Well, if Dream wants to point blame then he should place the finger on himself and the music industry as a whole. Many black artists are having their sound watered down from soul/r&b to trendy pop music because they feel it is what's selling. They're so focused on sales, they're no longer interested in creating music that lasts anymore. Look at Usher and Chris Brown for example. They went from r&b to barely unrecognizable with their latest songs. The one thing I can say is at least Beyonce didn't go running to David Guetta or Dr. Luke just to imitate what was already out there. It's as if record companies threatened these artists to go pop or else.

Also, let's face it things can't change unless people change what they buy or listen to. If you continue to buy, support music from artists just because their popular on twitter, then you get what you pay for. There are artists such as Ledisi, Jill Scott, Miguel, Robin Thicke, Anthony Hamilton, etc. that stick to r&b yet barely gets support from anyone. But people hop on blogs to complain yet support the most autotuned, soulless artists promoted.

In terms of Adele, she was heavily promoted by the media because they always pull an artist every year to make "the one who is authentic and savior of music" and then once they drag it on, that artist wins a ton of awards they tire of them and move on. I enjoy her music and think she's talented, but I call it for what it is. Lauryn Hill and Amy Winehouse received the same treatment. The industry needed someone as an antithesis to the music already out and they got it in Adele. This year, they'll promote someone else.

It's interesting this is brought because I remember years ago back in the 80s when the same discussion was said about music made by Whitney, MJ, Lionel Ritchie, etc. Whitney was booed by the audience at the Soul Train Awards because back then, many in the black community felt she only did whitewashed music. I remember hearing interviews about how that hurt her. Now, years later and after her death her music is being appreciated. Many of those songs that people complained were whitewashed, actually compared to what is out now are way better with more soul. I bring up this point because sure we can dislike artists, have opinions. But day in and day out, I see so many derogatory comments directed at artists for nonsense that is unrelated to their music. I'm not just saying Beyonce or Rihanna, I'm talking about anyone from Brandy to Monica to Jill Scott to Melanie Fiona to Adele and so on. People blackball artists through social media and don't realize it. Many of whom are black. For example, I was on a blog reading about Monica and Brandy's song, yet all anyone did was insult how they looked. What did that have to do with the song? How can they sustain careers if we don't support them and what they do? And at the same end, when will producers like the Dream stop following trends and be creative while producing product for these artists?