J Dilla fans claiming he’d never work with a rapper like Glorilla clearly never listened to any J Dilla besides his beats.
That man is from the city of Detroit.
There’s a group of men I’ve always believed to follow this spiritual science and you can hear it in their music.
Jimi Hendrix, Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson, Roy Ayers, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Michael Jackson, J Dilla, and D’Angelo.
Nearly all of them have passed away.
Bun B said Pimp C found out that D’Angelo was making his music with the same equipment Pimp used to make his and Pimp said “okay I need to read that manual” lmao.
I don’t know bro so I don’t want to be analytical but Yachty not liking the “live sound” of Just Blaze’s beats while making an album influenced by psychedelic rock music sure does align with him thinking people from SoHo dress better than people from the Bronx.
Neo-Soul is an outdated term to market R&B to white people, but if we’re going by it, these albums should be included but never are.
1993- Me’Shell NdegéOcello, Plantation Lullabies
1994- Joi, The Pendulum Vibe
1995- Groove Theory, self titled
1995 — D’Angelo, Brown Sugar
1996 — Maxwell, Urban Hang Suite
1997 — Erykah Badu, Baduizm
1998 — Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Four years. Four timeless albums.
Neo Soul wasn’t just a genre — it was a revolution.
As far as women:
Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane, Roberta Flack, Syreeta Wright, Chaka Khan, Lauryn Hill, Amel Larrieux, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Beyoncé.
I know I’m forgetting a lot. Forgive me.
There’s a group of men I’ve always believed to follow this spiritual science and you can hear it in their music.
Jimi Hendrix, Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson, Roy Ayers, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Michael Jackson, J Dilla, and D’Angelo.
Nearly all of them have passed away.