amory

3y

there’s something about her voice and storytelling that reminds me a lot more of alanis morissette than lauryn hill.

it’s ultra confessional, and has a tinge of self pity a border lining bitterness that makes her a bit more grungey than her peers.

drew barrymore is a straight up dream pop classics, with its swirly chorus-drenched guitar strums

garden is damn near a postal service tracks goddamn those arpeggios do something to me

i can go on and on. by no means is SZA shying away from R&B. but it’s merely a fraction of the influences she’s interacting with and performing so f***ing beautifully all over that record. her earlier records too but Ctrl is pop perfection imo.

she really is so far beyond any of her peers in the music industry it’s insane. only ppl that come to mind are solange and twigs, but SZA is carving her own lane that speaks to youth like no other artist (except frank ocean maybe)

amory

3y

there’s something about her voice and storytelling that reminds me a lot more of alanis morissette than lauryn hill.

it’s ultra confessional, and has a tinge of self pity a border lining bitterness that makes her a bit more grungey than her peers.

drew barrymore is a straight up dream pop classics, with its swirly chorus-drenched guitar strums

garden is damn near a postal service tracks goddamn those arpeggios do something to me

i can go on and on. by no means is SZA shying away from R&B. but it’s merely a fraction of the influences she’s interacting with and performing so f***ing beautifully all over that record. her earlier records too but Ctrl is pop perfection imo.

she really is so far beyond any of her peers in the music industry it’s insane. only ppl that come to mind are solange and twigs, but SZA is carving her own lane that speaks to youth like no other artist (except frank ocean maybe)

Smacked Voodoo

3y

He better than PND, Bryson Tiller, and them DVSN dudes.

phantoms

3y

Playing devil's advocate here but do you think that classifying artists who are clearly working within the R&B genre (like SZA), as being above or beyond R&B is disrespectful?

I'm just remembering an old interview from Kelela where she said that people labeling her music as "futuristic" R&B was actually annoying because it precisely suggested that R&B was never experimental when it always has been.

Obviously, SZA is influenced by various genres and she's talked a lot about her love for artists like Bjork, but Janet Jackson was also releasing experimental albums in the 80s and 90s and nobody questioned whether or not she was an R&B singer.

amory

3y

hmm that’s a very valid counter point i never considered !!! i think it goes to show that even tho my intent was to advocate for a black artist not to be labeled, i was really disrespect an authentic part of her influence.

great reference to kelela interview, you got me there. i kinda got my disdain for the r&b label from this twigs interview https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/09/fka-twigs-two-weeks-lp1

i stand by what i said but i def was disrespectful and wrong in saying she’s “above” r&b

amory

3y

hmm that’s a very valid counter point i never considered !!! i think it goes to show that even tho my intent was to advocate for a black artist not to be labeled, i was really disrespect an authentic part of her influence.

great reference to kelela interview, you got me there. i kinda got my disdain for the r&b label from this twigs interview https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/09/fka-twigs-two-weeks-lp1

i stand by what i said but i def was disrespectful and wrong in saying she’s “above” r&b

Skateboard J

3y

He’s not better than Jacquees

Kdogone

3y

Miguel
Anderson .Paak
Lucky Daye
Daniel Caesar
dvsn
Leon Bridges
Ro James
Gallant
BJ The Chicago Kid

All better male R&B acts

Triplesss

3y

I agree with 3 of these the rest wrong

SHAQUILLE

3y

Disagree

btstuedit

3y

kinda tells u how much mainstream r&b fell off

Bmezy

3y

Exactly