>to be clear, im a 'fight the genre' guy :) but for fun, i'll
>join in the game here :)
>
>....starting with her first stellar record "Blame it On Me"
>in the 90s (which was one of my faves back then, and STILL
>sounds as refreshing today as it did then) id say, yeah,
>Alana Davis should be added to this list too...
>
>also another artist who first broke out in the 90s, Dionne
>Farris...add her too.
>
>and as you mentioned, Meshell too of course, some of her stuff
>surely would fit into that 'soft rock' genre .... well, you
>know, if one HAS to do the 'genre thing' that is ;)
>
>
Bruh,
I still play her first album on a fairly regular basis. I don't know how she wasn't bigger as an artist.