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Buddy_Gilapagos
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"Poll question: Who was biggest at the height of their fame?"


  

          

This is bit of a spinoff of the Bobby Brown. It is hard to compare artist's fame when they rose at different times.

The Goal is to focus on Post Stevie/Michael Jackson/Prince, Black Male Music artist.

Also this isn't a pure record sales question. I am also talking just being everywhere. Commercials, Tours, TV Appearances, etc.

I was tempted to include Boys II Men but I left them out because they were a group and I think most people would rank them above all the folks mentioned above right?

Also left out Hammer because the Lesson proves he would have won easily.

If I am fogetting someone let me know.

Extra Points if you rank them.

Poll result (15 votes)
Usher (3 votes)Vote
R Kelly (2 votes)Vote
Kanye (5 votes)Vote
Bobby Brown (1 votes)Vote
Babyface (0 votes)Vote
Jay-Z (4 votes)Vote

  

  

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I hate that I voted blue...
Jul 15th 2016
1
I'm torn between R Kelly and Jay-Z
Jul 15th 2016
2
Kells during the I Believe I Can Fly days, probably
Jul 15th 2016
3
i think its kanye but moreso bc he has the benefit of being the
Jul 15th 2016
4
I think Kanye has us convinced he is bigger than he actually is.
Jul 15th 2016
6
      bruh, he sold out MSG to play his album on a laptop
Jul 15th 2016
13
Jay's been consistently good. But was he ever the greatest?
Jul 15th 2016
5
confessions era usher.
Jul 15th 2016
7
^^^ my choice
Jul 15th 2016
8
      I pick "Dont Be Cruel" era Bobby Brown for the same reasons
Jul 15th 2016
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      bobby aint go diamond.
Jul 15th 2016
11
           7 million in 1988 for a R&B guy is worth double that today
Jul 17th 2016
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      outsold avril lavigne, britney spears, norah jones and eminem
Jul 15th 2016
10
           Artists who cater to an older audience are going to SELL more but..
Jul 15th 2016
15
Kanye brought back the backpacker from their grave after G-Unit & et al
Jul 15th 2016
12
had dudes rocking backpacks and polos and shit
Jul 15th 2016
14
Kanye easily...he's married to a Kardashian
Jul 15th 2016
16
Anybody not voting Kanye is being really silly.
Jul 15th 2016
17
ARRUH WIns this one and here is why
Jul 17th 2016
18
lol
Jul 17th 2016
20
I'd have to agree. Ppl are forgetting "I Believe I Can Fly"
Jul 17th 2016
21

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1. "I hate that I voted blue..."
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but Trapped in the Closet had niggas waiting for the next episode!

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2. "I'm torn between R Kelly and Jay-Z"
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Also, I would've included Maxwell to this list.

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3. "Kells during the I Believe I Can Fly days, probably"
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4. "i think its kanye but moreso bc he has the benefit of being the"
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most recent with social media and all i feel like its much easier for stars to have a following and allows them to have more fans, be more involved.

If not for kanye, it would be a tossup between jay and kells

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Buddy_Gilapagos
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6. "I think Kanye has us convinced he is bigger than he actually is. "
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He is kinda like Trump that way.


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13. "bruh, he sold out MSG to play his album on a laptop"
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Ye is still a big deal.

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5. "Jay's been consistently good. But was he ever the greatest?"
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he had what, 12 or 13 albums? let's say they came out once a year.

during each of those years, was he ever THE guy?

actually, if you wanna know who was hottest, look at who Jay collaborated with. he stays relevant by doing joints with whoever is popping at the time

  

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Reeq
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7. "confessions era usher."
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8. "^^^ my choice"
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His peak didn't have the staying power that Jay and Ye's peaks have had... but his peak was probably the highest.

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9. "I pick "Dont Be Cruel" era Bobby Brown for the same reasons"
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11. "bobby aint go diamond."
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19. "7 million in 1988 for a R&B guy is worth double that today"
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The market for R&B was different then, because it was really starting to be influenced by Hip Hop around that time, and it outsold every album that came out in 1989 regardless of genre. That album was a complete 18o from his New Edition stuff and the King of Stage album before it. When Tip said "Way that Bobby Brown is just ampin' like Micheal," he was telling the truth.

It's easy to forget, but nah man Bobby was a certified pop star at that time.

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10. "outsold avril lavigne, britney spears, norah jones and eminem"
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in the same year.

the closest thing we have seen to thriller mj.

  

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15. "Artists who cater to an older audience are going to SELL more but.."
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..I bet it wasn't the most pirated album.

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12. "Kanye brought back the backpacker from their grave after G-Unit & et al"
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College Dropout was being played EVERYWHERE & by EVERYONE.

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14. "had dudes rocking backpacks and polos and shit"
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Ye shut down Gangster rap fast as shit...

but he also ushered in that gotdamn mumble, soft ass singing flow with 808's.

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16. "Kanye easily...he's married to a Kardashian"
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17. "Anybody not voting Kanye is being really silly. "
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18. "ARRUH WIns this one and here is why"
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93/94 12 play was a way of life and the cat was dominating the game actually 93-95 it was ARRUH
and then you fast forward to 03/04 same thing. Ignition remix bought near became the national anthem. he people stepping.

he did this kind of dominanting in two different decades. you gotta go back to Michael Jackson the last time an artist had that kind of run and juice.

Usher faded though he had a chance

Jay Z is big but the lines are blurred once him and Bee got together. he was never the main cat like that.

Kayne took a while. he was on a run

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20. "lol"
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21. "I'd have to agree. Ppl are forgetting "I Believe I Can Fly""
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This dude was in demand, doing songs
with Celine Dion WHILE being that dude
on urban radio. Kanye's antics have
made him more universally famous than
his music did.

And not that I praise white-approval
(I actually look sideways at it if anything),
but that's what means "big" in American
mainstream, and R.Kelly was there.

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