Why is R&B dead in 2014?
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Ms Caramel I need 3 scoops
So you telling me that you listen to Kem too.Modern r&b isgood, 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.
don't even try to pass that off as R&BSo we gon act this song ain't true R&B with a contemporary twist to it.
Man you should have seen when I was going at it with these clowns in the booth about Tineshae, or w/e her name is.You know what I don't get is when people say" ________is a studio singer". WTF is a studio singer ?You can either sing or not.
If you can sing you can sing anywhere.
R&B isn't dead and the biggest records for the last two years have been R&B. Blurred Lines, Get Lucky and Happy. Majority of blacks aren't supporting it or fukking with it.
wild100sboy
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Neo soul>>>>>
Eric Bellinger....writes for usher, chris brown, justin beiber
Marcus Cooper mixtape was also on point
ya casual R&B nikkas should check
http://www.thisisrnb.com/
ya really don't know R&B to talk about it
You're part of the problem, not soulful enough.
Those are engineered mainstream songs. Now this:
You're part of the problem, not soulful enough.
Those are engineered mainstream songs. Now this:
Oh my fault. It has to be a certain type of R&B.
Can't have it both ways. Second, Blurred Lines and Happy been out for awhile before they caught on. Maybe that shyt you are vouching for isn't that great. I do not like Kem at all especially having Ronald Isley singing about Facebook. 
If were talking about why R&B isn't mainstream anymore, than were having a different conversation. But it seems as though people seem hurt that the mainstream (aka white America) isn't co-signing black music. But let's not fool ourselves into thinking that the musicianship and artistry isn't lacking in mainstream R&B. Not to mention those were some of the very elements that made the genre so popular worldwide. Artists like Keith Sweat, En Vogue etc were largely supported by the black community. Keith Sweat and En Vogue have a major following here and overseas. Support from the Black community is why Keith Sweat is still able to do shows here in the states.
But if we were to go back in time and transport Teddy Pendegrass, Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross,Stevie Wonder, Hi-five, Babyface etc into 2014's music climate, they wouldn't sell in the mainstream and possibly in today's black community as well. The quality decline in music overall has been felt across the board.
Oh my fault. It has to be a certain type of R&B.
typical mainstream listener 
missyleebunny
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I blame these big corporations, radio stations etc. Neo soul is still being made but we aren't hearing it.
Th whites are trying to transition a white face onto what was traditionally considered R&B.
Black people need to assemble a panel of non tap dancing judges who are held accountable to create a label similar to the parental advisory stickers to award to musicians who do BLACK music...that way we won't have mainstream coming in trying to curse us with Vanilla Ice.
We need ownership of our brand.
Th whites are trying to transition a white face onto what was traditionally considered R&B.
Black people need to assemble a panel of non tap dancing judges who are held accountable to create a label similar to the parental advisory stickers to award to musicians who do BLACK music...that way we won't have mainstream coming in trying to curse us with Vanilla Ice.
We need ownership of our brand.
You're being judgmental and are clueless. I am a Neptunes stan. Sadly, you cannot discredit what I am saying though.
