>Neo Soul - They seem to take inspiration from something >other than the Church. (Again I could be wrong)
i'd say it's primarily inspired by jazz and old Soul/R&B records. you can hear the jazz influence in the scatting Erykah & D'Angelo pull every now & then. and it's definitely in those horn arrangements and the generalized "laid-back" "loungy" sound many of the neo-soulers put forth. (see: Remy Shand's "Take A Message" & Erykah Badu's "Otherside Of The Game")