What are your top 5 favorite 70’s R&B albums?

[I love Latina women]

 

[Why-Fi]

songs in the key of life, ask rufus, off the wall, head to the sky, I want you

 

[breakfuss]

Shiiiiet, bruh you could easily fill that up with just Stevie Wonder . These are some of my favorites, not saying they're universally the best:

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Spinners - Mighty Love
Maze/F. Beverly - Golden Time of Day
Kool & Gang - Light of Worlds
M.J. - Off the Wall
Clark Sisters - Is My Living In Vain? (technically gospel...and technically a 1980 release, but it really shares a lot of the soulful qualities of R&B. Love this joint.)

 

[The Gentleman]

Teddy- Teddy Pendergrass

 

[Take It In Blood]

Safe to say Songs in the key of life is the Illmatic of that era and genre

 

[The Gentleman]

Safe to say Songs in the key of life is the Illmatic of that era and genre

It’s so many good soul albums in the 70s it’s impossible to choose just one.

This isn’t Ricks best album but it is good for sure.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

and that’s if I’m being pressured to pick 5. There’s way too many

 

[breakfuss]

Teddy- Teddy Pendergrass

Holy shyt I just realized where Gibbs got his album cover from

Safe to say Songs in the key of life is the Illmatic of that era and genre

Debatable but yea most probably consider it his magnum opus. I put Innervisions over it because I heard that first, and it was a little more digestible for me a the time (key of life had damn near 20 songs). But honestly his whole 70s run was crazy.

It’s so many good soul albums in the 70s it’s impossible to choose just one.

This isn’t Ricks best album but is good for sure.

70s had to be some sort of renaissance or something, idk what it was . And not just for soul/r&b.

 

[The Gentleman]

and that’s if I’m being pressured to pick 5. There’s way too many

Can’t forget the Stylistics 1st album.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Can’t forget the Stylistics 1st album.

Had to edit to add that 24 Carat black. Man there’s too damn many lol. It’s hard to pick just 5!

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Gil Scott-Heron

Take your pick

 

[The Gentleman]

Had to edit to add that 24 Carat black. Man there’s too damn many lol. It’s hard to pick just 5!

The Delfonics
Barry White
Curtis Mayfield
Isaac Hayes
Donny Hathaway
Marvin Gaye
The Dramatics
Willie Hutch

We’d be here all night.

 

[The Gentleman]

Almost forgot the Ojays and the Ohio players. This thread needs some tracks.

 

[The Gentleman]

 

[Doctor Wily]

and that’s if I’m being pressured to pick 5. There’s way too many

Same as mine except thar I substitute Al Green & the 24 karat Black's album with