 | Precious by Chanté Moore
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.70 1992
ACID JAZZ
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 | Love Deluxe by Sade
Buy used from: $0.01 1992
ACID JAZZ
Albums like Chante Moore's Precious and Sade's Love Deluxe in 1992, were considered Acid Jazz. They blended R&B and Jazz together, while also bringing in a small influence of Hip-Hop.
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 | Plantation Lullabies by Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.38 1993
ALTERNATIVE HIP-HOP
Ndegeocello's afrocentric socially conscious debut featured influences of Jazz, Soul, Hip-Hop, and Funk.
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 | The Pendulum Vibe by Joi
Buy used from: $11.97 1994
Joi's debut album is often refered to as the first Neo-Soul album. The far-from-mainstream album featured strong influences of Jazz, 70's Soul, Hip-Hop, and even Rock.
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 | I Ain't Movin' by Des'ree
Buy used from: $0.01 1994
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 | Wild Seed -- Wild Flower by Dionne Farris
Buy used from: $0.24 1994
Albums like Des'ree's I Ain't Movin' and Dionne Farris' Wild Sild Wild Flower would be considered Neo-Soul if released today, but at the time the R&B genre wasn't accepting them at all and they had more success in the Alternative Rock and easy listening genres.
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 | A Love Supreme by Chanté Moore
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.04 1994
Chante Moore's sophomore release would also be considered Neo-Soul today but was a little before it's time.
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 | Brown Sugar by D'Angelo
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.38 1995
D'Angelo's soulful retro debut is full of live instruments with strong influences of 70's Soul
D'Angelo's manager Kedar Messenburg develops the term "Neo-Soul" to describe the sound of D'Angelo and Joi.
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 | Groove Theory by Groove Theory
Buy used from: $0.79 1995
Later the same year, Groove Theory becomes another act to embody the Neo-Soul sound.
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 | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.73 1996
Artists Kenny Lattimore, Eric Benet, and Maxwell all release their debut albums, helping this new-found sub-genre grow
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 | Peace Beyond Passion by Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.88 1996
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 | True to Myself by Eric Benet
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.43 1996
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 | Rahsaan Patterson by Rahsaan Patterson
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.93 1997
Rahsaan Patterson: Yet another artist adding himself to the list.
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 | Baduizm by Erykah Badu
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.87 1997
Neo-Soul truly blossoms as Kedar Massenburg starts his own label, which is strictly for Neo-Soul music. He signs on Erykah Badu and Chico DeBarge as the labels first acts.
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 | Long Time No See by Chico DeBarge
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.40 1997
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 | Live by Erykah Badu
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.62 1997
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 | Ricky Jones by Ricky Jones
Buy used from: $0.01 1998
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 | Embrya by Maxwell
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.95 1998
Round two: Kenny Lattimore and Maxwell both release there sophomore albums, two years after they both released their debuts
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 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.25 1998
Light is shed on Neo-Soul after the success of Lauryn Hill's solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
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 | Love Hangover by Syleena Johnson
Buy used from: $69.99 1998
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 | A Day in the Life by Eric Benet
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $0.79 1999
Round two continues as Rahsaan Patterson, Chico DeBarge, and Eric Benet all release their sophomore albums
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 | Bitter by Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.75 1999
Meshell Ndegeocello drops the strong influences of Hip-Hop and Funk, and releases a purely Neo-Soul album, full of nothing but soulful ballads.
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 | Black Diamond by Angie Stone
Buy used from: $104.93 1999
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 | Love in Stereo by Rahsaan Patterson
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.00 1999
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 | The Game by Chico Debarge
Buy used from: $0.60 1999
Kedar Massenburg becomes president & CEO of Motown Records. His previous label, Kedar Entertainment, is shut down and he moves his acts to Motown, and begins signing more Neo-Soul acts, as well as mainstream R&B acts, to the major label
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