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Is Real R&B Still Around?
LyRiCaL_G:
homie its like this, if usher was white, he'd be king of pop........but since his black, u know these clowns aint gonna say that, instead justin is king of pop now......
anyways.....on the topic, which is kinda dope imo, even tho alot of shit has been spoken to imo.......
anyway, r kelly is dope, anyone who says r kelly aint rnb is stupid.......and he writes n produces alot of his own shit, i cant hate.....
usher, thats dope rnb......he brings that mj influnced style but he def adds sumthang onto it rather than justin who jus copies it with the best hitmakin producers around......
marques houston......his killin it write now, i dono much about his new album but his joints hittin hard everywhere in the clubs n he aint to bad i guess.......r kelly produced his joint by the way
micheal jackson.........well, c'mon man, aint no nigga fukin with him, bille jean alone shits on everyone else career alone.....in many genres
who else did ya list.........ummmmmm
alicia keys, man shes the most gifted chick out right now, she aint rnb though, shes a real soul sister
jodeci, back in the day......... they wer killin it,lol
lauren hill is sick, its jus y'all can relate to her, damn even niggaz findin it harder these days, but everyone knows her potential.....
truth is theres alot od DECENT shit being made, but like u said, only a few are keepin it to its roots n continuing, its jus took a wrong turn which can easily be taken like in hip hop, which most jus talk about the ice they be flexin
but only a few cats can say they doin sumthang for rnb which is good right now.......usher leadin the way........r kelly gotta stay away fromt he kids though
peace
Don Breezio:
its not a racial factor dude...if it were then everyone would consider B2K & Destiny's child R&B and not pop. thats my point...theres like a rule saying that if it gets a ton of radio play it cant be R&B anymore which is sad. but then again you made a lot of sense w/ the usher-mj comparison.
Suga Foot:
Hate all you want, but Beyonce has fuckin talent. "Me Myself & I" is a dope fuckin song.
I popped in Raphael Saadiq's "Instant Vintage" today, I seriously listened to it 3 times without skipping a track.
Good shit is still out there, you just gotta look for it.
I got my eye on this girl Kia Kadiri, she sings a couple hooks on Abstract Rude's new album, she has an amazing voice.
Don Breezio:
--- Quote from: Adon aka Suga Foot on February 26, 2004, 11:00:51 PM ---I popped in Raphael Saadiq's "Instant Vintage" today, I seriously listened to it 3 times without skipping a track.
--- End quote ---
and thats the way most of it is...people just want to jump to calling shit pop because it gets radio play...you can bet if raphael saadiq was played on mtv 42 times a day people would hate on him too.
theres so many albums out there that are damn near perfect albums (one reason why i love R&B)....like as i type this im listening to jaheim's "Still Ghetto"...i love this album...have since it came out. songs like "Fabulous", "Me & My Bitch", "Lets Talk About It", "Put That Woman First", "Beauty & A Thug"...all dope shit.
then you could go to say...Marques Houston...another artist that gets hated on because he is played on the radio alot and is the man behind B2K. i can pop in his cd "MH" and listen to it all the way through. even "Clubbin" (feat. Joe Budden) doesnt ever get old for me...i think thats one of the most relaxing songs i've heard in a long time.
On The Edge of Insanity:
Yeah but Luke, Raphael Saadiq has soulfulness, so no matter how much he would be played on the radio he'd still be amazing, but he is soul, not rnb.
To me it has nothing to do with radio play. People consider Jaheim rnb just cause "Fabulous" got a lot of radio play, but I would still classify him as soul on his newest album. On previous albums he wasn't really letting the soulfulness shine through, but on "Still Ghetto" its a straight soul album for me.
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