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Stephanie Mills: “They want R&B, but they don’t want it from us”
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White people run those stations bruv. DJs are glorified playlist shufflers.
yup me too
yeah 107.9 when it was wdmt is all we ever listened to. i hated wzak back then because they were good for cutting a song off halfway for a commercial. now it's the 64gb usb drive or xm satellite radio for me in the car
Word. And the fucker also agreed to perform in this year's super bowl
Hell.
We don't even want R&B from US!!!
But the music from US that passes as R&B/Soul is soul-less, Brain-Dead, and at times disgusting.
And the songwriting is some lowest common denominator shit.
Smokey Robinson always said that a good song has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
We're in a society in which most people can't even speak a complete sentence.
That translates to music.
And it's probably by design.
BTW...
Stephanie still GOT IT!!!
I saw her when she did "THE WIZ" on Broadway during the late 70s.
And when she did that appearance as Auntie Em in the NBC broadcast a few years ago,
That Sista had me crying.
I still have a crush on her decades later.
We don't even want R&B from US!!!
But the music from US that passes as R&B/Soul is soul-less, Brain-Dead, and at times disgusting.
And the songwriting is some lowest common denominator shit.
Smokey Robinson always said that a good song has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
We're in a society in which most people can't even speak a complete sentence.
That translates to music.
And it's probably by design.
BTW...
Stephanie still GOT IT!!!
I saw her when she did "THE WIZ" on Broadway during the late 70s.
And when she did that appearance as Auntie Em in the NBC broadcast a few years ago,
That Sista had me crying.
I still have a crush on her decades later.
Facts... straight facts. The same could be said for lyricism in mainstream rap for a long time. They want skills from white rappers, monkeyshines from Black rappers with a few exceptions going both ways.
Do black stations control their playlist?
Hiphop help destroy popular RnB. Sometimes I can’t tell when it’s Rap or RnB, people get mad when Chris Brown is called a Rapper but he raps as much as he sings.
How do you make money off a movie with a $100,000 budget? You shoot porn, a slasher horror, or an exploitation that gets a lot of attention and appeals to peoples' base instincts.
Same thing applies to music. All of the songwriting and production resource go to so-called "Blue eyed soul" artists and Black artists are left with the crumbs.
no diss- their music just fits right in with late 80s rnb
She's correct on everything she said but,there is a BUT we as black people need to support our artist,buy tickets to their shows,replace cd's with downloaded digital music and expose the younger generation to the music before us,that's how you keep it alive;I know about a lot of artist because my family has an album collection and music played in my house and car from friday til late sunday evening's,I was expose to everything from Johnnie Taylor to Prince,Beres Hammond,Barrington Levy and MTV helped with the Boy George's,Paul Simmon's, and Billy Ocean.
We dictate what's cool,they just follow,don't let em take what we have away because there's no monetary value that can match our talent,our beauty and what we've bring and have brought to the table.
We dictate what's cool,they just follow,don't let em take what we have away because there's no monetary value that can match our talent,our beauty and what we've bring and have brought to the table.
Depends on the station. Some are nationally, some local. MOST national.
yeah -very few are under local control
So I'm going to Chime in...
Here is the thing. There are hundreds maybe thousands of Straight up legit Black R&B soul singers in the game now... That we as a people just ignore.
I'll use the music thread as an Example... Chantae Caan dropped one of the best Smooth R&B albums of the year... Only 7 replies and 140 review.
Taite Imogen... Young black chick from UK.. dropped an amazing EP this year.... 3 comments, 56 views. Eric Roberson... 12 Comments, 238 views, Emeli Sande 4 comments, 118 views... Curtis Harding 4 comments, 89 views
All of the albums are just a sample of current black artists that dropped phenomenal PURE R&B albums and this BLACK Board ignores them..
While....
Chris Brown -- Heartbreak on a Full Moon... 31 comments 723 views.
So who is the Real "THEY" that Stephanie is talking about.
I'm not even trying hard to find this shit that I post. It's easy to find and it's not like some of the people that I post aren't supported by their labels.....
But Radio doesn't play this type of music, because we aren't trying to hear or support this type of music.
I'm just being real on this topic....
If you want Proof... Just go to the music board and check the views.
Gregory Porter & Aaron Abbernathy Dropped heat.. Gregory 6 comments, 94 views and Aaron 5 comments, 125 views
While My immortal Nemesis
Bryson Tiller got 32 comment and fucking 843 views.... and I'm the one that posted that garbage album for the fam.
Here is the thing. There are hundreds maybe thousands of Straight up legit Black R&B soul singers in the game now... That we as a people just ignore.
I'll use the music thread as an Example... Chantae Caan dropped one of the best Smooth R&B albums of the year... Only 7 replies and 140 review.
Taite Imogen... Young black chick from UK.. dropped an amazing EP this year.... 3 comments, 56 views. Eric Roberson... 12 Comments, 238 views, Emeli Sande 4 comments, 118 views... Curtis Harding 4 comments, 89 views
All of the albums are just a sample of current black artists that dropped phenomenal PURE R&B albums and this BLACK Board ignores them..
While....
Chris Brown -- Heartbreak on a Full Moon... 31 comments 723 views.
So who is the Real "THEY" that Stephanie is talking about.
I'm not even trying hard to find this shit that I post. It's easy to find and it's not like some of the people that I post aren't supported by their labels.....
But Radio doesn't play this type of music, because we aren't trying to hear or support this type of music.
I'm just being real on this topic....
If you want Proof... Just go to the music board and check the views.
Gregory Porter & Aaron Abbernathy Dropped heat.. Gregory 6 comments, 94 views and Aaron 5 comments, 125 views
While My immortal Nemesis
Bryson Tiller got 32 comment and fucking 843 views.... and I'm the one that posted that garbage album for the fam.
Since the telecommunications act of ‘96 black owned stations have virtually disappeared. Money from private equity rushed in and radio consolidated, and so did radio playlists. This is part of th reason why we don’t have a voice anymore. No media control... at least before we had a little.
You don’t know nuffin bout Beres Hammond lol
She right and dam she looks good. Black don't crack
I agree with this as well. It's mad complex but it doesn't have to be. We just all over the place.
look no further than Adel, Timberlake, british pop etc...
blue eye soul
this record would fit right in with the WBLS/ 98.7 KissFM playlist back in 1988
No bullshit though I fucks with Ekkah and have been waiting for them to put out a real LP...
I was rocking with the goldroom remix of Last chance to dance this summer.
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He from upstate
I knew one of the Diehards from the Thread would back me up on Ekkah.
I've been waiting for a fucking LP since 2014.
Bookmarked. Props to Ms. Mills. Damn, pretty sure I was in 1st grade or maybe even K when I saw her in the Wiz, so like 1975......damn
ALL THIS
Dude pulled out the receipts ON BGOL. Numbers don't lie - not here, not on radio. Let's be clear, if you want "real" R&B in 2017 you need a streaming subscription cause radio ain't the place.
And like another poster said - melodic rap killed modern black R&B - there wasa good article about it on Rolling Stone - R&B's Changing Voice: How Hip-Hop Edged Grittier Singers Out of the Mainstream
Facts!
It makes me realize that white people have been actively looking to duplicate, replicate, and impersonate black music for centuries!!!
It makes me realize that white people have been actively looking to duplicate, replicate, and impersonate black music for centuries!!!
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