I’m really blessed that I got to grow up listening to.
D’Angelo
Erykah Badu
Anthony Hamilton
Jill Scott
Dwele
Raphael Saadiq
Floetry
the Roots
Rashaan Patterson
Lauryn Hill
India Arie
Angie Stone
Musiq Soulchild
Bilal
Raheem Devaughn
Vivian Green
Kindred Fam Soul
Mint Condition
A Small List (!!!) of Albums Quincy Jones Produced:
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Michael Jackson - Bad
George Benson - Give Me the Night
Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One
Aretha Franklin - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Lesley Gore - It's My Party
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi
Count Basie - This Time By Basie!
Donna Summer - Donna Summer
Brothers Johnson - Look Out for #1
Brothers Johnson - Right on Time
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan
James Ingram - It's Your Night
Sarah Vaughan - Vaughan with Voices
Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away
Dizzy Gillespie - The Quintet
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Masterjam
Milt Jackson - The Quincy Jones Years
Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
Lena Horne - Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Hubert Laws - Morning Star
Louis Armstrong - I’ve Got the World on a String
Frank Sinatra - L.A. Is My Lady
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Quintessence
Count Basie & Duke Ellington - First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
The Brothers Johnson - Blam!
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus
Etta James - Stickin' to My Guns
Nancy Wilson - How Glad I Am
Marvin Gaye - In the Beginning
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hollywood
Charles Brown - The Blues in My Heart, The Rhythm in My Soul
Louis Jordan - Somebody Up There Digs Me
Sarah Vaughan - You're Mine You
Oscar Peterson - With Respect to Nat
Harry Arnold - Quincy: A Musical Celebration of Quincy Jones
Toots Thielemans - The Soul of Toots Thielemans
Brothers Johnson - Winners
Frank Sinatra - It Might as Well Be Swing (with Count Basie)
Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
The nerve and audacity of YouTube thinking I will watch an ad at the END of a video I have already watched in its entirety (even if I end up actually accidentally doing it sometimes). The NERVE!
.....and audacity
I hate to be that person that starts calling people stupid, but seeing the things some people say on social media, especially on this app, starts to get mind-numbing after a while. Then seeing threads of people agreeing got me like, "Am I going crazy?" cuz ain't no way 💀
I'm happy with how 2023 went overall. Trying to take it upon myself to make every year something to look back upon positively, no matter what else is going on.
@ITSDJFLOW@Cheamane The original post is talking about an "undisputed classic". A general consensus. You're speaking on personal opinion. There's a difference between your favorite album from an artist and what's accepted as a classic. Some say FHD is a classic. Others say Cole has no classics.
@ITSDJFLOW@Cheamane FHD, while arguable as Cole's best work, is not a classic album outside of himself. It's the album you think of at the top of the list when you think about J. Cole, but it's not a classic that you think about when discussing classic rap albums in general.