SoundOFF: Fans Voices Concerns over Mainstream R&B Music

An interesting debate began by Twitter user @MR_Greatest on Jan. 23rd about the on-going state of R&B music. The tweet went viral generating over 25,000 retweets and 60,000 likes. Check out what she said.

I need begging-ass R&B to make a come back. Seriously. All this R&B today has too much ego. I need folks on the brink of despair because they’ve been sent to straight to voicemail.

— Maya (@MF_Greatest) January 23, 2018

So does she have a point? Did male R&B Artists of this newer generation lose the Art of Romance and storytelling in their music?

These little young boys singing R&B about drugs and being proud of cheating. I ain't got time  😂

— Khal Draghoe (@brownandbella) January 23, 2018

It’s a shame that there is no deep substance in music right now. Artist are setting themselves up to be one hit wonders, and the labels love it. They never have to pay that long term multi million $ deal to an artist

— Steve King (@SKTHEPREZ) January 24, 2018

The mainstream white owned music industry killed R&B on purpose. They started erasing R&B and hip hop by calling it urban music, That allowed white artists to gain more access +copy. The ‘urban music’ term phased out. Now we’re left with pop&music that is barely hip hop 🤷🏽‍♀️

— Honey Williams (@thehoneyeffect) January 24, 2018

RIGHT! I need the whole song to break and Tyrone get on the track and BEGG for his woman back I want to hear a man cry in song again!

— MADONNA (@LacieRenee_) January 24, 2018

Niggas want us to beg now. When they do it they believe it’s a sign of weakness smh

— Prada Princess (@INVADERzem) January 24, 2018

The culture does not support this. They'll say begging men are problematic and are not entitled to anyone's forgiveness.

— unhip (@youlightskin) January 24, 2018

We need songs where a guy stalk a female all day long and then kick her out at the end of the song because he saw her and him walking in the rain

— OKC the best team of all time (@cutmeacheck) January 24, 2018

I believe the lack of knowledge or unawareness of R&B platforms such as Ebonynsweet.com that do offer an 'alternative' to mainstream radio is the reason why many believe that the genre is suffering and lacking substance, when infact it's thriving! Last year, we posted over 400 albums, eps and mixtapes! Which is a pretty good indication that R&B is on the right track! But there's still alot of work to be done in helping great artists find their audience. Leave a Comment.