completely ignored as it pertains to D'angelo...smh

Are you on R. Kelly's payroll or something?

because that's the only way I can explain why you feel this need to shit on D'angelo in order to prop up R. Kelly.

Both have their lanes...

R Kelly is more of the musical lineage of more *contemporary R&B* acts of the past:
-Aaron Hall/Guy
-Keith Sweat
-Gap Band
-Lionel Ritchie
-Teddy Pendergrass
-Peabo Bryson
-Lutha Vandross
-Gerald Levert
-Jodeci

and so...now, the aformentioned artists ALL made some great and memorable *hit* records but their brand of R&B wasn't as soulful as the R&B artists D'angelo is influenced by and is a musical descendant of but who weren't as big commercially:
-Marvin
-Sly
-Prince
-Donny
-Stevie
-Eddie Kendricks
-James Brown
-Al Green
-Curtis Mayfield

this is why these current crop of so called R&B artists are more influenced by Kells and why he's able to write the type of disposable music he typically does for said artists...
(Avant, Usher, Tre Songs, Joe, Jaheem, Marcus Houston, Bobby Valentine etc.)

none of the above artists would ever ask D to write a song for them because he doesn't make their kind of R&B.

R Kelly makes HITS and his music is and has always been geared towards fitting within a radio format

D'angelo makes ART and doesn't seem to mind that his music isn't radio friendly and/or may not go double platinum

but

because artist A's discography has more hit records in it than artist B's doesn't necessarily make the former the better artists or worthy of more praise...is Lionel Ritchie really a better artist/musician than Donny Hathaway was simply because Donny didn't have as much recorded material or nearly as many hit records than Lionel?

Your silly and half thought out comments makes it difficult to have an honest discussion abt certain artists, specifically D'angelo. Stop posting like you comparing two athletes to one another, this ain't a sports board this is a board abt music discussions...or at least I thought it was.