In reply to Steffon.

This is an OLD thread, but i had to say something. YOU SAID,
"Brandy
Monica
Aailyah
Mya (Sometimes)
Usher
Toni Braxton
These artist set the tone up for real music"
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR SINGER LOVIN MIND!? BLACk music has been turned into a SINGER ONLY genre. Where ONE man is making the music for 10 Singers. NONE of those people you listen HAS any "real music" SOMEONE ELSE, has "real music" and they sing over it. Making melodies? means very little. Many of these "artists" have melodies that dont deviate for the Root note more than 4 times! Listen, If I have a wedding? And I need someone to entertain, And you need a DJ to play some Karaoke stype blank cd's so you can SING, cuz you got NOTHING ELSE to offer? if you need to have people dancing about, behind you, because your stage appeal is so poor, no one wants to see you just standing there? if you cant find a c maj 7 on a piano? YOURE NOT A MUSICIAN. And that would leave out MUCH OF THE PEOPLE WE ARE CALLING R&B singers.. White artists, have always had bands. WHEN in history did blacks drop every instrument, and care only for the singer? it was before motown. because people like sam cooke was already leading that thinking. the 50s, blacks played. So in the civil rights years, blacks lost ALL value. to the point that the music is now Low quality, and can LITERALLY be made by ONE man with ONE FINGER. This has nothing to do with being "modern" and "changing times". because COUNTRY hasnt shifted to SINGLE FINGER PLAYED music. IT STILL can be played live with the instruments used to make the song. BUT THIS DRECK called r&b? is CRAP. Listen....WHAT IS SEAL? SADE? MACY GREY? KHAN FLO MAH? Its like, ANYONE BLACK is hurled into hiphop/r&b and is expected to stand on the stage with someone like Snoop, and some singer from the VOICE, singing and being PUSHED to HIT THAT HIGH NOTE i dont care if they are singing a death march song! THIS IS SAD...American idol..SINGER SINGER SINGER...NO BLACK BANDS anymore. The roots dont count. THATS ONLY ONE. THIS IS SAD SAD SAD. Singers...Singers that PRACTICE their "soulful" runs, In GENERAL so as to use them WHEREVER. Its like practicing an ADLIB of a song not playing!!! how it is an adlib? its scripted!! UHHHH I blame mariah carry for THAT little piece of low quality we all see.