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Discussion: VIBE: best R&B acts are white; JT blue-eyed soul king
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VIBE: best R&B acts are white; JT blue-eyed soul king
Review: Justin Timberlake’s ‘Take Back The Night’
We are living in brazenly ironic times, ladies and gentlemen. The historically woeful Pittsburgh Pirates are in spitting distance of first place, Hanna Montana has unwittingly unleashed twerking onto the mainstream, and the best R&B acts on the planet TODAY are white. Yes, that latter notion seems a bit over-the-top, but stay with the kid. While the headlining likes of Rihanna, Usher, Ne-Yo, and Chris Brown have not totally abandoned their rhythm and blues roots, their material—beyond the occasional soulful gem like “Fine China”—have over the last few years worshiped more at the altar of Euro-pop king David Guetta than Marvin Gaye or Mary J. Blige. Maybe this is the reason why Justin Timberlake’s latest musical salvo “Take Back The Night” is so jarring.
JT and long-time producer Timbaland are once again channeling their inner Michael Jackson on the second installment of The 20/20 Experience. But this is no mere homage. The groove is lush, sexy, intoxicating, and at times obnoxiously infectious. “Take back the night, take back the night/They gon’ try to shut us down/I’ll be damned if we gon’ let them…” the Memphis crooner sings over the type of a horn-accented floor burner that seems like it came straight out of early Jheri curl '80s R&B radio when S.O.L.A.R. Records was killing the game. There’s the prerequisite break down (“And the horn say!”) and the type of euphoric in-the-hood crowd chants that puts you in the mind of sweaty house party throwdowns. This is barebones, straight-no-chaser good stuff.
Of course you are tempted to point out that the blue-eyed soul king coronation that has been showered on Timberlake has been of the egregious variety. Certainly Miguel has more than held up the end of the deal and the seemingly unstoppable R. Kelly is still going strong when he's not singing to pre-recorded tapes. But between “Take Back The Night,” JoJo’s criminally slept on mixtape Agape and Robin Thicke’s backyard barbecue anthem “Blurred Lines,” the elephant in the room is doing the electric slide. While you break down that metaphoric image, turn the music up. Way up.
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sorry but most popular =/= best. 
There is so much great RnB out there that is better than JTs music. i mean he cant even really sing. 
check out the R&B section on itunes. 
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Originally posted by Reza
i mean he cant even really sing. |
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It's really sad white people are getting all this glory singing R&B, but blacks would be deemed as boring or flop. It's ok for white artists to sing soul/r&b music and they have cross over success, blacks singing soul/r&b music it flops, hell it won't even get played on pop radio or have any type of impact on iTunes. Things that make you go Mmmmm...
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The way jt is overrated is so random
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I've noticed that too, that we're in an Interesting time, where a lot of the major black artists are making "white" music and in turn the white artists are making "black" music lol
But I think it makes sense. People enjoy these kinds of contrasting things
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Originally posted by PULSE.
It's really sad white people are getting all this glory singing R&B, but blacks would be deemed as boring or flop. It's ok for white artists to sing soul/r&b music and they have cross over success, blacks singing soul/r&b music it flops, hell it won't even get played on pop radio or have any type of impact on iTunes. |
A MESS. TEA SPILELDT.
This is so true Justin Timberlake is my favorite male artist of all time but to say this is such a slap in the face to all the R&B main acts who have came out even Bey... I mean Brandy, Elle Varner, Miguel the list can go on had great R&B albums yet they didn't get this type of respect. Im fed up.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
It's really sad white people are getting all this glory singing R&B, but blacks would be deemed as boring or flop. It's ok for white artists to sing soul/r&b music and they have cross over success, blacks singing soul/r&b music it flops, hell it won't even get played on pop radio or have any type of impact on iTunes.Things that make you go Mmmmm... |
But JT wouldn't be nothing without Timbaland
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Originally posted by PULSE.
It's really sad white people are getting all this glory singing R&B, but blacks would be deemed as boring or flop. It's ok for white artists to sing soul/r&b music and they have cross over success, blacks singing soul/r&b music it flops, hell it won't even get played on pop radio or have any type of impact on iTunes. Things that make you go Mmmmm... |
Right? i mean Donnel Jones and Joe just released an album this week and they get paid DUST by every media outlet because its "typical RnB" even though both albums are really good.  this gets me pissed off. 
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JT is very good, but
Not when Miguel, Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Janelle Monae etc. exist.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
It's really sad white people are getting all this glory singing R&B, but blacks would be deemed as boring or flop. It's ok for white artists to sing soul/r&b music and they have cross over success, blacks singing soul/r&b music it flops, hell it won't even get played on pop radio or have any type of impact on iTunes. Things that make you go Mmmmm... |
PREACH. Same with Macklemore and Eminem.
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Originally posted by Nɑɑji.. ©
A MESS. TEA SPILELDT.
This is so true Justin Timberlake is my favorite male artist of all time but to say this is such a slap in the face to all the R&B main acts who have came out even Bey... I mean Brandy, Elle Varner, Miguel the list can go on had great R&B albums yet they didn't get this type of respect. Im fed up.
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I mean I don't wanna make it a black or white issue, but I have to call it like I see it. Give Usher or someone like Jill Scott a Justin or Adele song it will not have the same success not even half.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
I mean I don't wanna make it a black or white issue, but I have to call it like I see it. Give Usher or someone like Jill Scott a Justin or Adele song it will not have the same success not even half.
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Well sis make it that way at the end of the day it's Racism in every outlet including radios, our everyday lives etc it will continue out it's proven throughout history we can go on all day about it... You spoke on nothing but the truth it's sad.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
I mean I don't wanna make it a black or white issue, but I have to call it like I see it. Give Usher or someone like Jill Scott a Justin or Adele song it will not have the same success not even half.
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i cant even imagine if JT sang a song like Climax, it would be #1 worldwide and probably receive 5 grammys while usher gets paid dust 
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Originally posted by Reza
i cant even imagine if JT sang a song like Climax, it would be #1 worldwide and probably receive 5 grammys while usher gets paid dust |
JT couldn't sing Climax full stop.
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Originally posted by Reza
i cant even imagine if JT sang a song like Climax, it would #1 worldwide and probably recieve 5 grammys while usher gets paid dust |
!!!! I just don't understand it. Why is okay for one, but not okay for the other? They both can sing, the only difference is their race.
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Same damn music Lyfe Jennings, Maxwell, Anthony Hamilton, and etc.. have been singing for years, and finally when it decides to sell on the back on a white man it is so refreshing to see.
**** outta here.
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As Reza said in the first reply, "most popular" does not equal "best." It's great to see those who have replied in this thread can see through Vibe's foolishness.
The fact a white artist can put out watered-down, reductive and derivative R&B and make millions and get plastered all over the media with all the hype and critical acclaim in the world while black artists who do the same are completely ignored, is telling.
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