I'd Die Without You

The soulful icons of the '80s schooled the new crop of R&B stars in the early '90s, scoring massive hits in the process. Michael Jackson soared on the joyous anthem “Black and White” and seethed on the menacing “Jam” while Whitney injected a show-stopping voice with unbelievable emotion on career-defining ballad “I Will Always Love You.” It seemed like even the hip-hop generation was suddenly looking back to the '80s, rekindling the sensuousness of the quiet storm era. P.M. Dawn flipped from oddball rappers to intimate crooners on the hushed and haunting soundtrack smash “I'd Die Without You,” and smooth operators like Silk and Jodeci spun freaky slow jams that even b-boys and b-girls could love.