R&B, Soul, & Funk Music: Competition and Discussion

RoundTheBend · 2018-07-01T16:28:34-04:00

Welcome to what might become the ultimate R&B, Soul, & Funk Music thread. This thread is not only to share your favorite/best R&B, Soul, & Funk Music records to compete in the Genre Olympics, but also to learn and share all you want/can about R&B, Soul, & Funk Music and all it's sub-genres. Please see the links below for the multiple ways this "genre" can be viewed. And the medals go to: Gold Innervisions by Stevie Wonder Silver What's Going On by Marvin Gaye Bronze Superfly by Curtis Mayfield Here are the top 10 finalists for the R&B/Soul Genre Olympics. Wow - this was quite the competition. Quite a few great runners up, but here are the top ten! Next steps are for anyone and everyone to rank the following albums (even if you didn't submit during the original semi-finalist rounds). See OP on how the point system works (#1 weighted with 10 points and #10 with 1 point). Many of you have given commentary on why you love the albums you do, but as you vote, it might be fun to say what you love about each album. Enjoy! 1. 29 points as voted by sethmadsen, Tha1ChiefRocka, AfterHours, Jimmy Dread, Stover75 What's Going On by Marvin Gaye 2. 24 points as voted by baystateoftheart, sethmadsen, Tha1ChiefRocka, Jimmy Dread, Stover75 Superfly by Curtis Mayfield 3. 23 points as voted by sethmadsen, bobbyb5, PurpleHazel, Jimmy Dread Innervisions by Stevie Wonder 4. 20 points as voted by dividesbyzero, Jimmy Dread In The Jungle Groove by James Brown 5. 20 points as voted by PurpleHazel, Tha1ChiefRocka Star Time by James Brown 6. 19 points as voted by bobbyb5, Mercury, Jimmy Dread There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone 7. 17 points as voted by Mercury, Stover75 Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder 8. 17 points as voted by sethmadsen, glynspsa Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone 9. 17 points as voted by Stover75, Mercury Thriller by Michael Jackson 10. 16 points as voted by Tha1ChiefRocka, Jimmy Dread Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes Competition: Submit nominations of your top 10 albums (with which region it comes from) - where #10 = 1 point and #1 = 10 points. The ten albums with the most points from these nominations will be in the running for the Olympic medal for the genre and then people could listen to all ten and rank the ten with the same points structure to determine the winners. Timeline to be determined. Discussion: 1. Social/historical/cultural significance 2. Some kind of question you want answered/discussed 3. Thoughts on the production/recordings 4. Analytical critique 5. Interesting stuff about the band/artist 6. Anything else you want to share/ask Generic Info: RYM's Take: https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/R%26B https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=album&year=alltime&genre_include=1&include_child_genres=1&genres=r%26b&include_child_genres_chk=1&include=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries= Wikipedia's Take: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres#R&B_and_soul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music

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1. Michael Jackson - Thriller (would have chosen Dangerous, but because Thriller is doing well in the top 10, Imma give it more points)
2. Michael Jackson - Dangerous
3. Mich - actually I would also give some greater points to others than MJ so...
3. Craig David - Born To Do It
4. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
5. D'Angelo - Voodoo
6. Usher - Confessions
7. Justin Timberlake - Justified R. Kelly doesn't deserve to be in here, since the controversy right now, although Double Up is a classic.
8. Seal - Seal II
9. XXXTentacion - 17
10. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

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