NPR said there hasn’t been a male R&B superstar since Usher. Is this true?
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Splakavellie504
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Its mid r&b compared to the r&b from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. He doesnt have the singing voice to be a true r&b superstar. All the dancing and other stuff could have made him a pop superstar.
BlackAchilles
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This is a circular argument to me tho cause to blow up to the level of being an unquestioned "superstar" you can't make music just for the real RnB heads
Bruno especially has been putting out some of the most old school RnB music in years; my dad loves it and he's from the era of Stevie Wonder/Marvin Gaye/Prince/Maze etc
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I'm taking in terms of current popularity and status. Not where he was previously
Would have been up there???
Do you not know when Kells 1st came out???
Here we go with the bu bu bu bu Chris Brown shyt
For the slow ones, pop and r&b is not the same
Chris Brown got more range than Usher. Everytime Usher does something outside of R&B it feels forced.
AnonymityX1000
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Bruno blew making Gorilla, the Lazy song and When I See Your Smile. Songs that are super pop and aimed at pop listeners only.
He has changed since but he can't shake what people originally knew him for.
Splakavellie504
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Yes true but keywords in the title R&B SUPERSTAR. I feel like the problem here is that R&B has became so watered down over the last 20 years that we have changed the definition of R&B. The true definition of R&B to me is the strong voices and passion that those artists in the 70s 80s and early to mid 90s had. CB dont have the vocal skills and discography to sit in that tier with the greats of the past. My personal opinion R Kelly is the last true R&B superstar.Chris Brown got more range than Usher. Everytime Usher does something outside of R&B it feels forced.
Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign was singing everybody’s hooks for a good few years, etc.
Toe Jay Simpson
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This question is being posed in response to the acknowledgement of his legacy at the SB. So y’all saying Chris Brown are saying you feel that gonna put this nikka up there in 10 years to sing, dance, and reflect on international success
seabreeze80
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Weeknd is pop music.
Here we go with the bu bu bu bu Chris Brown shyt
For the slow ones, pop and r&b is not the same
You trying to say Chris Brown is pop? How you loud and wrong.
An R&b artist making music that becomes pop-ular does not make them pop. When you hear pop, you know it. It has a cheesy, for white palettes element to it. Off the top of my head, the Neyo song with Pit Bull is clearly pop.
Now Chris brown or any r&b artist can make pop and vice versa, but what you do the majority of the time defines you. 90% of the time Chris brown is making (modern) r&b. As opposed to Bruno Mars and the fukkshyt he makes. He is clearly a pop artist
Can someone explain what makes Weeknd pop but not Chris Brown?
Cause it ain’t adding up.
Cause it ain’t adding up.
WHILE Usher was performing, Chris brown was trending
I was peeping the twitter comments and the general consensus was it was too many songs too fast and made for a mid performance
Mfers know Chris brown bring that coke energy.
As they say styles make fights, Usher is washing CB in a versus and in catalogue, but for a SB performance nah CB gon start pop locking krumpin all sorts of shyt he different