Iwoke up the other morning in an R&B mood. I just couldn’t get this one song out of my head. I wound up grabbing my trusty Android and Googled the track on YouTube so I could listen to it in the shower and get my bathroom acoustics on. But I digress…
The whole experience reminded me of several of my favorite male R&B artists from the 90s and early 2000s that never got a fair shake. Despite their talents and hits, their place in the general public’s psyche has waned over the years. In fact, most that came to mind for me would rarely top anyone’s greatest of all-time list. I’m not saying that these brothers are G.O.A.T.s but in my humble opinion they deserve their fair shake somewhere alongside the Maxwells and D’Angelos of the world.
Without further ado, here are my personal picks for top slept-on male R&B artists from the ’90s and early 2000s.
7. GLENN LEWIS
Maybe it’s because he hailed from Toronto long before Drake made it cool to be, but Glenn Lewis’ name rings few bells in the when mentioned. Inspired by Stevie Wonder, he carried a tone quite similar to the living legend. In fact, in 2002 he released Conception: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder that included a stirring rendition of “Superstition.” Lewis' debut album, World Outside My Window featured a few hidden gems such as “Don’t You Forget It” and “It’s Not Fair.”
