What happened to R&B???

[Mowgli]

I'm halfway with you on that, but I understand.

Soul singing comes from church. Its that simple.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

There was a raunchy RnB male act from the 90s that began the downward trend..cursing all over the show.
They tried to add some edginess to RnB, and eventually it became a spitting image of hiphop.

What group was that?

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Soul singing comes from church. Its that simple.

Yup…

 

[Redwood]

Soul singing comes from church. Its that simple.

Never was implying that, I was referring to the church being better for families part. For the most part it's true but there can be drama.

 

[NinoBrown]

Lack of musicianship that isn't developing in the church or school programs, which is the pinnacle of Black music.

Without it, it's just endless noise...

 

[987654321]

The good ones have been overlooked for years. Cleo Sol is one of the best out but she won’t get the love she deserves

Her, Emmavie, Snoh, H.E.R, Anderson Paak, and some others get a lot of play on my commutes.

Janelle Monae’s “The Electric Lady” is one of the last epic R&B/funk/soul projects for me. There have been a lot of cool albums since, but that one had a lot of the musical intricacies that we we used to find in music from the 70’s.

It feels like a whole orchestra or big band was in the room, and can find a new interesting layer everytime you listen. Nate Wonder/Deep Cotton is probably behind most of it. I wish they had a hand in more people’s projects on some Quincy jones, Barry Gordy shyt.

 

[987654321]

There was a raunchy RnB male act from the 90s that began the downward trend..cursing all over the show.
They tried to add some edginess to RnB, and eventually it became a spitting image of hiphop.

lol as much as I love their music and listen to them, I secretly feel like Aaron Hall stated strangling R&b and Jodeci came along and mortally wounded it with a knife in the side.

 

[Depreciating Asset]

Everything is explicit and vulgar for no reason. I get it if an artist is using vulgarity to emphasize a point or whatever, but it's mostly just vulgarity for its own sake.

This. I feel like R Kelly started this trend. fukk R Kelly

 

[Mowgli]

Never was implying that, I was referring to the church being better for families part. For the most part it's true but there can be drama.

Nothing is perfect but church is better then no church for family minded people. These idiots scrambling for stability basing family on good head and ass during courting.

Hmmmm she sucks good dikk her ass is fat. Perfect wife.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

There was a raunchy RnB male act from the 90s that began the downward trend..cursing all over the show.
They tried to add some edginess to RnB, and eventually it became a spitting image of hiphop.

Better not be Kellz you talkin bout

 

[ajnapoleon]

It’s out there just got to really dig for it

 

[RaspberryFitted]

What group was that?

I’m assuming he’s referring to Jodeci

but at least Jodeci had ballads on each album.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I’m assuming he’s referring to Jodeci

but at least Jodeci had ballads on each album.

Yeah. I was thinking he was referring to Jodeci, but Jodeci was still R & B musically and vocally for the most part regardless of their so called image

 

[3rdWorld]

What group was that?

Trying to remember..but it wasn't no jodeci etc. I'll find it

 

[Vaselclean]

What group was that?

First group I thought of was Next