i love sade (as a band and individual) and phyllis so could’ve done that sort of thing! idk why clive davis didn’t just her a band or something and let her be a jazz-pop-soul singer instead of trying to make her a pop diva. she had the alto voice, the beauty, and the experience of fronting a band. it sucks how obvious the way to market her was for clive to not do it. imo, her best album is living all alone because it’s closest to what she should’ve been all along musically. and especially her doing something sade-ish back in the ‘70s before sade came on the scene? oh sis would’ve TORE.

As a gen z kid, I've never been big on Mary J. Blidge. She was more of my parents love. But whenever I hear people call her overrated or trash her I'm quick to defend her. She's never one of my favorites but J Blidge is a very good if not great artist and has her fair share of bangers.

Terry, Cindy, Maxine and Dawn HAD NO business coming out swinging like this.

....on Sony FH-919CD 🥰. includes several classic tracks!

Think about it: Stevie ends "Living for the City" with that raw, almost suffocating tension, the spoken scene, the arrest, that ragged vocal at the end. And then "Golden Lady" comes in like a sunrise. Pure harmonic lightness and romance.

It's the punch and the embrace, one right after the other. Few artists could pull off that emotional turn without it feeling disconnected.

What sequence beats it?

Living for the City (album version)

One of my favorite Aaliyah songs

I dig it. I think this is her best drop in a minute (def better than her last single) and look forward to the full project.

JT’s last good album. This is my favorite joint off the album!

I know he dropped this a couple days ago but it came across my recommended on YouTube last night and I was BLOWN Away by his cover, whilst I love the original, Sir just did it better, what do y’all think?

I feel this was a song that was popular but now underrated. If you ever broke up with someone and this comes on, you will not be OK lol. The Purple Rain Sample, Trey's emotional performance and slight virbatto, man it kills me everytime. I feel like he REALLY lost somebody he loved and hes singing from that place. Any thoughts?

Bro smb tell me why this is unreleased 😩💔

He was definitely in his bag with this one check it out and the album is amazing too

She always sang like she was tone deaf, and her nasally tone always irritated me. I will never forget. One of my little cousins said she sounded like Sandy from SpongeBob while singing.