The blending of rap and r&b is hurting the r&b product also, IMO.
Do today's Black artists have soul?
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Anthony Hamilton only one who comes to mind on the men side
Wear My Dawg's Hat
Superstar
That's right.
It wasn't just the lead singer who had soul.
The drummer had soul. The bass player had soul. The guitarist had soul. The keyboard player had soul. The horn section had soul. The backup singers had soul.
And, the audience had soul. They understood the spiritual language being conveyed.
deeznutz93
AADOS
The 1996 telecommunications Act. Killed the "keepers of the flame". Took our control from our music. You can tell the difference between black music before and after 1996.
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Wear My Dawg's Hat
Superstar
Huge factor.
That act killed traditional black radio, and left us with consolidated corporate ownership that homogenized the music.
I was listening to this right as I was reading this thread, as well.
I think the issues with current R&B stem from a number of sources...
* Music programs in schools aren't really what they used to be. Not a lot of inner city kids are taught how to read and play music in school or in church (the Black Church was a huge part of our culture, and the birthplace of many musical styles that we've cultivated). I think this is why nearly every other popular song out today is the same four chords
* For the white folks running the record labels, R&B was the one genre that they couldn't quite duplicate. Only we could pull it off. So they dumbed down R&B, phased it out, and replaced it with other genres that white people could copy more easily. They've been biting black music and sabotaging black artists forever, and we're seeing the effects today more clearly than ever.
* I think a part of it also ties into the systematic breakdown of the black family/community, whether it's through gangs, government-planted weapons and drugs, welfare, population control, poor schooling, radical feminism being pushed in our communities, our leaders getting killed off, etc. The quality of our music is reflective of what's happening with our culture.
* I think another part of it is simply regional differences. Certain musical styles and sounds evolved on their own over decades in various parts of the world. Now that we're so interconnected through the web, everyone has access to everything now, so styles don't evolve on their own without outside interference the way they used to. Things are more homogenized today because of the internet.
I could be wrong on all of this though. I want to know what some of you think
Great post.
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Thing is, with technology available to everyone we can take that control back.
no which is why AAs need to break away from mainstream entertainmant and keep cacs out! the inner cities are no longer popping for a reason: soulless cacs....
Antwon Mitchell
Banned
Yeah there's some that do and are pretty good I'm a fan of Janelle Monáe, Solange, SZA & Kelela just to name a few now, but most of this generations of R&B talent is bland
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You know it's soulful when you do this while listening to their music.
Disregard, the artist in the gif, i don't listen to chance the rapper so i can't say whether he qualifies.
But people can do this someone like Marvin Gaye or even as modern as R Kelly.
Rappers like Tupac had a few records like this, Scarface dropped shyt like that all the time.
But i can't imagine this emotion catching someone while listening to 2chains
Disregard, the artist in the gif, i don't listen to chance the rapper so i can't say whether he qualifies.
But people can do this someone like Marvin Gaye or even as modern as R Kelly.
Rappers like Tupac had a few records like this, Scarface dropped shyt like that all the time.
But i can't imagine this emotion catching someone while listening to 2chains
feelosofer
#ninergang
There's definitely soulful artists in the younger crowd, it's just that type of soundscape isn't popping at a mainstream level.
feelosofer
#ninergang
You know it's soulful when you do this while listening to their music.
Disregard, the artist in the gif, i don't listen to chance the rapper so i can't say whether he qualifies.
But people can do this someone like Marvin Gaye or even as modern as R Kelly.
Rappers like Tupac had a few records like this, Scarface dropped shyt like that all the time.
But i can't imagine this emotion catching someone while listening to 2chains
I disagree about 2Chainz some of his stuff can be very soulful