Most of the prominent US Neo-soulers seemed to be going more for the "genius" Stevie Wonder-solo guy (or girl) presentation regardless of whether it really was like that. I know there were duos and stuff but how many neo-soul *bands* were there that people associate as torchbearers of the scene?

Meanwhile, the Acid Jazz bands seemsd to go out of their way to present themselves as "bands" even when a single songwriter or producer/arranger/whatever was dominant. Even fucking Jamiroquai which might have been slightly later but still, that's the type of act many to this day believe was a guy but every interview pointed out it was a band. Omar is an exception from that era but I'm trying to think of someone else and coming up short...

Basically, it's as if they were trying to bring back two different aspects of "real"/70's soul/R&B updates...