NPR's 150 Albums Made by Women

Anyway I'm really not looking for an argument here, I just thought the criticism seemed perhaps a bit out of proportion with the offensiveness of the list. I think it'd be great if you would share your idea for a 21st century female rnb canon, maybe there isn't really one?

― niels, Friday, August 3, 2018 6:25 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have to provide my own canon to argue this ignores large portions of the actual R&B canon?

how about destiny's child, brandy, missy, amerie, keyshia cole, mariah carey, mary j blige, erykah badu, aaliyah, keri hilson, jennifer hudson, janet, fantasia, teedra moses, ashanti ... im sure im missing people

the interpretation of "R&B" as portrayed by the list feels limited by critical acclaim & a lack of investment in / immersion in R&B discourse imo...saying "but kali uchis" is a strike against yr point. even your examples of who should have made it hews very close to crit-friendly singing fare (surprised you didn't say FKA twigs?) ignoring the post-church music soul/R&B wing in favor of the kind of stuff that appeals to critics & brits lol

im not counting their 'premiered in the 00s' excused since they break it arbitrarily & because the genre is literally driven by women in their 30s/40s consumer wise so it seems absurd

K Michelle too, surely? Or are you only talking 00’s here?

Not looking at the list I know it’s missing Chavela Vargas and therefore not worth my time.

Kudos for Selena in the top 20 though if that’s the list that was copy pasted above.

Actually that list is pretty decent.

Still no Chavela Vargas makes me sad. I suspect it’s also missing many afro+latin singers but that could be a separate list.

1000% k Michelle

Sevyn streeter

“Motivation” by kelly Rowland >>>>

Hell yeah

amerie and fka both on the list

you don't have to argue anything, I accept that this list is missing a lot of rnb I just want to know what it is because I like the genre

motivation is definitely missing!

I missed Amerie (I don’t consider Fka r&b)

reggaeton is easily more popular than any other form of latin music in america right now

it's great to see I'm With Her finally getting the credit they deserve.