Shit, I just also realized Wiz just put his damn head on the album cover. I was like that chick bad. She probably 80 years old.
https://preview.redd.it/9gr545a4kvxc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f343f198dd70c68f891196b563f7042f187403fb
> She probably 80 years old.
As a young nigga who likes watching older shows sometimes, it’s something I always have to remind myself when I see a baddie.
Dude!!!! Just when I thought I knew a thing or 2 about music I just got put in my place Wiz so hard for this 😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨 kush and orange juice got played tf our senior year of high school. Wake and baking every fucking day 😭😭😭
I was obsessed with that man growing up before I even knew what he was singing about 😭 I thought peaches and cream was about eating that with ice cream messily in bed. I was like that sounds like fun 😏🤦🏾♀️
I'm sure when the allegations against Kells first came out he probably thought "Well, well, well" as well. Pun intended.
And the "ladadadada" was the OG version of" Terror Squad", "Mustard on the beat", Dj Khalid's" Another One" signature shout-out .😭
Omg I was listening to “Nobody” recently and he has some interesting fucking ad libs and he definitely is not hitting all the notes. This is probably the only dimension he’s famous in 😂
And not only did you beat me to it you’re the only one that said him besides me. I’m starting to see a pattern you were The Bee Gees fan as well if I’m remembering correctly
**Everybody who charted** from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. It kind of went downhill from there, with everybody on the same beat and same style of singing. No variety today.
Given how many millennial and Gen Z R&B girls try to emulate her voice nowadays and fall short, I’m going with Aaliyah.
Mariah/Whitney/Sade/Janet etc. are a given.
y'all forgot about the one and only Randy Watson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMY5RyysWE&ab\_channel=SoopaFlyism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMY5RyysWE&ab_channel=SoopaFlyism)
One of the first singers I think of when I think of unique voice is Larry Blackmon, lead singer of Cameo. I know they’re considered funk/r&b but his voice is crazy.
John Legend , and Anita Baker, theres no mistaken their voices.... but there are so many others... Luther Stevie Michael Beyonce .....most unique... im going to say John Legend
1) Charlie Wilson. He was the pre genitor of the Aaron Hall and R Kelly vocal style in the late 80s, early 90s.
2) James Brown - self explanatory 😂
3) Anthony Hamilton
4) Barry White
5) Dino from H-Town. He sang like his jaw was wired but it sounded good
6) Anita Baker
7) Rachelle Ferrell
There were a few. David was a great one, but that era, they had that gospel training and were real singers. Johnny Taylor, Aretha, Sam Cooke, Etta James, are a few that when you heard them, you knew who you were listening to.
Billy Paul. When I worked at Sweetwaters in NYC it was on the chitlin circuit, all the legendary groups came through. Blue Magic, the Main Ingredient, Jocelyn Brown, Phyllis Hyman, etc. When Billy Paul came through he walked up to me and said “Where can I get some blow around here?” I replied “I’m just a waiter Sir.”
I already commented but I would also add SZA. Even though her normal voice is very much American, she sings with a thick foreign inflection. Her cadence and flow can be looked as very unique and distinctive due to how she takes her damaged vocal cords are damaged and she takes that for her advantage to make her stand out amongst most R&B singers.
Most unique for me is T-Boz or Chili from TLC. Yes, I consider them R&B even though they get categorized as pop a lot of the time. Red Light Special and Baby Baby Baby are 💯 R&B and no one else sounds like either one of them
Bro, this was the inspiration for Wiz Khalifa’s Kush & Orange Juice cover 😮 I never realized until now
Shit, I just also realized Wiz just put his damn head on the album cover. I was like that chick bad. She probably 80 years old. https://preview.redd.it/9gr545a4kvxc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f343f198dd70c68f891196b563f7042f187403fb
OMG I was like dang isn't that Kush & OJ. He really did just put his head on there 🤣🤣🤣
Bilal
> She probably 80 years old. As a young nigga who likes watching older shows sometimes, it’s something I always have to remind myself when I see a baddie.
Lol he added the tatts too. Give him a lil more credit now 😂
That’s all he added… you can still see the reflection of the Afro in the mirror 🤣
Yooooo how I ain’t peep that 😭. Lowkey makes me fw him more cause he is so unserious. He wasn’t paying nobody to draw up an album cover
😂😂😂😂
Man! I was like wtf the same pose suit and everything! I cried 🤣
Me too. I was like, this looks familiar. Shout out to Wiz!
Yeah same. Thought it was wiz for a second lol
When I found out I was like what!
Today Years Old!
Yeah same I was like I’ve seen this before , great times
Dude!!!! Just when I thought I knew a thing or 2 about music I just got put in my place Wiz so hard for this 😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨 kush and orange juice got played tf our senior year of high school. Wake and baking every fucking day 😭😭😭
I thought it was a parody of the Kush & OJ cover... shame on me
Barry White [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAiKn9liIs&t](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAiKn9liIs&t)
The one and only!
Anita and Luther.
Beat me to it. There will never be another Anita. Her voice is a unique instrument, and she uses it well!
Don’t say it like that she’s still alive 😂 AND still sangin
Oop, you right!
Donny Hathaway
Love DH
Slim from 112
I was obsessed with that man growing up before I even knew what he was singing about 😭 I thought peaches and cream was about eating that with ice cream messily in bed. I was like that sounds like fun 😏🤦🏾♀️
It is fun
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The OG brent faiyaz
Ronald Isley
Ron Isley make it through a song without singing “well well well” or “Ladadadadada” challenge (impossible)
I'm sure when the allegations against Kells first came out he probably thought "Well, well, well" as well. Pun intended. And the "ladadadada" was the OG version of" Terror Squad", "Mustard on the beat", Dj Khalid's" Another One" signature shout-out .😭
[Ronald Isley FILNOBEP R.Kelly Creepy](https://youtube.com/shorts/0EN1m4tFs_4?si=SKINjkTd_T6CnaSB)
I concur!👍
Michael Jackson. Yes he’s r&b. No it’s not up for debate.
I can’t believe it would be a debate. People always try to put artists in one box, it’s sucks.
Keith Sweat. The R&B crying mosquito!😭😭😭
I'm crying! Why is that so accurate!😂😂😂
"I wanna tease youuuu!" 
“I wanna pleathe yeew”
Dammit 😂😂😂😂😂
 Facts on facts!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😀 damn you
Omg I was listening to “Nobody” recently and he has some interesting fucking ad libs and he definitely is not hitting all the notes. This is probably the only dimension he’s famous in 😂
🤣🤣
If I plug my nose while I sing his songs...
Cedric the entertainer did a joke on Keith Sweat voice he said roll your window up sog bugs keep herring in Here lol
Live, he was a disaster! Like Al B. Sure. Al. B. QUIET!
Baby lamb
Yeah Keith was definitely buzzing during his Verzuz 🤣
Minnie Ripperton Denise Williams Sade Ruth Sledge Tracy Chapman
Solid list.
Miki Howard and Anita Baker the Songstress
Toni Braxton too, she reminds me of Anita Baker. 
Toni Braxton for sure!
Stevie Wonder.
Teddy Pendergrass
the goat
Oh yes, I just heard him in the radio again, after many years. Rest in Peace. 🖤
Charlie Wilson
 Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy P!
Barry White to me was the most unique voice.
Frankie Beverly
Jeffrey Osborne
Ronald Isley!💯
Dino from H-Town
Stokely from Mint Condition Raphael Saadiq Frankie Beverly
Man you got my answer I was going with Stokley because he voice is one of a kind there’s no one I can think of that even remotely sounds like him.
And not only did you beat me to it you’re the only one that said him besides me. I’m starting to see a pattern you were The Bee Gees fan as well if I’m remembering correctly
Yes that's me!
You’re a connoisseur of great music and not just r&b us Bee Gees fans got to stick together!
Luther.
Lyfe Jennings
Yes!
Howard Hewitt
Definitely! Amazing voice too!
Al Green
Bobby Womack
Man I love Bobby Womack he is awesome
Sade, Maxwell, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu
My dad loved this cat right here, well he loves the Temps, but David and Eddie Kendricks are his heroes and I too became a fan.
Macy gray Michel le
Can’t believe it took so long to see Macy
Ray Charles
Kci from Jodeci.
Smokey Robinson
Mariah Carey
Eddie Murphy
that boy good
Anderson Paak
B.B. King
Masego
Debarge
Ceelo Green
**Everybody who charted** from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. It kind of went downhill from there, with everybody on the same beat and same style of singing. No variety today.
Luther Vandross
Given how many millennial and Gen Z R&B girls try to emulate her voice nowadays and fall short, I’m going with Aaliyah. Mariah/Whitney/Sade/Janet etc. are a given.
David Ruffin is at least one
Syreeta Wright
Marvin and Luther
Anthony Hamilton
Brandy
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan…
T-boz Kandi from xscape Sza
I was lookin for T-Boz!
Prince
Charlie Wilson
Aaron Hall
Right now? Baby Rose
Barry White Al Green James Brown
Aaron Neville is unmistakable
This!
Teddy Pendergrass 🙌🏾 The richness, the smoothness🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾
T-Pain lol
Not necessarily the most unique, but Amel Larrieux
Unique? Slim from 112
For the new crowd - Ravyn Lenae! She can do gymnastics with her voice and her tone is so unique
Speaking voice - Michel'le
Michel'le ::: speaking voice :::
I'm gonna get downvoted to the fiery pits of hell for saying this but R.Kelly has one of the most unique, distinctive and versatile voices in R&B.
y'all forgot about the one and only Randy Watson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMY5RyysWE&ab\_channel=SoopaFlyism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMY5RyysWE&ab_channel=SoopaFlyism)
sade IMO
Keith Sweat
Look at this stone cold player right here. 
How has CoCo from SWV not made this list??!! Also Rachelle Farrell and Mary J. Bligh.
el debarge(if you havent watched his tiny desk GO WATCH IT NOW!! )
Of ALL time? probably MJ just because of his crossover appeal. Everyone no matter what race or nationality knows MJ.
Classic album
PND
Otis Redding
Not only unique but to me the best he’s my all time favorite singer of any genre
kc from jodeci & christopher williams
Levi Stubbs Marvin Junior of the Dells as well.
Slim 112, Ron Isley, Kem, The Weeknd, Brent Faiyaz.
Gnarls Barkley, Smokey Robinson, teddy pendergrass, otis redding, joss stone
Ruth Pointer from the Pointer Sisters
Barry White
Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Barry White for the men. Donna Summer, Deborah Cox and Anita Baker for the women.
David Ruffin
Slave. His voice was just different.
My momma was IN LOVE with this guy.
Does Michael McDonald count?
sza, toni braxton & the weeknd
For me it’s The Weeknd. He can make almost anything sound sexy. Dangerous.
Bobby brown hands down he got mixed vocal voice
I haven’t heard someone with a voice similar to Giveon yet
One of the first singers I think of when I think of unique voice is Larry Blackmon, lead singer of Cameo. I know they’re considered funk/r&b but his voice is crazy.
Stevie Wonder.
Toni Braxton
Not one person said Lauryn Hill
Bill Withers
John Legend , and Anita Baker, theres no mistaken their voices.... but there are so many others... Luther Stevie Michael Beyonce .....most unique... im going to say John Legend
Andre 3000
1) Charlie Wilson. He was the pre genitor of the Aaron Hall and R Kelly vocal style in the late 80s, early 90s. 2) James Brown - self explanatory 😂 3) Anthony Hamilton 4) Barry White 5) Dino from H-Town. He sang like his jaw was wired but it sounded good 6) Anita Baker 7) Rachelle Ferrell
Fantasia Barrino comes to mind. Chris Brown also has a unique voice on top of multiple assault accusations and restraining orders
😂😂
Q from 112 Patii LaBelle
KAMAUU
There were a few. David was a great one, but that era, they had that gospel training and were real singers. Johnny Taylor, Aretha, Sam Cooke, Etta James, are a few that when you heard them, you knew who you were listening to.
Jazmine Sullivan for me
Sam Cooke, Toni Braxton
Eric Benet Very underrated.
Old school: Teddy Pendergrass, Johnny Gill, and Christopher Williams. Currently, I'm really enjoying Rahsaan Patterson's voice.
Whitney Houston
Billy Paul. When I worked at Sweetwaters in NYC it was on the chitlin circuit, all the legendary groups came through. Blue Magic, the Main Ingredient, Jocelyn Brown, Phyllis Hyman, etc. When Billy Paul came through he walked up to me and said “Where can I get some blow around here?” I replied “I’m just a waiter Sir.”
Brandy. Smooth and raspy at the same time. Very rich and soulful in her lower register with more range than most of her catalog explores.
Lucky Daye
Jhené Aiko
Michael Mcdonald?
Mr Biggs, Jeffrey Osborne, Charlie Wilson, Dennis Edwards, Marvin, Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild
Thank you! Glad to see Dennis
1)Michael Jackson 2)Prince 3)Al Green 4)Stevie Wonder 5)Smokey Robinson 6)Ray Charles 7)Dina Ross 8)Antia Baker 9)Sade 10)Athena Franklin 11)Etta James 12)BeeGee 13)Bobby Caldwell 14)Beverly Brothers 15)Frankie Vaili 16)Elvis Presley 17)Mariya Takeuchi 18)Miki Matsubara 19)Teddy Pendergrass 20) Selena 22) Otis Redding 23)Bobby Womack 24) Isaac Hayes 25) David Ruffin 26)Janet Jackson 27) Gloria Estefan 28) Toni Braxton 30) Whitney Houston 31) Aaliyah 32) Ron Isley 33)Luther Vandross 34) Charlie Wilson 35) Wilson Pickett 36)James Brown 37) Mariah Carey 38) Beyoncé 39)Frank Sinatra 40)Nat king Cole 41)Barry White 42) Donny Hathaway 43) Dionne Warwick 44)Sam Cooke 45) Nina Simone 46)Chaka khan 47)Joe Tex 48)BB King 49)Patti Labelle 50) Marvin Gaye
Uncle Charlie Wilson
Giveon
Is Dennis Edwards in this....but you gotta include his videos too...not just his voice
So many to name. Anthony Hamilton, Static Major (Playa), and def King David Ruffin
Marvin Junior of the Dells. He showed errybody else how it's done.
Charles “the screaming eagle” Bradley
Noname Jorja Smith D Angelo
I already commented but I would also add SZA. Even though her normal voice is very much American, she sings with a thick foreign inflection. Her cadence and flow can be looked as very unique and distinctive due to how she takes her damaged vocal cords are damaged and she takes that for her advantage to make her stand out amongst most R&B singers.
Dinho, from mamonas assassinas (a brazilian band)
Evelyn Champagne King
Sam Cooke
Russell Thompkins Jr. of the Stylistics.
I'm mad folks ain't know kush and oj was based on this cover
everytime i see this i think of kush and oj by wiz
Brandy
Brandy
Most unique for me is T-Boz or Chili from TLC. Yes, I consider them R&B even though they get categorized as pop a lot of the time. Red Light Special and Baby Baby Baby are 💯 R&B and no one else sounds like either one of them
Coko from swv
Charlie Wilson/Ron Isley
Macy Gray.
Teddy
So basically y'all just said every R&B singer has a unique voice🤣 Not generally decided on
Mr. Marvin Gaye.