70's Soul/R&B Music Cannot Be Replicated

[BmoreGorilla]

Breh posted the Peabo Bryson joint

This thread is the music I came up on brehs. Let me add

 

[Laidbackman]

No, you definitely can replicate that.

I also don't understand where you guys are getting that "this generation has zero talent" from. The issue is that this kind of music isn't en vogue anymore. If the general populace, as a collective, wants 70s Soul / R&B to return, it'd be back in a flash.

You may have a point here

 

[COLI MANDINGO]

Whaddup my nikka @Hathaway !? Missed you my nikka. Things going better?

 

[Hathaway]

D'Angelo recorded Black Messiah completely analog with no plug-ins.

I go back and listen to it every once and again full blast to experience the last of the modern interpretations of 70s production.

That album is fantastic. But it doesn't capture the magic of that era. Recording completely in analog doesn't equate to that era solely.

 

[Hathaway]

Whaddup my nikka @Hathaway !? Missed you my nikka. Things going better?

They are not but we are here to discuss music, not my woes.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

No, you definitely can replicate that.

I also don't understand where you guys are getting that "this generation has zero talent" from. The issue is that this kind of music isn't en vogue anymore. If the general populace, as a collective, wants 70s Soul / R&B to return, it'd be back in a flash.

There’s so much talent in our community. The difference now is a lot of what we hearing is from folk who ain’t never grow up singing in the church and kids don’t play instruments like they used to

 

[Hathaway]

I dont fully agree, but I see what you mean. I argue the lack of artist development is to blame

Artists now a days aren't getting the same level of mentoring to really grow and improve musically. Everything is more DIY, which is good for creative freedom but the bad thing is they don't get a industry vet that can show them the ropes.

Things could change but we'll just have to see

This is only part of the issue. I agree with you. I also think black people not being raised in the church, around that soulful, emotional singing has also played a role in this stale, soulless version of r&b we have now.

 

[Jean Jacket]

That album is fantastic. But it doesn't capture the magic of that era. Recording completely in analog doesn't equate to that era solely.

What's the most current album that captures the magic?

 

[Lonj]

No, you definitely can replicate that.

I also don't understand where you guys are getting that "this generation has zero talent" from. The issue is that this kind of music isn't en vogue anymore. If the general populace, as a collective, wants 70s Soul / R&B to return, it'd be back in a flash.

Naw. The kids is bumping old school music now more than ever and we got the receipts to prove it. They'd embrace the classic sound but the talent ain't there. Modern music is so flabby we got cac harlow and country music killing the game. You heard Sza sing live? Sounds like someone is asphyxiating a cat.

 

[Hathaway]

What's the most current album that captures the magic?

I won't pretend to have knowledge of every r&b album that drops but the closest I've heard that tries to capture it is October Londons Rebirth of Marvin album. Silk Sonics album tries to get it too but they fall short as well.

 

[Knockout_LR_Freshmart]

Sharon Jones did a great job of emulating that style.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

There is some decent new R&B, but very few can recreate that sound. Kids today don’t play in the band/orchestra at school like they used to, so they’re missing out on the orchestral/jazz skills. They also don’t go to church like they used to, so they’re missing the spiritual/soulful element.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

They pretty much laid the foundation for music after that decade up to this day. We know

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Investing in that kind of talent is what record labels should have BEEN doing. It takes a lot to do that I'm sure.

Much easier to go with the mass produced bullcrap they put out now...

Half these jokers can't sing or rap without studio assistance

I think the business side of music has been trying to cut costs for decades and once computers came into the mix in the '80s studio musicians started getting the boot.

No more saxophone and trumpet players, and so on, etc... Who needs a drummer when you can program the beats? I feel like you had to be a high level composer to produce a song with real musicians back then.

 

[COLI MANDINGO]

That talent is long gone

There was a lot of training and artist development back in the day. Smokey Robinson spoke about how folks used to train back in the day