The Bobby Brown Story Trailer

[Bluebrock]

In terms of eras:

'50s [[Ray Charles or Sam Cooke)
'60s [[James Brown, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, Marvin)
'70s [[Marvin, Stevie, Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass)
'80s [[Luther, Freddie Jackson, Keith Sweat)
'90s [[Luther, R & Pee)

Bobby only had one smash album [[Don't Be Cruel) and it's seen mainly as a new jack swing album with SOME pop and R&B in it. That's not enough to be [in my best Whitney voice] "the original R&B KINNNNG-NUH" [[lol; that's how she said it if you hear it right hahaha; I miss you Whitney).

The follow-up only had Humpin' Around, Getaway and Good Enough [[which was only successful on the R&B side) and that was only because R&B again was going through a transition from pop-inflected new jack swing to a much harsher, darker R&B sound that was to be dominated by Mary J. Blige. So Bobby's time was over in 1992-93.

I would add Al Green to the 70's list. He was quite magnificent, and i would delete Keith Sweat from the 80's.