In reply to Jasmine.

Nah the downfall of R&B in general could easily be blamed on the late 90's, early 2000's artist who blurred the line between R&B and a mix of genres. R&B got so popular at one point people couldn't tell the difference between regular fluff top 40 and urban top 40. That's how much R&B dominated at one point. Male R&B is the part of the genre that is in shambles. Once the R&B listeners co signed the likes of Chris Brown and Trey Song because of the way they looked and not the actual talent part, it was a done deal. Tack on the J Records fold that left a lot of R&B artist in limbo and then you'll see T Pain, isn't even in the percentage be of who needs to be blamed.