of all the comments i heard i have to agree with the blogger who blogged about that rb music suck now. it has noting to do with skin color. pre 1996 rb had a certain vibe that was irresistable to the mainstream public. take swv for example "weak" reached #1 "right here" reached #2 "im so into you" reached #6 all on the hot 100. so you you have three women. 2 out of 3 of them is deep brownskinned and the lightskinned one does not look MIXED. there album "its about time" was in the top 10 for about 8 weeks on the billbolard 200. now you know how 3 REGULAR lookin black girls were able to chart high its called talent. same goes for janet jackson whose brownskinned "rythm nation" was the number one selling album of 1990. whitney houston brownskinned 7 straight # 1 singles on the hot 100. en vouge 3 out of 4 of them brownskinned their single "hold on" shot to number one on the hot 100. the point im tryin to make is when beyonce the oversexualize whore came on the scene all of a sujdden you had to be lightskinned and mixed race looking. plain and simple beyonce ruined black culture. and this is coming from a 29yr old man