R. Kelly or D'Angelo...who you got?

[brownsugah]

Nah. Too be real with you I was bored and I knew the poll results would make you come that much closer to slicing your throat with that autographed D'Angelo Voodoo cd you got. Dead ass.

Nah, I'm chillin'. I am very much aware that most of The Coli has backwards judgement on music and talent, including yourself. There are a select few posters on here who are real and know what's up.

I prefer talent and quality over commercial success, and the latter doesn't really matter if you are a real appreciator of music.

D'Angelo is a very skilled musician, arranger, singer and songwriter, as well as an amazing live performer. The beautiful thing is that he doesn't have to compromise his artistry in order for people to appreciate him and for his music to reach others. He has made 3 masterpieces and has not failed yet, musically. You can think that R. Kelly is better and you're entitled to your opinion, but I prefer D'Angelo and he is way more substantial to me, musically, lyrically, and talent wise/as a multi-instrumentalist.

 

[Rell Lauren]

A fraction of what he wrote for other people.

 

[brownsugah]

D'Angelo is the definition of the phrase "less is more" in my personal opinion. He may not have as many albums or commercially successful hits to his name as R. Kelly (or may not be as "out there" as R. Kelly.. pun intended), but he has still made a huge impact on soul music in general without even trying hard. It has been effortless for him. D'Angelo has influenced many of his peers like Maxwell, Erykah, Jill Scott, etc.. and has influenced artists who have came after him like Frank Ocean, Miguel, Anderson .Paak, BJ The Chicago Kid.. and basically any male artist out now that you Stan.

 

[The G.O.D II]

R. Kelly has never written a song as real as "Africa" if we are being honest. It's really not that close, if you know talent and what good music sounds like.

When I first heard Voodoo I was 13 and too young to appreciate it. But no lie when I was older and heard Africa real tears hit my eyes. That is a powerful powerful song

 

[ThirdAct]

To each his own. You tried to be slick by saying that R. Kelly is "jokey". I can pick out 35 R. Kelly grown man songs and split them up into 3 albums and they'd be better than D'Angelo's 3 albums by ALOT. That's how real it gets.Ya'll nikkas keep on acting like this nikka Kelly only makes playful, Hip Hop songs if you want. You just embarrassing yourself.

Not trying to be slick lol just how dude comes across to me sometimes...not sayin he ain't got talent or heat music he def does...but honestly my mind just immediately goes to trapped in the closet, that animal song and them Chappelle skits whenever he comes on

 

[The G.O.D II]

Love Letter was good too.

Thanks for posting this cause this reminds me. Kelly as great as he was is a huge biter. He wasn’t all that original. Love Letter came out a couple years after Rapheal Saadiq dropped his old Motown rehash album. Kelly, especially in his later years, was just trend hopping and biting. You can never say that about D’Angelo. Dude bought the genre neo soul to the mainstream. Nobody sounded like him outside maybe mint condition and toni tony toni

 

[Billy Ocean]

D'Angelo is the definition of the phrase "less is more" in my personal opinion. He may not have as many albums or commercially successful hits to his name as R. Kelly (or may not be as "out there" as R. Kelly.. pun intended), but he has still made a huge impact on soul music in general without even trying hard. It has been effortless for him. D'Angelo has influenced many of his peers like Maxwell, Erykah, Jill Scott, etc.. and has influenced artists who have came after him like Frank Ocean, Miguel, Anderson .Paak, BJ The Chicago Kid.. and basically any male artist out now that you Stan.

Damn near every last one of those artists you just mentioned would probably name R. Kelly a bigger influence on them than D'Angelo. Kells wrote for a couple of them too

 

[brownsugah]

I’m not going to lie when I first heard Voodoo I was to young to appreciate it. But no lie when I was older and heard Africa real tears hit my eyes. That is a powerful powerful song

Indeed breh! Very powerful!

 

[brownsugah]

Damn near every last one of those artists you just mentioned would probably name R. Kelly a bigger influence on them than D'Angelo. Kells rrote for a couple of them too

I don't care who Kelly wrote for. A lot of those artists wouldn't even be who they are musically if it weren't for D'Angelo and his genius.

 

[Billy Ocean]

So sultry...

 

[TheGregReaper]

I like them both but I got D'Angelo by a long shot...

Brown Sugar is in my Top 5 albums of all time.

 

[Billy Ocean]

More wives have walked down the aisle...one of the biggest moments in a woman's life... playing this song than ANY song D'Angelo has crafted:

 

[The G.O.D II]

Double

 

[brownsugah]

More wives have walked down the aisle...one of the biggest moments in a woman's life... playing this song than ANY song D'Angelo has crafted:

This is better tbh. And I will walk down the aisle to it.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Both influential as hell tho with Kelly there’s no Brown, Trey Songz, etc

Without D Angelo there is now Maxwell, Badu, hell even Weeknd and these plethora of alt moody drugged out R&B artist. D’Angelo was the first cat really talking about drug use on an mellow R&B record