Does Mary J. Blige have one of the strongest, if not THE strongest, catalog around?

[wondercousins]

R Kelly. If you go you back on billboard.com and look at the top 5 R&B/Hip-Hop singles and albums for the past 40 years. Crazy as it sounds, the R dominates all. More entries than Aretha, Stevie, Temptations, and Mary J.

 

[real_hh_rep]

I think Mary's catalogue is much better than R Kelly's. "Stronger witch each tear" is first mediocre album of her, the rest is excellent or classic. She can switch styles from hip-hop on "What's the 411?" to classical soul on "Mary". I don't see anyone with such a strong and diverse catalogue in game right now.

 

[Question Authority]

Yea. R. Kelly doesn't have Mary's consistency, IMO.

He's been successful. But I don't think he has a full on classic album. He has classic songs, though.

Mary is an album's artist. So she's known for her classic or near classic albums.

 

[usmarin3]

12 Play is a classic album, Maxwell catalog is pretty strong too.

 

[Question Authority]

12 Play has too much filler, IMO. It wasn't even that critically acclaimed when it was released. Reviews were mixed.

Maxwell has a nice catalog but the fact that he releases albums so rarely kinda hurts him, I think.

 

[blackrain]

if we are talking catalouges then that includes everything the artist have worked on so you can't say Mary J has a better one than R. Kelly...look at the amount of people he's worked with and written for...I mean the same dude who made Feelin On Yo Booty had a #1 duet w/ fucking Celine Dion...that's versatility right there...wrote songs for Michael Jackson and plenty other legends...Mary J Blige just got control over her voice in like 2005

 

[Question Authority]

if we are talking catalouges then that includes everything the artist have worked on so you can't say Mary J has a better one than R. Kelly...look at the amount of people he's worked with and written for...I mean the same dude who made Feelin On Yo Booty had a #1 duet w/ fucking Celine Dion...that's versatility right there...wrote songs for Michael Jackson and plenty other legends...Mary J Blige just got control over her voice in like 2005

Mary has also worked and recorded with some very high industry vets.