SPIN: Best R&B Single of the '90s: 1990

[BmoreGorilla]

people really in here tryna give ralph a run.

He had the wackest run out of anybody in NE

 

[brownsugah]

Come Back To Me peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 but I always saw it as one of Janet’s most underrated singles.

 

[FreshAIG]

Poison

 

[Wacky D]

He had the wackest run out of anybody in NE

I always thought that chit was hilarious, seeing that he was the one dying to go solo.

still had a good run tho. somebody had to come in last place.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I always thought that chit was hilarious, seeing that he was the one dying to go solo.

still had a good run tho. somebody had to come in last place.

I wouldn’t even say he had a good run. He has exactly one memorable single and I hear that used in a joke more than anything else. I’ve called a sensitive coli posters “Ralph Tresvant ass nikkas”. He clearly benefited the most from a NE reunion

 

[beejus]

I wouldn’t even say he had a good run. He has exactly one memorable single and I hear that used in a joke more than anything else. I’ve called a sensitive coli posters “Ralph Tresvant ass nikkas”. He clearly benefited the most from a NE reunion

Money Can't Buy You Love and Do What I Gotta Do weren't nearly the hit as Sensitivity, but they both were good singles.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

people really in here tryna give ralph a run.

not giving him a run, giving him a single

 

[Wacky D]

I wouldn’t even say he had a good run. He has exactly one memorable single and I hear that used in a joke more than anything else. I’ve called a sensitive coli posters “Ralph Tresvant ass nikkas”. He clearly benefited the most from a NE reunion

do what I gotta do
stone cold gentleman...........I always felt like this song was wack
money cant buy me love

he had a nice lil run with that album. it was just dwarfed in comparison by what the others were doing.
and it doesn't help that he aint do chit afterwards.

yea, I think he benefitted the most from that movie, if that's the reunion youre referring to.

not giving him a run, giving him a single

nah

I'm saying yall tryna give him a run at the poll.

ive been meaning to tone the local slang down some. my bad.​

 

[DANJ!]

Ralph didn't have a great run, but he got it right a couple of times with Jam & Lewis... and he hit the ground runnin' with that "Sensitivity"! It was the lead single and it was a smash. Definitely felt like he was about to kill 'em. The rest of the album was just aiiiight though, so...

@Wacky D, the Michel'le & Troop albums dropped hella late-'89... their biggest singles dropped in '90.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

nah

I'm saying yall tryna give him a run at the poll.

ive been meaning to tone the local slang down some. my bad.​

gotcha. either way, it's a beloved song (as are all the choices - that janet is a favorite song of mine, but in the competition for single of the year, i had to pass it up) that was big, inevitably some of us are gonna vote for it. poison will win tho

 

[Newark88]

Real hard choices but of course Poison is the most popular on the list. My personal favorite from the list is actually En Vogue-Hold On with Babyface-Whip Appeal. Cant go wrong with any song tho.

 

[QU Hectic]

Poison, but Sensitivity was

 

[BiggWebb79]

BBD hands down

Speaking of 90's r&b here's a gem from Ralph Tresvant with Mint Condition playing back up band kind of dope.

 

[MikeyC]

It's driving me outta my mind

 

[smokeurobinson]

Poison is the only answer.