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Don’t Sleep On The Women In R&B

Posted on May 20th, 2015
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Staff Editor


It may be a bold statement to some, but it seems safe to say that R&B is finally making a comeback. While it might be almost a complete transformation in comparison to the sounds of the “Golden Era” in the 80’s and 90’s, there is definitely a rhythm and blues presence in music right now. As an R&B head myself, I’m not even mad. Correlating a little more trap music into the sweet serenading sounds of vocalists, who rock my ears to sleep at night can see its upsides. However, I am peeved that the men are the ones getting most of the shine the majority of the time.

It’s no question that men seem to be dominant in the R&B genre, with a factor possibly being that the demographic seems to lean more towards women. Of course, there are plenty of men who are avid listeners of R&B, but with women stereotypically embracing their inner compassion, sensitivity, and emotional well-being, they have a yearning to be catered to by the men that broke their hearts, or simply melted them. This makes for a perfect path for men to take over and use those healing powers in their music. Trust me, those powers are very real.

Despite that, why are the females in the genre not seeing the same amount of love that the men do? Legends such as Alicia Keys and Beyonce might see their numbers move into the millions once they drop a project, but there’s so many who should see stardom matching the Trey Songz’s and Chris Browns. Jhene Aiko is certainly close with her melodic vocals and smooth tone. Both Kehlani and Tinashe have a unique sound, raw, feisty lyrics, and some major co-signs to take them to the next level. They all might be newer to the mainstream music scene, but their recent projects are reminiscent of R&B origins, and mix that with its newer modernization. On top of all of that, the girls preach to the most common issues women face in relationships, love, heartbreak, and even ambition.

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