They'll never be another R&B song like this again

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Tevin was a great singer for a younger artist, but he was built by great songwriters like Babyface.

Once those Face tracks stopped coming in, his career went down...not to mention he didnt fit the edgy/semi-thug mold of newer acts

Neither did Usher but the difference is Tevin was only good at ballads, once that trackmaster era came in shyt changed. nikkas like Kellz was able to make the transition while Tevin was too stuck in that Quincy Jones mold of artist.

 

[jadillac]

In all honesty, if there was still MONEY in the R&B group as an entity we'd still POSSIBLY have stuff like this.

The death of the R&B group killed any sort of unity for black artists b/c everyone wants to make all the money themselves now. And with the technology, no background singers are needed. Once super talented dudes like Marvin Gaye showed you can do ALL of your own vocals it was a slow process to the end. If you had your own studio you could do it all yourself.

 

[Matt504]

They even had a female version



Listen to the fukking content on this song. How did we go from that to what we have now?

 

[Wacky D]

Both of those videos seemed so futuristic at the time. I always peeped Shar Jackson in that vid tho. And the chick to Alexis right was that bish that was on Ray-J's show claiming to be his god sister I think her name was "Lil B"

the asian chick?

lol @ lil b.

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/57-songs-that-sound-the-same/tlc-imx

good chit.

btw, LOL @ complex still running that uncomfortable promo picture of drake.

 

[jadillac]

Neither did Usher but the difference is Tevin was only good at ballads, once that trackmaster era came in shyt changed. nikkas like Kellz was able to make the transition while Tevin was too stuck in that Quincy Jones mold of artist.

What? Usher transitioned perfectly from beiing a kid in a James Worthy jersey to the "My Way" era where he dressed like a rapper and made more sensual songs like "Nice & Slow"

Tevin just didnt fit that

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

In all honesty, if there was still MONEY in the R&B group as an entity we'd still POSSIBLY have stuff like this.

The death of the R&B group killed any sort of unity for black artists b/c everyone wants to make all the money themselves now. And with the technology, no background singers are needed. Once super talented dudes like Marvin Gaye showed you can do ALL of your own vocals it was a slow process to the end. If you had your own studio you could do it all yourself.

I think a few things contributed to the downfall of R&B, one was BET falling off. Once BET sold out to Viacom the downfall became more rapid. It used to be a point when videos were played on BET 12-14 hours a day, it went from that to 1 hour a day now. I refuse to believe that the talent is diminished and I refuse to believe that people no longer want to hear it. Even Drake's "Hold On Were Going Home" can show you that people still want that shyt.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

What? Usher transitioned perfectly from beiing a kid in a James Worthy jersey to the "My Way" era where he dressed like a rapper and made more sensual songs like "Nice & Slow"

Tevin just didnt fit that

Look at the producers they stuck him with for his last album which dropped in '99. He was signed to Qwest and they didn't know how to transition to what was going on. By 99 that nikka should've had a Timbaland beat or at least some shyt from The Trackmasters.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

the asian chick?

lol @ lil b.



good chit.

btw, LOL @ complex still running that uncomfortable promo picture of drake.

Yeah her, she's black I think.

 

[Wacky D]

They even had a female version



Listen to the fukking content on this song. How did we go from that to what we have now?

gotta add this too.

 

[Wacky D]

In all honesty, if there was still MONEY in the R&B group as an entity we'd still POSSIBLY have stuff like this.
The death of the R&B group killed any sort of unity for black artists b/c everyone wants to make all the money themselves now. And with the technology, no background singers are needed. Once super talented dudes like Marvin Gaye showed you can do ALL of your own vocals it was a slow process to the end. If you had your own studio you could do it all yourself.

half the singers on that stage were solo artists.

and low-key, the labels stopped messin with groups. dudes like trey songz had to go solo to get deals.

Neither did Usher but the difference is Tevin was only good at ballads, once that trackmaster era came in shyt changed. nikkas like Kellz was able to make the transition while Tevin was too stuck in that Quincy Jones mold of artist.

tevin was good at ballads in the early '90s. "round & round" was huge and he had new jack swing hits.

but once the mid-90s hit, i think the ballad beats got a lil too hard for his voice/style.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

looks like a quincy jones working arrangement between those two......i hope.

i didnt notice how flimsy tevin campbell was until i got older. bul was always gay.

A lot of nikkas was like at the time. Peep this nikka Al B. Sure

 

[Jone2three45]

Black Men United - U Will Know, sadly will never happen again. It was a different conscious and a different state of mind in black men back then. Most importantly the talents that those black men had to sing a tune then is totally different from the ones we got now. Everything today is all about thinking about sex and getting sex. If a song like that came out today who would be the ones signing it? How would it work in today's society? It wouldn't.

I always thought Tevin had the better voice throughout the whole song, then Brian and lastly R. Kelly/Aaron.

 

[KobeTho]

LOL at people only naming Trey and Breezy in 2014

Are we just going to act like Aloe Blacc dont have vocals tho?

 

[Master Teacher]

Black Men United - U Will Know, sadly will never happen again. It was a different conscious and a different state of mind in black men back then. Most importantly the talents that those black men had to sing a tune then is totally different from the ones we got now. Everything today is all about thinking about sex and getting sex. If a song like that came out today who would be the ones signing it? How would it work in today's society? It wouldn't.

I always thought Tevin had the better voice throughout the whole song, then Brian and lastly R. Kelly/Aaron.

It's not impossible, ten years ago who would've taught gangsta rap would be irrelevant in the mainstream and the big rap acts would soft as cotton candy

 

[Jone2three45]

It's not impossible, ten years ago who would've taught gangsta rap would be irrelevant in the mainstream and the big rap acts would soft as cotton candy

It's possible but what singers of today would be able to pull it off like they did?