SUPREME ENTERTAINMENT VOLUME 16 PRESENTS
THE TOP 10 GREATEST R&B GROUPS OF THE 1990'S
FOR ANYONE 25 AND OLDER, WE ALL REMEMBER THE ERA OF MUSIC WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL (OR FOR SOME OF YOUNG ONES JUNIOR HIGH, LOL) THAT YOU GREW UP ON! WHETHER LISTENING TO WANYA, SHAWN, NATE AND MIKE SERANADE YOU WITH THE SWEET PLUSH SOUNDS OF "UHH-AHH", OR HAVING K-CI & JOJO, SING US A VERSE, IT WAS A TIME WHERE THERE WAS A PLETHORA OF TALENTED GROUPS TO CHOOSE FROM!
ALLOW ME TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT TIME OF HARMONIZING, SHOWSTOPPING, BREATHTAKING, RECORD MAKING, LEGEND MOLDING, & CLASSIC CREATING HITS! AS WE TAKE A MUSICAL WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE, I PRESENT TO YOU MY PICKS FOR THE TOP 10 GREATEST R&B GROUPS OF THE 1990'S!
10. BROWNSTONE - REALLY DOPE FEMALE GROUP THAT HAD INCREDIBLE VOICES AND A KICK ASS CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM (FROM THE BOTTOM UP)
9. SHAI - QUARTET OF BROS. WHO DID THERE THING ACAPELLA STYLE OR WITH MUSIC!
8. SILK - KEITH SWEAT FOUNDED, TALENT APPROVED! (MINUS THE BEGGING, LOL)
7. 112 - THESE WERE ONE OF MY FAVES DURING THE MID TO LATE 90'S. ANOTHER CLASSIC DEBUT IN 96 WITH THEIR SELF TITLED JOINT THAT WAS A STRAIGHT PLAYER, FROM START TO FINISH NO FILLER CRAP!
6. DRU HILL - THE SONS TO JODECI'S STYLE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT, THESE BROTHAS COULD SING, WITH POWER AND PASSION! DEBUT WAS GOOD, BUT 2ND ALBUM (ENTER THE DRU, WAS EVEN BETTER)!
5. DESTINY'S CHILD - THIS WAS A TOUGH PICK B/C EVEN THOUGH THEIR SUCCESS IS UNDENIABLE, MOST OF IT CAME AFTER THE 90'S (THEIR DEBUT WAS IN 98/99 SO TECHNICALLY THEY'RE STILL A 90'S GROUP) BUT D.C. WAS REALLY HOT, SO YOU GOTTA GIVE THE LADIES THEIR PROPS.
4. S.W.V. - THESE SISTA'S WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE FEMALE GROUP. THEY DROPPED SO MANY HITS FROM 92-97 WHEN THEY DISBANDED, BUT NEVER REALLY GOT THE PROPS THEY FULLY DESERVED!
3. JODECI - NO ONE COULD DENY THEIR GOSPEL RAISED HARMONY, AND RAUNCHY MUSICAL TASTE. AND WHY WOULD YOU, IF IT SOUNDED THIS TALENTED
2. EN VOGUE - THE ORIGINAL GIRL POWER SUPER GROUP OF THE 90'S (BEFORE TLC, DESTINY'S CHILD, SPICE GIRLS OR WHOEVER, THERE WAS EN VOGUE). 4 TALENTED SISTA'S WHO WERE BLESSED WITH PHENOMINAL TALENT TO SING!
AND THE NUMBER ONE TOP 10 GREATEST R&B GROUP OF THE 1990'S IS..................................................................................................
1. BOYS II MEN - HANDS DOWN THESE BROTHAS FROM PHILLY CHANGED THE GAME , BY SHOWING YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN STYLE, FLAVA SOPHISTICATION, AND STILL BE ROMANTIC ANSD SEXY FOR THE LADIES. BUT MOST OF ALL THERE WORK ETHIC, CONSISTENCY, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND SUPREME TALENT IS WHAT HELPED MAKE THEM ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GROUPS OF THEIR ERA! MUCH PROPS.
AND NOW FOR MY HONAORABLE MENTIONS:
1. JAGGED EDGE
2. SOLO
3. AZ YET
4. XSCAPE
5. SOUL FOR REAL
SO NOW YOU'VE SEEN MY LIST, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOURS. WHO DO YOU GIVE RESPECT TO FOR BEING ONE OF THE TOP 10 GREATEST R&B GROUPS OF THE 1990'S! THANKS FOR CHECKING ME OUT AND TAKE CARE TILL NEXT TIME.
PEACE & LOVE,
WISDOM
P.S.
AND BEFORE EVEN ASKS, THE REASON I DIDN'T HAVE TLC ON MY LIST IS BEACUSE I DIDN'T CONSIDER THEM A TRADITIONAL R&B GROUP. THEY WERE MORE OF A MIXTURE BETWEEN POP, RAP, AND R&B! WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING PER SAY, BUT I JUST FELT IT DIDN'T QUITE FIT WITH THIS LIST. BUT HEY IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR LIST AND LET US KNOW WHY! THANKS AGAIN.
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2 comments:
Good list.. Love Jodeci and Silk.."If You" is too raw! I didn't like Brownstone that much when they came out but I enjoy their music now..
Peace
Yeah I here you sometimes there is a lot of music that you don't appreciate at the time it comes out, but later you go back to it like Wow, that was the joint!
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