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1. Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill. April 17, 1990. Contemporary R&B. Critic Score. 100. 1 review. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 2. Guy - The Future. November 22, 1990. Contemporary R&B, New Jack Swing. Critic Score. 90. 2 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 3. En Vogue - Born To Sing. April 3, 1990.
- Mary J. Blige - My Life. November 29, 1994. Contemporary R&B. Critic Score 75 4 reviews. Amazon. iTunes. Music. Spotify. Related. Complex Lists. Comments. Connect with AOTY.
- R. Kelly - R. Kelly. November 14, 1995. Contemporary R&B. Critic Score 84 3 reviews. Amazon. iTunes. Music. Spotify.
- Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. August 25, 1998. Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, East Coast Hip Hop. Critic Score 90 14 reviews. Amazon. iTunes. Music.
- TLC - CrazySexyCool. November 15, 1994. Contemporary R&B. Critic Score 78 4 reviews. Amazon. iTunes. Music. Spotify.
- Boyz II Men, II (1994) If Cooleyhighharmony made Boyz II Men stars, II made them legends. The singles were anchored to the top of the Billboard charts seemingly for eternity; the album cuts themselves were masterful.
- Mary J. Blige, My Life (1994) My Life is one of the most iconic albums in R&B history, THE signature album of Mary J’s career and a blueprint for womanhood in the 90s.
- Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) The tricky thing about this album is that one side swears it’s a hip-hop album, while another is determined to call it an R&B album.
- Toni Braxton (1993) Toni had the weight of the world on her shoulders following her head-turning appearances on the 1992 Boomerang soundtrack. The bar had been raised impossibly high — and Toni hurdled it with ease.
- After 7 – Til You Do Me Right
- Dru Hill – How Deep Is Your Love
- Immature – Never Lie
- Faith Evans – Soon as I Get Home
- Silk – Freak Me
- Sybil – Make It Easy on Me
- Neneh Cherry – Woman
- Paula Abdul: Rush Rush
- Brian Mcknight – Back at One
- Johnny Gill – My, My, My
The Indianapolis-based trio was one of the most versatile groups of 90s R&B, from vintage soul to New Jack Swingand slick ballads they could do it all. After breaking out in 1989 with “Can’t Stop” they teamed up again with Babyface and L.A.Reid on their third album Reflections the most essential slow dance ballad, “‘Til You Do Me Right.
Not to be confused with the Bee Gees’ classic, this song instead is all about Dru Hill’s sexual prowess. This single also helped the group blow up when it appeared on their sophomore album Enter The Dru. It had all the hallmarks of the classic Dru Hill sound: impeccable harmonies, staccato production flairs, and Sisqo’s unmistakable vocal runs.
Don’t let the name fool you, Immature were wise beyond their adolescent ages, making grown R&B jams to slow drag to. “Never Lie” was off the group’s second album, Playtime is Over, which saw the group catering to an older audience than their usual teenaged fanbase, and hitting No.5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The widow of Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans’s musical talent is often overshadowed by her personal life. But the church-choir-bred vocalist had a talent that was leaps and bounds beyond many of her peers. Honeyed and at once yearning and comforting, Evans’ velvet voice skims over this wistful romantic ballad with depth and precision.
The 90s were an especially freaky time for R&B – see: “Freak Like Me,” “Freek’n’ You” – and Silk add their own sensual single to the mix with their No.1 hit, “Freak Me.” Under the guidance of New Jack Swing vocalist/producer Keith Sweat, Silk couched their more lustful lyrics in gorgeous vocals, so you had to go back and read the lyrics before blus...
Coming off of the smash success of her cover of Dionne Warwick’s “Don’t Make Me Over,” the former disco diva embraced a more R&B sound on her second album Sybilizationfeaturing the upbeat breakup song, “Make It Easy On Me.” Despite it being about a relationship that has run its course, the infectious dance-pop production makes it sound like she was...
This heavy soul song is a response to James Brown’s 1966 hit “This Is a Man’s World”. Neneh Cherrydiscusses the strength, resilience, and power that transcends and remains despite everything this woman has been put through. By the end of the song, it is clear that this is a woman’s world.
This album was the swan song of Paula Abdul’s career as a singer. This ballad is lush and heavy on the strings and the music video featuring Keanu Reeves was inspired by Rebel Without a Cause.
Apparently, Brian McKnight came up with the lyrics to this song while he was reading an instruction manual on how to put together his stereo system. If these steps to get your woman to fall in love with you fail, start back at one.
Another Babyface produced hit, this sultry tune won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Male R&B, Soul single and Johnny Gill proved that like Bobby Brown and Bell Biv Devoe, he too could be a success on his own, outside of New Edition.
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Oct 19, 2018 · To create this list, each panelist submitted their 30 favorite tracks. Those tracks were merged into one giant master list, which we all ranked. This is the result, the best R&B songs from 1990 to 1999. And the list is also available in Spotify playlist form right here. Now, take a look at the best the genre has to offer. Just missing the cut:
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1. Channel Orange – Frank Ocean (2012) Frank Ocean is certainly one of the most influential artists in contemporary R&B. His 2012 album, Channel Orange is widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern R&B. Channel Orange followed his seminal EP, Nostalgia, Ultra.
Oct 23, 2019 · Dashan Smith. October 23, 2019. From Bell Biv DeVoe's New Jack Swing sound to Aaliyah's form of Electro-R&B: here are the 19 most influential R&B albums of the '90s and the various...
