In reply to EnRanc.

Your comment, like @CzarM's comment, moves beyond the ridiculous idea that it's "stale material" or the "quality" of R & B that has regulated it to the back-burner.

The fact of the matter is artists who are working in R & B have to find more ingenious ways of getting their product to the public. The days for R & B artists 1) signing a contract 2) working on an album 3) picking a single 4) releasing a single 5) shooting a video etc.....are OVER! The traditional route is in a coffin.

Terrible, generic pop music will continue to be shoved down our throats by second and third rate talents (and will continue to nominated for Grammys). They will remain the same. Their path to pop stardom will be continue to be exceedingly obvious, planned, and executed by big money.

R & B artists will have to learn to navigate this field of landmines stacked against them.

Good luck brilliant artists Janelle Monae, Rahsaan Patterson, Lalah Hathaway, Frank Ocean, Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Jhené Aiko, and many others....I'm rooting (and buying albums) for (from) you.