Remember when a R&B singers vocal accapella skills used to actually matter?

[GrindtooFilthy]

I already know somebody’s gonna come in and say there’s plenty of good music out you just gotta dig


I agree with that. But the problem is we shouldn’t have to dig for shyt. We, our parents our grandparents etc. never had to dig for talent becuz it was spoonfed to us

Too much junk around. Making music is now too accessible

 

[Big Blue]

Yup singers like Xavier Omar get no love

 

[BmoreGorilla]

"Digging" today just means going to different websites or checking out "similar artists" in Spotify. Not like you have to go to the record store

Maybe digging was a bad choice of words. But I feel like the best music should be getting the best exposure

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Yeah not buy himself but he's certainly an accomplice.

I think he’s only an accomplice becuz everybody jacked his style

 

[hayesc0]

I think he’s only an accomplice becuz everybody jacked his style

Sure but anyone you slice it be had a hand in it lol.

 

[315]

Maybe digging was a bad choice of words. But I feel like the best music should be getting the best exposure

I don't think fans really care as much as they say though

 

[Cheese McNair]

I think he’s only an accomplice becuz everybody jacked his style

And to your point, he can actually sing but his biggest hits he altered his voice. He showed labels that having actual singing talent isn’t necessary for success

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I don't think fans really care as much as they say though

Younger fans definitely don’t. But they don’t know any different. My daughter asked me why I don’t throw away my CD collection

 

[DapMeUp!]

To be fair Summer Walker's accapella vocal aren't bad but they aren't great either.

Her vocals are compressed like a mf

You can't really class that as an accapella when it's been autotuned to hell

 

[Doctor Wily]

You can't really class that as an accapella when it's been autotuned to hell

I tried my man I tried

 

[BmoreGorilla]

And to your point, he can actually sing but his biggest hits he altered his voice. He showed labels that having actual singing talent isn’t necessary for success

I think it worked for him BECUZ he could sing. Now imagine that he never existed and the first time we heard somebody using auto tune like that was Wayne on Lollipop

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

The downfall of R&B started with New Jack Swing. That was autotune before autotune.

Most of those New Jack Swing nikkas weren’t great singers, they just flowed to the beat and made a radio/club friendly hit. Or they downplayed their vocal skills to harmonize.

 

[Doctor Wily]

This is 61 year old Anita Baker sounding as good as she did 30 years ago

 

[Oatmeal]

The downfall of R&B started with New Jack Swing. That was autotune before autotune.

Most of those New Jack Swing nikkas weren’t great singers, they just flowed to beat and made a radio/club friendly hit. Or they downplayed their vocal skills to harmonize.

Johnny Kemp had some decent material

Now it is true some lesser known in the NJS era had weak projects, but it's been weak singers throughout music.

 

[Doctor Wily]

The downfall of R&B started with New Jack Swing. That was autotune before autotune.

Most of those New Jack Swing nikkas weren’t great singers, they just flowed to the beat and made a radio/club friendly hit. Or they downplayed their vocal skills to harmonize.

Yes it definetly created a lane for the mediocre singers to rack up hits (Pebbles/Bobby Brown etc )but NJS also had it's fair share of great singers who either couldnt get it poppin too.