favorite soul artist (modern)

[Nusk]

did rock so lets do soul

keep it post 70s

Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Sharon Jones
Queen Latifa
maxwell

[Drem]

Jamie Lidell's soul album really surprised me
Bobby Womack
Terry Callieri
Dwele

[Tossica]

Erykah Badu

[Evermore]

Erykah Badu

ya and i like Sade too

[Tossica]

Erykah Badu

ya and i like Sade too

Mmmm Sade. She's one of my favorite artists period.

[Jay]

Does Alicia count?

[Tikker]

how exactly are you defining "soul" ?

[Nusk]

pretty much everything from Beegees to Isaac Hayes

[Tikker]

pretty much everything from Beegees to Isaac Hayes

uh, really?

so like R&B plus gospel?

[Nusk]

isaac hayes is pure soul and the bar kays are the 2nd best soul back up band after booker t and the mgs

heck even Justin Timberlake counts

[Gypsiyee]

based on the music you're allowing in this category, jill scott fo sho

[Nusk]

soul is really hard to define

the lines between r&b and soul are not clear like they are between pop and heavy metal. many artists could be considered both.

gospel is just soul about jesus

[Evermore]

based on the music you're allowing in this category, jill scott fo sho

Home Town Girl! I love her music.

[Drem]

i've only ever heard her on hip hop tracks. are her solo albums good? (jill scott)

[Tikker]

only jill scott i've ever heard was that wicked mashup with Moby and Blue Man group

[Gypsiyee]

her solo music is a lot different than her hip hop tracks. I love it when I'm in the mood for that sort of music, but if you go into it expecting it to be along the same lines of her hip hop tracks you'd probably be disappointed. her soul tracks are a much better showcase of the power behind her voice I think - it's really good chill music.

(ps, this is why I love jango - anytime I have curiosity about a performer I go there and search a song of theirs and listen. ah, internet radio. how I love you.)

[Evermore]

Hmm i am gunna throw Rose Royce in this they are from the 70's but they put on a song called Wishing on a Star that has been redone a few times. Personally I like Beyonce's version of this the best. this song really shows how talented the singers that perform it are. imo.


sides it's a good song to play when getting intimate!

[Kramer]

Sade
Lauryn Hill (even her "wacko" live recording comeback)
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston - Pre-crack whore Bobby Brown
Bryan McKnight - great singer and apparently guitarist also
Boyz II Men was pretty impressive in my book

[Tikker]

Soul has just gotten too broad for me I guess

Soul to me is stuff like Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, etc

[araby]

Sam Cooke>all

he's not necessarily modern though, and if Ray Lamontagne counts as soul, he gets my vote for modern.