![]() ![]() ![]() It was her understated confidence in her physical and musical style that drew us in and kept us there. It wasnt just her soft music style that found a home somewhere between a pacifying jazzy tune with Hip-Hop bones. Granted, she does belong in her own genre, but when her debut album Baduizm dropped in 1997, she changed music forever. Badu is the mother of Neo-Soul is weird, but appropriate. – Brandon Michael Dunlap The Mamas and the Papas Erykah Badu.To say that Ms. His silky melodic tone melted atop of notes like butter on songs like Trouble Man, ∽istant Lover and Mercy, Mercy Me (The Eulogy). The turbulent ’70s saw the post-Tammi Terrell period in Gayes career, imparting beautiful and socially impacting staples such as Whats Going On, and Lets Get It On, which remain untouchable. – Brandon Michael Dunlap Marvin Gaye.The late Marvin Gaye is rightfully the granddad of modern-day Neo-Soul, redefining the genre since the days of Motown. Songs like I Put a Spell On You and ∽ont Let Me Be Misunderstood, never needed intense runs and riffs to provoke. Simone couldve cared less if she hit proper tunes or octaves, with her vocal tone, which oozed unadulterated soul. Every note she sang imitated southern fried perfection. The grandma of the genre treated each song like home cooking. Nanna and Grand-Daddy Nina Simone.Nina Simone is more of a platform for soul music than an inspirational ancestor for Neo-Soul. As a true testament to the past, present, and future, the AllHipHop Alternatives staff revisits some of the survivors on the Neo-Soul family tree (Cody ChestnuTT, we still love you). Even Hip-Hop hopped on the Neo-Soul bus with albums like The Roots Phrenology and Commons Electric Circus. Neo-Soul raised the bar, and with it came artists that made their marks in music history. Many multifaceted talents were being shuffled into the mix, despite their new wave infusions of rock and funk elements previously shunned once the MPC came aknockin. Kedar Massenburg of Motown coined the term at a time when the delineation between watery Pop-R&B and real live Soul became foggy. ![]() Where for arte thou, Neo-Soul? With all due respect to R&B/Souls subgenre, Neo-Soul never really left, but became an acceptable addition to the R&B family (sans title). ![]()
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