Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
That's a good point. Not everyone is meant to be solo artist. People are selfish with the spotlight now more than ever. Bone weren't singers but when they came together they sounded pretty good.
Why is R&B dead in 2014?
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That's a good point. Not everyone is meant to be solo artist. People are selfish with the spotlight now more than ever. Bone weren't singers but when they came together they sounded pretty good.
The Electric Lady
Post and toke
Modern r&b is 
good, assuming you don't listen to the mainstream stuff. R&B been making a comeback for a few years, quality-wise. We do need groups back, though.
good, assuming you don't listen to the mainstream stuff. R&B been making a comeback for a few years, quality-wise. We do need groups back, though.Everything is dead in 2014.
RnB was kept alive by musicians from black churches who made a transition...now most of the new guys can't even play any instrument or ever had any experience singing in-front of a congregation. So of course it will be trash
Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
at blaming Teddy Riley. But naw I love New Jack Swing. You have to explain this one to me. Was it genre or the mass of one hit wonders ?
Are you nikkas buying Jill Scott, John Legend or Jennifer Hudson albums? If not STFU.
Mainstream R&B simply doesn't sell at all, so the artists resort to making club/radio songs. I don't blame 'em.
Look at Beyonce for instance. Someone as big as her couldn't buy a hit for years and then she decides to 'dumb' down her music & (over)sexualize her music and surprise, surprise.... it becomes her most critically acclaimed album and sets sales records.
Honestly, I blame rap music for the decline in mainstream R&B. That and declining album sales, nikkas gotta eat too and I can't blame them (record companies) for sacrificing quality for sales.
Mainstream R&B simply doesn't sell at all, so the artists resort to making club/radio songs. I don't blame 'em.
Look at Beyonce for instance. Someone as big as her couldn't buy a hit for years and then she decides to 'dumb' down her music & (over)sexualize her music and surprise, surprise.... it becomes her most critically acclaimed album and sets sales records.
Honestly, I blame rap music for the decline in mainstream R&B. That and declining album sales, nikkas gotta eat too and I can't blame them (record companies) for sacrificing quality for sales.
Broad Street Bully
Sick & Tide Sixers/Phillies/Cowboys fan smh
RNB aint dead nikka 
Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
She had hits since 2003.
daboywonder2002
Superstar
this is 2014 r and b. HORRIBLE LYRICS.
When a rich nikka want you
And your nikka can't do nothing for ya
These hoes ain’t loyal
These hoes ain’t loyal
Yeah, yeah, let me see
[Bridge: Chris Brown]
Just got rich
Took a broke nikka’s bytch
I can make a broke bytch rich
But I don’t fukk with broke bytches
[Verse 2: Chris Brown]
Got a white girl with some fake titties
I took her to the bay with me
Eyes closed smoking marijuana
Rolling up that Bob Marley, I’m a rasta
She wanna do drugs, smoke weed, get drunk
She wanna see a nikka trap
She wanna fukk all the rappers
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Chris Brown]
Black girl with a big booty
If she a bad bytch, let’s get to it (right away)
We up in this club
Bring me the bottles
I know girl, that you came in this bytch with your man
That’s a no-no girl
All this money in the air
I wanna see you dance
When a rich nikka want you
And your nikka can't do nothing for ya
These hoes ain’t loyal
These hoes ain’t loyal
Yeah, yeah, let me see
[Bridge: Chris Brown]
Just got rich
Took a broke nikka’s bytch
I can make a broke bytch rich
But I don’t fukk with broke bytches
[Verse 2: Chris Brown]
Got a white girl with some fake titties
I took her to the bay with me
Eyes closed smoking marijuana
Rolling up that Bob Marley, I’m a rasta
She wanna do drugs, smoke weed, get drunk
She wanna see a nikka trap
She wanna fukk all the rappers
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Chris Brown]
Black girl with a big booty
If she a bad bytch, let’s get to it (right away)
We up in this club
Bring me the bottles
I know girl, that you came in this bytch with your man
That’s a no-no girl
All this money in the air
I wanna see you dance
daboywonder2002
Superstar
a lot of genre's have one hit wonders though. we cant even get a decent one hit wonder in r and b today. some r and b i do like though. i like jennifer hudson, ledisi, it's a lot of problems in r and b though. lemme try to name em
1)people upstairs not really knowing r and b. you got people with a hip hop background doing r and b music. you got hip hop producers doing r and b. every hip hop producer cant do r and b. kaygee from naughty is good at it. but he said his true roots are r and b.
2)lack of music groups. just watch unsung man. money is the root of all evil. its a lot of artist who shouldnt be solo but would probably benefit from being in a group
3)platform. yes the internet is a bigger platform. but think about it. when you get on the net, most of us are on facebook, chatting, social media, etc. i dont go to worldstar daily like that. without the coli, i wouldn't had a clue that g unit put an album out. back in the 80s and 90s, bet was the ultimate platform. video soul, midnight love. shoot you had arsenio hall, mtv jams with bill bellamy. when you turned on bet or mtv, you got MUSIC. not reality tv. Look at BET. why do you think they got out the music game? they getting that tv and reality tv money. same thing with vh1.
Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
Miguel is the only new male talent that's hot.
I like Bobby V but nikka is not even on the radar. I though words was good but it didn't stick.
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Because now most artist rely on the computer to help them sing. RnB focused on vocal talent, and now its possible to be a music artist without any talent what so ever. Most of the time they only have their looks to showcase.
daboywonder2002
Superstar
but how do we even know when bobby v puts out new music? thats what im saying. no platform. we gotta follow him on twitter just to see when he got a new song out.