Philosophical R&B and Soul Songs

[2CT]

seems like nowadays most R&B is full of oversexualized themes of fukking, relationships, love, etc so i thought it'd be cool to compile a list of philosophical/introspective joints

post your fave R&B joints that speak on reality, existence, time passing, knowledge or staying calm in the presence of troubles and annoyances and shyt like that




this the song that kinda inspired this thread and one of the first few Janelle tracks i heard



first time i ever heard Teddy switch it off of the simp shyt he was doing good song



made a thread about this a few weeks ago and it's still in rotation classic



deepest JT song he's done and Timbo laced the beat



Brandy got introspective on this one and it's wavy as fukk so i had to add it

 

[Remote]

Cheesy as it is, the lyrics are on point.

 

[MumbleSwordZ]

 

[Worthless Loser]

 

[Remote]

Bill Withers is one of the greatest voices I ever heard.

 

[2CT]

damn i forgot about Sade and she's the queen of this type of shyt

 

[keond]

Child is born with a heart of gold
Way of the world makes his heart so cold

 

[I love Latina women]

I got 1 for you




5 star thread @Nigmund Freud

 

[IronFist]

always took the baby crying and being born at the end of this song as being a double meaning. I still feel Curtis was ahead of his time.

 

[Dave24]

 

[2CT]

 

[2CT]

always took the baby crying and being born at the end of this song as being a double meaning. I still feel Curtis was ahead of his time.

I got 1 for you




5 star thread @Nigmund Freud

these are both extremely dope but its kinda sad how we gotta go back 20-30 years just to find examples

R&B is dead

 

[Colicat]

If you knew how trapped his mind was, you will understand how truly magnificent this song is...

 

[Yehuda]

 

[R-Typ3]