@MissImpartial..., I definitely agree. Rnb pretty much no longer exists, especially in light of what now passes for Rnb on those Compilation albums. it was different story before 2000 because although Rnb was always an ever evolving art-form it was still controlled, ate up by and predominantly loved and supported by the urban community, not to mention the artists themselves got to do make the music they loved. Nowadays it's a completely different story. It's commercial success has completely ruined Rnb, the mainstream having enjoyed the best of it milking it's best producers for all they were worth and now left us with no sound of our own and Rnb a shell of it's former self. Now black artists are generally trying to make pop theirs but it's like a bunch of square pegs in round holes. It's sad.