Ginuwine's "Last Chance"

Dude, you forgot Curtis.

Wha? You don't like Luther?

 

True. If dudes wanna get a party crackin' and get up on some honeys, they gotta break out the top 40 rap mix. Nothing too out of date. The song has to be hot, because if it's more than half a year old, it's considered "old school". There's kids today saying lil wayne's "the carter" is old school. Man, they don't know what they are talking about.

 

Jesse Johnson did his thing, he wasn't great but not insignificant, and he wrote and produced one of my favorite tunes from the 80's. Another chick they thought was black...

[youtube]vqpNMX09LTw[/youtube]

 

Because the topic of this thread has essentially been about male R&B singers.

 

You said it all, sir. Rock videos in the late 80s were stuck in a rut too with all those hairspray bands and their bimbos dancing around poles. But after a couple of years that fad was over. Rap has ben stuck in the same videos pattern for about 15 years. Enough already.

 

Hey, don't get me wrong. I like Jesse's work. But unfortunately to those covering the industry, working in the industry and buying music spoonfed by the industry, his work is almost forgotten.

 

Many of the rappers today are businessmen/promoters first and artists second. You can tell when someone is really a "musician" or poet versus simply a "rapper"....all the great rappers/R&B singers were talented at telling stories to compelling beats and music. Rappers (considering the times we live in) are not angry enough. They display "aggression" when it comes to their money and women but not when it comes to all of the social ills that plague our world.

 

Yeah I remember that too. Every girl I knew liked that song back then lol

My older bro looks like CL Smooth with glasses

 

I don't care if they are angry or happy. I don't care if they take a social stand or not. I just care about the art itself and I find the vast majority of hip-hop lacking. To be fair virtually every genre is lacking. But if I had a choice of supporting a good rapper or supporting a good singer/songwriter/musician I'm gonna go with the latter. I just am sick of the fact that most black men are kept in the hip-hop box in the music business.

 

Girl,YOU NASTY!!!!

 

I've always been a fan of Genuine, dude had some nice albums...except the very last album. Homeboy fell-off w/out Timbaland & Missy producing and writing for him.


...as far as today, I'm a bit of an old-head myself when it comes to R&B. However, I think The Dream breaks-out of the typical mold. He seems to bend music in a very original direction, with clear influences of Prince and even Ready for the World....interested in seeing what he does next.

 

You forgot Teddy P., DeBarge, Surface, Shalamar, The Whispers, The Deele (w/Babyface), Rockwell, Willie Hutch and a list of others I can't think of right now.

 

+1:smt028

 

Man, yall just had to get me on that new jack swing tip. Here's an old skool classic for you old R&B heads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGFbnWVFg8

 

The Dream writes his best material for female singers IMO. And as a performer you kind of look at him and its hard to take him seriously. Dreeses like an 80s bboy.

 

G-wine was like a female version of Alliyah...he just couldn't get that big mainstream break like Usher and Kellz got.By that 4th album, the Sr., came around...knucklehead was borrowing Kellz 's old shit(Hell Yeah) and too many people on his album.

 

I used to love it too. Now that I am reminded of it I downloaded it for my ipod. On another board I visit this song was one of the top songs that people mentioned for songs they like to do it to. :smt042

 

Perhaps that's valid. However, his own albums show a great deal of creativity and thinking 'outside-the-box'. I dig it.

I take him serious enough. Although I don't dress like him, I like dudes swag.

 

I loves me some New Jack Swing.

 

I got his album "A man's thoughts" including Last chance. I've always liked his music better than Ushers and couldnt' wait for a new album and here it is.I love it