Brah.
The fact of the matter is 99% of the people in this thread
would rather moan about Arianna Grande (an artist I hardly know anything about
and I get the feeling they're in the same boat) than support talented black R&B artists.
Most of the people in this thread likely :
Haven't touched a Frank Ocean or Miguel Album.
They couldn't tell you who Jesse boykins or Charles Bradley is.
They didn't even know Raheem Devaughn dropped an album this year
that bilal dropped an album this year or that Dwele dropped one last year.
It's not like over night black talent disappeared.
What happened is that R&B isn't nearly as viable as it once was
on a commercial level (at least for black artists) and those same "Fans" aren't going
to go and check on their favorite artist unless a major is shoving them
in their faces daily.
I won't lie, there has been a b*stardization of R&B somewhat.
When you've got artists like Chris Brown and Trey songz moonlighting
as rappers then turning around and making "love" songs in a Hip Hop format.
And I personally think Chris brown and Trey Songz have some good material
out there but they themselves have fallen victim to creating increasingly absurd
material in an attempt to maintain relevance.
Chris Brown more so than Trey Songz.
Which is weird because I think they both have the singing
talent to make records that are of great quality
fans who slated Muddy Waters and Chess Records or their fans who shat Ray Charles for making gospel inspired RnB. Personally I like Miguel
