Where has good R & B music gone??

Question

I'm really starving for some really good R&B music... What happened to all the Boyz II Men, Jagged Edges, 112s, and Aaliyahs??? If you know of any truly good R&B artists out there today, pleeeeaaase tell me... and don't give me any of the mainstream crap... because it f-in sucks ***.

Answer 1

I don't know but i have to agree it sucks, but here are some good singers you can listen to
Jaheim
Jagged Edge
Whitney Houston
The old Mariah Carey
Laryn Hill
Sade
Lyfe Jennings
These are artists who can really sing and there music still sounds good .

Answer 2

Good r&b is out there, but it just needs a flashlight so that it can find its way back. Here's some suggested artists:

- Lathun
- Leela James
- Teedra Moses
- Syleena Johnson
- Goapele
- Keshia White
- Dave Hollister
- Trey Songz
- Carl Thomas
- Amel Larrieux
- Howard Hewett
- Lalah Hathaway
- Van Hunt
-Dwele
- Calvin Richardson
- Raheem Devaughn
- Marsha Ambrosius
- Alicia Keys
- Tamia
- Avant
- Charlie Wilson

Answer 3

Baby, you are not even really looking for good music because there are many great R&B artist in the game now. Musiq Soulchild (new cd), Avant, John Legend(new cd) and Beyonce are better than all of those artist you named. Brian McNight (new cd), K Ci Haley (new cd), Ginuwine (new cd), Joe (new cd), Mary J. Blige, and R. Kelly (new cd) all have new or fairly new albums in stores and are still makeing classic music. Some other artist in the R&B game now are Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia (new cd), Rueban Studdard (new cd), Mya (new cd), Monica (new cd), Omarion(new CD) Usher, Keisha Cole, Marques Houston (new cd), Cherish, Jamie Foxx, Rhianna (new cd), Kelly Roland (new album), Neo (new cd), Mario (new cd), Chris Brown, Tank (new cd), Tamia (new cd), Donell Jones, Kelis, Bobby Valentino (new cd), Robin Thicke (new cd), Anthony Hamilton, Dwele, Urban Mystic, Raheem Devaughn, Joss Stone (new cd), Amy Winehouse (new cd), Tyrese, Lyfe Jennings and many more. All of these artist either have a album currently out, have put a album out in the last 3 to 18 months or have a new album coming soon. Great R&B videos and singles don't get a lot of video and radio play anymore because of a few reasons. I want go into the reasons why they don't get played on radio and video stations. If you like REAL r&b music you have to search for your sound. Good Luck and respect the art of soul music. peace and one luv

Answer 4

Try Alicia Keys, dwele, jill scott, Raheem Devaughn, India Arie, Ciara, robin thicke, musiq, mary j, Floetry, Fantasia, Jaheim, Keyshia Cole, Mariah Carey, Teedra Moses, Vivian Green, Akon, Chris Brown, Ne yo, even Whitney Houston is making a come back! All is not lost but you need to explore more.

Answer 5

Ooh; it looks like people might be sleep on Anthony Hamilton. Check out his second cd; I think it's called Coming From Where I'm From. I loved it. And even though Chris Brown is mainstream, I really most of the songs on his first cd (he has another out soon). A couple more are Donell Jones, Ginuwine,and Avant (but I'm not sure about his newest cd). No groups come to mind, though.

Answer 6

I miss '90s R&B, I actually enjoyed listening to the radio in those days, now everything is just similar, and I wish some of those '90s could come back and show some of these new artists how it's supposed to be done, but whenever you do have some of them come back and make a new song, or a video, you just barely hear it or see, if that.

Answer 7

Good r&b left when we left the 90's, But Lyfe Jennings is good, Tamia, Donnell Jones, Musiq, Tank, India Arie, and Jon B are all I can think of right now

A lot of old school r&b singers have or had albums out in recent years but you didn't hear much about it. Tony Thompson from Hi-Five was about to release an album..but of course he died, Shai will be releasing an album, Jon B had one in 2005, Donnell Jones had one in 2006, Tamia had one out last year as well, I love her album.

Answer 8

I agree with you.Today's RnB music really sucks big time.I would suggest you try to somehow dig out the older,classier records. Otherwise try John Legend,Robin Thicke. Some songs by T-Pain are good too.

Answer 9

It disappeared. I miss the 90s and earlier music so much.

Try

Amy Winehouse
Tamia

There are good soul singers still out but they get no shine.

Most of the good R&B music isn't mainstream. It's all the crap music that is mainstream.

Answer 10

Hmmm......I wondered that, too. Today's R&B doesn't even come CLOSE to what we had in the early 90's and earlier. Today's music totally sucks BIG TIME!!