R&B: The worst kind of music ever?

[masticore]

So I suppose all you Ho's and Bo's won't have a problem with me telling my 10 year old niece that it's okay to use the 'N' word and to be proud of being incarcerated.

Thanks, I'll pass that info on to her....

I realise that it is more of a hip-hop problem than an R&B problem, but nowadays there seems to be a very fine line between the two.

Nah - hip-hop is shyte, R&B is rubbish.

[mezu]

Firstly, R&B used to have plenty of soul back in the 60's and 70's. Artists like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, George Benson are/were amazing, soulful and talented performers. Artists like Usher, R Kelly, Akon, Beyonce perform derivative, mass produced tripe with no originality. And their lyrical scope is pathetic in terms of content.

Secondly, R&B and Hip Hop are NOT interchangeable terms. Mos Def, Public Enemy, MF Doom, Immortal Technique, Roots Manuva etc are NOT the same as Akon, Rihanna et al.

1+ Now thats music..they have 5fm at the office and sometimes
beyonce comes on..there is this track where she just screams..I am like wow(as in sad)!

[eek]

Agreed, although at least most rock musicians can actually play an instrument.

NOt to forget....how often are those rock riffs not taken and sampled?

[brixton tower]

Firstly, R&B used to have plenty of soul back in the 60's and 70's. Artists like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, George Benson are/were amazing, soulful and talented performers. Artists like Usher, R Kelly, Akon, Beyonce perform derivative, mass produced tripe with no originality. And their lyrical scope is pathetic in terms of content.

Secondly, R&B and Hip Hop are NOT interchangeable terms. Mos Def, Public Enemy, MF Doom, Immortal Technique, Roots Manuva etc are NOT the same as Akon, Rihanna et al.

I thought I was the only one on here listening to MF DOOM...truly my favourite rapper of all time.

Anyway, there's a dial/off switch on your radio- if enough people did it they would stop playing the garbage.

[BCO]

I thought I was the only one on here listening to MF DOOM...truly my favourite rapper of all time.

Anyway, there's a dial/off switch on your radio- if enough people did it they would stop playing the garbage.

I started listening to MF Doom after your recommendation in that other Hip Hop thread