R&B Heads, what are your thoughts on Donell Jones?

[Street Knowledge]

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1.)Do you consider him to be a legend? Where did he rank among R&B artists of his era?

2.)Do you think he has a classic album? Do you consider where I wanna be to be a classic?

 

[lowkey0z]

donell is that nikka - legend? i wouldn't say all that

that being said, yes, where i wanna be is a fukking classic - my heart got some joints on there too

 

[Jigganaut]

Where i wanna be is one of my favorite albums of all-time any genre.

 

[TheMailMan]

Where i wanna be is a classic

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

where I wanna be is classic, my heart and journey of a Gemini are also very good B+ albums


Even with the success of where I wanna be, seems like dude just didn’t have “it” in regards to being a star, so I think that held him back because the quality and talent were there.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

‘Have you seen her’ is my one.

Makes me wish I was back in ‘98 with a kangol on in a jeep

 

[Flexington]

Good songs, not a great singer

 

[Roid Jones]

Very underrated

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Didn’t he have a battle with alcoholism or something? Should’ve stuck with Tim & Bob for his third album instead of Mike City. Folks of a particular age will forever hold “Where I Wanna Be” close and in high regard. Should’ve been bigger. Underrated ghostwriter too. Think he did some stuff on My Way and the first two JE albums. Wild that LaFace had him and Tony Rich in their writing room.

 

[Fred G. Sanford]

He is not in the A list of the Rnb guys but I put him in the B list group with Avant,Jahiem, musiq tier


He wrote this for jacquees and is fire

 

[Primetime21]

of the late 90s/early 00's class of guys like Ginuwine, Avant, Jaheim, Musiq, Case, Carl Thomas, I've probably got Donnell Jones ranked higher than most He has a good body of work