What are the best R&B songs of the 2000s

curious what yall think are the greatest songs of the last decade. & 'important' ones. oh & btw nothing terius solo allowed itt we all know already.

esp interested in random curios that are slept on

also how u see the heirarchy in terms of 'big huge influential artists' & underrateds and overrateds and in betweens ... who mattered & who didnt & to whom all these folks were mattering ... where does Omarion stand in relation to Jaheim & etc .

albums, too

early nom for slept on singles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QkZp-jCeOk
one chance & fabo - look at her

Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
Mya - Free
Ciara - Oh
Aaliyah - We Need A Resolution
Electrik Red - Friend Lover
Cassie - Is It You
J Lo - I'm Real (Remix)
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Tweet - Always Will
Cassie - Me & U
Nivea - Parking Lot
Ciara - Promise
Beyonce - Baby Boy
R Kelly - Step In The Name of Love
Lumidee - Never Leave You
Rihanna - Umbrella
Toya - I Do
Chris Brown - WIth U
Amerie - Need You Tonight
Kelis - Popular Thug
Nina Sky - Move Ya Body
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Ashanti - Voodoo
Aaliyah - It's Whatever
Usher - Yeah
Toya - No Matta What
Christina Milian - Whatever You Want
Missy Elliot - Play That Beat
Brandy - WOW
Bobby Valentino - Give Me A Chance
Chris Brown - Forever
Fantasia - When I See You (Remix)
Christina Milian - Dip It Low (Original Mix)
Mya - Things Come & Go
Jordin Sparks - No Air

Sure I'm missing heaps.

toni braxton - maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnqOb26hLs

tweet - taxi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY8OOJUysdY

missy - old school joint

teedra moses - no more tears
chris brown - poppin
fantasia - baby mama
field mob - so what
jaheim - diamond in the ruff
anthony hamilton - charlene
tpain - im sprung
tpain & nivea - ask for it

Mya - "Case of the Ex"
Tank - "Maybe I Deserve"
112 - "Dance With Me"
Tamia - "Officially Missing You"
Jagged Edge - "Walked Outta Heaven"
Prince - "Call My Name"
Carl Thomas - "I Wish"
Omarion - "Entourage"
Musiq Soulchild - "Halfcrazy"
Ginuqine - "There It Is"

ah fuck it, MORE

Sunshine Anderson - "Heard It All Before"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You"
Jamie Foxx f/ T-Pain - "Blame It"
Beyonce - "Get Me Bodied"
Tweet f/ Missy Elliott - "Oops (Oh My)"
Monica - “So Gone”
Michael Jackson - "Butterflies"
Robin Thicke - "Lost Without You"
Keyshia Cole - "Love"
Bobby Valentino f/ Lil Wayne - "Tell Me"
Lil Mo featuring Fabolous - “4Ever”
D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"
R. Kelly f/ Usher - "Same Girl"
John Legend - "Another Again"
Ashanti - "Only You"
Mario - "Just A Friend 2002"
Faith Evans - "You Gets No Love"
Cherish f/ Yung Joc - "Killa"

some stuff not mentioned

112 - peaches & cream
akon - don't matter
alicia keys - if i ain't got you
amerie - gotta work
ball greezy - shone
beenie man - girls dem sugar (does this count?)
bobby valentine - anonymous
chris brown - yo (excuse me miss)
ciara - can't leave me alone (ft 50 cent)
ciara - echo
demarco - fallen soldiers
diddy ft keyshia cole - last night
erykah badu - soldier
grind mode - i'm so high
jagged edge - where the party at (ft nelly)
jazmine sullivan - need u bad
jeremih - birthday sex
keyshia cole - let it go (remix ft young dro & t.i.)
ll cool j - luv u better
lloyd - you (ft lil wayne)
mariah carey - migrate (ft. t-pain)
maxwell - bad habits
ne-yo - sexy love
omarion - ice box
r. kelly - strip for you
r. kelly - a woman's threat
r. kelly - happy people
ricky blaze - i feel free
robin thicke - magic
ryan leslie - addiction (ft fabolous & cassie)
ryan leslie - never gonna break up
snoop dogg - sexual seduction
t-pain - backseat action (ft shawnna)
t-pain - freeze (ft chris brown)
the-dream - luv songs
the-dream - purple kisses
trey songz - can't help but wait
trey songz - i need a girl
usher - confessions (interlude)
yung la - taser gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3JZLaN8HaM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGzqhtoXnbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYsqgScbPp4

let's not make this thread inoperable because of youtubes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhKDlk_pHY

You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys

kind of avoiding the biggest names otherwise this thread is so open-ended as to be meaningless...

tweet - call me
tweet - always will
nivea ft. r. kelly - laundromat
dame four - how we roll
brandy - focus
brandy - sadiddy
cassie - turn the lights off
cassie - in love with the dj
teedra moses - for a lifetime
teedra moses ft. jadakiss - you'll never find (a better woman)
teedra moses - so kool
lina - playa no mo
kiley dean - kiss me like that
kiley dean - busy
kiley dean ft. utada hikaru - by your side
lloyd ft. yung joc & nina sky - get it shawty (remix)
kandi - don't think i'm not
bobby valentino ft. ludacris - rearview (ridin')
kelly rowland ft. da brat - gotsta go part i
teairra mari - make her feel good
jazmine sullivan - in love with another man
amerie - love's off the chain
amerie - why don't we fall in love? (richcraft remix)
yummy bingham ft. jadakiss - come get it
angie stone - wish i didn't miss you
angie stone ft. alicia keys & eve - brotha part ii
letoya ft. mike jones & killa kyleon - gangsta grillz
toni braxton - he wasn't man enough
toni braxton - take this ring
amel larrieux - gills and tails
jeremih - imma star (everywhere we are)
jill scott - gettin' in the way
jill scott - a long walk

lmao @ jordan ignoring the dream fatwa

yall have slept on the best 112 n e wayz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8a0PXu9Avo

lmao @ jordan ignoring the dream fatwa

― blap...tremendo (deej), Monday, July 19, 2010 3:33 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

:-)

filling in some gaps (and remembered the barbershop 2 soundtrack!)

702 - i still love you
tha rayne - didn't you know
wayne wonder - no holding back
nivea - okay (red cup remix)
nivea - complicated
aloe blacc - one in a million
amerie - i just died
mary j blige ft eve - not today
mary j blige - family affair
mya - fallen (zone 4 remix)
mya - fallen
tweet - shook up
ryan leslie - just right
sleepy brown - i can't wait
keyshia cole ft eve - never
kelly rowland ft eve - like this
jlo ft fabolous - get right

r kelly & jay-z - feelin you in stereo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1imRrs7MMlw

fantasia - "when i see u"
j holiday - "bed"
r kelly - "i wish (to the homies that we lost)"
mary j blige - "just fine"
ne-yo - "closer"
erykah badu - "honey"

Ne-Yo - So Sick
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy
Cassie - Me & U
T-Pain - Bartender
Usher ft. Alicia Keys - My Boo
Usher - That's What It's Made For (best song about unprotected sex ever?)
The Dream - Shawty Is Da Shit
R Kelly - Ignition (remix)
R Kelly ft. TI, T-Pain - I'm a Flirt
Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody
Missy Elliot - Take Away
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Mariah Carey - Stay the Night
Janet Jackson - Luv
Janet Jackson ft. Nelly - Call On Me

http://open.spotify.com/user/lukef/playlist/6AEjm4lC2sCyxONqZBSXbU

Thank you.

h8 brits

so seriously, no one is going to say "Work It" or "Get Yr Freak On"?

also Omarion's "Touch" is like painfully beautiful

those are rap songs

the line between R&B and hip-hop gets incredibly blurry with ppl like Missy but okay yes, I see your point

yeah there are some great Missy R&B songs (or songs where all her parts are R&B, like "One Minute Man"), but not those.

Remy Shand - Everlasting
Solomon Burke - Fast Train

Gotta be more.

than two?

My favourite Missy R&B moments from the 00s are "Play That Beat" (which I listed upthread) and "Step Up". Ironically "Bring The Pain" almost counts and I think it's brilliant.

But Da Real World is her best album for R&B tracks - "All In My Grill", "Hot Boy", "Sticking Chickens", "We Did It", "You Don't Know". Which again is strange given I suspect the feel of that album codes as rap for a lot of listeners.

Ginuqine - "There It Is"

Missed out on this Ginuwine, Grenique, Robert Quine supergroup.

Months back, I was working on two R&B decade lists: one of charting singles and one of album tracks/noncharting/left-field singles/songs. I should finish them.

A few:

Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
Mary J Blige - Be Without You
Mario - Let Me Love You
Erykah Badu - Me
Usher - U Remind Me
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Aaliyah - Rock The Boat
Ashanti - Happy
The-Dream - Fast Car
Ciara - Promise
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
R Kelly - Ignition (remix)
Amerie - Gotta Work

Some faves not yet mentioned (charting division), though:

Donell Jones - Spend the Night
Monica - Knock Knock
Usher - Throwback
Ginuwine - Differences
Dwele - Hold On
Dear Jayne - Rain
Brook Valentine - Long as You Come Home
Ryan Leslie - Diamond Girl
K. Michelle - Fakin' It

Solange - T.O.N.Y.
Jamelia - Money
JoJo - Too Little, Too Late
Keyshia Cole - (I Just Want It) To Be Over
Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna
Christina Milian - Miss You Like Crazy

Months back, I was working on two R&B decade lists: one of charting singles and one of album tracks/noncharting/left-field singles/songs. I should finish them.

― Andy K, Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:18 AM (13 hours ago)

um.

please please do

yeah i compiled singles lists last year, but got burnt out from doing an albums list, really need to come back to it

yeah I was working on a top 100 r&b singles of the decade but I never finished it... I'll probably post it up at the end of the year, this thread kind of re-inspired me lol. here are some slept on cuts:

latoiya williams - fallen star
j. valentine - she's worth the trouble
syleena johnson - guess what
jimmy cozier - she's all i got
carl thomas & faith evans - can't believe
trey songz - gotta make it
fantasia - surround u
ledisi - in the morning
keke wyatt - nothing in this world
shareefa - need a boss
isyss - single for the rest of my life
algebra - run & hide
ideal - get gone
amel larrieux - sweet misery

and my favorite album track of the decade probably is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxIiISu1oQ

this song is just perfect in so many ways

albums, too

― blap...tremendo (deej), Sunday, 18 July 2010 09:55 (2 weeks ago)
So do people wanna suggest some albums, either here or in a new thread maybe?

Ginuwine - Differences
Usher - U Got It Bad
Boyz II Men - Pass You By
John Legend - Ordinary People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_uVCNj8m5A&feature=player_embedded#at=16

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