Can you name Ten Best R&B songs (in your opinion)?In random order;
"I Got You(I feel good)" by James Brown.
"Here and now" by Luther Vandross.
"I believe I can fly" by R.Kelly.
"End of the road" by Boyz II Men.
"With you" by Tony Terry.
"Turn off the lights" by Teddy Pendegrass.
"My Girl" by The Temptations.
"My, my, my" by Johnny Gill.
"It's the same old song" by The Four Tops.
"Try a little tenderness" by Otis Redding.
This was hard. There has been so many really great songs in this genre, it was hard to pick just these ten. As you may have noticed, I mentioned some classics. Dangerously in Love - Beyonce
Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
Feenin - Jodeci
All My Life- KC & JOJO
Fire & Desire - Rick James & Teena Marie
Faith Evans - One Wish
Ok no I really can't do ten so here's 5 lol and im not even sure they are the ten best! I'm Still Waiting- Jodeci
Baby Feel Me- Jagged Edge
Feelings- Floetry
This Woman's Work- Maxwell
Dedicated- R. Kelly
You Are Everything- The Stylistics
Tender Love- Force MDs
Can You Stand the Rain- New Edition
Let it Snow- Boyz ll Men
Two Occasions- The Deal
I could've went on but you said 10. :-) This is a brutally hard question. I can only give you classic r&b soul because contemporary would take alot of time.
Classic R&B - 60's-70's
1. Rock With You - Michael Jackson
2. Just My Imagination(Runnin Away With Me) - Temptations
3. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight
4. What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye
5. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
6. Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
7. September - Earth Wind & Fire
8. The Payback - James Brown
9. You'll Never Find - Lou Rawls
10. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
But what I will say is contemporarily Back To Life - Soul II Soul would definitely be on my list as it's my favorite song of all time. By Justin Timberlake:
"Futuresex/Lovesound"
"Like I Love You"
"Never Again"
"Still On My Brain"
"Rock Your Boby"
"Senorita"
"Lovestoned"
By Rihanna:
"Please Don't Stop The Music"
"Umbrella"
"Unfaithful" these are just my faves....in no particular order
1 Make it like it was --- Pretty Ricky
2 I Nominate You --- Fantasia
3 Only One U --- Fantasia
4 Dangerously in Love --- Beyonce
5 Flaws and All --- Beyonce
6 Love me like you'll never see me again --- Alicia Keys
7 Did you wrong --- Pleasure
8 We're not making love no more --- Dru Hill
9 I Love You --- Dru Hill
10 End of the Road --- Boyz II Men In no particular order
Alicia Keys- No One
TLC- Red Light Special
Mary J. Blige- My Life
Luther Vandross- If this world were mine
Teena Marie- Ooh La La La
Prince- When Doves Cry
Atlantic Starr- Always
MFSB- TSOP (Soul Train theme song)
Levert- Casanova
New Edition- Poison 1. S.O.S. Band - Borrowed love
2. Peaches and Herb - Reunited
3. Cherrelle - Saturday Love
4. Lionel Richie - 3 times a lady
5. Whitney Houston - Saving all my love for you
6. Chante' Moore - This time
7. Whitney Houston - I will always love you
8. Barry White - Come on
9. Prince - I wanna be your lover
10. Tamara and the Seen - Affection In random order;
"R.E.S.P.E.C.T." by Aretha Franklyn.(originally done by Otis Redding).
"Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklyn.
"Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul.
"I Got You(I feel good)" by James Brown.
"Here and now" by Luther Vandross.
"Love is a house" by The Force M.D.s.
"I believe I can fly" by R.Kelly.
"Before I let you go" by Blackstreet.
"My Girl" by The Temptations.
"Body Bumping" by Public Announcement.
I had to include that last one because I love it so much. "Here and now" by Luther Vandross.
"I believe I can fly" by R.Kelly.
"Love you for life" by Jodeci.
"Secret Lovers" by Atlantic Starr.
"My Girl" by The Temptations.
"It's the same old song" by The Four Tops.
"This Woman's Work"- Maxwell.
"What's Goin' On?" - Marvin Gaye.
"The most beautiful girl in the world" by Prince.
"Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul. "Real Love" by Mary J. Blige.
"Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin.
"I Got You(I feel good)" by James Brown.
"A change is gonna come" by Sam Cooke.
"I miss you" by Aaliyah.
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys.
"Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye.
"Nobody" by Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage.
"My first love" by Avant featuring Ketara Wyatt.
"I call your name" by Switch. 1. "Sitting on the dock of the bay" by Otis Redding.
2. "Tell me something good" by Rufus.
3. "Uptight(Everything is alright)" by Stevie Wonder.
4. "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul.
5. "Part time lover" by Stevie Wonder.
6. "Secret Garden" by Quincy Jones(featuring James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White and Al B Sure!).
7. "Real love" by Mary J. Blige.
8. "4 Page Letter" by Aaliyah.
9. "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys.
10. "You don't know my name" by Alicia Keys. "Emotional" by Carl Thomas.
"Supastar" by Carl Thomas.
"What's my name" by Brian McKnight.
"One last cry" by Brian McKnight.
"Happily ever after" by Case.
"Let me ride" by Dr.Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, Jewell and Ruben.
"Could it be" by Jaheim.
"Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin.
"Real love" by Mary J. Blige.
"You don't know my name" by Alicia Keys.
There are so many more wonderful R&B songs, but I just picked out these ten. I see there are a lot of songs here that I love and that I would have wanted to put on my list. You all know about music.
I also people mentioning classic from as far back as the 1960's. I have just made up a list with a few songs from further back.
"I got a woman" by Ray Charles.
"Mess around" by Ray Charles.
"Baby, let me hold your hand" by Ray Charles.
"Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin.
"Ain't no mountian high enough" by Diana Ross.
"Cater" by Destiny's Child.
"Bugaboo" by Destiny's Child.
"Full Moon" by Brandy.
"Crazy in love" by Beyonce featuring Jay-Z.
"Nuthin' but a 'G' thing" by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg.
I mentioned hits from 1951 to 2005. No, sorry.
R&B makes me want to retch. | 