That’s the plan, I’m working with 4 right now

They have that lazy LA sound that every nigga does as well

Kehlani nice wym

u gotta put trap in that s*** or it won't do numbers my guy it won't... keep with the trends or ur just as dusty

To me this is like peak 00s R&B

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Fake love nigga

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You will see bro, you will never make waves following trends

Oh lol you mean Raphael Saadiq, yeah he a top 10 all time bro, thought u was talkin bout someone else hahahah my bad

you f*** w Joe ?

i agree, but to some extent u have to be absorped up in what is popping nowadays, if u aren't and too rapped up and a dated style you'll falter

of course bro haha 90s 00s r&b my s***

Joe Mama

look at TikTok the only R&B songs everyone playing is Miguel from 2010

Sure Thing, Girl With the Tattoo, Vixen all getting huge play

he top 3 since 00

None of those songs are Trap sounding, they are contemporary R&B

Raphael Saadiq is so f***ing good brooo

sike yea I feel like Joe was one of the hardest singers that never really got remembered like that

That voice gives me chills, no h****wtf this nigga crazy, where the f*** is R&B like that right now. What the f***

I swear niggas can't sing anymore, I remember hearing that nigga Steve Lacey live, he can't hit a f***ing note to save his sus life bro

fr fr his music has got everything that was amazing about the era

these newer artists have less constraint by labels nowadays fam, let the kids be creative
2000s s*** got played, only Timbo and Pharrell were sonically pushing the genre
Raphael Saadiq (GOAT) supports younger new artists like Lucky Daye
the new generation can put in new ideas, but your closing them off when some of them have more soul then generic r&b singers
they got more artistic clarity over their projects, 2000s s*** was way more limited and good melodies and production was a hattrick back then

Disagree so much about who was pushing the genre forward for me these were the guys doing it

1. Polow Da Don (crazy hitting drums and synths)
2. Eric Hudson (Flashing Lights etc.)
3. Timbaland (Obvious)
4. Neptunes & Pharrell Solo
5. Ryan Leslie (no ones has made music like him)
6. Tim & Bob (who the f*** has drums like them, or Asian samples)
7. Pop & Oak (so much f***ing versatility)
8. Carlos McKinney
9. The-Dream with Tricky Stewart
10. Danja (lowkey the goat of the 00s)
11. S O U N D Z (wow what else to say a legend)
12. StarGate (say what you want they had versatility and class)
13. Dre & Vidal (brought that warm sound into contemporary R&B)
14. Jim Jonsin (synths went HAM)

tbh i feel like the main motivator is production costs

why pay for producers and writers and studio musicians and whole string sections and s*** when u can whip up a spacey trap beat for free and the kids will eat that s*** up

Frank Is R&B to you?