Kingshango
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Come to think of it, where are the new wedding theme R&B songs? What are these young soon to be married couple's going down the isle to?
Vulgarity killed RnB
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daboywonder2002
Superstar
You must be like 15 or something breh. No offense.
The title inself is inside my love.
I
Come inside my love
when i hear that song, i always think of this
daboywonder2002
Superstar
everyone here is right. ill try to go into more detail.
1. songwriting- before you had singers and then you had songwriters. you didnt mind going to a babyface or R kelly for a hit song. Now i cant even tell you who the top writer in the music inudstry is. Not everyone is able to write a song. But from a financial point, i understand it.
2. Lack of music groups. Everyone isn't meant to be a solo singer. I Understand it's hard when money is split 4 ways. But the days of the group are long gone. Jodeci, B2k, En vogue, Changing faces, 702, brownstone, etc.
3. infusion of hip hop. I think we got way too carried away with the hip hop r and b collaborations. Now every r and b single has to have a hip hop artist featured. you got hip hop producers making r and b songs. but the problem is they dont actually produce the record. they just make the beat and thats it. they dont tell you how to sing, or with how much emotion.
4. Lack of promotion. Silk has a new album out- quiet storm. Johnny has that hit with new edition- this one's for me and you. Yet, you rarely hear it being played.
1. songwriting- before you had singers and then you had songwriters. you didnt mind going to a babyface or R kelly for a hit song. Now i cant even tell you who the top writer in the music inudstry is. Not everyone is able to write a song. But from a financial point, i understand it.
2. Lack of music groups. Everyone isn't meant to be a solo singer. I Understand it's hard when money is split 4 ways. But the days of the group are long gone. Jodeci, B2k, En vogue, Changing faces, 702, brownstone, etc.
3. infusion of hip hop. I think we got way too carried away with the hip hop r and b collaborations. Now every r and b single has to have a hip hop artist featured. you got hip hop producers making r and b songs. but the problem is they dont actually produce the record. they just make the beat and thats it. they dont tell you how to sing, or with how much emotion.
4. Lack of promotion. Silk has a new album out- quiet storm. Johnny has that hit with new edition- this one's for me and you. Yet, you rarely hear it being played.
AN OVERLOOKED CLASSIC TRACK!
and yes, i didn't know what that song was about until i got older
too bad one of the dudes from the group died of AIDS
daboywonder2002
Superstar
AN OVERLOOKED CLASSIC TRACK!
and yes, i didn't know what that song was about until i got older
too bad one of the dudes from the group died of AIDS
I still refuse to believe he was gay. but man Kenny had a voice. It's crazy back then people didn't care about your sexuality. Either that or artists just did a great job hiding it. Luther Vandross, Mc Lyte, Latifah. I still don't know if Lyte is gay or not. But if she is, she's done a great job hiding it.
Rembrandt
the artist
probably why frank ocean is so highly praised an why a lot of new singers try to be the weeknd.
Insensitive
Superstar
It's not necessarily vulgarity its an outright divorce from its origins and an embracing of simplicity.
I mean for all of innuendo and metaphor Marvin Gaye is as raunchy as just about any contemporary R&B artist.
The biggest problem with R&B though is that people don't want R&B they want Hip-Hop with a black person singing over it.
I mean for all of innuendo and metaphor Marvin Gaye is as raunchy as just about any contemporary R&B artist.
The biggest problem with R&B though is that people don't want R&B they want Hip-Hop with a black person singing over it.
daboywonder2002
Superstar
and he ain't talking about laying your head on an actual pillow either.
You're the girl that knows my pleasure
So let me go down and find my treasure
Let me see where my pearl is at.
Damn I miss this type of songwriting.
PhonZhi
Veteran
David_TheMan
Banned
R&B always been vulger.
you've always had the more original rough side and the more radio friendly general public side.
I think its the black audience who doesn't want to listen to R&B. I don't know why but black listening audience don't buy tickets to see real R&B singers, they don't want to hear Brian McKnight, 112, Silk, Boyz 2 Men, Jodeci and etc. they don't. They rather listen to sam smith's gay ass mimicking black singers. Black folks rather listen to shytty as Adele warble shyt and immitate black folks, before her they rather listen to that crack head Amy winehouse immitate blacks. Its sickening but its the black audience that would rather praise whites for poorly imitating black singers than support black singers.
you've always had the more original rough side and the more radio friendly general public side.
I think its the black audience who doesn't want to listen to R&B. I don't know why but black listening audience don't buy tickets to see real R&B singers, they don't want to hear Brian McKnight, 112, Silk, Boyz 2 Men, Jodeci and etc. they don't. They rather listen to sam smith's gay ass mimicking black singers. Black folks rather listen to shytty as Adele warble shyt and immitate black folks, before her they rather listen to that crack head Amy winehouse immitate blacks. Its sickening but its the black audience that would rather praise whites for poorly imitating black singers than support black singers.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
Come to think of it, where are the new wedding theme R&B songs? What are these young soon to be married couple's going down the isle to?
A bunch of Drake's crap. Find Your Love, Hold On We're Going Home, and other shyt like that
Had it not been for amazon suggestions and the fact that I randomly surf wikipedia, I would have never known Slim from 112, Keith Sweat, Jahiem, Tweet, and Fantasia all have recent albums as of this year. 3 of them as recent as last month.
thread is on point
PhonZhi
Veteran
Come to think of it, where are the new wedding theme R&B songs? What are these young soon to be married couple's going down the isle to?
Its sad but lots of blacks expressed interest in this joint:
Black artists aren't making songs like these anymore:
daboywonder2002
Superstar
didnt know about Keith sweat either. I know tweet had a song on the radio. Love Fantasia's no time for it.
