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Editor, Rickey Wright
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R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR: TLC
If you measured success by how many clone acts rose up around a major group, TLC would
have been as big as the Beatles in 1999. As it was, "Fanmail"
saw the trio return after a half-decade's absence just like they'd never left. The album hit home both musically
and commercially (to the tune of several million sold so far). No one else in modern R&B seemed quite as important
these past months. 
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AMAZON.COM'S 100 BEST CDS OF 1999
Amazon.com's music staff
receives thousands of music titles every year; simply digging through these stacks of CDs can be a difficult task--selecting
the very best titles is even more challenging. Yet, after rigorous internal debate and a closely monitored balloting
procedure, editors were able to arrive at a list brimming with new, exciting music from across every musical genre.
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R&B titles on our 100 Best CDs of 1999 list include:
"Things Fall Apart"
The Roots
Long regarded as hip-hop's best band, the Roots broke out from the underground and onto the R&B charts with
this year's single "You Got Me." Of course, expanding on their base of alternative hip-hop heads and
critics allowed them to find even more ears to hear their intelligent messages--and some deep, deep grooves. On
"Things Fall Apart," old school met the year 1999... and those beyond. Read
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