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

[ItsPeople]

When I really found out what kinda love she was talking about. The sister wanted her socks drenched

 

[George's Dilemma]

I remember M.O.P. said,

"What up with these r&b cats nowadays
Rockin' doo-rags with braids (they fukked up now)
Singers want to be gangsters, gangsters want to be rappers
But fizz is gonna be famester, famester's gonna be slapper"


That time frame is when it started, and it's gotten progressively worse.

 

[Ol’Otis]

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?

Sza rat ass ain’t r&b
She on some alternative shyt

 

[RhodyRum]

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.

You notice how damn near everyone who replied to your post with the Aaliyah video in it completely avoided and ignored the pedophilia aspect that you brought up in your post just to big up the R&B from their era right?

Lemme school you on 2 things about this forum real quick: myriad posters on here are disingenuous as fukk and will do anything to distort a discussion to justify nonsense. The 2nd one is there's an undercurrent of support for pedos amongst certain posters. The population of the first category is greater than the population of the second category.

Once you realize someone is arguing with you in bad faith, cut the discussion completely, even if it means they get the last word. Arguing with crazy & dishonesty just brings you down to a level of crazy you're probably unfamiliar with, and then you'll be engaging in nothing but a waste of time. Take nothing too seriously around here, especially the disingenuous ones.

 

[ISO]

Ngl when The Weeknd said “there’s a room full of nikkas” that shyt made me uncomfortable

 

[KBtheKey]

I got that way at some point when writing. Started trying to substitute nikka with people, and bytches with chicks or women. Save for when I'm on my ignorant hood vibe

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Ngl when The Weeknd said “there’s a room full of nikkas” that shyt made me uncomfortable

You New York nikkas is weirdos

You notice how damn near everyone who replied to your post with the Aaliyah video in it completely avoided and ignored the pedophilia aspect that you brought up in your post just to big up the R&B from their era right?

Lemme school you on 2 things about this forum real quick: myriad posters on here are disingenuous as fukk and will do anything to distort a discussion to justify nonsense. The 2nd one is there's an undercurrent of support for pedos amongst certain posters. The population of the first category is greater than the population of the second category.

Once you realize someone is arguing with you in bad faith, cut the discussion completely, even if it means they get the last word. Arguing with crazy & dishonesty just brings you down to a level of crazy you're probably unfamiliar with, and then you'll be engaging in nothing but a waste of time. Take nothing too seriously around here, especially the disingenuous ones.

 

[Coolin']

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.

I sound like an old breh but today's music really is unlistenable...even R&B, which is my preferred genre.

 

[duncanthetall]

Agreed. And all that gang rnb shyt. nikkas crooning about shooters n killing nikkas. Like breh chill

 

[Unknown Poster]

And people wonder why I just listen to house music anymore these days. Lol.

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.

Co-sign.

 

[Shadow]

Innuendos are vastly better than coming out and sayin it. I can play songs with innuendos around my kids and I know a bunch of songs that I listened to as a kid that now make way more sense as an adult.

Yep, it's the same for cartoons, tv and movies too. When you allude to it you pull more people in. Different generations can get more out of it. Older people and kids can both recognize a song has a good tune, but when you get a certain age it can make you cringe hearing/seeing certain things around younger/older family members.

That's why I liked when old movies use to show two people kissing then it faded out and you see them in the bed next. I could sit there as a kid and watch that with my parents/grandparents. If it were 'modern' that kiss would go straight to a sex scene, but the fade out already alluded to what happened. You don't have to show/say everything in order for it to be effective. Likewise, with songs referring to your girl, lady, woman as 'bytch.'

 

[3rdWorld]

Don't even waste your time on either new hiphop or RnB..preserve your sensibilities and dignity by avoiding that garbage.
They can't even sing for shyt, it's some talk whispering type of crooning. Zero vocal range, talent, subject matter or even decent production.

The longer the young hear this shyt the more they'll behave like N's or whatever.
The degeneracy in modern Black music is not natural, but by design.

 

[beejus]

Yep, it's the same for cartoons, tv and movies too. When you allude to it you pull more people in. Different generations can get more out of it. Older people and kids can both recognize a song has a good tune, but when you get a certain age it can make you cringe hearing/seeing certain things around younger/older family members.

That's why I liked when old movies use to show two people kissing then it faded out and you see them in the bed next. I could sit there as a kid and watch that with my parents/grandparents. If it were 'modern' that kiss would go straight to a sex scene, but the fade out already alluded to what happened. You don't have to show/say everything in order for it to be effective. Likewise, with songs referring to your girl, lady, woman as 'bytch.'

I'll watch a movie like Shrek with my kids and they love it and will be enjoying it and as an adult I'm laughing at the innuendo that they don't get. When done right innuendo is the perfect way to cater to a larger range of people.

Don't even waste your time on either new hiphop or RnB..preserve your sensibilities and dignity by avoiding that garbage.
They can't even sing for shyt, it's some talk whispering type of crooning. Zero vocal range, talent, subject matter or even decent production.

The longer the young hear this shyt the more they'll behave like N's or whatever.
The degeneracy in modern Black music is not natural, but by design.

Personally I think there is some really good R&B being put out by new artist. You'll just never hear any of it being played on the radio.

 

[MasterThought]

This has been my biggest complaint for the past 10 years

Dude. They don't even make radio edits anymore

 

[010101]

i curse like a sailor & i don't mind it in music

it is a issue because to me it's connected to songwriting falling off as a art

they could be profane & curse or keep it clean but i need it to be well crafted

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