Going nowhere fast we've reached a breakthrough in R&B music. I don't know but you guys but Usher's new song Climax IS the best song Ive heard in the longest time. The vocals, the lyrics, the production sets it apart from everything else in mainstream music and underground. The fact that R&B has become so dated and redundant that if an artist decides to go R&B they are automatically labeled as a flop is disheartening knowing as R&B has been around longer than most genres and was once the most successful. With fresh new acts such as Elle Varner, Frank Ocean, Miguel and The Weeknd making R&B music with a new appeal will the genre suddenly come out of the shadows. Chris Brown recently won the Grammy for Best R&B Album and people were outraged saying that he isn't R&B and his music is Pop and Hip Hop but what is really REAL R&B?
Back on topic to the main point of this thread, Climax is in fact R&B at its finest moments. Because of the mere fact that it has all the main attributes. Rhythm and Blues. The Diplo proceed electronic beat is so fresh that you could hear a LMFAO "rapping" over it on Pop radio yet when its in the hands of a real vocalist it becomes so much more than a beat. Not to mention the lyrics in "Climax" are powerful. Usher recently shot down accusations that the song isn't about sex but in the minds of many, what else could it be?
"We're going nowhere fast we've reached the climax, we're together now we're undone. Wont commit so we choose to run" - could this be alluding to the state of R&B music where supposed "R&B artists" aren't even making R&B music anymore. Just a thought.
All in all, this song is perfect. No flaws. The genre bending masterpiece is R&B at its finest and could quite possibly be the Best R&B single of the new millennium.
...ehh, I don't know about this. The song is amazing, probably the best yet released this year, but the best R&B song of the millennium? What about Crazy in Love, Try Again, Crazy, Fallin', Hey Ya!, Countdown, Ignition, etc.? Granted, Climax is better than half of those, but there's too much competition to declare it the best a month after it came out.
...ehh, I don't know about this. The song is amazing, probably the best yet released this year, but the best R&B song of the millennium? What about Crazy in Love, Try Again, Crazy, Fallin', Hey Ya!, Countdown, etc.? Granted, Climax is better than half of those, but there's too much competition to declare it the best a month after it came out.
Some of those you've listed are Pop songs.
Climax >>>>>>>
Ive played it 236 times in one week. Ive never *****d a song as much as this. It gets better with each listen.
'Climax' *****, but it's certainly not the best. Now, my posting of Beyonce's songs was just me being a delusional stan. In all seriousness, there were MANY R&B songs released since 2000 and there will be many songs released between now and 2999 that will be better than Climax.
This is cute, but I've heard better, especially from Usher. I do think this is different for him and ***** on most of the generic R&B crap that's out, but no. I'm still trying to understand the acclaim behind this track. Even Pitchfork jumped on this.
This is cute, but I've heard better, especially from Usher. I do think this is different for him and ***** on most of the generic R&B crap that's out, but no. I'm still trying to understand the acclaim behind this track. Even Pitchfork jumped on this.