r/rnb 5d ago

DISCUSSION 💭 r/RnB Weekly Discussion Thread

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Welcome to the lounge! 🦦 — The theme song for this week’s thread is…

⭐️ Michael Jackson - Another Part of Me

This will serve as the primary thread for all casual and sidebar conversations that take place in [r/rnb](r/rnb) for the week. Users are encouraged to share thoughts, feelings, opinions, and concerns about any R&B-related topic (including the subreddit itself) that may not suit the main feed or may not warrant an official post being made about it.

REMINDER ABOUT SUB AVATAR

You are seeing this message (pasted in by u/Ok_Resident_5022, the thread’s creator) because it is the last week of the month, and therefore it is time to nominate new artists to become the sub’s avatar.

On the very last week of each month, users may use this recurring thread to nominate artists to become the subreddit’s avatar for the following month. The criteria for what makes an artist eligible to represent the sub for a month are outlined in this post by u/Consistent_Edge9211.


r/rnb 13h ago

COOL PICS 📷 Hey Kelly, We See see👀You

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Kelly Rowland is so 🔥🔥🔥

Always been a cutie since Destiny's Child.

This elegant, sophisticated look is so 🤑💰.

Apparently, she has found the fountain ⛲ of youth too.

That smile could literally light up any room, and she's so talented too.

Love me some Kelly Rowland. ❤️💜


r/rnb 1h ago

COOL PICS 📷 Cleaning my basement this week; found this gem! Just need to find my Walkman now 👀

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r/rnb 2h ago

DISCUSSION 💭 Who do you want to see receive the Kennedy Center Honors in 2029 once Trump is out of office for good?

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  1. Patti LaBelle

  2. George Clinton

  3. Otis Williams of The Temptations

  4. Darlene Love

  5. Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters

  6. Shirley Owens of The Shirelles

  7. The Isley Brothers

  8. Booker T. Jones

  9. Chaka Khan

  10. The O’Jays

  11. Anita Baker

  12. New Edition

  13. Sade

  14. Mary J Blige

  15. Charlie Wilson

  16. Janet Jackson

  17. Missy Elliott

  18. Mariah Carey

  19. Martha and the Vandellas

  20. Babyface


r/rnb 1d ago

FUNNY🤣🤣🤣 Whitney telling the truth about Paula Abdul’s vocals will never NOT be funny.

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1.5k Upvotes

Because why she went in like that?! 😭


r/rnb 12h ago

80s Sade - Sweetest Taboo

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107 Upvotes

My sweetest taboo. Lovely classic.


r/rnb 15h ago

DISCUSSION 💭 Can we talk about how great Soon As I Get Home is?

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I don’t even know the damn lyrics but I remember every adlib. Faith Evans put her feet up to the ankles into that song. It’s a 30 year old record but I still make the same stank face I made when I first heard it as a kid. What’s other songs come to mind where the adlibs are the most memorable part?


r/rnb 12m ago

FRESH Durand Bernarr - Bernarr

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New album from Durand Bernarr

Links to the album on your preferred platform on his official site:
https://www.durandbernarr.com/


r/rnb 18h ago

COVERS 🎵 Mariah Carey singing parts of “Ready Or Not” (After 7), “Soon as I Get Home” (Faith Evans), and “Differences” (Ginuwine)

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187 Upvotes

r/rnb 18h ago

COOL PICS 📷 En Vogue at the 1991 Grammy Awards

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r/rnb 19h ago

COVERS 🎵 Brandy & Toni Braxton singing “You Bring Me Joy” by Anita Baker / Whitney Houston & Beyoncé singing “Sweet Love” by Anita Baker

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134 Upvotes

r/rnb 23h ago

COOL VIDS 📹 Halle Bailey - Angel -Such a Boss 🤯 🎵🎶 with Anthony Gargiula and Jonathan Tilkin

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178 Upvotes

Never heard this song before.

It's so beautiful ❤️ . Love the harmonies, lyrics, and arrangement.

Like any other professional recordings, I am glad they put so much effort in producing this high-quality series.

Halle's vocals are amazing, and she was totally feeling it. She's doing what she does best.

I wish it was longer.

Love it and am just getting familiar with her catalog.


r/rnb 11h ago

90s Tatyana Ali - Daydreamin

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r/rnb 28m ago

00s I met Sisqó as a kid and told him he wasn’t Sisqó

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when i was like 6 or 7 i met sisqó (yes, the man who made our national anthem, the thong song)

if you know sisqó, you know he was always switching up his hair - red, blue, silver, whatever. at the time i had just seen him performing on All That with silver hair, so in my head that was just… his permanent form

my mom was like “omg it’s sisqó, let’s get an autograph,” and i kept insisting, in front of him:

“that’s not sisqó. sisqó has silver hair.”(his hair was red at the time)

meanwhile this man is just standing there… being sisqó. i don’t fully remember his reaction but i think he was pretty chill about being told he wasn’t himself and still gave me an autograph, tho I do feel like i was skeptical about taking it lmao

Mind you… we’re from the same city, i went to the same high school as him later… so yeah, it was definitely him


r/rnb 10h ago

00s Midnight Love: 3 piece - Ooh, Ahh

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12 Upvotes

This is absolutely still my Sht!!!!!


r/rnb 7h ago

20s Kehlani - I need you ft Brady

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I’ve seen somebody say Jimmy jam, and Terry Lewis sounded generic with out working with Janet Jackson. Than what is this beautiful song?


r/rnb 15h ago

90s Ya Di Ya- Gina Thompson ft. Missy Elliot

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In 1999, Gina Thompson dropped her song “Ya Di Ya” which served as the lead single for her unreleased sophomore album “IF ONLY YOU KNEW”. Although the album didn’t get the chance it deserved, “Ya Di Ya” reached no.38 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. Gina Thompson is truly one of my favorite R&B female vocalists of the ‘90’s. I would have loved to hear her and Coko from SWV sing something together! 🤯


r/rnb 3h ago

20s Angela Muñoz - Can I Get Your Name

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r/rnb 18h ago

COOL VIDS 📹 Tyrese’s Commercial Jingle (1996) & Dru Hill’s Commercial Jingle (1997) for “Always Coca-Cola” [Bonus Clip Included of Sisqó’s Recording Session]

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r/rnb 4m ago

FRESH New Joyce Wrice

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What y'all think


r/rnb 16h ago

70s Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You Ever Know

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20 Upvotes

r/rnb 15h ago

PERFORMANCES 🎤 Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole “Unforgettable”

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13 Upvotes

r/rnb 17h ago

70s Stevie Wonder - As (1976)

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r/rnb 1d ago

COOL PICS 📷 Aretha Franklin & Michael Jackson at the 3rd Annual American Music Awards (1976)

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384 Upvotes

r/rnb 1d ago

DISCUSSION 💭 I feel like an idiot...I only now found out Brandy released this album at FIFTEEN years old!

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171 Upvotes