What cause the disappearance of black female singing superstars?

[Here Comes the Pain]

Beyoncé ain't do a damn thing to Keisha Cole. She was in her prime during beyonce's prime and by the time that Super Bowl shyt happened, Keisha was past her prime

We all know she did. Stop it breh. Let's not pretend Beyonce didn't give a few of these chicks the boot.

 

[Will Ross]

We all know she did. Stop it breh. Let's not pretend Beyonce didn't give a few of these chicks the boot.

And keyshia cole was the hood chick that was in a totally different lane than Beyoncé.

 

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

We all know she did. Stop it breh. Let's not pretend Beyonce didn't give a few of these chicks the boot.

When? Keisha was already fallen off by the time that shyt happen and Beyoncé ain't do shyt. People chose to stop fukking with her. Beyoncé ain't put a gun to the dreams head.

 

[InDePickWest]

Aren't you biracial yourself? Man, Black feminism really got y'all fukked up where you got lightskin & biracial females hating on other lightskin & biracial females just to fit in.

Biracial is being two races. I am a black woman born from a black woman and biracial man.

I look black and I'm treated black so I identify as black

Miss me

 

[Cynic]

Until it's happened to them they won't care. Imagine a Beyoncé video with a whole bunch of Brad Pitts and Cristiano Ronaldo's. They'd have a fit not knowing that's pretty much the standard nowadays for black men to be black but black Women to be anything but.

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As long as society views black women as unattractive then the opportunities
to bedwench are limited and kept under control

you are stuck with us ...no matter what

 

[InDePickWest]

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As long as society views black women as unattractive then the opportunities
to bedwench are limited and kept under control

you are stuck with us ...no matter what

Never dated a black man. Am engaged to a non black man. I'm considered attractive by most races due to being tall, skinny, and symmetrical features.

I'm not stuck with anybody. White guys talk to me more than black dudes anyways

 

[Cynic]

Never dated a black man. Am engaged to a non black man. I'm considered attractive by most races due to being tall, skinny, and symmetrical features.

I'm not stuck with anybody. White guys talk to me more than black dudes anyways

As a collective not you personally.... you narcissist

 

[InDePickWest]

As a collective not you personally.... you narcissist

Why would I care about how I'm viewed collectively? You just said that I can't pull a white man so I'm stuck with black men. I just told you white men go for me crazier than any other race. Im chillin. Other black girls on their own

 

[Cynic]

But where is the latest version of U2, Green Day, Led Zepplin, the Rolling Stones or Metallica? They ain't coming back either.

Imagine Dragons, Cold Play, Maroon 5 and Mumford and Sons ?


It's rough out there for the rock acts though

 

[Cynic]

Why would I care about how I'm viewed collectively? You just said that I can't pull a white man so I'm stuck with black men. I just told you white men go for me crazier than any other race. Im chillin. Other black girls on their own

#Thatnarcisssism

 

[BIXBY]

dope

I can get down to this...

 

[8.TRES]

It has nothing to do wth Beyonce or Rihanna.

The music industry has been radically disrupted by technology. Free music started with Napster,
and carpet-bombed with YouTube's debut in 2005.

Beyonce was already heavily established by 2005 (just like her husband was). Rihanna just sneaks in
at the deadline with Pon De Replay in 2005 as YouTube is just getting started and totally free music streaming doesn't
become a factor for a couple more years.

In the past, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole and Toni Braxton counted on all those black female corporate workers purchasing their albums
after work at Best Buy, Coconuts, Strawberries, Sam Goody, Camelot's, Tower Records. That world is gone forever.

OK, black female r&b singers are now extinct.

But where is the latest version of U2, Green Day, Led Zepplin, the Rolling Stones or Metallica? They ain't coming back either.

Pop has hung on because of the 12-24 white female, who had the music pipeline of Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and iHeart stations to feed them. And they still bought CDs and legal downloads from Apple. But that is beginning to fall off now, too.

so what do you figure is going to be the next big demographic that the popular genres really feed off of? in this streaming era, is it really just whatever demographic has access to the internet/radio? and even beyond that, that obviously means there's less money in general in the music industry right?

 

[TEH]

Never dated a black man. Am engaged to a non black man. I'm considered attractive by most races due to being tall, skinny, and symmetrical features.

I'm not stuck with anybody. White guys talk to me more than black dudes anyways

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

Imagine Dragons, Cold Play, Maroon 5 and Mumford and Sons ?


It's rough out there for the rock acts though

I don't think Bono wakes up at night worried that Chris Martin is going to take his spot.

But it is rough for rock. I think its hard to convey now just how big rock was in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon sold Thriller numbers without having pop hits.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

so what do you figure is going to be the next big demographic that the popular genres really feed off of? in this streaming era, is it really just whatever demographic has access to the internet/radio? and even beyond that, that obviously means there's less money in general in the music industry right?

Who knows?

I wonder whether music has simply taken a back seat to technology?

Are we going to pay for music, or for our Verizon or Sprint bill? Or for our Netflix?

Rob and Chyna's back and forth yesterday had the mass effect of what a hit record used to have.