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Originally Posted by Cruel Intentions
Generally I would put it down to a genre of music to be bad. Not because it is crap in itself but because of what the artists have turned it into. For example, R&B now consists of some rapping chav with more bling than his neck can cope with and some bimbo dancing behind him in a golden bikini. Proper words are no longer used either.
R&B used to be a form of Jazz, the oldies here will remember it, the good old swinging tunes. It was basically halfway between your normal up-beat Jazz and your Blues (that's how it seemed to me anyway) but now it's just been twisted beyond all recognition.
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CRUEL INTENTIONS: You've got a good point about modern-day Soul/R&B. The line between Soul & Rap have become completely blurred, to the point to where no one could tell 1 genre of music from the other. It sounds & [in the case of B.E.T./MTV/VH1 music videos] looks the fucking same now. On any given day, give me oldschool Soul [Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Al Green, Bobby Womack] & Neo-Soul [Angie Stone, 1996-2002 Erykah Badu, Musiq, Aaliyah's slower songs] instead of what passes for R&B these days [Usher].