>now we're on the backside of that movement and dealing with
>the fallout. the idea musicianship and a good voice = good
>music was never accepted before neo-soul... didn't matter if
>it was Luther, Whitney, MJ or whoever... if the songs weren't
>there people wouldn't listen.

you would have been Andre Cymone (his first album is a near-classic).

hearing his first album I thought that he would have at least had a "Jesse" career. He had songs that were good-to-great, a surprisingly good voice, and the instrumentation was there.

then that second album came along and it was some bullshit in comparison to the first.

the third was a return to form, but guess who came along for the ride...