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NothingButTheTruth;5667891 said:Also, Chris Brown hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute. Dude is a full blown pop artist nowadays.
waterproof;5655423 said:BlackGerald;5653699 said:@waterproof
you're a fan of Miguel?
@BlackGerald yeah i am fan of Miguel and MIguel is the leader of the New School right now....Frank Ocean didnt deserve to have the album of the year, that's the grammy's and hollywood always taking care of their own (homosexuals)...
I mean Miguel was doing the soul shit when everbody was on that euro-pop techno shit, it was Miguel who took a stand and did music his way with ALL I Want Is You album...... but the masses head was turn because 1) He was a young dude and 2) Maxwell and El Debarge had the older heads and those who was longing for some good r&b and soul, but with good music you cant stop a hit, All I Want Is U caught that young urban ears and the top 40 and Pop radio, Soul music from this a new cat.
Trey Songs, Chris Brown, Usher went the techno euro route because they couldnt push what they want and they labels told them that the euro shit is hot, but i say this and will say it again, THE BLACK URBAN CROWD always have and always will change the music landscape and lead the direction of american culture, when we get tired of something and know when we are being forced even though it will take along time, the streets will move and go back to the real.
but back to Miguel timing also when AIWIU was dropped, Frank Ocean and The weeknd was emerging and FROM MY POINT OF VIEW even though SOME OF the beats was hollow, LACKING SOUL it was something new and the crowd was tired of the euro-pop shit and plus it was a lack of raw edgy r&b, that street r&b it was always a balance in r&b in soul music for a Jackie Wilson there was a Sam Cooke, for a Smokey Robinson there was a David Ruffin, for a Stevie Wonder there was Marvin Gaye, there was a Bobby Womack, Rick James, Bobby Brown, Jodeci..... that raw, hardcore cheating in the next room shit.
And in my opinion that's what the weeknd and Frank Ocean brought we wanted something more than that euro-shit and it was fresh and new again Miguel was right in the middle of that emergence but still you cant deny soul music. R.Kelly went to do that real soul and the dream was just chillin, Pleasure P was hiding, STATIC MAJOR is dead
The Dreamn dropped that Monster 1977 and satisfied us with that real shit, claiming his spot again that 1977 was better then most shit out, then MIGUEL dropped that BOMB on our heads with Kaleidscop Dream not only is was the BEST SOUL & r&b album, IT HAD A REAL HIT...
now people will call hot songs a hit, muthafuckas dont know what a HIT RECORD, A HIT RECORD defines a period, its will never get OLD, it crosses over and reaches generation, everybody knows the lyrics....
ADORE IS A HIT RECORD, ADORE NEVERS GET OLD, ADORE is this generation SEXUAL HEALING.
check this out sometimes i bounce on the weekend, to get out the house, free drinks, mingle with the ladies and to get a feel and catch the beat of the nightlife and music, 250.00 for a few hours and all that i named, shit not bad...
Now every song that's is out and just dropped, the so-called hot shit, you name the artist in soul & r&B, pop, and i tell you the crowd is ok, they want to dance, so some will dance, some go to the bar and some will have a seat, go take a piss, go outside and smoke a newport or a blunt.
BUT WHEN ADORE COMES ON, everybody from old school playa, thug nigga, round a way girl, neo soul earth girl, the rastas, asians, mexicans, old folks that celebrating, man EVERYBODY is on the floor and singing adore word from word, dancing, the bartender is singing, i mean the floor is pack...... That's what a HIT DOES....
you want to know if you have a hit, play your song in front of a person from the age 45-65 if they asses get up in move, then you know you got a hit..
you can't force a hit no matter how much the record label pay the dj to spin the record or what they say
NothingButTheTruth;5667891 said:Who cares? It didn't match up well to MJ at all, and because of that it was disrespectful. Plus his vocals were TERRIBLE.
Also, Chris Brown hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute. Dude is a full blown pop artist nowadays.
damobb2deep;5684053 said:smh in that case r&b cats cant win....
u try and bring a tribute/change of pace 2 music and niggas say " be yoself/it don't match up"
but the minute he does something else niggas say " music aint what it use 2 be"
focus;5672517 said:NothingButTheTruth;5667891 said:Also, Chris Brown hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute. Dude is a full blown pop artist nowadays.
People keep saying this, lets look at the singles from his last 2 albums...how is he a "full blown pop star" who "hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute" ?
Pop
Yeah 3x
Beautiful People (which is dope)
Turn Up the Music
Don't Wake Me Up (also dope)
R&B/Hip-Hop
Deuces
No Bullshit
She Ain't You
Look at Me Now
Till I Die
Don't Judge Me
Strip
Sweet Love