The first single off the album already went double platinum
And the second one went platinum
She's easily one of the most popular R&B singers right now
That’s not saying much since R&B has been considered a dead genre for years now.
H.E.R. debut album drops tonight. Why doesnt anyone care?
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That’s not saying much since R&B has been considered a dead genre for years now.
word that shyt has to cease son
same with XXL Freshman whose music you been listening to on the radio for three full years before they made the cover
This don’t make sense if anything that’s saying alot if somebody can go platinum multiple times in a genre that’s considered “dead”
Who considers R&B dead?
Because Chris Brown, Masego, H.E.R., Ty Dolla Sign, Kehlani, Jhene Aiko, Bryson Tiller, Thundercat, The Weekend, Tyler the Creator, Bilal, etc. are all selling well and making incredibly popular music.
You've got newcomers like Rodwave, Morray, reggie, Rachel Chinouriri, Chloe x Halle all making popular music too
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There isn't money in R&B like it used to be, which is why you see other artist making songs that can cross over into other genre's of music. That's where the money is.
Having an incredibly popular and surprisingly versatile rap artist on an R&B album aimed at younger people isn't aiming at her core audience?
Who considers R&B dead?
Because Chris Brown, Masego, H.E.R., Ty Dolla Sign, Kehlani, Jhene Aiko, Bryson Tiller, Thundercat, The Weekend, Bilal, etc. are all selling well and making incredibly popular music.
You've got newcomers like Rodwave, Morray, reggie, Rachel Chinouriri, Chloe x Halle all making popular music too
A lot of your favorite artist themselves hence them creating songs that blur genre lines that can be played on top 40 radio stations. Surely you've been attention and have noticed that a lot of genre's of music don't sound like the typical genre of music.
H.E.R was literally just on the CMT Awards a week ago performing with Chris Stapleton. There's a specific reasoning for that happening.
But that's been how all popular music has worked for the last 50 years.
The idea of "pure" genres of music, when at any given time the "genre" of music is itself derivative of earlier forms and influenced by contemporary popular sounds, is silly anyway.
Was there ever pure hip-hop and rap, when the records sampled were soul, jazz, R&B and gospel? What is R&B anyway - if Cab Calloway doesn't sound like Aretha Franklin, and neither of them sounds like Usher or Tevin Campbell?
There's no reason *not* to cross-over - and that doesn't mean R&B is "dead," or that H.E.R. isn't an incredibly popular artist.
A lot of nikkas are just
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Who considers R&B dead?
Because Chris Brown, Masego, H.E.R., Ty Dolla Sign, Kehlani, Jhene Aiko, Bryson Tiller, Thundercat, The Weekend, Tyler the Creator, Bilal, Chloe x Halle all making popular music too
Tyler is not R&b
The weekend is pop
Chris has peaked an will never be better then what he is.
Masego is modern blues...not r&b
Kelani is this era's keisha cole
Really it's only the women that stand out
Ari Lennox
Her
Summer walker
Jhene aiko
After that there's a huge fall off
But that's been how all popular music has worked for the last 50 years.
The idea of "pure" genres of music, when at any given time the "genre" of music is itself derivative of earlier forms and influenced by contemporary popular sounds, is silly anyway.
Was there ever pure hip-hop and rap, when the records sampled were soul, jazz, R&B and gospel? What is R&B anyway - if Cab Calloway doesn't sound like Aretha Franklin, and neither of them sounds like Usher or Tevin Campbell?
There's no reason *not* to cross-over - and that doesn't mean R&B is "dead," or that H.E.R. isn't an incredibly popular artist.
A lot of nikkas are just
Actually I'm 29, so I wouldn't be considered as
The money is in top 40 of the billboard charts, which is what every artist is/should be aiming for. Creating a song that can get you on those charts and airplays is where the money is.
Unfortunately, R&B isn't that genre anymore outside of a few songs here and there. That's why people were pissed at artist like JT and Adele being hyped up as R&B artist and winning awards as other artist of those genres don't get that type of airplay on top 40 stations.
Also don't forget that numbers and sales don't mean shyt these days when you can pay to streams and other forms of sales manipulations. Even G-Eazy's camp got caught doing it a few months back.
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I know it's her debut but with the amount of projects she's released, it seems like just another one of them. Not to mention, I feel as though there was no promo for this whatsoever. Some of her music is really good, though, so I'll be listening. "Come Through" is dope.
A lot of these are just opinions
The Weeknd is both pop and R&B. And he makes R&B music. Tyler, Masego, and Kehlani all make R&B music. Chris Brown is still dropping platinum albums and singles damn near every year, and there are other artists like Jazmine Sullivan, SZA, and the others I mentioned that are making waves.
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this. She’s in no mans land demographic wise. I respect her talent, but her music is a little too bumblegum for my age and she’s too serious an artist for the audience she’s marketed towards.