We hate to say good-bye to Black Music Month, but we’re going out with a bang by rocking to our favorite collabos.
We don’t condone catfights, but it sure sounded good when these two R&B princesses released this melodic duke-out about who was the better woman for their two-timing man.
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What more can we say? In the disco era, boogying all night long was truly paradise, and The Emotions made it sound heavenly.
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It’s only right that behind every great woman there’s an even greater street soldier. Thug lovin’ isn’t our thing but we welcome any strong brother to protect and love a good woman.
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This club banger picked up where the running man left off and we could barely keep up with a jog let alone a full-blown run.
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Diddy joined the clan of rappers trying to do the sing-a-long rap, but we lived for the diminutive diva’s guttural outburst even though she claimed she had nothing to say.
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Timbaland’s infectious beats caught our ears and was the perfect backdrop to the ode to resilience, but Aaliyah’s lyrics made us want to dust ourselves off and try again.
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You couldn’t help but do the two-step to this horn-and-bass heavy jam that complemented Big Boi’s southern drawl and Sleepy Brown’s smooth, laid-back vocals so well.
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There’s a lot to be said about a brother who writes poetry for his woman, and Mos Def delivered on this soulful track amid Lady J’s robust vocals.
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This seductive anthem had the ladies sporting midriffs, peasant skirts and ankle bracelets. And any track bringing back the original microphone fiend was good for the soul.
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This love tryst made us want to curl up and get some popcorn to watch the melodic drama that ensued between Kelly, her two-timing hubby Kels and her protective uncle Mr. Biggs.
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What’s better than having one of R&B’s hottest crooners on a song? Having two of course, and we would gladly take the place of the woman Saadiq and D’Angelo are missing.
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Whether you took a belly-dancing class or not, when Tigger and Kels asked you to move your body like a reptile, you got to squirming to the best of your ability.
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Just because you don’t mess with broke guys doesn’t make you a gold digger, but the saying does make for a serious hit on the music charts. Foxx’s uncanny impersonation of Ray Charles definitely came in handy as West put the spotlight on money-hungry women.
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Mixing old school with new quickly solidified Brandy’s place in the spotlight, as she held her own with hip-hop three heavyweights on her first remix.
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Like any addict, we can appreciate how difficult it might be for a rolling stone to trash his player’s card, but the truth never sounded better with this bold confessional. Listen Now:
Usher’s smooth vocals mixed with Lil John’s “Yeeeeeaaaaaah” and Ludacris’s clever lyrics got the most tamed parties started.
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We believed in the infinite possibilities of finding a soul mate when the Queen of Hip Hop Soul went searching for hers.
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Bringing these soulful acts together was bound to happen, and Badu captured the sentiments of many ladies reassuring their men that their love is here to stay.
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Her heavenly voice and his crazy one-liners (“me and Mariah go back like babies and pacifiers!”) kept us on the dance floor.
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The ATL sweetheart debuted with a big bang as she declared her decision to keep her goodness under wraps. She has continued to share the spotlight with big-name artists from Ludacris to most recently Justin Timberlake.
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This triple threat packed a powerful punch over an unexpected Snoop Dogg sample. Dare we say it got the best of us….but we just kept on coming back incessantly.
This Yonkers-bred lyricist asked the tough questions while the silky soul singer did his best to help him figure it them all out.
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Hip hop reminded us of it’s insightful roots with this public service announcement over a dope beat, as Jada described the ills of today’s society and Hamilton joined in.
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The dancehall king and singing sensation got hips moving with this sexy summer anthem at the height of the reggaeton run.
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