Bobby couldn't have said it better. 90's R&B had substance, chemistry and longetivity. I agree we are going to have to wait this TPAIN style of music. These computerized voice songs are getting ooooold. Good news, AL B. Sure is releasing his new cd this month!!!!

Today's R& b is just as nasty as the Rap songs,that's right it's about hustling,and getting sex.When the Old School Artist made love songs,they did it with taste {maybe a few didn't}and they didn't have to make all black women sound like easy hoes in heat like these other artist of today do.White artist don't make they're women out of hoes like alot of our black artist do.

I agree with you my dude..

J.Reed i completely agree, Tank cd is excellent and he surprised the heck out of me. as far as beyonce as browndiva mentioned those songs from beyonce wont be relevant in 20 years. its no substance in music thats getting airplay no more. Leandro, the artist who you mentioned arent my cup of tea either. 98% of the music out today is so BLAH. oh well i'll continue to support who put of out excellent music up to my standards.

R&B is starving for Toni Braxton, she has her own style, and she can still deliver. Did I mention she is fine?! Most pretty women use their prettyness to sell their music, more that their vocal chops. Toni is almost here. Hurry on up!!

@ mstellitlikeitis, I like what you had to say, but must disagree with you in regards to Beyonce. She, too, is a part of this microwave era of music. Her music as of late is not memorable. I can't see myself loving Halo in twenty years; I'm sure I'll forget about it after its run its course. It IS a good song, but it's pop...it's pop and not the R&B that Dangerously in Love made her so famous for so in a way, she too, has sold out for the popcorn machine and as a result her jumping to songs like Halo and If I Were a Boy come across as less authentic and devoid of a natural progression. Big business, record companies wanting to make billions has made the music industry and the genre of R&B to suffer as it is. And most of these artists out there have jumped on the bandwagon of branding themselves across a wide array of fields and in doing so have lost the essence of their 'soul' in favor of the almighty dollar. Beyonce game proper.

He's correct for the most part. I WANNA ALSO ADD THAT IT'S NOT DEAD, IT'S JUST THAT MOST OF THE RECORD EXECS WERE OR ARE FORMER HIP-HOP ARTIST(JERMAINE DUPRI, JAY-Z, SCARFACE, LUDA, DIDDY, DRE, ETC.) R&B MARKETING AND PROMO NEEDS EVOLUTION, OR ELSE R&B WILL BE ALMOST AS EXTINCT AS NEO-SOUL WILL BE.

I don't know his music and I don't know if I agree with him. Al Green, Seal, Raphael Saadiq, Kenny Lattimore, Phil Perry, Angela Johnson, Dannielle DeAndrea, Leon Ware, Solomon Burke, Divine Brown, Liquid Spirits, Nikka Costa, Kissey Asplund, Adele, Erykah Badu and Nneka. All these artists released an album last year, and they're dope! Dope, dope, dope, but they don't get much airplay.

He's completely right but if I make it through that'll all change.I just don't understand how kids raised in the 80's and 90's condone this bulls*** music theres only few that can see the truth.Which is that music sucks-a bunch of no-talent hacks who are based on the wat they look.But when you try to say something like him and Nas they'll just resort to the juvenille mind set people have now and call you a hater.

Well its all about the generation of listeners. Right now were in the microwave music era. If you notice, a song will be on the 106 and Park countdown in January and you forget all about it by March. Back in the days songs became classics that you still want to listen to years and years from now. That's why my Ipod is filled with 90's and 80's music. Damn - and I LOVE R&B. I find myself listening more to big Pop ballads like Halo from Beyonce and Scared of Lonely now because atleast there is some substance.

Perfect example.... "Sex Love and Pain", Tank's latest album was R&B to the core. He sang the entire industry under the table and the writing was real but he got no sales. He did however get a Grammy nod but lost to some old school cats that you didn't even know still put albums out.

bobby is right i agree that r&b is dead. the stuff thats played on the raido is basically pay for play like the old days. the last 2 cds ive purchased were Marys and Jaheim in 2007. Thats pathetic that artist arent making good music n o more. no let me clarify that, the good music isnt getting played. Jazmine Sullivan cd is good. i heard it from someone else but i havent purchased it yet. Jennifer Hudson have a few cuts i like. other than that please its so much wack music out its mind boggling at times. i so miss the 90's music, now all you have is booty shaking music and nothing with substance. imo bobby is corny also so hes included, he havent put out any music worth listening too. its numerous artist who shouldve never been signed, but hey thats just my opinion.

he's right all you can hear on radio is rihanna (who's not makin r&b anymore neither beyonce), pcd, neyo and chris brown but now i think that guys are better than girls in r&b

People! What he is saying is true! That's why Whitney's & Maxwell's new CD's have been drastically delayed! With all the other changes in the recording industry, the songs themselves don't stand alone! The recording industry is at its most pivotal point in music history due to increasing piracy, decreased CD sales, not-so-bright label executives, narrow-minded radio and the up-incoming-non-appeciative new artists! BET & MTV are heading toward video free formats and this is killing the indusrty as well! He is also right in that R&B artists have to grind harder-"they always have!" Gladys Knight has never had the sales numbers of Barbara Steisand although GK is more talented! Keisha Cole should be just as big as Taylor Swift! Erkah Badu is way more dependable that Amy Whinehouse!...etc,. Hopefully 2009, will be better and the industry will find new & better ways to market their artists!

Yo B you absolutely right yo! R&B is trying to wait out the T-PAIN ERA of Music. R&B is definitely coming back! Catz like NEYO and Chris Brown are the only ones Radio wanna hear. Yo gotta go back to tha basics and grind wit tha DJs and Clubs build tha fan base! Yo I feel you B. daRome Bentley R&B R&B Soul of tha South myspace.com/daromebentley

He is right. Real R&B artists Rahsaan Paterson, Frank Mccomb, Jaguar Wright, Anthony Hamilton to name a few. Get mostly overlooked and they are real singers! The R&B music which is popular is very poppy or Hip HOP lacking soul or funk.

I think it's more likely that his career is dead

i agree with him...and he can actually sing...too bad he jumped on the bandwagon with his new single that makes u shake ur head at the industry in pity and disgust...get ya money tho bobbi