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Sunday, July 4, 2021

R&B PLAYLISTS:
LET'S GO CRAZY

See related stories at bottom for links to playlists 1-8.

R&B playlist #9 goes full-on purple with a generous serving of Prince, not to mention Rick James, The Time and a lot more.

Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Bobby Brown and other '80s chart-toppers dominate #10.

Neo-soul giants Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Lauryn Hill kick off playlist #11, leading to Alicia Keys, Usher, Beyoncé, Rihanna and other genre leaders of the millennium and beyond.

Our final playlist features some of the biggest hitters of the new school: The Weeknd, Summer Walker, SZA, H.E.R., GIVĒON and Jazmine Sullivan, among others.

TAGS: Prince | Rick James | Beyonce | SZA | GIVEON | Janet Jackson | Bobby Brown | Mary J. Blige | Erykah Badu | D'Angelo | Lauryn Hill | Summer Walker
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