POX: Contemporary R&B/Urban/Neo-Soul Albums

Aaliyah - One in a Million
Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground
Cassie - Cassie
Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall
The-Dream - Love Vs Money
Kelis - Kaleidoscope
R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Rihanna - Rated R
TLC - CrazySexyCool

Your turn.

will co-sign your Aaliyah, DC, R. Kelly and Ne-Yo picks but do a whole different POX with no repeats:

Mary J. Blige - My Life
Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage
T-Pain - Epiphany
Electrik Red - How To Be A Lady: Vol. 1
112 - Part III
Paula Campbell - Who Got Next
Beyonce - B'Day
Robin Thicke - Something Else
Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back
Usher - 8701

no repeats

the-dream - love/hate
erykah badu - mama's gun
aaliyah - s/t
ginuwine - 100% ginuwine (does this count?)
usher - confessions
r. kelly - tp2.com
lauryn hill - miseducation
t-pain - thr33 ringz
kanye west - 808s & heartbreak
justin timberlake - fs/ls

100% Ginuwine was released the same year as the Destiny's Child album in the original post, no reason it shouldn't count. wish i'd picked it, actually.

I should've thrown dirty money in mine actually

112 was a good pick

Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Usher - Confessions
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Aretha Franklin - A Rose is Still a Rose
Aaliyah - reissue of s/t
The-Dream - Love vs. Hate
Amerie - Because I Love It
Ciara - The Evolution
Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight

no repeats, kept it from 00s on

tweet - southern hummingbird
anthony hamilton - comin' from where i'm from
faith evans - faithfully
brandy - full moon
jill scott - the real thing
fantasia - fantasia
amerie - all i have
bilal - love for sale
mariah carey - the emancipation
teedra moses - complex simplicity

So we can only do 00s on or can we sneak in some late 90s albums as well?

pretty sure u can do 90s - ilxor, jordan, etc. did

Brian McKnight - Back At One
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
Boyz II Men - II
Toni Braxton - The Heat
Amerie - Touch
Sade - Lovers Rock
Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
Brandy - Afrodisiac
Michael Jackson - Dangerous

the heat is an interesting choice over secrets! underrated album

I've never listened to Secrets. Blasphemy I know. :p

omg you have to! 10/10 album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0xc1Rws7F0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AsPIGkPtKM

not to mention "you're makin' me high," "un-break my heart," "i don't want to," etc. Toni had a great career, sad she's kind of forgotten now

It's not mentioned much, but I love Aretha's A Rose is Still a Rose: some of the best Dupri and Puff Daddy productions from that period, with songwriting and vocals to match.

I'm going to check that one out, I'm only familiar with the title track (which is great!)

xxp I will have to listen to Secrets and A Rose Is Still A Rose via grooveshark.

Yum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9SoTBBQqM

Rahsaan Patterson - After Hours
Donnie - The Daily News
PPP - Abundance
Sa-Ra - The Hollywood Recordings
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough
Cheri Dennis - In and Out of Love
Kelis - Tasty
Ryan Leslie - Transition
Dwele - Subject
Teairra Mari - Roc-A-Fella Records Presents

Rahsaan Patterson - After Hours

great album

do rnb headz really not rate 'no more drama' at all?

cant really think of anything else to mentione except mb the ryan leslie s/t & 'fear of flying'

R&B heads are very weird when it comes to Mary J. I think No More Drama was her first stab of doing shiny 21st century hip hop soul. The songs were a little bit happier and not morose. It isn't the abomination (what R&B fans think, not me) Love & Life has been made out to be.

I think that if Mary J. died early like other 90s r&b/hip hop stars she would be more lauded than she is now.

Aaliyah - reissue of s/t

sorry; how's the reissue different from the original issue?

It had "try again" as a bonus track?

And "Erica Kane," "Miss You," and "Don't Know What To Tell Ya."

gotcha

great lists everyone... takin mental notes on some stuff to check out soon ^_____^

xp Interstingly enough, the I Care 4 U compilation has two songs from the s/t:

15."If Your Girl Only Knew"2 (featuring Timbaland and Missy Elliott) (Missy Elliott, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley) — 4:51
16."We Need a Resolution"5 (featuring Timbaland) (Steve "Static" Garrett, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley) — 4:07
17."Rock the Boat

Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
The-Dream - Love/Hate
Aaliyah - S/T
Electrik Red - How To Be A Lady
Kelis - Kaleidoscope
TLC - CrazySexyCool
Ginuwine - 100% Ginuwine
Amerie - All I Have
Justin Timberlake - FS/LS
Tweet - Southern Hummingbird

the UK edition of aaliyah had "try again" - i always assumed it was a v.necessary part & parcel of the album, remember feeling...overwhelming pity, i guess, when i realised it wasn't an US editions.

*on

anyway i'm going to do this w/o looking at anyone else's. post-2000 only

teedra moses - complex simplicity
aaliyah - aaliyah
erykah badu - new amerykah pt 1 (4th world war)
electrik red - how to be a lady: vol 1
the-dream - love vs. money
nina sky - nina sky
mariah carey - e=mc2
brandy - afrodisiac
r. kelly - tp2.com
beyoncé - b'day

if cassie's connecticut fever (ie the tracklisting i made from her 07-08 leaks) counts, i'd include that.

Welcome back to the Billboard 200, self-titled Keith Sweat album from the year 1996.

No, really. It has re-entered the chart at 180.

One of the songs must have been on a show not called Glee, right?

valentine's sales

the UK edition of aaliyah had "try again" - i always assumed it was a v.necessary part & parcel of the album, remember feeling...overwhelming pity, i guess, when i realised it wasn't an US editions.

― lex pretend, Friday, February 11, 2011 2:41 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark

"Try Again" was a hit like a year and a half before the album was released, and first appeared on a soundtrack with lots of Aaliyah/Timbaland on it, so it's very distinctly of a different project and era, almost as much as "Are You That Somebody"

Sade, Love Deluxe
TLC, CrazySexyCool
D'Angelo, Voodoo
Aaliyah, Aaliyah
R. Kelly, Chocolate Factory
Usher, Confessions
John Legend, Once Again
The-Dream, Love/Hate
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Pt. 1
The Foreign Exchange, Leave It All Behind

really enjoying this. only personal favourites that weren't mentioned were Destiny's Child: Destiny Fulfilled and Shareefa: Point of No Return (not sure if they'd crack my top ten, but too sweet to go unmentioned anyhow)

But curious to the person who had the Cheri Dennis on your list: Could you say what about it does it for you? (Not being critical, hoping my own enjoyment of it will be enhanced by hearing why you love it)

yeah that Shareefa album was dope, shame her career never popped off

aww how'd i forget love deluxe, rev otm, that'd be in my top ten

Will definitely use this as a shopping list for catching up. I agree with a bunch above and I'd add:

D'Angelo, Brown Sugar
Lucy Pearl, Lucy Pearl
Soul II Soul, Keep On Movin'
Mary J Blige, Stronger With Each Tear
Ginuwine, The Bachelor
Janelle Monae, The Archandroid
Jill Scott, Beautifully Human
Michael Jackson, Invincible

quick second POX of records that haven't been mentioned yet

Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Beyonce - Dangerously in Love
Cee-Lo Green - ...Is the Soul Machine
R. Kelly - R.
John Legend - Get Lifted
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite
Ne-Yo - In My Own Words
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
TLC - Fanmail

also, POV w/ unmentioned records from 2010 only

Aloe Blacc - Good Things
Ciara - Basic Instinct
The-Dream - Love King
Fantasia - Back to Me
Sade - Soldier of Love