Playlist
Neo-Soul Essentials
Apple Music R&B
Tracks: 96428:36
Honoring R&B’s roots while giving them a future-forward spin.
Updated Jan 2, 2026
Tracks 96
- 1Back 2 School 20247:10
- 2Black Diamond4:43
- 3Y2K R&B Lounge Songs5:26
- 4(90's) Nineties Collected3:56
- 5channel ORANGE3:20
- 6Airtight's Revenge (Bonus Track Version)5:20
- 7Malibu2:49
- 8Connected4:47
- 9Wild Seed - Wild Flower3:47
- 10Hiturile verii4:27
- 11Tawk Tomahawk4:35
- 12The Best So Far3:34
- 13Summertime Slaps4:41
- 14Biography (The Greatest Hits)4:23
- 15Janet.4:25
- 16Love Deluxe5:50
- 17Freudian4:38
- 18Floetic4:03
- 19All I Want Is You3:15
- 20Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2020 Remastered)4:40
- 21Lazy Sunday Afternoons4:02
- 22Black Joy: R&B4:56
- 23Bag Lady - EP4:12
- 24Pure... 90s R&B3:52
- 25Canciones chill para la resaca4:12
- 26R&B - 100 Hits - The Greatest R n B album - 100 R & B Classics featuring Usher, Pitbull and Justin Timberlake3:30
- 27Love Behind the Melody4:27
- 28Volume IV - The Classic Singles 88-93 : Soul II Soul3:50
- 29R&B Summer3:52
- 30Clássicos R&B - Anos 2000 (Top Hits de 1999 a 2000)6:06
- 31#hits the 00s3:46
- 32Lyfe 268-1923:53
- 33Go! - Common Classics4:03
- 34R&B - 100 Hits - The Greatest R n B album - 100 R & B Classics featuring Usher, Pitbull and Justin Timberlake4:30
- 35The Once and Future5:10
- 36A Seat at the Table4:10
- 37Welcome To The Quiet Storm3:41
- 38Blonde3:04
- 39Even Closer3:49
- 40The Electric Lady4:26
- 41Valentine's Day: R&B Love3:43
- 42Valentine's Day: R&B Love5:10
- 43Princesses Nubiennes4:54
- 44Black On Both Sides5:05
- 45Good Man - Single3:45
- 46I Need a Dollar - Canción de la semana4:03
- 47Cheers to the Fall3:19
- 48MTV Unplugged No. 2.05:10
- 49The Light of the Sun (Deluxe Version)4:39
- 50My Life (Bonus Track Version)4:17
About this playlist
Neo-soul’s emergence in the late 20th century happened slowly but deliberately. Artists like the restless belter D’Angelo and the shrewd songsmith Maxwell tested the boundaries of R&B’s future while luxuriating in the ideals—extended instrumental jams, off-the-charts vocal performances, rugged lyrics—that had made ‘70s albums by the likes of Al Green and Isaac Hayes classics. In the 21st century, a vanguard of artists dove headfirst into soul music’s next wave by honouring its past. The genre grew in wild, varied directions, with Erykah Badu imbuing her psychedelic explorations with hip-hop candour, Janelle Monáe taking the idea of “robo-funk” to high-concept heights and Anderson .Paak saluting Stevie and Dre with his sweeping, genre-bending depictions of California life.