You can say the same thing about rock, alternative, punk, country, etc. With over a million albums released, there is not one group or artist that is truly original.Originally Posted by Palindrome
I think i agree with skog. I used to like R&B. The lyrics didn't bother me at all and the music was alright. Now the artist have just stopped trying. most of them don't even write there own music and lyrics (not that this is new to the music industry ::cough:: Munkies ::cough:R&B is becoming too much like rap in the sense that there is no originality to it. All the artist just use the same basic beats and rythms and dub there own lyrics over it.
As for the lyrics, Usher, Alicia Keys, etc do write their own songs. They'll always have some help for some of their songs, but they do write most, if not all, their music, just check the credits in their albums. You'll see "Written by: Usher."
R&B needs a strong voice, you can't just rap over R&B and call it R&B. If you placed Jay-Z in one of Usher's songs it would never work. R&B singers actually sing. Most other mainstream genres can't boast that.
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