What has been the main reason people think R&b music is pretty much dead ?

[TheDarkCloud]

SZA, Sevyn and MJB dropped some of the most critically acclaimed albums this year. Yet none of them have scanned 200k yet.

So the problem is definitely NOT r&b being boring or stale or whatever the fukk else. The quality is still there. The inventiveness is still there. Black r&b artists just don't have a budget these days to promote their shyt. Labels aren't pushing it like they should be. There's no reason why Adele should be getting play on every format but Black artists are relegated to just urban. FOH.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Commercially r&b is at an all time low that's why public perception is that it's a dead genre.

Chris`s decline is not only telling on an individual base, but on a larger scale as well because he's kind of been the face of the genre for a good 5 years based on public perception.

Justin & Adele sell so well because the media cherish them as the crown jewels. They can leave for a good 4-5 years & they'll still sell like they never left.

We don't support "real r&b", but we complain about there being a lack thereof.

I knew r&b was going through a heavy crisis when the R&B GOAT Usher couldn't even get his album to sell.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

My drive to work is 15 mins, tops. I usually just have the radio on. There's a station that doesn't play the garbage rap/trap r&b.

I heard this song and thought it was new, but it's a lil over a year old




You would never hear this on top 40 radio or even popular R&B stations.

I'd much rather hear this than hear about Chris Brown VVS'n his wrist

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Because rnb and hiphop merged a few years ago. They're damn near interchangeable now. Singing nikkas rap now and vice versa.

This is what really happened, i told people stop putting rnb in the same rack with hiphop it's gonna have an adverse effect

 

[Lord Scion]

Its still around...just not in the mainstream like it once was:


Eric Roberson
daniel ceaser
PJ
Bj the Chicago kid
Xavier Omar
Sango
JMSN
Ari Lennox
Her
Lion babe
Gourdan banks
Ro James
Yuna
Nao
Sylo norza
Sabrina Claudio
Chris mclenney
Sevyn
Ella mai
Melanie Fiona,
syd the kid
joyce wrice

Ledisi, goapele, Jill Scott, maxwell, Robert glasper,sza, solange, Miguel, paak,

This!

Spotify has been my best friend when it comes to discovering new R&B music

 

[Gwoppo]

Fans don’t support like they’re suppose to.

Culture vultures, sheep, and hype beasts do tho.

 

[AB Ziggy]

This is what really happened, i told people stop putting rnb in the same rack with hiphop it's gonna have an adverse effect

That's right, R&B went from traditional black music to urban music.

 

[BlackDynamite310]

The love is gone man. Ain't no more real nikkas in the studio that can really sing crying they eyes out begging they woman to come back. The best rnb comes from pain and dispair.

 

[Lord Scion]

I’m just using this thread to drop what I’ve been listening to

 

[Dad]

I don’t know what nikkas are talking about, this year has been one of the best years for r&b! Sampha & SZA prolly put out my favorite albums of the year, not to mention Nai Palm, Brent Faiyaz,Daniel Caesar...& that’s just within the last couple of weeks.

Anyone complaining about r&b really needs to get off the bullshyt.

 

[James Gordon]

It aint on tv and played on the radio like it was

Add to that cacs tryin to do it but they aint got the rhythm or blues to make it

You have to search for it now on the internet

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

There isn't a main reason, but the arrival in the late 80s and early 90s of the crack trade and the
transformation of Hip Hop into drug dealer, 9-millimeter Glock and stripper pole commercial rap,
affected core black culture.

The incredible soul, the spirit, the emotion of our music -- fueled by r&b's roots from the black church --
got wiped away, and has largely been absent for over 20 years.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

When hip hop started influencing r&b on a large scale around the mid 90s. And then r&b itself started becoming infiltrated by white people over black artists.

Whitney was soulfu,l but her music wasn't, which began the drift.

But the Queen of sapping the soul out of what was perceived to be traditionally soulful
r&b, and "translating" it to non-black audiences for pop stardom purposes?

The decline accelerated with The Rainbow.

 

[The Fire]

There isn't a main reason, but the arrival in the late 80s and early 90s of the crack trade and the
transformation of Hip Hop into drug dealer, 9-millimeter Glock and stripper pole commercial rap,
affected core black culture.

The incredible soul, the spirit, the emotion of our music -- fueled by r&b's roots from the black church --
got wiped away, and has largely been absent for over 20 years.

r&b was huge throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s, so 20 years is a reach lol
Singers and producers even today have church roots

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Newsflash: Singers cussing and saying "nikka" ain't considered good R&B. It can be good, but don't call it R&B