The Very Best of Pure R&B: The Summer Collection
03/18/2003
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All Music Guide Review
Including a clutch of hip-hop/R&B crossover anthems, The Very Best of Pure R&B has a bizarre title but a winning tracklisting. The two-disc set features some of the best R&B tracks of the '90s and early 2000s -- Blackstreet's "No Diggity," Ginuwine's "Pony," OutKast's "Ms. Jackson," Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," and even Afroman's "Because I Got High." For listeners who don't have any of these tracks and can get over the abrupt mixing of the Firin' Squad -- who move from Wu-Tang Clan's "Gravel Pit" to Sisqó's "Thong Song," definitely a first -- The Very Best of Pure R&B makes a worthwhile purchase. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
















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