TheDarkCloud
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She is speaking the truth. Many of us been saying this from jump street. As long as you have your Adele's and your others imitating the shyt we do, there'll be no need for Black artists anymore. Just watch.
Short clip of Stephanie Mills speaking on the whitewashing of R&B music.
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She is speaking the truth. Many of us been saying this from jump street. As long as you have your Adele's and your others imitating the shyt we do, there'll be no need for Black artists anymore. Just watch.
If they start singing like Stephanie again there won't be any need for Adeles
I Really Mean It
Veteran
Some of the blame must rest at the feet of black people. Many of our so-called leaders, including in the arts, want so badly to be accepted within white circles that they will sell off the intellectual property that we spent generations cultivating. They have allowed our music to be absorbed by whites and diluted, removed of its cultural distinctiveness. White America has turned our music into a minstrel show.
Little Brother was prophetic.
Little Brother was prophetic.
I think Jazzys situation is she is content with all those writing credits she has gotten. That's were the money is.How is there a "need" for Adele when jazmine Sullivan is alive and well
She right butttttt also the blame goes to these radio DJs and even the black executives in a lot of these positions who could make a change but money talks...kenny lattimore and Brian McKnight dropped some nice music and even jodeci a few years ago but it's 2017 and its a whole new demographics up in those label positions..
Same goes for TV
Nas was right Kill the DJ
But Stephanie you old artist is to blame as well, because ice cube was 100% right when he did a interview i believe it was on sway or big boy when they ask him why u don't hear from old R&B artist music or even samples in music today and he said " the main thing old artist R&B and old school rappers was getting a good amount of cash for a sample or duets in the 90s and early 00s but they started wanting 3 times as much from even new artist today and these new kids was like fukk that and fukk you " that's why we have division and the reason u don't have the old school artist names out here
Same goes for TV
Nas was right Kill the DJ
But Stephanie you old artist is to blame as well, because ice cube was 100% right when he did a interview i believe it was on sway or big boy when they ask him why u don't hear from old R&B artist music or even samples in music today and he said " the main thing old artist R&B and old school rappers was getting a good amount of cash for a sample or duets in the 90s and early 00s but they started wanting 3 times as much from even new artist today and these new kids was like fukk that and fukk you " that's why we have division and the reason u don't have the old school artist names out here
Stephanie Mills was on the money with what she said. I voiced my opinions on the matter in the other thread in The Booth.
They could....but they wouldn't get a deal.
The labels control who gets a look and who doesn't
Ok, then they ca make their own music.
Rock and Country artist don't need samples. 99% of R&B artists of the 80s like Babyface, R. Kelly later etc didn't need samples. If someone wants too much money just do it urself
Cabbage Patch
The Media scene in V is for Vendetta is the clue
Like the thread on selling your dog for $100k, the price was right for popular r&b to sell out nikkas for not-nikkas.
there's blame to go around everywhere, especially with these execs - they got all the real ones out and kept the sellouts and the ones who will play the game (LA REID)
but also black music fans have helped kill it off too - there are black folks out here that have the latest cd's, movies, games for the past decade, and spent a total of $0
can't complain about the type of content we're getting or not getting when nobody is support these people financially.
taylor swift just went platinum in one day, a black artist will NEVER do that again unless it's a country/pop artist
TheDarkCloud
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TheDarkCloud
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You will be surprised at how many people don't believe that there is an agenda in place. I've said it time and time and time and time again. This shyt has happened with just about every form of Black music. You notice unless your name is Rihanna or Beyoncé, you don't have much of a machine behind you pushing your shyt if you're a (Black) contemporary r&b artist. But at the same time, you have to give these two bytches props and respect. They are legitimately the only two continuously making noise on a mainstream level.
Someone in the other thread wrote this long ass post trying to tell me the Jazmine Sullivan wasn’t a good example of this whole dilemma. If she were white, she’d be selling a lot more records.How is there a "need" for Adele when jazmine Sullivan is alive and well
