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.

My mind is kinda bouncing all over the place. I'm at work so I don't have time to totally focus.