Y'all Remember When R&B Videos Used to Tell Stories?

[Hathaway]

I miss that shyt so much. I'm sitting up here watching this music video by R.L called Good Man. I remember this video from my childhood back in 2002. It's one of my favorite love songs of all time. For those of you who don't know, R.L is the singer from the group Next and also the one who sang with Deborah Cox on the song We Can't Be Friends. Very underrated and unsung vocalist from the early 2000’s era.

This twist in this fukking video broke my heart the 1st time I watched it.



I miss the stories these songs and accompanying videos used to tell.

Yall remember Carl Thomas and I Wish?


Kelly Price As We Lay


Joe I Wanna Know


Donnell Jones Where I Wanna Be


I know we complain about the state of R&B these days but man the entire artform of the storytelling music video is extinct in the genre too. You really don't realize how good you have it until it's gone

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Dave24]

Subbed

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Ain’t nobody trying to relive heartbreak

 

[TM101]

Music as a whole in the past used to tell stories, that was a requirement for good songs back in the day.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Saddest teen throb video ever, especially cuz the song is actually for his mom

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

 

[Lonj]

Used to be music average folks could relate to.

Like when you break up with your girl and it seem like every song could apply to y'all relationship.

 

[Hathaway]

This video always made me emotional

 

[feelosofer]

Remember when real R&B was mainstream not this hybrid mess.

 

[RaspberryFitted]

 

[Ol’Otis]

Streaming killed music videos

 

[Ty Daniels]

 

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