Our picks for R&B Album of 2002:
1) Don't Give Up on Me by Solomon Burke
2) Under Construction by Missy Elliott
3) Power in Numbers by Jurassic 5
4) The Eminem Show by Eminem
5) Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious
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Don't Give Up on Me
Of all the great male '60s soul singers--a short list that includes Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, and James Brown--only Solomon Burke still actively records. More amazing, he's produced his best full-length ...
Under Construction
Power in Numbers
The Eminem Show
Blazing Arrow
Article comments
1 - apps
tsk tsk tsk....
Hip Hop is NOT R&B
Just because they're black (with the one notable exception) doesn't mean it's R&B. Oh well, at least you didn't call it "Urban"
hip hop is a wonderfull musical artform, it deserves to be called what it is.
say it with me.... "hip hop"
2 - Greg Greene
Ditto what apps said — you ought to consider breaking hip-hop into a separate category next time. Lumping it in with R&B — not that you intended that, but it happened anyway — does neither genre any favors.
Great work otherwise.