Pharrell Williams been getting a pass for his half assed singer for 2 decades now

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Only black artists are heard to this standard
You can be a legendary status artist and not be able to sing, look at Rod Steward and Sting for instance. shyt maybe even Peter Gabriel fall under that category
As long as people know and acknowledge you can't sing but still rock with the music then it's whatever. It's not like anybody is claiming Pharrell is Luther status
 
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You don’t have to be an amazing singer with crazy range to make great music.

Janet & Rihanna are far from Aretha & Whitney, but they’re still great artists.
 

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John Legend can’t sing. He got a couple classics tho.

I used to feel that way about him too.
Honestly, he can sing. Hes more of a jazz singer. Hes trying to force himself in a style of r&b thats not for his voice. He needs a robert glasper style of production to fit his voice.
 

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I feel the same way about Drake

I can only handle them in small doses.... Don't care how good the writing is

It's like you're listening to a band play and one of the instruments is out of tune

Half of Pop, r&b really ... SZA comes to mind...
 

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Only black artists are heard to this standard
You can be a legendary status artist and not be able to sing, look at Rod Steward and Sting for instance. shyt maybe even Peter Gabriel fall under that category
As long as people know and acknowledge you can't sing but still rock with the music then it's whatever. It's not like anybody is claiming Pharrell is Luther status
Bob Dylan's singing is trash too lowkey.
 
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