What happened to the black R&B band trend?

[kwazzy100]

I was listening to B2K earlier and I remember they were the hottest shyt back in early 00's. I can't don't recall a next band that came after them though. Most R&B artists just go solo. I wouldn't say Rap is the same rate, because the Migos, Rae Sremmurd, and A$AP Mob is still active together, it's just R&B. Did people just stop fukking with them or was it something with the music business? shyt was jammin back then

 

[TransJenner]

Cuz everyone wanna rap now boy

 

[kwazzy100]

Cuz everyone wanna rap now boy

But now rappers wanna sing tho

 

[AB Ziggy]

2 reasons.

1. R&B and rap are becoming increasingly interchangeable nowadays.

2. Nobody wants to share profits and fame. Everybody wants to be their own spotlight.

 

[collateral.]

Mindless Behavior is still around

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

R&B solo acts ain't even eating right now, the economics ain't there for groups, both from an artist standpoint (payout) and from a label standpoint (amount you have to invest in promoting a group).

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Can you imagine how much a band would get with a 360 deal? Them nikkas would probably make more at Hardees.

 

[darryl]

B2k was a boy band. They ate off the fact that that the boy band era was still big at that time. Wouldn't classify them as a r&b group like jagged edge

 

[Complexion]

Money mainly and how little of it the artist gets to split after being served by rapenu records and their contracts.

 

[H. Selassie]

2. Nobody wants to share profits and fame. Everybody wants to be their own spotlight.

R&B solo acts ain't even eating right now, the economics ain't there for groups, both from an artist standpoint (payout) and from a label standpoint (amount you have to invest in promoting a group).

This.

What’s crazy is how even when R&B groups were a profitable commodity, the members were still not eating. The fact that groups like TLC and New Edition were financially struggling while selling tens of millions of records is very telling.