well, not killed... but because it as been absorbed/accepted in the mainstream and crossed over into pop culture, it's roots have been stripped away. It's made it harder for new acts to break in and there is little variety.
R&B and Hip Hop being merged within pop culture has ultimately killed both
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so true...artists today are a HYBRID of both..thier are no longer any PURE SOUL SINGERS anymore..just like we don't have any PURE HIP HOP ACTS anymore
Most r&b acts are rhyming and releasing mixtapes as well i.e (trey songz, chris brown)
and we have a heap of singing mcees......not going even to name the obvious
i don't mind if it was a select few , but now the industry is cloning so many of them now.....
that when u hear a classic singer it's like hearing some RARE SPECIES, just like an MC who actually rhymes without AUTOTUNE or techno beats
Most r&b acts are rhyming and releasing mixtapes as well i.e (trey songz, chris brown)
and we have a heap of singing mcees......not going even to name the obvious
i don't mind if it was a select few , but now the industry is cloning so many of them now.....
that when u hear a classic singer it's like hearing some RARE SPECIES, just like an MC who actually rhymes without AUTOTUNE or techno beats
Its funny because I was thinking about that today. I cant even decipher if a song is rnb or hip hop now. Ne-Yo could rap on Mercy and I'd think its RnB.
The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
This is true
spliz
SplizThaDon
All real shyt...
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
COSIGN THREAD
Who knew Jagged Edge would be the last of a dying breed.
The Message
Lex with tv sets the minimum
That n!gga started it.
absolutely true.. too much anatomical referencing
Baracka Flocka Flame
Coast to Coast
Should out to Gangsta Guetta. Dude is 
Ringtone rap was starting to die, Flo Rida made a hit making formula and others followed. He realized he wanted to be in a positive space by targeting an expanding demographic. (50 Cent flow)
It started in 2008 After flo came Pitbull, Wayne, Kelly Rowland and Chris Brown.
Chris Brown adopted it for the Double mint and so goes the story. He was literally going to pushed to the modern MJ status had he not Ike Turner'd Rihanna.
Ringtone rap was starting to die, Flo Rida made a hit making formula and others followed. He realized he wanted to be in a positive space by targeting an expanding demographic. (50 Cent flow)
It started in 2008 After flo came Pitbull, Wayne, Kelly Rowland and Chris Brown.
Chris Brown adopted it for the Double mint and so goes the story. He was literally going to pushed to the modern MJ status had he not Ike Turner'd Rihanna.
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LittleLordBboy
Madlib Adlib
I think there is a lack of variety in the top 40. And I think you've found the right reason. But because we don't rely on it as much, there are other avenues for artists of all styles to get listeners and make a living. I think we have just as much variety overall. I will say R&B has suffered WAY more because of this phenomenon.
NigerianDonDada
FFOE
Them soulful R&B artists got pushed out the game or had to switch their style up. Miss the days of Musiq, Avant, Donell Jones, 112, Jagged Edge, Tyrese, Ginuwine, Faith Evans, R.Kelly and etc getting on hip-hop records.
