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Originally posted by alan_ja20
The real question is:
Why wasn't Hung Up #1 in USA the same way Music was in 2000?
Simple: Now everyone in The US wants to be black.
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LOL true
I have a couple of things to say...:
1) Hip-Hop and R&B are two different genres. It's true that in the past 20 years, many R&B hits had/have a harder more agressive beat than your typical R&B tune would have. Sub-genres like New Jackswing (which dominated the late 80's/early 90's) and Hip-Hop Soul (which dominated R&B in the 90's and so on) etc have furthered this more Hip-Hop/Pop based R&B movement. But anyway, my point is, R&B is a true genre while Hip-Hop is more trendy and disposable (not all Hip-Hop though). I think that we should stop assuming R&B is a trend because it's ruling the charts since the founding of Billboard.
2)The fad known as Hip-Hop is already going into remission. Want proof ? Look at 2005 in music.