>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

Did this cat just say that Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Prince, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Al Green were not as big commercially as Aaron Hall, Jodeci, Gerald Levert and Peabo Bryson?

Elizabeth, I'm comin' to join you honey.


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

The artists D'Angelo is most influenced by also made HITS. Why hasn't D shown himself to be able to do that.

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

He minds. Fuck the dumb... If he could make music that was both artistic and wildly popular the way Prince did, you're telling me he wouldn't do it?


>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.

Irony that this dude is calling someone else's post "silly and half thought out"... I actually opted to ignore some of the other ignorant statements in here because I don't want to turn this into that kind of poast.

Just enjoy your D'Angelo music and shut the hell up on talking about Soul music history, as it is clearly something that you don't have even an iota of mistermaxxx's knowledge of.

Please.

EDIT: By the way, did you know that Peabo Bryson is actually one of D'Angelo's biggest influences? http://articles.latimes.com/1995-08-18/entertainment/ca-36622_1_brown-sugar/2