In reply to Shady81.

I'm not denying with what she's done but to me there is no huge difference and there isn't three categories of Hip-Hop when it comes to R&B it's either R&B or Pop Soul is as close as R&B Mariah has done alot she just wasn't the first oh and since we talking about soul The late Teena Marie also Used a Hip-Hop sound for the song square biz back in the early 80's since you wanna talk about adding Rappers and Etc. All Teena did was use a simple Hip-Hop beat and she sanged and Rapped Square biz her damn self with no added help now ask yourself can Mariah do that.... No no she can't let's just keep it cute she was inspired by those before her which made her inspire many others.