RnB Soul 80s-90s

RnB SOUL 80s-90s

∙  1980  ∙  Stomp! (The Brothers Johnson)  ∙  Sexy eyes (Dr. Hook & the Medecine Show)  ∙  Mestizo (Joe Bataan)  ∙  Fantastic voyage (Lakeside)  ∙  The groove (Rodney Franklin)  ∙  Love T.K.O. (Teddy Pendergrass)  ∙  Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) (Tom Browne)  ∙  Never give it up (Al Jarreau)  ∙  1981  ∙  She's a bad Mama Jama (Carl Carlton)  ∙  You might need somebody (Randy Crawford)  ∙  Never too much (Luther Vandross)  ∙  Use my body (Mavis John)  ∙  Just the two of us (Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers)  ∙  Sitting in limbo (The Neville Brothers, ver. 1991)  ∙  Get down on it (Kool & the Gang)  ∙

∙  1982  ∙  Buttercup (Carl Anderson)  ∙  Looking up to you (Michael Wycoff)  ∙  Forget me nots (Patrice Rushen)  ∙  Sexual healing (Marvin Gaye)  ∙  Last night a DJ saved my life (Indeep)  ∙  1983  ∙  Get down Saturday night (Oliver Cheatham)  ∙  All night long (All Night) (Lionel Richie)  ∙  Tin pan alley (blues revival) (Stevie Ray Vaughan)  ∙  Ain't nobody (Rufus & Chaka Kan)  ∙  It's raining men (The Weather Girls)  ∙  1984  ∙  Ghosttbusters (Ray Parker Jr)  ∙

∙ 1985  ∙  Nightshift (The Commodores)  ∙  Slave to the rythm (Grace Jones)  ∙  Walking on the Chinese wall (Philip Bailey)  ∙  We don’t need another hero (Tina Turner)  ∙  The rythm of the night (Debarge)  ∙  Object of my desire (Starpoint)  ∙  1986  ∙  Shake you down (Gregory Abbott)  ∙  Control (Janet Jackson)  ∙  1987  ∙  Sign your name (Terence Trent D'Arby)  ∙  I wanna dance with somebody (Whitney Houston)  ∙  Better days (Dianne Reeves)  ∙  Criticize (Alexander O'Neal)  ∙  1988  ∙  Teardrops (Womack & Womack)  ∙  Talkin' bout a revolution (Tracy Chapman) ∙

∙  1990  ∙  Hold on (En vogue)  ∙  1991  ∙  All true man (Alexander O'Neal)  ∙  1993  ∙  End of the rooad (Boyz II men)  ∙  Hey Mr DJ (Zhané)  ∙  That’s the way love goes (Janet Jackson)  ∙  1994  ∙  100% pure love (Crystal Waters)  ∙  Creep / Waterfalls (TLC)  ∙  1995  ∙  Shy Guy (Diana King)  ∙  Brown sugar (D'Angelo)  ∙  One sweet day (Boyz II Men with Mariah Carey)  ∙  This is how we do it (Montell Jordan)  ∙  1996  ∙  Un-break my heart  (Toni Braxton)  ∙  Hey brother (Sharon Jones ft Charles Bradley)  ∙  You can do it (Baby) (Nuyorican Soul)  ∙  No diggity (Blackstreet ft Dr Dre & Queen Pen)  ∙  Nobody knows (Tony Rich)  ∙  1997  ∙  On & on (Erykah Badu)  ∙  Gone till November (Wyclef Jean)  ∙  What about us? (Total)  ∙  1998  ∙  Heartbreak hotel (Whitney Houston)  ∙  The boy is mine (Brandy & Monica)  1999  ∙  It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing (Dr. John)  ∙  I try (Macy Gray)  ∙  Say my name (Destiny's Child)  ∙

RnB RAP / HIP HOP

As of 1980, hip hop became a subsegment of the RnB Soul scene (cf. page 'American rap').

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