Is Profanity/ the N-word MANDATORY In Today's R&B Music??

[MasterThought]

Damn near every new R&B song I hear by these new singers contain profanity


I can't even listen to R&B anymore without being called a "n1gga"





"All these n1ggas full of shyytttt"




"When dat n1gga pull up on me, tell dat n1gga back back"




"I'm so sick of you n1ggaz"

"I'm so bored wit myself, can you come and fukk me"


And any Chris brown song or hook you KNOW is gonna be full of profanity:




"I need you to bring all your friends and let's fukk it uuuupppp"


The 2 most talented artists of today to me is Ari Lennox and Anderson Paak and I can't really listen to their music like that due to the profanity.

I'm at a point in my life where I've ascended mentally the past few years and I don't like alot of profanity in my music anymore. It sucks because I'm a HUGE R&B head but it's so cringe hearing these talented singers curse like rappers.

How hard is it to write a love song without using profanity??? Whose behind these lyrics??? Why would they think it's a good idea to "ratchet" up an artform that's supposed to be about love and affection??

I just don't get it. The "tinfoil hat" side of me thinks it's by design. Words are extremely powerful. They're literal spells and a part of me thinks it's by design to keep US (the masses) using these literal "curse" words even if subconsciously. Even those of you who DONT curse, will curse when singing along to these songs. Our kids will curse along to these songs and before you know it ....they're cursing regularly in their everyday talk.

What y'all think. Am I the only one that cringes at the profanity in R&B music or am I just getting

Y'all cool wit it or do y'all listen to the edited version?

 

[DapMeUp!]

Damn near every new R&B song I hear by these new singers contain profanity


I can't even listen to R&B anymore without being called a "n1gga"

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

And it’s all about drugs and sex.

There are so many songs with good beats that I hate listening to because of the lyrics. I don’t want my niece and nephew subjected to that.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

Another thread about this shyt every few months there's a thread debating this topic regarding the word...y'all weirdly obsessed with this shyt.

 

[The God Poster]

Funny enough you mention Chris

I was listening to grass is greener & he almost made it thru without cursing except one “bytches be watching”

 

[Francis Manancis]

And it’s all about drugs and sex.

There are so many songs with good beats that I hate listening to because of the lyrics. I don’t want my niece and nephew subjected to that.

R&B has always been about sex. The shyt then was no better. Yall kill me with constant bickering and selective criticism of todays music. At least R&B today aint promoting indulging in debauchery with underaged females






FOH!!!!!!!

 

[8WON6]

make an alternative.

 

[DapMeUp!]

Funny enough you mention Chris

I was listening to grass is greener & he almost made it thru without cursing except one “bytches be watching”

He stays ruining great songs with random cursing. Ruined Privacy with the cursing and that rap verse

 

[saturn7]

I liked it when there was a clear line between R&B music and Hip Hop.

The Hip Hopification of R&B is horrible, just gutter sex music.

The shyt is not even "edgy" anymore, just vulgar and trashy.

 

[saturn7]

R&B has always been about sex. The shyt then was no better. Yall kill me with constant bickering and selective criticism of todays music. At least R&B today aint promoting indulging in debauchery with underaged females






FOH!!!!!!!

C'mon bruh. You can talk about sex and romance and not be vulgar.

Aaliyah wasn't using "nikka", "bytch", "fukk me, ride the D" type language in her songs.

 

[MasterThought]

Funny enough you mention Chris

I was listening to grass is greener & he almost made it thru without cursing except one “bytches be watching”

That's what I'm saying bro. Like is it literally MANDATORY??? LOL

 

[DapMeUp!]

R&B has always been about sex. The shyt then was no better. Yall kill me with constant bickering and selective criticism of todays music.

It has but it was less vulgar and more suggestive than the blatant lyrics we got today.

Saying I'm going to make you scream my name and I'm going to shove this dikk down your throat then make that p*ssy squirt are two very different things.

For example as a kid, I had no idea what SWV-Downtown was about. Or Aaliyah-Rock The Boat for that matter since you bring her up.
Whereas there is no subtleness in today's rnb music pertaining sexual acts.

 

[RaspberryFitted]

R&B has always been about sex. The shyt then was no better. Yall kill me with constant bickering and selective criticism of todays music. At least R&B today aint promoting indulging in debauchery with underaged females






FOH!!!!!!!

C'mon bruh. You can talk about sex and romance and not be vulgar.

Aaliyah wasn't using "nikka", "bytch", "fukk me, ride the D" type language in her songs.

Subtlety is absent in today’s music.

 

[Francis Manancis]

C'mon bruh. You can talk about sex and romance and not be vulgar.

Aaliyah wasn't using "nikka", "bytch", "fukk me, ride the D" type language in her songs.

Read the entire post for context. Never said anything about Aaliyah using profanity, acknowledge the OTHER point I brought up. And you dont have to use profanity for it to trashy. Alot R&B old and new is trashy. Talking about sleeping with other another woman boyfriend/husband, "Doggystyle" by D.J, I could go on forever. These are great songs but them shyts are not as classy as yall make them out to be. shyt is literally no better than todays R&B.

 

[Francis Manancis]

Subtlety is absent in today’s music.

A bunch of innuendos aint no better then coming right out and saying it.