Do ya'll brehs agree with this Mt Rushmore of R&B singers?

[The_Truth]

You're right but he fundamentally an R&B artist. All of his albums have 100% R&B singles.. multiple R&B singles. He's won award as an R&B artist.

Naw. MJ is more Pop than anything else.

 

[kevin arnold]

Take off Chris brown and put Anthony Hamilton or Maxwell and I’m cool with it

 

[Braman]

Shout out to Kells he’s the only no brainer. He’s the king

Bc Michael Jackson is pop. ’King of pop’ is too heavy a title to have him here also

Chris brown hell no.

Usher has a bad discography post-Confessions but his pre-Confessions JD work makes him certified

My choices would be:

R. Kelly ….Usher….Luther ….Stevie Wonder

No one else yall are naming were popular enough for long enough and across multiple generations. Luther just got sampled and introduced to a whole new demographic. Stevie—-partly bc he was blind ——achieved iconic fame. Plus the possible greatest R&b album. Fame that Ron Isley, Al green, etc didn’t. Fame matters when talking Mt Rushmore

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Replace Chris Brown with Stevie. I agree with the rest

 

[Braman]

Musiq Soulchild

Charlie Wilson?

put Anthony Hamilton or Maxwell and I’m cool with it

Do y'all nikkas not see that's Maxwell, not Chris Brown ?

Might as well get some white boys at Complex to do it yall tweakin

 

[Buddy]

Might as well get some white boys at Complex to do it yall tweakin

Or maybe the metrics count cause what white boy, let alone at Complex is picking Musiq Soulchild?


Mike was THE performer but had zero ballads. I went off of singing ability (ballads)

 

[Braman]

Or maybe the metrics count cause what white boy, let alone at Complex is picking Musiq Soulchild?


Mike was THE performer but had zero ballads. I went off of singing ability (ballads)

Cmon bruh lol The point of ‘mt Rushmore’ is not just talent or your personal favorite it’s success, impact, fame, etc in addition to talent.

 

[Buddy]

Cmon bruh lol The point of ‘mt Rushmore’ is not just talent or your personal favorite it’s success, impact, fame, etc in addition to talent.

I JUST TOLD YOU what my metrics were when i made that post hell, i said it IN the post before I even started

And I updated after the fact

 

[IIVI]

MJ to me is R&B and Pop.

R&B means different things as well. We talking 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s? All are different.

I’d say MJ belongs there.

 

[Hathaway]

I'm not mad at this photo.
Me personally though, if we talking strictly the cats who built they're entire discography off of straight R&B, my picks would be

Luther
Marvin
Usher
R. Kelly

Nikkas like MJ transcended R&B. He really conquered multiple genres in his adult prime. Stevie too. He transcends R&B. He was experimenting and dominating multiple genres in his prime as well.

Vocally , none of em fukking with a prime Donny Hathaway though.

 

[up in here]

If R Kelly is still in your list in 2025 I'm thinking you like little girls too.

 

[010101]

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[Solo_87]

I'm not mad at this photo.
Me personally though, if we talking strictly the cats who built they're entire discography off of straight R&B, my picks would be

Luther
Marvin
Usher
R. Kelly

Nikkas like MJ transcended R&B. He really conquered multiple genres in his adult prime. Stevie too. He transcends R&B. He was experimenting and dominating multiple genres in his prime as well.

Vocally , none of em fukking with a prime Donny Hathaway though.

This Usher?

 

[Knicksman20]

Any list without Ollie Woodson from the Temptations isn't valid. Most singers can be copied but I've yet to hear ANYONE copy & do what Ollie could do. He's the baddest male singer to pick up a mic

This is him outta his prime

 

[King Poetic]

Michael J
R Kelly
Prince
stevie wonder