slime wrld

4y

r&b is on a spectrum
pop being on one side and soul being on the other
too many singers going the pop way when they CAN sing. mainly because melodic rappers have taken over in a lot of spaces when it comes to singing about “pain” or “hurt”

ColtWilliamsMusic

4y

First off let's get something straight here. Anything can be pop

Zach LaBeam

4y

Are the singles buzzing? I LOVE the new stuff. Hit different was most played song last year

Culture

4y

Brent isn’t bigger than Chris...

Brent may not be bigger than Jaquees

Kdogone

4y

This is a post declaring Lucky Daye better than Brent

Cam Rellim

4y

KING BRENT

ColtWilliamsMusic

4y

First off let's get something straight here. Anything can be pop

SHAQUILLE

4y

Pnd made the r&b illmatic

Culture

4y

I f*** Brent

But I do recognize fans have an affinity for romanticizing the past showing under dog’s overwhelming amounts of love

Sometimes unjustified (often times unjustified)

Brent isn’t playing a role in keeping the lights on right now...

Jacquees has more impact than Brent right now.. in my humble opinion

SHAQUILLE

4y

You what Brent??

SHAQUILLE

4y

You what Brent??

925Andrew

4y

Pop means popular but it’s also a genre of music which at this point isn’t even the most popular genre.

Pop label is like alt girls like Charli xcx

925Andrew

4y

Pop means popular but it’s also a genre of music which at this point isn’t even the most popular genre.

Pop label is like alt girls like Charli xcx

Culture

4y

I f*** Brent

But I do recognize fans have an affinity for romanticizing the past showing under dog’s overwhelming amounts of love

Sometimes unjustified (often times unjustified)

Brent isn’t playing a role in keeping the lights on right now...

Jacquees has more impact than Brent right now.. in my humble opinion

Smacked Voodoo

4y

They acting like just cause it's poppy that doesn't make it R&B anymore or something itt

rayray

4y

Na this isn’t true. It will always be considered popular music. Hip hop is pop. You can structure a song for it to be pop on purpose but you can do that within any common genre. Charlie is also under the genre of “hyper-pop” but that’s just a term they gave it

Mango

4y

Imagine thinking there could be a superstar who isn't poppy

Smacked Voodoo

4y

So someone like Frank Ocean is R&B then. He certainly sings with soul. Gospel influence and general themes of religion are ever present in his music, and he frequently collaborates with gospel and soulful singers for his albums (when he does collaborate at least).

Yet there are people saying he isn't R&B.

The Weeknd definitely has soul and rhythm in his music. His lyrics/songwriting is often depressing af as well. Is that not what is heard in blues music? And he definitely has a very soulful delivery in most of his music.

Yet there are people saying he isn't R&B.

Just cause niggas decide to sing over some guitars or 80s synthwave don't mean they aren't or don't make R&B music. Cause if y'all say that then that means y'all saying Prince isn't R&B. And you not gonna sit there and tell me the man who made Diamonds & Pearls, Pheremone, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Space, It's Gonna Be Lonely, Do Me Baby, Purple Rain, I Would Die 4 U, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker isn't R&B. Especially when he went on to be a major influence the niggas y'all claim to be "traditional R&B" like a Maxwell, BJ the Chicago Kid, Miguel, Ginuwine, D'Angelo, or even Musiq Soulchild.

925Andrew

4y

But Charli xcx isn’t even a high charting artist anymore

Tomorrow

4y

But why do you say that like it's a bad thing some artists want to go a pop route

"Too many singers going pop"

Pop doesn't have to be a bad thing

Ooo

4y

It dosent need a push until it gets better music. Summer isn’t very good
Sza has good songs but gets boring after a bit