Best R&B Album of Every Year

[THE K-MAN]

yea i cant complain about 87

but that Alexander O'neal album was

 

[Nigerianwonder]

r&b has fallen off tremendously

There are a lot of great albums missing from that list but you can see the fall off so clearly starting around 2005. sad.

 

[Awesome Wells]

1994 was definitely this:

It's not even close.

 

[BronxFleeZ]

Ne-Yo's debut album tho

The way that shyt was in rotation smh dog

 

[BronxFleeZ]

PNDTWO 2014

 

[ThiefyPoo]

r&b has fallen off tremendously

Listen to Omarion album sex playlist

 

[Tropical Fantasy]

this by far the best R&B album of 1992

 

[JCalli]

this by far the best R&B album of 1992

That album was huge when it came out, but it ain't seeing what's the 411.

 

[Danie84]

Just shows you how R&B music went from GOAT to Larry Holmes Garden

...proud to say I own just about every 80s/90 album that was listed

That's my childhood

 

[L. Deezy]

2010:

Runner Up: Usher - Raymond v. Raymond
Honorable Mentions: The Dream - Love King, Chris Brown & Tyga - Fan Of A Fan, Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back, Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure, Jeremih - All About You, Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Avant - The Letter, Charlie Wilson - Just Charlie

2011:

Runner Up: Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
Honorable Mentions: Ledisi - Pieces Of Me, Mint Condition - 7..., The Weeknd - Echoes Of Silence, Bobby V - Fly On The Wall, Beyonce - 4, Chris Brown - F.A.M.E., The Dream - 1977, Jagged Edge - The Remedy, Lloyd - King Of Hearts, Ginuwine - Elgin, Tyrese - Open Invitation

2012:

Runner Up: Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
Honorable Mentions: Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox, Chris Brown - Fortune, Mint Condition - Music @ The Speed Of Life, Ne-Yo - R.E.D., SWV - I Missed Us, Usher - Looking 4 Myself, Melanie Fiona - The MF Life, Rihanna - Unapologetic

2013:

Runner Up: Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Part 2
Honorable Mentions: Kessington Kross - Audio Justice, TGT - TGT, Tamar Braxton - Love And War, Justin Bieber - Journals, Charlie Wilson - Love, Charlie

2014:

Runner Up: Michael Jackson - Xscape
Honorable Mentions: Pharrell - GIRL, Tinashe - Aquarius, Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce, Trey Songz - Trigga, Chris Brown - X, Childish Gambino - Kauai EP, Leidisi - The Truth

List is pretty pitiful...

Most of the runner ups had the best album? You had TP2 losing in 2000? Lmao

Wheres Jaheim? Blackstreet? Ginuwine?

Nygga bye...

 

[lilaznwoo]

I'll admit I quickly skimmed thru my ipod by the years so I did leave off as said Donell Jones, Erykah Badu, Voodoo. It's all for debate. Dude that said Boyz II Men II. I feel you that was the biggest thing. On Bended Knee, Vibin, I'll Make Love To You, etc. But that CrazySexyCool to this day still plays. Admittedly today's stuff I maybe heard an album once and moved along

 

[Wacky D]

Nah Jodeci's album was better

12 play blows jodeci's album out the water.

jodeci got some overrated ass albums man. they were more single-driven than anything.

that TGT album was slept on.

i cant even say it was slept on.

everybody seems to love it. they just didnt support it. they bootlegged & downloaded instead.

 

[Not Crodie]

all I know is that channel orange is the best I have ever heard

 

[JustCKing]

Solid list. This is just my take on some of the years though:

1995: D'angelo- Brown Sugar
1997- Erykah Badu- Baduizm / Mary J. Blige- Share My World
1998: R. Kelly- R.
2000: Erykah Badu- Mama's Gun /
1999- Ginuwine- 100%
2002- Tweet- Southern Hummingbird / Justin Timberlake- Justified
2003- Alicia Keys- The Diary of Alicia Keys
2005: Mary J. Blige- Breakthrough
2007- Lloyd- Street Love
2008- Jazmine Sullivan- Fearless / Anthony Hamilton- The Point of it All
2009- Alicia Keys- Element of Freedom / Maxwell- Blacksummer's Night
2010- Sade- Soldier of Love (off the strength of the title track alone)
2013- Justin Timberlake- 20/20 Experience Part 1
2014- Michael Jackson- Xscape / D'angelo- Black Messiah

*Don't really like putting JT as an R&B choice because he's a Pop artist that dabbles in R&B music, but it's what I was listening to. It is what it is.

 

[keond]

Dangelo-2014

Diamonds and Pearls over Forever my lady? Nate Dogg over Miseducation?? Cac Timberlake? RL?



Your 80s on is on point tho