Top 5 Tracks R&B Edition-Day 6

Today's nominee is quite possibly the single defining, powerful voice of the past 20 years, and without a doubt in my mind, she is the most important female of the genre during this time period. Today's nomineee is Mary J Blige.

I don't know about the most powerful voice in the past 20 but she is one of the best and most popular.

Let's see:

Real Love
Sweet Thing
Be Happy
My Life
Not Gon Cry

Not a fan of Mary J really. To me she hit her peak at Share My World and everything after that was just whatever.

TicNitty706 wrote:

I don't know about the most powerful voice in the past 20 but she is one of the best and most popular.

Let's see:

Real Love
Sweet Thing
Be Happy
My Life
Not Gon Cry

Not a fan of Mary J really. To me she hit her peak at Share My World and everything after that was just whatever.

When i say powerful, i meant just the impact, the presence, and importance. I wasn't speaking on how powerful her voice is. There have been quite a few ladies who have bigger voices and are considered better singers.

T. Myers wrote:

TicNitty706 wrote:

I don't know about the most powerful voice in the past 20 but she is one of the best and most popular.

Let's see:

Real Love
Sweet Thing
Be Happy
My Life
Not Gon Cry

Not a fan of Mary J really. To me she hit her peak at Share My World and everything after that was just whatever.

When i say powerful, i meant just the impact, the presence, and importance. I wasn't speaking on how powerful her voice is. There have been quite a few ladies who have bigger voices and are considered better singers.

Oh okay. Yeah when most think of r&b period Mary J is who come's to mind. To a degree Mary J may be a poster child for the decline of more traditional r&b or soul. I know she may wasn't the 1st to mix r&b and rap production but she sure took it to another level.

Damn this one is going to be very tough because for this lady I've got a top 100....HUGE fan of MJB and your right Terry, she is the ONE when it comes to female r&b singers of this generation.....she is our Diana Ross, Chaka Khan or Aretha Franklin...Mary is it man...

hmmm her top five??

in no particular order:

I'm The Only Woman
Love No Limit
You Remind Me
Get To Know You Better
All That I Can Say


*Sincerity
*You Don't Have To Worry
*Can't Get You Off My Mind
*I'm In Love
*My Love (remix)


this lady has had so many bangers, that this top 5 was extremely tough....I'm leaving about 100 songs I feel like deserved to be listed....

I co-sign Terry and Powell's thoughts on MJB. Of all female R&B artists of the last 20 years, only Mariah Carey can rival her. Mariah has a better voice and I love her too, but Mary's songs soothe my soul like no other.

Real Love (original and remix)
I Love You (original and remix)
Reminisce (original and remix)
Family Affair
Everyday It Rains
*I'm Going Down
*No More Drama
*Love Is All We Need
*Be Happy
*You Don't Have To Worry (good call Powell)
*You Bring Me Joy
*I Love You (remix)
*You Remind Me
*Sweet Thing
*Love No Limit
*Not Gon' Cry

I know what Powell was saying, I listed 15 songs and even that was hard. Mary is easily my favorite female R&B singer of all time, and like my 3rd favorite R&B singer overall.

Jill Scott>>>>>>>>>>>>Mary J.

In my book.

TicNitty706 wrote:

Jill Scott>>>>>>>>>>>>Mary J.

In my book.

Hell Nah not even close, but opinions are like assholes everybody's got them.

Kj, how gonna list all them songs and still omit Not Gon Cry? Not Gon' Cry>>>>>>>>>>>>

T. Myers wrote:

Kj, how gonna list all them songs and still omit Not Gon Cry? Not Gon' Cry>>>>>>>>>>>>

LOL, I knew I was missing something. I like Not Gon' Cry a lot. It wouldn't make my Top 5 but maybe my Top 10-15 perhaps. I'll add it to my list.

Mary has so many great songs though that even making a Top 20 for her is hard.

Obviously no disrespect to one of the greatest R&B artists period, but I cannot produce a list, for I am a sexist ass piece of shit and I don't listen to any female artists. Sorry. If I can't sing along, I'm not bumpin it.

Damn it mayne...when I saw that shit...I busted out laughing so hard it blew my weed off the table...fuck...it was still funny, tho, lol.

Jill Scott doesn't want to see Mary...she has some nice music though

I will try to limit my list but we'll see what happens...


Love No Limit
You Remind Me (Original & Remix)
Real Love (Original & Remix)
Reminisce (Original & Remix)
Be Happy (Original & Remix)
I Never Wanna Live Without You
Mary's Joint
Changes I've Been Going Through
Everyday It Rains
You Don't Have To Worry
Seven Days
Not Gon' Cry
My Life
Sincerity
Beautiful (Stella's Got Her Groove Back soundtrack)
*No More Drama
*Be With You
*I'm The Only Woman
*My Love
*I Love You (Original & Remix)
*Mary Jane
*All That I Can Say
*The Love I Never Had
*I Don't Want To Do Anything
*Sweet Thing

There's more but i will stop here......

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Hahahaha, I was trying to think of any MJB song that I know besides All I Need w/ Meth, and I could only think of Real Love.

Sorry to hear about your dank Wanduras, hope you were able to salvage most of it.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

is this more your speed Pedro???


I'm fuckin with Mary J on some grown man shit my dude....if the justin doesn't work for you with the chicks you should begin to see what's good with Mary....it might change your life maaayne!

Highsmith wrote:

Jill Scott doesn't want to see Mary...she has some nice music though

I will try to limit my list but we'll see what happens...


Love No Limit
You Remind Me (Original & Remix)
Real Love (Original & Remix)
Reminisce (Original & Remix)
Be Happy (Original & Remix)
I Never Wanna Live Without You
Mary's Joint
Changes I've Been Going Through
Everyday It Rains
You Don't Have To Worry
Seven Days
Not Gon' Cry
My Life
Sincerity
Beautiful (Stella's Got Her Groove Back soundtrack)
*No More Drama
*Be With You
*I'm The Only Woman
*My Love
*I Love You (Original & Remix)
*Mary Jane
*All That I Can Say
*The Love I Never Had
*I Don't Want To Do Anything
*Sweet Thing

There's more but i will stop here......

Nice list Highsmith!

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Hahahaha, I was trying to think of any MJB song that I know besides All I Need w/ Meth, and I could only think of Real Love.

Sorry to hear about your dank Wanduras, hope you were able to salvage most of it.

Lol...yeah man, its all good. Smokin a little dog hair never hurt anyone (I hope).

And Syrup, I may not be an MJB fan but you can't hate on R&B in general man. It's like Hip Hop's cool cousin thats more of a ladies man than a thug but they both still cool cuz they both like bitches. Or at least thats how I see it, lol.

Real Love
I'm Going Down
Sweet Thing
Deep Inside
You Remind Me

Just off top of the dome. She has way more songs than that for me.

Wanduras wrote:

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Hahahaha, I was trying to think of any MJB song that I know besides All I Need w/ Meth, and I could only think of Real Love.

Sorry to hear about your dank Wanduras, hope you were able to salvage most of it.

Lol...yeah man, its all good. Smokin a little dog hair never hurt anyone (I hope).

And Syrup, I may not be an MJB fan but you can't hate on R&B in general man. It's like Hip Hop's cool cousin thats more of a ladies man than a thug but they both still cool cuz they both like bitches. Or at least thats how I see it, lol.

Nah, I mess with some R&B too man, but it's just that for a whole bunch of so-called "hip-hop heads" all these dudes sure seem to be getting a lot more excited about Mary J Blige than they ever get excited about listing their top 5 from any rapper... that's all I'm saying...

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

Wanduras wrote:

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Hahahaha, I was trying to think of any MJB song that I know besides All I Need w/ Meth, and I could only think of Real Love.

Sorry to hear about your dank Wanduras, hope you were able to salvage most of it.

Lol...yeah man, its all good. Smokin a little dog hair never hurt anyone (I hope).

And Syrup, I may not be an MJB fan but you can't hate on R&B in general man. It's like Hip Hop's cool cousin thats more of a ladies man than a thug but they both still cool cuz they both like bitches. Or at least thats how I see it, lol.

Nah, I mess with some R&B too man, but it's just that for a whole bunch of so-called "hip-hop heads" all these dudes sure seem to be getting a lot more excited about Mary J Blige than they ever get excited about listing their top 5 from any rapper... that's all I'm saying...

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

smh... thought you guys were supposed to be hip-hop heads...lmao... gushing about Mary J like a bunch of scorned bitches...

Eat a fat dick! I bet you'd drop a ton of Menudo or Salina tracks if they were ever mentioned in a thread.

Not Gon' Cry (easy favorite)
Real Love
My Life

Not really a fan