The DeuxDuel Neo-Soul lineup

23 songs · 14 artists · 1995–2010 · listed A–Z, not ranked

Neo-Soul: the rnb scene (genre-defined, not decade-bound).

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 23 songs when it builds a Neo-Soul matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for Neo-Soul yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in Neo-Soul

  1. Wish I Didn't Miss You
    Angie Stone · 2001
  2. Charlene
    Anthony Hamilton · 2003
  3. Soul Sista
    Bilal · 2001
  4. Brown Sugar
    D'Angelo · 1995
  5. Lady
    D'Angelo · 1995
  6. Untitled (How Does It Feel)
    D'Angelo · 2000
  7. Find a Way
    Dwele · 2003
  8. Bag Lady
    Erykah Badu · 2000
  9. On & On
    Erykah Badu · 1996
  10. Window Seat
    Erykah Badu · 2010
  11. Say Yes
    Floetry · 2002
  12. Brown Skin (#2)
    India.Arie · 2002
  13. Video
    India.Arie · 2001
  14. A Long Walk
    Jill Scott · 2000
  15. Golden
    Jill Scott · 2004
  16. Doo Wop (That Thing)
    Lauryn Hill · 1998
  17. Ex-Factor
    Lauryn Hill · 1998
  18. I Try
    Macy Gray · 1999
  19. Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
    Maxwell · 1997
  20. Pretty Wings
    Maxwell · 2009
  21. Just Friends (Sunny)
    Musiq Soulchild · 2000
  22. Love
    Musiq Soulchild · 2000
  23. You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)
    The Roots, Erykah Badu & Tariq Trotter · 1999
Disagree with what belongs here? The lineup is settled by the people voting on it — every matchup you play moves Neo-Soul closer to a published chart.

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