The DeuxDuel Throwback R&B lineup

18 songs · 6 artists · 1994–2009 · listed A–Z, not ranked

Throwback R&B: the rnb scene (genre-defined, not decade-bound).

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 18 songs when it builds a Throwback R&B 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 Throwback R&B 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 Throwback R&B

  1. Are You That Somebody?
    Aaliyah · 1998
  2. At Your Best (You Are Love)
    Aaliyah · 1994
  3. One In A Million
    Aaliyah · 1996
  4. If I Ain't Got You
    Alicia Keys · 2003
  5. Like You'll Never See Me Again
    Alicia Keys · 2007
  6. No One
    Alicia Keys · 2007
  7. Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)
    Alicia Keys · 2009
  8. My Boo
    Alicia Keys & USHER · 2004
  9. Cater 2 U
    Destiny's Child · 2004
  10. Jumpin', Jumpin'
    Destiny's Child · 1999
  11. Say My Name
    Destiny's Child · 1999
  12. Creep
    TLC · 1994
  13. No Scrubs
    TLC · 1999
  14. Red Light Special
    TLC · 1994
  15. Waterfalls
    TLC · 1994
  16. Love In This Club (feat. Young Jeezy)
    USHER · 2008
  17. U Got It Bad
    USHER · 2001
  18. Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
    USHER · 2004
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