For the past seven years or so, the news in r&b has been hip-hop, how the slightly stale '80s music of Luther Vandross and Patti LaBelle and hundreds of trios and quartets refreshed itself creatively and commercially with the street rhythms and jerky composure of the signal pop movement of the decade. So these days you have hybrids like TLC's "Unpretty," a dynamic deconstruction of physical appearance that ignites within a soul melody yanked to skittering beats that only Atlanta r&b new wavers might put down with such stupid grace. Listen to "Damn (Should've Treated U Right)" by So Plush featuring Ja... More >>>