I do kinda agree that while he is an insane writer and clearly has a vision for his work (hence I'd call him an artist)..., it's true he's no singer and just serves as another example of the industry trying to kill two birds with one stone by having the songwriter be the artist i.e. Keri Hilson, Ne-yo, Drake (when he sings) no matter how unstarry and ill-equipped they are, rather than have a talented singer deliver what is clearly potentially epic material..........., I love his music but I have to say I skipped a beat when I heard he was going to be writing for Brandy's new album because I hear her in his music and she has the kind of talent that can really elevate music like this. Just think, if the 80's had been a songwriter only decade like this one there would be no Whitney, Michael..., not every legend wrote their own songs, delivery of a song is a much underrated skill these days.