Here's my list.

Erykah Badu
India Arie
Jill Scott
Lauryn Hill
MusiqSoulChild
Maxwell
D'Angelo
Marvin Gaye
Bob Marley
Sade
AAliyah
Mary J. Blige
R.Kelly
Rapheal Saadiq
Bilaal
Les Nubians
Mos Def (yall know he sings too)
Floetry
Amerie (I have a thing for her)

Female voices...
Minnie Riperton
Erykah Badu
Jill Scott
Floetry
Navasha Daya (from Fertile Ground)
Sade
Tweet
Omega Brooks (Afro-Mystik / Blackalicious)
Lisa Shaw (Naked Music)
Chaka Kahn

Male voices...
Frank Mccomb
Donny Hathaway
Al Green
Eric Roberson
Ronald Isley

too many to name.......
wayyyyy to many. Anything old school i believe(that my heart)
and a few new schoolers i guess

afric simone...
he is one off my first inspiring singer...(for real)

but i will came back with a list.......
but is it ok if they are not only singing r&b but just music....

They could be any type of music.

Lauryn Hill(the most gifted woman with a mic)
Syleena Johnson (underrated and slept on "I State" representer)
DONNIE (if you don't know who that is.....get on it fast)
Erykah Badu (raw as they come)
India Arie (Blessed)
Jill Scott(wow...voice larger than life)
MusiqSoulChild (soulful music/make you dance and love)
Les Nubians (don't understand a word, but I understand it all)
Mos Def (intelligent artist...)
Floetry
Anthony Hamilton
Tenitria "Michelle" Williams (Heavenly and a sweetheart "I State" representer)
Vivian Green (she does her thang)


a host of others...but it's a start :geek:

My favorte singers are:
Aaliyah
Alicia Keys
MusiqSoulChild
Mary J. Blige
R. Kelly
D'Angelou
Jill Scott
Ginuwine
Floetry
Monica
Beyonce
Bob Marley
Aretha Franklin
The Temptation
Patti Label
Toni Braxton
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson

Girls:
Julie Dexter
Erykah Badu
Sade
Lauryn Hill
Lizz Wright
Res
Joi
Nina Simone
Anita Baker

Guys:
Omar[/B]
Bilal
D'angelo
Donny Hathaway
Stevie Wonder


Groups:
Mint Condition
Soul II Soul
Brand New Heavies
Maze & Frankie Beverly

...and so many others i enjoy

India.Arie
***Nowadays
Jill Scott
Musiq
Tweet (sis is slept on 4 real, southren Hummingbird is HOT!)
Lauryn Hill (translator to unplugged)
Erykah Badu
Avant
D'angelo
Maxwell
Donnell Jones
Alicia Keys
Angie Stone
Calvin Richardson
Outkast (shake it like a polaroid picture!)

i had to do it....
John Mayer
Avril Lavigne
Norah Jones
Christina Agulara (beautiful)

***Old Skool
Bob Marley
Stevie Wonder
Billie Holliday
Al Green
Marvin Gaye
Minnie Ripperton
Chaka Khan
i think i got them all.....

PLEASE DON'T SLEEP on GOAPELE...

"Soft white lights between us
falling, forming into precious flowers chartreuse
(beautiful and floating down on us)
Sparkles flying towards us
dancing all around us
vanish in air..."

"You and me
revolving
angel wings
fluttering
orange-gold
sunsets bold
star-filled nights
sweet as fantasia.."

The stuff is off the maddening chain, Yo.

from her "Even Closer" album.
Get it now.

Lauryn Hill
Les Nubiennes
N'Dambi (Little Girl Lost Blues)
Ledisi

I'd be wrong if I didn't give the white girl her props:
Esthero (check out her duet with John Forte on his album, "I, John"...just beautiful!)

Ben Harper (Diamonds on the Inside album)
Leroy Hutchins
Curtis Mayfield (New World Order album)
John Forte (not the BEST singing, but one of the better albums, "I, John": Get it now.)

Happy listening, All!

Favorite singers:

The ladies:
Erykah Badu
Sade
Lauren Hill
Michelle N'degeocello
Jill Scott

Fellas:
D'angelo
Bilal
Anthony Hamilton
Maxwell
Lenny Kravitz

Ladies
Sade
Anita Baker
N'Dambi
Lizz Wright
Julie Dexter
Erykah Badu
Floetry
Jill Scott
Alicia Keys
Les Nubians
India.Arie
YahZarah
Santessa
Meshell Ndegeocell

Men
Musiq Donny Hathaway
Kem
Marvin Gaye
Donnie
Anthiny Hamilton
Luther Vandross
Maxwell
Ron Isley
Calvin Richardson

Groups
Fertile Ground
J. Life
Lindred
Seek
Sirius B

how can yall for get aretha franklin and smokey robinson :jawdrop:

wow my list can be long as ever but i'll add a few of my tops!!!!
FEMALE Artist
MARY J. BLIGE
Anita Baker
Lauryn Hill
Erykah Badu
Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
Patti Labelle
Jill Scott
India Arie
Floetry
Mavis Staple
Sade
Alicia keys
Etta James

MALE Artist
R. Kelly
Ron lsley
Luther Vandross
Smokey Roberson
Marvin Gaye
Gerald Levert
Lenny Williams
Maxwell
Fred Hamiton
Micheal Jackson
Buddy Ace
Tyrone Davis
Keith Sweat
Berry White
Teddy Pendergrass
Prince
Percy Sledge
Stevie Wonder
Johnnie Taylor
Sam Cook


my list can go deeper but these are the first that
i would pop in the listen too .....

The Roots
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Angie Stone
Jill Scott
En Vogue
Total
Excape
Salt & Peppa
Stevie Wonder
Lauryn Hill
AAliyah

Marvin Gaye
Tamia
Donell Jones
D'Angelo
Christina Aguilera
112
Faith Evans
Amerie
The Temptations
Lauryn Hill
Luther Vandross
Beyonce
Janet Jackson
Ginuine
Donnie Hathaway
Shania Twain
Musiq

I'll probably be the weird one here:

PRINCE(I must be the biggest Prince fan who ever lived!!!)

Lauryn Hill
George Clinton( Parliament/Funkadelic...not the best singers, but funky sho'nuff)
Lenny Kravitz
System of a down
Fred Hammond
Jars of Clay
Third Day
Maxwell
Creed
Stevie Wonder(a musical god!!)
Jimi Hendrix(A guitar god!!)
Deep purple
Sade
Nas
D' Angelo
Erykah Badu
Wyclef Jean
Linkin Park
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hall and Oates
Earl Klugh
George Benson
Jennifer Knapp
oh gosh the list goes on and on and on..............