> > 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.