Chaka
Artist: Chaka Khan
Rahsaan Patterson
Artist: Rahsaan Patterson
Community Score: 10.00

Greatly influenced by Stevie Wonder's recordings of the 1970s, young Rahsaan Patterson showed much promise on his self-titled debut album of 1997. While it's impossible to miss Wonder's considerable influence on slow- and medium-tempo offerings like "Tears Ago," "My Sweetheart" and "Spend the Night," the R&B singer/composer never comes across as... Read More

The Ultimate Collection
Artist: The Commodores

Widely acknowledged as the top band during their tenure at Motown, the Commodores were one of the bands that kept Berry Gordy's mythical hit machine on top of the commercial R&B game. Especially during a tumultuous period in Motown's history, where artists were changing creative direction (much to Gordy's chagrin) and others were fleeing for... Read More

One Heart, One Love
Artist: Phil Perry

"I've worked hard all day," the fifth song opines, "I just wanna relax/Take my shoes off--kick my feet up/Put on an old Marvin Gaye track…" A unwise antecedent to invoke,,, for over the course of ten pleasantly Peabo'd urban soul slices, Mr. Perry shoots to the vocal stratosphere from his own backyard armed with one neat trick--the women singers... Read More

The Best of Teddy Pendergrass - RIGHT STUFF
Artist: Teddy Pendergrass
Community Score: 7.50

The Right Stuff's The Best of Teddy Pendergrass is a definitive 18-track collection, containing all of his big hits from 1977's "I Don't Love You Anymore" to 1991's "It Should've Been You." In between those two songs, such romantic smooth soul classics as "Can't We Try," "You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration," "Close the Door," "Turn off... Read More

The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw
Artist: Stacy Lattisaw

The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw is a comprehensive 16-track collection that contains all of her big R&B hits between 1979 and 1989. Since the disc draws from both her recordings for Atlantic/Cotillion and Motown, it contains everything from "Dynamite!," "Let Me Be Your Angel," and "Love on a Two Way Street" to "Nail It to the Wall" and "Every... Read More

Relationships
Artist: Vesta
Greatest Hits
Artist: Kool & the Gang

It's hard to believe that Greatest Hits is the first Kool & the Gang collection to cover both eras of the group's career, but it is. No other collection had contained both "Celebration" and "Jungle Boogie," both "Ladies Night" and "Joanna," both "Get Down On It" and "Fresh." For many casual fans, this is an ideal situation, since all the hits... Read More