The problem with Current R&B is that everyone makes slow boring songs. We need music You can step to

[Apprentice]

Post uptempo records from everyone you listed. You’re making assumptions. There is a reason why I said what I said. Just say you like sleepy music

 

[Dynamite James]

Kaytranada is great, this is a remix of a song from 2004 though. It’s a jam for sure

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Ok
1) Bruno Mars is a cover artist regurigating past shyt .

2) The wave has passed. It was beautiful we had a good run stop trying to relive the past. The music we had was a reflection of the times. Times have changed.......not for the better IMO but I can chill because I saw better times and im grateful for that. Imagine not knowing Off the Wall Mike or Chaka or Whitney or Aretha or Kells or even Breezy. Imagine if youre 12 now just picking up music. Lets just be grateful we at least remember the time.

By the time I was 12, I was coming up on Mario, Ashanti, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Kelis, Mario Winans, Akon, Ciara, Destiny’s Child (slightly passed their prime), and peak Usher

 

[chineebai]

Man the original is like 10x better.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Imma keep saying this cause its true


Literally all the R&B chicks now sound like a zooted whiny Rihanna

Even the ones that can sing a lil
Still sound lile that

I play Alina Baraz and i like some of her music but it still sound like boring ass teen girl department store background music and her voice sound weak as fukk

 

[jadillac]

This nikka has been killing the summer with the features lowkey.

Lowkey?

Chris Brown been killing features the past 10 years.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

it’s a lot of reasons why uptempo r&b is non existent but imo, people got on that “too cool to dance” at the party type shyt.

now it’s on some looky loo shyt, nikkas posing and trying to be all cool instead of dancing and having fun. it wasn’t no thing to leave the party sweaty from dancing all night lol

as an artist, why even make those type of jams if everybody is just standing around looking at their phones all night?

Ironically, nikkas sewed the seeds with that back in the mid-90’s when nikkas were either too “gangsta” (West Coast) or too “hardcore” (East Coast) to dance.

On another note, I think nightclubs and dance lounges need to consider banning smartphones.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I wish this record would have been bigger though. It’s not uptempo. It has soul the best song she ever made and hasn’t made a record as good since

Ari is the fukking home girl but I can actually agree with you in saying this is quite possibly her GOAT song.

 

[Apprentice]

Kaytranada is great, this is a remix of a song from 2004 though. It’s a jam for sure

Tbh I ain’t even mean to send this shyt

but wat I will say to add to the convo, I think songs like the one in the OP are more considered Pop now. Even Usher was considered a pop star by late 00s, most upbeat RnB will fall under pop or EDM like the joint I sent

 

[Apprentice]

Man the original is like 10x better.

Naw

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I love Amerie. This still sounds fresh.

Gotta hit that classic while beatin’ my feet the old school way lol

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

No superproducers either

what is a super producer nowadays? Does the likes of metro and southside not count

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

They just released an album today actually. With various artists

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

I ain’t saying they gotta made old music but damn it’s only the OGs who still making R&B feel soulful. What the fukk the young cats up to, I ain’t saying all but goddamn most of them have me like