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OK, we admit: It's pretty unfair to call any of the following artists representative of a "nu-soul movement" or any such buzzword. Most are definitely doing their own thing, which is exactly why R&B and soul music is more exciting now than it's been in over a decade. Still, they all clearly share a love of the classic sounds of the soul pantheon, where legends like Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and Sly Stone sit enthroned. Will that pantheon one day include some of these new soul stirrers?—Scott Thill, Special to Metromix
