186. Donell Jones - Journey of a Gemini (2006)

I am a big Donell Jones fan. I actually walked into the show late as my first experience listening to Donell was on his 1999 album 'Where I Wanna Be' (which you will see later on in the list). This album is slightly different to that album in that it isn't primarily produced by Donell himself. When I first heard that I asked myself, Why? Why would a man who is so obviously a talented song writer need any outside help? Well, as it turns out Donell knows Donell. This album is full of top notch tracks and surprisingly a lot of the good tracks are the uptempo ones (see 'Better Start Talkin'). This album would have been farther up the list but for the fact that it is only a year old. How will it stand up in 10 years time? I don't know but for now, I'm diggin' it.

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193. Bobby Valentino - Bobby Valentino (2005)

This is one of the newer albums on the list and one that might surprise many. 'Slow Down' was a huge hit from this album and it well and truly put the long time production duo of Tim & Bob back in the spotlight. Many artists subsequently used Tim & Bob to try and duplicate the success of 'Slow Down', but none captured the fresh new sound quite as well as Bobby did on his self-titled Debut album. Songs like 'Tell Me', 'My Angel' and 'Come Touch Me' are highlights of what was a solid all-round first effort from Bobby Valentino.

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