Category Archives: Best of the Rest
Best of the Rest: Koffee Brown’s All Those Fancy Things
Superstar, now she smashed your car Hurting you is much to easy A perfect couplet, perfectly sung. Koffee Brown were criminally slept on. This is Vee’s solo joint, written by Lil Mo, and she runs with it. Her phrasing is … Continue reading
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Tagged Destiny's Child, Falonte Moore, Koffee Brown, Lil Mo, R&B, Survivor, Vee
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Best of the Rest: Tank’s So Many Times
Any number of songs from Tank’s three studio albums could have made this list. That’s how deep – and dope – Tank’s catalog is. It’s a crime that he’s not a bigger star. I chose So Many Times because I … Continue reading
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Tagged black male singers, R&B, Static Major, Tank
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Best of the Rest: Shanice’s Don’t Break My Heart
Shanice is among a generation of singers that never quite found a suitable home in the industry because the music industry has never quite known what to do with vocalists who can pretty much do anything (see Melba Moore, Phyllis Hyman, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty Davis, Daryl Simmons, Joi Gilliam, Mariah Carey, Melba Moore, Minnie Ripperton, Phyllis Hyman, power ballad, R&B, shanice, Stephanie Mills, Vesta, Whitney Houston
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Best of the Rest: TLC’s Take Our Time
There really isn’t much one can say about how dynamite TLC was or how great their single choices were. They may be the greatest contemporary example of a perfect marriage of commercial and creative impulses. That said, Chilli never quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Chilli, CrazySexyCool, Left Eye, T-Boz, Take Our Time, TLC
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Best of the Rest: Babyface’s Where Will You Go
This closing track from Face’s breakthrough album, Tender Lover, is the anti-power ballad power ballad and probably one of the greatest songs he’s ever written and recorded. It has all the hallmarks of a great Face song, but with none … Continue reading
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Tagged Babyface, power ballad, R&B, Tender Lover, Waiting To Exhale
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