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3032849, The MC replaced the instrumental solo in R&B music.
Posted by LeroyBumpkin, Wed Jun-09-21 12:49 PM
I'll always remember Branford Marsalis' sax solo on Shanice's "I Love Your Smile".
In fact a lot of New Jack Swing stuff kept the band element of instrumental solos.

Shanice was 1991.
Mary J. Blige's debut was 1992.

It was a wrap after that.