Originally Posted by
Jerry Oz
I think many of them are following the money and the money leads to uptempo, overly produced pop/hip hop crossover songs than traditional soul records. I don't listen much to 'modern' radio but I don't hear much from anyone who could be called 'soul' when I do. I think Joe is still out there and he's terribly underrated. There's also Kem, Maxwell, and a few others who may be [[as stated about John Legend) too smooth for what y'all are talking about.
If there aren't many left, they fell off pretty quick in the last few years. The '90s had D'Angelo, Jodeci, Joe, Maxwell, Levert, and quite a few others. I'd suggest that the best of them are in local clubs, like a lot of the greatest jazz talent, doing what they do in obscurity because they aren't pretty enough or smooth enough for mainstream labels to invest in. Hopefully soulster will add to this thread; in my opinion, he is the poster who's most attuned to modern music and I'll bet he knows a few names that fit.
By the way, many of the best 'soul' voices are probably singing gospel these days.
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