by stillmatic » Apr 5th, '11, 07:41
I did listen to Graffiti, and the only track that I thought was classic material from that was 'Famous girl', which hurt Rihanna more than any of his punches ever could. That's a song for the ages, it's like an R&B version of Em's shot at Mariah on "The Warning".
I do have Love Letter too, R.Kelly is a legend and an icon, I don't really include him when I talk about R&B because he's an old cat, he's one of the greatest musicians of all time. I meant the new generation. Breezy, R Kelly and Lyfe Jennings are the only R&B cats worth listening to. Those other motherfuckers like Trey Songz, Jason DeRulo, Taio Cruz, Usher are nothing more than trash.
Long gone are the days when R&B was incredible with the likes of Brian McKnight, BoyzIIMen, 112, Luther Vandross, Joe, K-Ci & JoJo etc. were running shit. Now it's just Breezy.
The New York Times - "Lloyd Banks may have stealthily become the most important rapper in New York".