One of the best extensive overviews of 90s and 2000s R&B you’re likely to encounter, Pure... R&B is a four-disc/68-track box from Sony that focuses on hits. The majority of the selections come from the Sony catalog, but the set includes too many significant singles for that to be much of an issue, especially when the box is sold for the price of a single-disc new release. Essentials galore here -- Amerie’s “1 Thing,” Groove Theory's “Tell Me, Aaliyah’s “Back and Forth,” TLC’s “Creep,” Next’s “Too Close,” Koffee Brown's “After Party,” Monica’s “Don’t Take It Personal,” and Donell Jones' “U Know What’s Up” among them.
DISC 1
Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez
Breathe (Rap Version) - Blu Cantrell Featuring Sean Paul
1 Thing - Amerie
Lo - Gettin' Grown - Cee
U Know What'S Up - Donell Jones
Creep - Tlc
Stole - Kelly Rowland
If I Ain'T Got You - Alicia Keys
Ordinary People - John Legend
The Color Of Love - Boyz II Men
How You Gonna Act Like That - Tyrese
When I See U - Fantasia
Too Close - Next
Someone Should Tell You - Lemar
Be Alone No More - Another Level
U Got It Bad - Usher
DISC 2
Back & Forth - Aaliyah
There You Go - Pink
Yo (Excuse Me Miss) - Chris Brown
Like You - Bow Wow Feat. Ciara
Don'T Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) - Monica
Woman - Raheem Devaughn
If You Love Me - Brownstone
Entourage - Omarion
Wish I Didn'T Miss You - Angie Stone
Nobody'S Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
No More - Ruff Endz
Don'T Talk - Jon B.
Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
Just Kickin' It - Xscape
100 Yard Dash - Raphael Saadiq
Boy You Knock Me Out - Tatyana Ali
Girlfriend - NSync
DISC 3
Smooth Operator - Sade
Sign Your Name - Terence Trent D'Arby
Any Love - Luther Vandross
Right Here (Human Nature Mix) - Swv
Tell Me - Groove Theory
Girlfriend - B2K
Warm Bed - Jamie Foxx
Charlene - Anthony Hamilton
Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars
Need U Bad - Jazmine Sullivan
Weekend - Kenny Lattimore
Charlie, Last Name Wilson - Charlie Wilson
Soon As I Get Home - Babyface
After Party - Koffee Brown
Pain - I'm Sprung - T
Let The Sunshine - Labrinth
Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
DISC 4
Breathe Again - Toni Braxton
Right Here (Departed) - Brandy
No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Fuck It (I Don'T Want You Back) - Eamon
Love Drunk - Loick Essien
Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love) - Jc Chasez
No More (Baby I'M A Do Right) - 3Lw
Walked Outta Heaven - Jagged Edge
Emotional Rollercoaster - Vivian Green
What If - Ruben Studdard
I Wanna Know - Joe
Last Night - Az Yet
Tonight I'M Gonna Let Go - Syleena Johnson
Never Gonna Let You Go - Tina Moore
Hey Mr. D.J. - Zhané
Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest
Pony - Ginuwine