this is the era of everyone who got a voice can get a bag off their music and im here for it, let niggas eat. it was annoying as hell growing up and only hearing the same s*** on the radio everyday all day, even if it is nostalgic. this how i know you niggas are like 14 when you make these threads and don't fully understand how much the world and industry has changed

You Just Need Me or Blind prolly his most pop but it wasn't like the wave Breezy, Usher or Ne-Yo was on at the time

lol imagine dying on this hill

frank has CO which is traditional R&B with some electronic s***.

the xx and tame impala had a few rnb songs (currents especially) while they are known for their psychedelic s***. weeknd is still inherently r&b, he just moved away from it, but not entirely making throwback pop stuff. james blake is basically rnb so idk why you are even arguing that, what is he then?

Consistency

Diversity in content

What aren’t you comprehending ?

he can sing man relax

I meant going along w the trends of what other rnb acts are doing. If that’s pop than 8701 and confessions are also pop because that was the rnb sound of the time since that sound is what ginuine tank all the 90s early 2000s acts we’re doing

Ehh I would disagree with Miguel's first two albums. After that...yea I agree

abel isn’t r&b

trilogy snd kissland are dark wave

BBTM literally has production from one of the most successful pop producers. you can tell max martin is all over that record. it’s a f***ing pop record

name one r&b song on starboy h&m music bro, the lead singles are more electronic than anything they’re LITERALLY PRODUCED BY DAFT F***ING PUNK

MDM is the closest to r&b but even then it still has more dark wave and electronic influence than anything else.

you don’t know what you’re talking about bro bryson tiller is infinitely more r&b than abel and that’s fine.

what’s that FACTS????

I can pick a bunch of Weeknd songs that are rnb from his last 4 albums. I just picked the top 2 Bryson Tiller songs

he said R&B

only thing that ever came out my mouth

that’s the most intelligent thread response I’ve seen on this site

KTT we got work to do

'Come Together' would've been huge if he had pushed it as a single. Such an underrated track

Yea Chris Brown dropped like 100 songs in the last few years and majority are rnb lol.

f*** forgot about this song lmaooo it’s been so long and yes.

Right. A lot of Abel's s*** sounds like 80s pop and new wave.

Wtf does this mean I literally said “ It’s a dead genre in and of itself

It’s only good when mixed with electronic, hip hop, pop, trap, alternative etc then it becomes the greatest and most interesting genre imo

But pure traditional rnb? Been dust for a while now”

I know currents is an rnb influenced record i love it but that doesn’t make f***ing tame impala an rnb artist or the weeknd or frank or the xx or future or Tyler or lorde or the million other artists who incorporate it

So yes pure rnb (her, sza, bryson, brent) and so on is a dead genre and has been for a minute now

You see it sir

Not really but okay lol.

I agree with that. There ain’t a mf one wish or a differences, or rain, or all my life, or even just friends type

It’s a lot more grimy you got songs like savage anthem and after hours

Why you sent me a handful of songs out of the 100 he put it lol...

bro these niggas need to listen to a brandy, darnell jones, ginuwine record or something they lost fr fr

Yeah at least 10 joints on starboy and 6 on after hours

Nothing on Starboy, After Hours, Kissland, Beauty Behind The Madness sounds more R&B than Don't, Exchange etc.,