Why doesn't rnb music produce more great hits?

Question

I love rnb music but most of it sounds stale,boring and uncreative to me.However every now and then a truly great rnb song comes along. Why aren't rnb artists able to produce great songs more often?

Answer 1

it is very hard to keep writing songs that don't sound the same so i think they make a few really good songs and the rest of the songs you can make your own mind up whether you like it or not .but sometimes you get a CD that is good all the way through

Answer 2

Hi,

music is strictly a matter for personal choice.

I LOVED R&B when it was 'Rhythm and Blues' (quite possibly before you were even born) the modern version, quite frankly, leaves me cold.

However, there is room for all types of music and you (and many others) do like this style of music. I have to point out, however, that you have probably answered most of your own question when you state that 'most of it sounds stale, boring and uncreative' (and YOU are a lover of this style!)

Because the lovers of this style of music ARE in the minority the rewards for creating new, original and fresh songs is limited. (It is also a very 'narrow' style of music and anything TOO original is likely to be dismissed by the fans as 'not R&B', so it must be very difficult to come up with 'truly great' songs that will be acceptable to the fans.)

All types of music eventually run out of ideas that fit in with whatever fashion and style of music is in vogue. Look at Rock and Roll, blues, Jazz, and so on...all of which retain their ardent fans, but little 'new' ever comes along and enjoyment is generally limited to listening to the 'old greats'. I suspect your chosen style is no different.

As this is still a current style, there is always the chance that a new song will come along tomorrow that you will consider 'truly great', but remember...every new song written by an artist (in any genre) is considered 'great' by the writer.

Other people may, and do, have different tastes.

So enjoy what you have and wait for the next 'great' to come along. All songs cannot be 'great' (in any style) and acceptance and recognition of any song's greatness comes after release and will be evident in the sales and appreciation shown by the fans.

Enjoy,

BobSpain

Answer 3

check out coffee shop by yung joc album named battousai a really hot song right now just came out or check out some r kelly ones he's still the king of rnb. he also got a recognition from pirnce the other day saying hes the best song writer of all time

Answer 4

I agree with the stale and boring bit,which is why i DONT like r'n'b,just bores the **** off me,same with rap and hip hop.Still,would be boring if we all liked the same things!

Answer 5

because its sound repeatative and boring and well not many people like it.

Answer 6

its hard to make summit shitt into summit great, unless your hitler

Answer 7

Because R+B is really rubbish music. It's all the same and the singers warble.

Answer 8

R&B has been dead for years