I got exactly what you're saying, but 90% of people are saying that mainstream music is cancer, and not a direct reflection of the real r&b that's available, but what do you proceed to do, Rockford and defend the shyt out of mainstream outlets bu bu bu bu blurred lines, happy.....You're being judgmental and are clueless. I am a Neptunes stan. Sadly, you cannot discredit what I am saying though.
I'm not defending mainstream. I am defending R&B and saying it is viable but this current black generation do not support it. All they're fukking with is ratchet rap music. Ariana Grande isn't singing pop, it is R&B. Our people have to support R&B from black people in droves to see a rise once again. Not this singing over DJ Mustard track BS.
Yeah bro the establishment(record companies) exploit black artists, then can't wait to repackage the style and sell it to a more viably economic group with disposable income. White middle class youth and young adults, this has happened time and time again from rock to r&b. Heck if the big record executives could push forward a successful white trap house rapper they would....
The genre POP was created to segregate the artists but the style wasn't much different from ours. That's all these big wigs are doing now, giving contemporary r&b to a cac singer then call it pop.
Nobody is depending on them we're just saying the R&B voice is not being heard in the mainstream. In the past R&B it was felt and heard by mainstream weather white america accepted or not. I Listen to stuff outside radio but I also give radio a fair shot too. Some of these artist deserve the radio spins. Not everyone gets pandora, spotify or can pay for satellite radio just because it works for you does not mean it works for other people. Remember radio is free of charge and many people have better access to radio and TV. Imagine how many new fans talented artist get pick up.
Blues isn't dead but look it at now, cultural speaking it's not as big. Same thing with Funk, Disco...
