In the cluttered, money-mad landscape of modern R&B and soul music, the figures who stand tallest stand alone. Prima donnas like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill have the creative vision and iron-fisted drive necessary to elevate themselves among their peers; Usher and R. Kelly work their mack-daddy game as lone wolves on the prowl. And when Beyoncé caught whiff of the big time, she left Destiny's children to write her own ticket (though she did throw her sisters a platinum bone on their recent... More >>>