HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 498 torrent

PART 498



MARY J BLIGE - Family Affair (2001)




"Family Affair" is a 2001 hit song for Mary J. Blige, produced by Dr. Dre. It was taken from her fifth album, "No More Drama". The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks from November 3, 2001. It was Blige's first Hot 100 number-one single. In 2008, for Billboard magazine's 50th Anniversary, "Family Affair" was listed as the 79th-biggest single on the The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. while at the end of 2009 was named the 12th most successful song from 2000 to 2009, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. Rolling Stone ranked it number ninety-five on their list of 100 Best Songs of the 2000s decade.






CONTEMPORARY R&B (2000 – 2009)

By the 2000s, the cross-pollination between R&B and hip hop had increased to the point where, in most cases, the only prominent difference between a record being a hip hop record or an R&B record is whether its vocals are rapped or sung. Mainstream modern R&B has a sound more based on rhythm than hip hop soul had, and lacks the hardcore and soulful urban “grinding” feel on which hip-hop soul relied. That rhythmic element descends from new jack swing. R&B began to focus more on solo artists rather than groups as the 2000s progressed. As of 2005, the most prominent R&B artists include Usher, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey whose music often blurs the line between contemporary R&B and pop.


LUCY PEARL - DON’T MESS WITH MY MAN (2000)
WYCLEF JEAN & MARY J.BLINGE - 911 (2000)
TONI BRAXTON - HE WASN’T MAN ENOUGH (2000)
MARY J BLIGE - Family Affair (2001)
NELLY - Pimp Juice (2002)
WYCLEF JEAN & CLAUDETTE ORTIZ - TWO WRONGS (2002)
FAITH EVANS - Mesmerized (2005)
R.KELLY – Slow Wind (2005)
T-PAIN feat. LIL' WAYNE - CAN’T BELIVE IT ( 2008)
JAZMINE SULLIVAN - Bust Your Windows (2008)
JAZMINE SULLIVAN - Dream Big (2009)