And this my friends is why R and B is dead. Cant win with the machine. Regardless of how much you sing about a love of your life on a soulful track, cacs will not vibe with it and throw it in the bushes regardless of how much the shyt sells.
Confessions was like the modern day Thriller, but folks still look at "My Way" as the opus of Usher's career.
When producers, entertainers, and the fans allow the suits to dictate what actually hits, instead of what's thriving realistically.
We will continue to have THOT songs, dudes hitting autotune about opps, and other bullshyt I refuse to call R and B.
R&B didn’t die
nikkas not supporting the black artist that are out there because nikkas only want the 90s/2000 music
Joyce Rice
Jon Vinyl
Flywr Child
Sebastian Mikael
Syd/The Internet
Steve Lacy
Alex Isley
India Shawn
Kadeem Tyrell
Eric Roberson
HER
Anderson Paak
Terrace Martin infusing Jazz/Acid Jazz with melodic singers
Ledisi
Will Downing
Emmavie
Leon Bridges(mixing guitar, rock and r&b)
And I can go on and on
Even nonblacks like
Sinead Hartnett
Mac Ayers
Marie Dahlstrom
Moonchild
May not be getting the machine push
But good music is out here
But nikkas don’t want to give it a chance and that’s what is sickening to me
I’ve personally listed dozens of R&B artist
Every time a post like this comes up and it’s met with resistance
For a forum that one of its pillars is music
nikkas sure love to complain just cuz
That Robert Glasper thread showed the exact attitude of old nikka ear syndrome
The music is out there
But instead of giving it a chance
Post like this and sneak dissing occur towards the new generation without even giving them a chance or digging around to see it’s some talented muthafukkas out here
Old muthafukkaswe stay shytting on the kids trying to push new music and boundaries forward
And they say “fukk It”
Let me go do something else
That’s why so many young black artists try to distant themselves from R&B music
Even though they were terrible albums
Beyoncé and Drake tried to do what Kaytranada does effortlessly
But nikkas will shyt on him because his sexual orientation
I’ve come to realize posters/other social media
Are just stuck in sonic purgatory
It’s only a select view on here that actually appreciate the youngins