If you're a dark skinned female music artist, you won't sell albums in America

[Faneto]

I'm not singling out any group and making assumptions about them. It's clearly demonstratable that darker skin gets less play in mainstream America.

Try again dummy

Sounds like you're generalizing Mainstream America bruh.

Besides, what constitutes as dark skin is subjective

 

[blackzeus]

Both did numbers recently A better thread would be why is @Raul lowkey racist?

 

[blackzeus]

If you guys think naming Mary J Blige and Kelly Rowland ethers the premise...then you guys are silly

What a fail of a race baiting thread

 

[Swirv]

Spoiler: Pick is big as hell

Granted they don't outsell the beyonces and the Rihanna's but both have been in the game since they were teens

Brandy has always been beautiful. She doesn't need the fake eyelashes. Had a crush on her when I was 4th grader.

 

[Remote]

Both did numbers recently A better thread would be why is @Raul lowkey racist?

How is it racist that I point out that dark skinned women tend not to sell albums in America?

You actually think I LIKE Beyonce and Rihanna?



(I don't, but mainly because they're shyt artists. But I believe a part of their success is their skin tone)

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Sounds like you're generalizing Mainstream America bruh.

Besides, what constitutes as dark skin is subjective

Don't matter what constitutes as "dark skin" when black women of all shades are getting their complexions lightened in photo touch-ups.

 

[Faneto]

Don't matter what constitutes as "dark skin" when black women of all shades are getting their complexions lightened in photo touch-ups.

In Latin America, black artists of any complexion dont get any shine period.

 

[Originalman]

Light skin is more marketable to white people its not just the women either look at the rap game real black people getting replaced slowly but surely

Know your history and you'll see its been done before and its happening right now

Not only that but most black female artist have to shake their asses and get butt ass naked to cross over to white folks.

Just like in the 80s for black dudes to cross over and sell to whites they had to have high pitch women like voices.

White folks like their black entertainers to not be too black but at the same time they want their black entertainers to represent every black stereotype imaginable.

 

[Originalman]

Don't matter what constitutes as "dark skin" when black women of all shades are getting their complexions lightened in photo touch-ups.

Yep Beyonce light skin but they try to make her damn near white on covers.

 

[Originalman]

She dont sell albums like that. She went gold once, which was before the downloading era. She had one hit single that did well and thats it

She is far more popular overseas.

 

[Originalman]

Ledisi

Naw she neo soul that doesn't cross over to white folks. Really neo soul is real R & B or our R & B. The new R & B now is just some old pop shyt made to cross over to white people.

 

[CinnaSlim]

Jazmine Sullivan

She's not a good example. The reason she took a long hiatus between albums is because people were criticizing her "image".

 

[Originalman]

It's is amazing how the black music that hasn't crossed over such as neo soul and Gospel have black women and men in every shape and color. Making music and having big following in those genres.

I have always said the quickest way for a certain black style or form to die is have it cross over in mass.

 

[Retired Account]

In Latin America, black artists of any complexion dont get any shine period.

I'm not Hispanic but i know don omar and romeo santos have had some big songs.

Both have over 700 mil views

 

[Faneto]

I'm not Hispanic but i know don omar and romeo santos have had some big songs.

Both have over 700 mil views

You're from New York so you might as well be

Wiz Khalifa got 1 billion views for his Fast and Furious tribute song