A song that really made you think about being with that special one.


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"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4

yes

Everything that followed has topped off at very good.

On some days I think it was "Real Love" by Mary, some other days when I feel rash I'd say "Another Life" by D'angelo, but I kinda think those are both just very good at their core.

To be fair, great R&B love songs dont come by every year. Percy Sledge just died so I listened to "When A man loves a woman" the other day. Who has done anything like that in the last 25 years?

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>Everything that followed has topped off at very good.
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>On some days I think it was "Real Love" by Mary, some other
>days when I feel rash I'd say "Another Life" by D'angelo, but
>I kinda think those are both just very good at their core.
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>To be fair, great R&B love songs dont come by every year.
>Percy Sledge just died so I listened to "When A man loves a
>woman" the other day. Who has done anything like that in the
>last 25 years?

trying to think of a GREAT R&B song. I mean I really like "otherside of the game," "green eyes" and "I want you" from erykah, and I think "You got it bad" by usher is good, but are these songs great?

I kinda feel like alot of people of our generation think doing music that presents itself as great makes the person seem pretentious, arrogant or sanctimonious like Bono or Kanye or something. people shy away from it. Look at Beyonce. Her best reviewed album in years is full of songs trying to be cool and left-of-center, and other than "Pretty Hurts" and "XO" are all trying their best not to be great R&B love songs.

Then there are the people who still want to make a great love song, like Alicia keys, John Legend or, I dunno, Kem, who clearly don't have the elements to make a Great love song, only a very good one. Even your suggestion, "We Belong Together," while being a very good song, and an out of nowhere comeback single, is not classic the way Donny's "A song for you" is classic.

So that leaves me here, feeling like some weird crumudgeon trying to tell people the last great love song was released in 1987.

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you'll see how many co-signs you get.


So, either we're scrubs....or the co-signs will tell you something.

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Even your suggestion, "We Belong
>Together," while being a very good song, and an out of nowhere
>comeback single, is not classic the way Donny's "A song for
>you" is classic.
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We Belong Together is a classic.

it's only when she lets loose after that third chorus that the magic happens. With "Adore" the magic happens from the first note. Mariah is too buttoned in at the beginning, the song is too generic at that point. I really like the song, but it is not a great song. There is a lineage that it has to stand in line with.

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>it's only when she lets loose after that third chorus that
>the magic happens. With "Adore" the magic happens from the
>first note. Mariah is too buttoned in at the beginning, the
>song is too generic at that point. I really like the song,
>but it is not a great song. There is a lineage that it has to
>stand in line with.

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its the last timeless song. Meanng its akin to Sexual Healing in that you can listen to it all the way thru even if you dont care for it.

>A song that really made you think about being with that
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>"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be
>kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4

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I'm here.

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It still jams

Even though I'm not that crazy about the song

It's the only one recently that will probably be a wedding song.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

♥ Inescapably Me ♥

"Love is never any better than the lover" Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)

Ready to be like the olden days where commitment was golden...

Dang, this is so subjective Reb'm Doc, but umma go wit' a few joints I like and can't decide between:

Lost Without U (R. Thicke) - Proposed to this

So High (John Legend) - Although I'm not a fan of his voice so much, NOW...da wiz walked down the aisle to this

Stars (Kindred) - First Dance

Lauryn Hill/D' - Nothing Even Matters...just because

It takes all kinds to make up a world, son. -My pops

I just live for the comments -Da wiz

I'm surprised it hasn't got more traction. It might have been a little too "R&B" for the current R&B landscape.

Streets won't let me chill.

here being nyc metro during the quiet storm

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gnap.

www.royallegacy.org

For Real (Official Video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBRoCPO8esE

i was looking and realized i was going 15 year back
and even then i was disappointed with who

alicia keyes
danglo
jill scott

either i'm old or rnb sucks...











yes i blame rkelly
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

fuck you.

IDK if this counts as a love song but I love this song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCxKhPH376A

"Holier than thou never sits well with me."(c)janey

"OKP spends way too much time looking for ways to be offended." ~legsdiamond


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that was my first thought in the "GREAT love song" category (vs. just a good one, or even vs. "slow jam" which is a different category to me)

i might think of something different though

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that was the cut and He sanging that cut.


before that Michael Jackson "Break of Dawn"

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cxf8ZtbGdg

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"...Whateva, man..." (c) Redman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnG5pJizoh8

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"...Whateva, man..." (c) Redman

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"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4

Somebody's lying...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnz8pEjQ_Fw

close second is Retrograde


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I'm tryna be better off, not better than...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh5h2hYMjbo

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

gotta be on the list somewhere

https://youtu.be/KI4yd-xIsv0