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re: What killed mainstream R&B?
Posted on 7/29/16 at 6:19 am to 632627
Posted on 7/29/16 at 6:19 am to 632627
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Ehhh, dont think so. Rap and hip hop was probably bigger in the 90s than it is now. R&B probably benefitted from the popularity of rap, as there were plenty of crossover songs.
Did you listen to the crossover material? Also, I know many blacks who couldn't and still can't stand rap, even in the crossover stuff. I agree with your statement, I was simply pointing out that over the course of time, hundreds of traditional R&B stations changed their formats to a strictly hip hop format, limiting the amount of exposure for pure R&B.
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Posted on 7/29/16 at 8:04 am to geauxbrown
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hundreds of traditional R&B stations changed their formats to a strictly hip hop format, limiting the amount of exposure for pure R&B.
I think its a chicken or the egg situation.... To me, the change in format was due to the r&b genre dying and the lack of content.
Regarding the crossover songs, absolutely. The songs in which a rapper dropped a verse on an r&b track, or an r&b singer laid a chorus or whole song over a hip hop beat were arguably more popular than straight r&b tracks as those songs would appeal to fans of both genres.
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