>
> The "champagne soul" look definitely met it's end at the
>hands of NJS.
>
> This makes me think of how so many people hate that Mary J.
>Blige is called the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." I always thought
>it was blatantly obvious that she's the queen of hip-hop
>INSPIRED soul.
>
> I've never been able to completely pin down hip-hop's
>influence on NJS. It's absolutely there but I don't think it
>was always heavy handed. "Heartbreak" didn't have one rap on
>any of the songs.

I thought Heartbreak itself was delivered almost entirely like it was a rap..especially Ralph's in-verse vocals.

Those album cover changes were crazy. Peebo and them got thrown completely off a bridge by the era change.