R&B heads, what are your thoughts on Joe?

[Street Knowledge]

Another entry in my R&B series where I ask the heads of this sub their thoughts on certain figures in the genres history. Today it will be Joe

Joe (singer) - Wikipedia

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1.)Do you consider Joe to be a legend?
2.)Does he have a classic album?
3.)Where does he rank in his generation?
4.)How big was he at his peak?

 

[Big Boss]

Him vs Ginuwine would be a good Verzuz

 

[Street Knowledge]

 

[DeuceZ]

Was listening to some RnB today, Joe got some I was a teen when RnB was popping so haven't listened to a whole album. Just realized he wrote Missing You by Case

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Him vs Ginuwine would be a good Verzuz

G will eat that man food

 

[Mac Ten]

Joe is the stark example of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…

U can play any Joe album based on your mood. Dude didn’t have to sellout to pop. He stuck to his guns.


U never really heard any trouble from Joe plus God rewarded him with that G-Unit connection because of the royalties alone.

 

[lowkey0z]

i fukk wit his artistry

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Joe is one of the greats. The crazy thing about Joe is that in my opinion, his most unknown album(debut) is his best work. He had a lead single with "i'm in love" that was decent and got a lot of play on BET. The problem with Mercury, being the shytty label that they are, weren't releasing the best songs as singles. An "all or nothing" remix was saved the album and it was 10x better than the original, which wasn't bad btw. But songs like:

it's alright
get a little closer
I can do it right

were stuck on the album and the singles weren't pushing people to buy the album!!! My mom bought the album when I was in high school off the strength of the lead single and I played it more than she did. Joe's\Intro\ H Town\Toni Braxton debuts and 2nd albums from R Kelly/Jodeci/ Mint Condition were my favorite r&b albums of 93. And yes I still own physical copies of all these. Joe is definitely a legend