R&B heads, rank these 4 girl groups of the 90s (Total, SWV, En Vogue, Xscape)
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Doctor Wily
CapcomSwag
En vouge
Swv ( my northeast bias)
Xscape
Total
Swv ( my northeast bias)
Xscape
Total
Doctor Wily
CapcomSwag
Xscape was just too southerny gospel to me in all honesty.
And yes you could've plucked any three girls from any random AME church in NYC back in the 80s and got a better singing trio than SWV ... hence why I ranked them after En Vouge.
And yes you could've plucked any three girls from any random AME church in NYC back in the 80s and got a better singing trio than SWV ... hence why I ranked them after En Vouge.
En Sabah Nur
The First
En Vogue is the only ones in the bunch where each member is a top tier vocalist
Total is the most overrated group of females of all time. They had fire writers and producers, but you could have pulled 3 girls out of any mall and gotten the same product.
Total is the most overrated group of females of all time. They had fire writers and producers, but you could have pulled 3 girls out of any mall and gotten the same product.
Sbp
Superstar
Come on not 100 percent it was about 65/35 still was good music though
En Vogue #1 - because their singing ability made their songs. Even their pop-ish and New Jack tracks where they didn't have to really sing, they killed them. Their vocals are just too powerful. Even in their later albums, when the sound changed and after Dawn skated on them, they were still killin it vocally. They enhanced songs
Xscape #2 - they have the best albums - Hummin Comin At Cha, Off the Hook & Traces of Lipstick - that's an incredible run
SWV #3 - great but not anything special
Total - only had a couple of joints.
Xscape #2 - they have the best albums - Hummin Comin At Cha, Off the Hook & Traces of Lipstick - that's an incredible run
SWV #3 - great but not anything special
Total - only had a couple of joints.
say whatever da hell you want … this is the GREATEST SONG of all groups combined 
Total isn't overrated. I can't say I've seen anyone really rank Total. They had joints, but they definitely weren't a top tier '90's female group. They had a dope run though from '94-'99.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
say whatever da hell you want … this is the GREATEST SONG of all groups combined
it's not, and it's also laughable you post the version that basically relegates them to nothing more than a feature while Brat, Fox and Kim kill that shyt
and i see this remix and raise you the GOAT
say whatever da hell you want … this is the GREATEST SONG of all groups combined
Cool song, but it isn't even the best version of that song. Let alone being the best song on that album or even the best Total song. It's legendary for reasons that have nothing to do with Total.
very true, but shows the genius of Puffy being an EP and how important that role is (Dre, Puffy, RZA) are the only ones I can think of doing this.
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I know destiny's child had a huge album with "the writing's on the wall" but I rank them more as a 2000's group, I identify more with the 3 member version (michelle, kelly, Beyonce) than the other incarnations. I think's that's because Beyonce did her solo debut around the same time as their 2000's run so she was all over the place.
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Master Baker
yea, i handicap DC, they benefitted from there being no other female groups by the time they were heavily promoting WOTW. TLC dropped earlier that year and was pretty much done with FanMail by the time DC was just dropping a second single and SWV, Xscape, Total and all the b/c-listers were gone minus 702 who was never top tier. DC also got the TLR stimulus, they crossed over a lot more than the other groups outside of TLC
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