is the highpoint of 80's Soul/R&B for me. Also one of my goto 'audiophile' test albums when listening to new gear.

 

[bluefuzz]

I love Willie Mitchell's production on the like of Ann Peebles' and Al Green's early 70s stuff. And those horns ...

 

[dasdoing]

I was an RnB guy in the 90ies but drifted very far away from it. If I have to choose a song to resume the essence of 90ies RnB it is this

 

[ADU]

Thanks for the contributions bluefuzz and dasdoing. Much appreciated.

I've been listening to R&B and some soul music since the 1960's. And it is still one of my favorite genres, even though it's changed and evolved quite a bit over the years. So I may occasionally chime in with a few oldies as well.

Any and all of the above is welcome btw. We're not picky here.

 

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Mahalia "Letter To Ur Ex"

 

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Kehlani "Little Story"

 

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Sinead Harnett "Let Go"

 

[bluefuzz]

So I may occasionally chime in with a few oldies as well.

I have to admit I have pretty much lost interest in anything termed 'R&B' since about the early 90s. Even Amy Winehouse's 60s pastiche didn't really do much for me. There are no doubt as many fine acts about as there ever has been but they don't seem to make it to my ears.

So mostly oldies from me too ...

 

[Tks]

I have to admit I have pretty much lost interest in anything termed 'R&B' since about the early 90s. Even Amy Winehouse's 60s pastiche didn't really do much for me. There are no doubt as many fine acts about as there ever has been but they don't seem to make it to my ears.

So mostly oldies from me too ...

Yeah, I have the R&B playlist sometimes playing on Apple Music, and I'm wondering to myself how some of this could possibly even be R&B. It's not bad music necessarily most of the time, but most of the time I'm just wondering how it's possibly R&B. Then again I'm not a musicologist so I doubt as a layman my position is even justified.

 

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B.T. Express "Express"

 

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South Shore Commission "Free Man"

 

[Chrispy]

Check out this band, one I grew up with in the SF Bay area, Tower of Power

Their youtube page might be a good start to check them out....

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZIdF-abrtma5QygyryEhg

 

[ADU]

Diana Ross "Brown Baby/Save The Children"

 

[Chrispy]

Another good youtube page with a nice selection, the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues collection 1947-74

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGiIqaiqUZnTqpIHH0G8UKmX86UQloVAG

 

[Chrispy]

Just one of my favs

 

[ADU]

Klymaxx's "Wild Girls". Classic 80's lady-funk.

 

[dasdoing]

best chorus ever