This blog entry is soooooo fucked up. The author is talking about old school R&B (which he calls "pure R&B" *rollseyes*) which isn't very popular among the masses nowadays, which is why it doesn't sell so well. However the modern R&B (which the author seems to be calling "pop" music) is plenty popular and is selling great. MUSIC CHANGES. Popular R&B music has changed over the years just like popular pop music has changed; neither genres of music sound the same as they did way back when. The author just wants to call contemporary R&B music "pop" music because it's popular. But its not pop. To sum this up, the author is hella wrong. R&B is alive and well; it has just changed with the times, like all popular forms of media and entertainment has. Now I happen to love R&B music that has an old school vibe as long as the artist on the song its actually singing (too often old school R&B has people pretty much talking, which I hate) and the songs ~means~ something. Blackstreet's "Don't Leave Me" is an excellent example of an awesome old school R&B song. However I love contemporary R&B as well. Mariah's Memoirs has a very original R&B vibe, and the album is great.

I also disagree that black artists are just slapped with an R&B label. Jordin Sparks is not an R&B singer is she? No, she's a pop singer. It's just the most black artists ARE R&B/hip hop/soul so on and so forth. Hell, Jordin Sparks is the only popular black singer I could think of who's NOT R&B/hip hop.