Artist	Song
D'Angelo	Brown Sugar
from Brown Sugar (2000)
Alicia Keys	No One
from As I Am (2007)
Raphael Saadiq	Love That Girl
from The Way I See It (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Erykah Badu	Honey
from New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (4th World War) (2008)
John Legend & André 3000	Green Light
from Evolver (2008)
Ledisi	Alright
from Lost and Found (2007)
Erykah Badu	On and On
from Baduizm (1997)
Maxwell	Sumthin' Sumthin'
from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
John Legend	Save Room
from Once Again (2007)
Maxwell	Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Eric Benét	You're the Only One
from Love & Life (2008)
Raheem DeVaughn	Woman
from Love Behind the Melody (2008)
Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)
from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Jill Scott	Hate On Me
from The Real Thing - Words and Sounds, Vol. 3 (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
D'Angelo	I Found My Smile Again (Radio Edit)
from I Found My Smile Again - Single (2008)
India.Arie & Gramps Morgan	Therapy
from Testimony, Vol. 2: Love & Politics (2009)
Eric Roberson	Head to Toe
from The Collection (2007)
Alicia Keys	Fallin'
from Songs In A Minor (2001)
The Brand New Heavies	Never Stop
from Trunk Funk Classics 1991-2000 (2007)
Dwele	I'm Cheatin'
from I'm Cheatin' - Single (2008)
Angie Stone	Baby
from The Art of Love & War (2007)
Anthony Hamilton	Cool (feat. David Banner)
from The Point of It All (2008)
Chrisette Michele	If I Have My Way
from I Am (2007)
Erykah Badu	Tyrone
from Erykah Badu: Live (1997)
Jazmine Sullivan	Lions, Tigers & Bears
from Fearless (2008)
Alicia Keys	If I Ain't Got You
from The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
Angie Stone	Brotha
from Mahogany Soul (2001)
Macy Gray	I Try
from On How Life Is (1999)
Dwele	Find a Way
from Great R&B (2009)
Raphael Saadiq	Be Here
from Instant Vintage (2002)
India.Arie	Video
from Acoustic Soul (2001)
Erykah Badu	Back in the Day
from Worldwide Underground (2003)
Anthony Hamilton	Can't Let Go
from Ain't Nobody Worryin' (2005)
Remy Shand	Take a Message
from The Way I Feel (2002)
Leela James	Music
from A Change Is Gonna Come (2005)
Lalah Hathaway	Let Go
from Let Go - Single (2008)
Jill Scott	Golden
from Beautifully Human - Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Musiq Soulchild	B.U.D.D.Y.
from Luvanmusiq (2009)
Van Hunt	Seconds of Pleasure
from Van Hunt (2004)
Floetry	Say Yes
from Floetic (2002)
Amy Winehouse	You Know I'm No Good
from Back to Black (2007)
Meshell Ndegeocello	I'm Diggin' You (Like an Old Soul Record)
from Plantation Lullabies (2009)
Van Hunt	Being a Girl
from On the Jungle Floor (2006)
Macy Gray	Finally Made Me Happy
from Big (2007)
Eric Roberson	Softest Lips
from The Collection (2007)
Maxwell	This Woman's Work
from Now (2001)
Rahsaan Patterson	Stop Breaking My Heart
from Wines & Spirits (2007)
India.Arie	Brown Skin
from Acoustic Soul (2001)
Terence Trent D'Arby	Sign Your Name
from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
D'Angelo	Lady
from Brown Sugar (2000)
Tweet	Love Again
from Love Again - Single (2009)
Eric Benét	True to Myself
from True to Myself (2009)
Donnie	If I Were You
from The Daily News (2007)
D'Angelo	Send It On
from Ultimate D'Angelo (2008)
Lauryn Hill	Everything Is Everything
from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Rahsaan Patterson	Sure Boy
from Love in Stereo (1999)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Chuck Mangione & Keith Jarrett	My Romance
from Buttercorn Lady (2004)
Donnie	Beautiful Me
from The Colored Section (2003)
Alicia Keys	You Don't Know My Name
from The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
Amp Fiddler	Dreamin' (Radio Version)
from Dreamin' (2004)
Eric Benét	Femininity
from True to Myself (2009)
Van Hunt	Down Here In Hell (With You)
from Van Hunt (2004)
The Tony Rich Project	Nobody Knows
from Words (1996)
Amel Larrieux	Get Up
from Infinite Possibilities (2000)
Tweet	I'm Done
from It's Me Again (2005)
Jill Scott	A Long Walk
from Who Is Jill Scott? - Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2000)
Joss Stone	Spoiled
from Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Raphael Saadiq	Still Ray
from Instant Vintage (2002)
Jazzyfatnastees	Breakthrough
from The Once and Future (1999)
Bilal	Soul Sista
from 1st Born Second (2001)
Angie Stone	Wish I Didn't Miss You
from Mahogany Soul (2001)
The Brand New Heavies	Brother Sister
from Brother Sister (1994)
Donnie	Heaven Sent
from The Colored Section (2003)
Lewis Taylor	Stoned, Part 2
from Stoned, Part 2 (2006)

Comment:

When you think [i]neo-soul[/i], what comes to mind? Is it the polished urban pulse of Maxwell and "Sumthin' Sumthin'" or the slow-jam poetic license of Floetry and their "Say Yes" plea? Is it the funk-flavored Baduizms of "Honey" from soul priestess Erykah Badu, or the piano-driven pop hook of "Fallin'" from crossover superstar Alicia Keys? If these songs don't all sound the same, they do share one thing in common, and that's a reverence for the R&B that came before, mixed with a healthy sense of artistic originality. So while a sweet-talking John Legend is on the lookout for a gettin'-down "Green Light (feat. André 3000)," a righteous Jill Scott is laying it on the line for "Hate On Me," and all of our [i]Neo-Soul[/i] Essentials are keeping the flame in their own special way.

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