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Rick James lived nine lives before he made it big.
So brehs who was the first RnB thug?
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In terms of image... one of the precursors to modern day R&B thug that never gets acknowledged was Timex Social Club and Michael Marshall... they often get mixed up with Club Nouveau but his whole steez was hiphop and you can see the influence with his style. He later went on to sing the hook on I Got 5 on It.
Bell Biv DeVoe also should be credited as the first real popular R&B group to really blow up hip hop style of dress/appearance... B Brown's style of dress was more late 80's New Jack style off of Don't Be Cruel/ Hammer pants/etc.... BBD's style was more hip hop style of dress.
Bell Biv DeVoe also should be credited as the first real popular R&B group to really blow up hip hop style of dress/appearance... B Brown's style of dress was more late 80's New Jack style off of Don't Be Cruel/ Hammer pants/etc.... BBD's style was more hip hop style of dress.
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James Brown
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Bobby B
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Yeah. Back in the day singers were with the utmost fukkery, no different than some of your favorite rappers except usually even more disrespectful when it came to women. They were just singing love ballads and not really putting that shyt on their records like that.That niche isn't anything new, you had singers in the '60s doing the very most.
Reccently, I'd say singers like Aaron Hall and Lyfe Jennings.
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Jackie Wilson allegedly tried to rape Patti LaBelle back in the day. She used her voice to scream extra loud and they (him and an accomplice backed off and left).
I remember hearing about that too. Slipped my mind though.
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Jackie Wilson was rebellious in his youth I guess and a complete piece of shyt when it came to women but nah
The real answer is Smokey Robinson
My older fam grew up with him THUG ASS nikka FOR REAL like people have no idea Smokey got busy
He just happened to know how to sing....his was in that life...deep deep in that life
The real answer is Smokey Robinson
My older fam grew up with him THUG ASS nikka FOR REAL like people have no idea Smokey got busy
He just happened to know how to sing....his was in that life...deep deep in that life
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When they play both versions of those songs without the rap I be "Unquestionably it's Bobby Brown. There may have been guys before him stated in the thread, but he was the Godfather of the R&B Thug lane
Always getting arrested, hard drugs user, bad boy, getting sexual with girls on stage, urinated on a cop car, etc.
Plus he was the first R&B artist to rap actual bars in a song on a regular basis. Perfect examples are "On Your Own" and "Every Little Step I take"
We should all bow down to the Godfather's influence
". Every Little Step ain't the same without the rap.."All dem sucka emcees tryna clock my spot
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