re: What killed mainstream R&B?

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nothing sounds like the r&b from 20 years ago


That's a 1980's quote.

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What music thats popular now sounds like the r&b from the 90s? Even lots of rap these days are produced by edm guys. The sound is so much different and is the polar opposite of slow, traditional r&b stuff from the 90s that the op is talking about.

True

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I miss good ole soul music

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Thanks to Pandora and the rest of the internets, I've been able to discover a ton of stuff that I wasn't born in time to enjoy when it was new. But it's new to me.

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Man the 60's and 70's had some great R&B

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FTFY.

And, the answer is unlikely to be popular here, but the hip and/or hop killed quality R&B. Black kids interested in music end up trying to "rap," rather than learn an instrument, perform, write or create, you know "music." Or they want to skip all that and just "produce" - by mixing samples and beats together with Pro Tools.

I can't imagine a middle school dance without a little BllM. Tiiiiiill theeee eeeeend oooof the road