damnm too many to post, but I will gladly contribute more later on today.
I mess with r&b heavy ( always been a old soul at heart). To think about it, I listen it more than I do rap these days. Too many gems in the songs.
Just to name a few I didn't see yet
The lyrics speak for itself. r&b need al as rock and roll needed elvis.
wrote for a lot of artist in the 80's chaka, new edition, freddy jackson. A master of mood music
CAnt say enough about the ivory queen. she put everything in her music.
Top 5 dead or alive. vocal range, pitch, dynamic are unbelievable