I have not listened to mainstream R & B in years because it's garbage. The fact of the matter is the great male R & B singers and music are underground, where I have been having a field day. I'm following @ Mely B on this one:

Rahsaan Patterson- Bleuphoria (2011)- stunning.
Bilal- Airtight's Revenge (2010)- brilliant.
Kem- Intimacy: Album III (2010)- fantastic.
Jesse Boykins III- The Beauty Created (2008)- wonderful. New free mix tape- brilliant.
Eric Roberson: Left (2007) Music Fan First (2009)

The most interesting mainstream male R & B artist is Maxwell, and that has been the case for years. He and D'Angelo took mainstream R & B, artistically, to new heights.

New school who are very interesting: Miguel, Frank Ocean, Spree Wilson, and Marques Toliver

I have not been deprived at all. Male R & B music has been wonderful in the underground. This music will not be mainstream because, I hate to sound mean but it's true, the music is too sophisticated- period.

It's all about progressive soul music. The rest............