Is there an R&B artist that has come out in the last 20 (35) years that is more gifted than R. Kelly???

[BlackMajik]

You're comparing 2 different eras of music.....20 years ago is like 2000..... R Kelly been in the game for like 30 years

Read the entire thread b4 u post

And I can compare 2 different eras if I want to

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Teddy Riley

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

CAC Alert.............

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Read the entire thread b4 u posted

And I can compare 2 different eras if I want to

shyt.. you can eat ice cream and fried hot dogs for breakfast if you want to..... don't mean the shyt makes sense....

 

[bewitched]

Only person who can be in consideration is Babyface

 

[Take It In Blood]

Nikkas legit said Chris Brown?




I'll never forgive that non singing ass nikka for butchering Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas".... Sounding like a goddamn Moose


Usher was the only one who had the potential to keep up with Kelz but he fumbled a long time ago

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[semicko82]

He only has 3 outta 24yrs...

All of them blassics

 

[southern.girl]

Only reason i have his as a maybe is because he had help. La Reid and the person that no one ever discusses is Darryl Simmons. Thats his secret weapon. Plus if u include Babyface you damn near gotta put in Jam and Lewis and Curtis Mayfield. Curtis, Jam&Lewis and Face were all GOATS but they were all part of groups. Stevie, Prince, James and Kellz were solo for all or most of their career.

From what I understand, LA Reid was the business and Babyface was the writer.

My vote would be for Babyface, Brian McKnight & y’all ain’t putting nearly enough respect on Raphael Saadiq’s name.

However, Kells is still, at minimum, top 10 because he’s crossed so many styles. Literally, the same man that wrote 12 Play also wrote I Believe I Can Fly, MJ’s You Are Not Alone, Maxwell’s Fortunate, When a Woman Loves & K Ci/JoJo’s Life. Then he reintroduced Ron Isley & Charlie Wilson to a younger crowd. Who does that?

 

[BlackMajik]

From what I understand, LA Reid was the business and Babyface was the writer.

My vote would be for Babyface, Brian McKnight & y’all ain’t putting nearly enough respect on Raphael Saadiq’s name.

However, Kells is still, at minimum, top 10 because he’s crossed so many styles. Literally, the same man that wrote 12 Play also wrote I Believe I Can Fly, MJ’s You Are Not Alone, Maxwell’s Fortunate, When a Woman Loves & K Ci/JoJo’s Life. Then he reintroduced Ron Isley & Charlie Wilson to a younger crowd. Who does that?

 

[Supreme365]

R.Kelly got WAAAY more mega hits than duds, and WAAAY more mega hits than D'Angelo got.

If we go classic song for classic song, R.Kelly would lap D'Angelo without us even naming any R.Kelly he kept for himself. Meanwhile, a good amount of D'Angelo's catalogue is remakes.

He only had 2 remakes between his albums
And we’re not talking about hits we’re
talking about talent and quality
D’angelo is more talented
And his albums are flawless

 

[BlackMajik]

@LovelyOne who would u consider to be the female equivalent

 

[Buzzed Lightyear]

Babyface has way more hits than Kellz

I'll give Face his props but that's where it stops, it's The Rob.

 

[BlackMajik]

Never 4get Kellz made a song for Batman brehs



Batman

 

[southern.girl]

@LovelyOne who would u consider to be the female equivalent

Within the same time frame? The names that I immediately think of are Aretha, Roberta Flack, Mariah & Alicia Keys. My personal favorites would be Jill Scott & India Arie, but I’m not sure if they wrote most of their songs anyway. From what I know, none of the women listed have wrote much for other artists either. So I don’t know. School me.