Including a clutch of hip-hop/R&B crossover anthems, The Very Best of Pure R&B has a bizarre title but a winning tracklisting. The two-disc set features some of the best R&B tracks of the '90s and early 2000s -- Blackstreet's "No Diggity," Ginuwine's "Pony," OutKast's "Ms. Jackson," Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," and even Afroman's "Because I Got High." For listeners who don't have any of these tracks and can get over the abrupt mixing of the Firin' Squad -- … mehrwho move from Wu-Tang Clan's "Gravel Pit" to Sisqó's "Thong Song," definitely a first -- The Very Best of Pure R&B makes a worthwhile purchase. weniger

CD1
1. Various Artists - 7 Days
2. Various Artists - No Diggity
3. Various Artists - California Love
4. Various Artists - Ms. Jackson… mehr
5. Various Artists - What Would You Do?
6. Various Artists - Always on Time
7. Various Artists - One Night Stand
8. Various Artists - A.M. to P.M.
9. Various Artists - This Is How We Do It
10. Various Artists - You Know What's Up
11. Various Artists - Ride Wit Me
12. Various Artists - No More
13. Various Artists - Breathe and Stop
14. Various Artists - Danger (Been So Long)
15. Various Artists - He Loves You Not
16. Various Artists - Wifey
17. Various Artists - Too Close
18. Various Artists - Ghetto Romance
19. Various Artists - Peaches and Cream
20. Various Artists - After Party
21. Various Artists - Just a Little

CD 2
1. Various Artists - Gravel Pit
2. Various Artists - Thong Song
3. Various Artists - All I Want
4. Various Artists - Right Here
5. Various Artists - Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
6. Various Artists - Regulate
7. Various Artists - You're Making Me High
8. Various Artists - Boy You Knock Me Out
9. Various Artists - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
10. Various Artists - Ugly
11. Various Artists - Bad Boy for Life
12. Various Artists - Dance for Me
13. Various Artists - Stutter
14. Various Artists - I Got 5 on It
15. Various Artists - Age Ain't Nothing But a Number
16. Various Artists - Because I Got High
17. Various Artists - Break Your Neck
18. Various Artists - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
19. Various Artists - Pony
20. Various Artists - Fill Me In
21. Various Artists - Fallin' weniger