[iHype.]

According to Wikipedia:

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B and RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s.

I would count Diamonds, Stay, Get It Over With, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, and Lov7 song as songs that featured Rhythm, Blues, and come from an African American.

That is 5, along with Half Of Me on the Bonus Edition can be counted as 6. Nobody's Business and Phresh Off the Runway (Billboard DISAGREES with you) are also R&B which bring the total to 8.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

I never said Billboard was always wrong. I said they were sometimes wrong.

Cap10, do you believe that Billboard was accurate in labeling Diamonds as rhythm and blues?

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by iHypeMusic

According to Wikipedia:


I would count Diamonds, Stay, Get It Over With, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, and Lov7 song as songs that featured Rhythm, Blues, and come from an African American.

That is 5, along with Half Of Me on the Bonus Edition can be counted as 6. Nobody's Business and Phresh Off the Runway (Billboard DISAGREES with you) are also R&B which bring the total to 8.

Rihanna is NOT African American. She's a black female from Barbados.

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

I never said Billboard was always wrong. I said they were sometimes wrong.

Cap10, do you believe that Billboard was accurate in labeling Diamonds as rhythm and blues?

I don't completely agree with them, but it's more R&B than some of the stuff deemed R&B. Look no further than a lot of Chris Brown's music.

[iHype.]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

I never said Billboard was always wrong. I said they were sometimes wrong.

Cap10, do you believe that Billboard was accurate in labeling Diamonds as rhythm and blues?

Had Beyonce, Aaliyah, and Janet your faves done it - it wouldn't have sounded/counted as R&B?

[iHype.]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Rihanna is NOT African American. She's a black female from Barbados.

She an American wif African roots. DEAL.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

I say no.
Hype says yes.
Cap10 is undecided.

I will give jt 24 hours to gather more opinions.

[madonnas]

whywould u want to include unapologetic on any best of list anyway?

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Quality is subjective. If we decide that it is allowable, then Hype will have every right to vote for it

24 hours yall.

[Damien M]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Purple Rain is not eligible.

Thriller is overrated. Bad, which is better than it, unfortunately isn't eligible either.

SOTS > Michael.
As I said before, JJ'sRN1814 > Michael, and its only her third best album.

Damien, deal.

Purple Rain is an R&B album lmao. The Beautiful Ones, I Would Die 4 U, Lets Go Crazy etc are not pop songs.
And well... luckily no one's heard of or cares about Michael's sister's albums so yeah.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

We actually decided last time that Purple Rain was a Rock/New Wave album. I've already turned away one or two people who voted for it. They just removed it or replace it. TOO LATE! Shoulda come in October.

No one? Really? No one?



http://thebellissimofiles.wordpress....ew-bruno-mars/ Skip to 2:35.

I agree. No one indeed.

[Xalric]

Originally posted by iHypeMusic

And YES, I do consider Gangnam Style Hip-Hop. He clearly Raps; just because it is bad and in another language does not mean anything.

But even South Korea doesn't consider Gangnam Style as Hip-Hop...


And Unapologetic is nowhere near to be one of the best R&B album, it's not even Rihanna's best.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Take 'best' out of the equation. Is it R&B or not?

[Damien M]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

We actually decided last time that Purple Rain was a Rock/New Wave album. I've already turned away one or two people who voted for it. They just removed it or replace it. TOO LATE! Shoulda come in October.

No one? Really? No one?



http://thebellissimofiles.wordpress....ew-bruno-mars/ Skip to 2:35.

I agree. No one indeed.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

title change.

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by iHypeMusic

She an American wif African roots. DEAL.

She is?

So does Unapologetic Count

[MP2K]

24 hrs to do what?

[Penk]

Purple Rain isn't eligible but Unapologetic is?

[Xalric]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Take 'best' out of the equation. Is it R&B or not?

Well Rihanna is always tricky:
Music Of The Sun is considered dancehall or dance pop by differents sources.
A Girl Like Me is considered R&B
Good Girl Gone Bad is Dance Pop or Pop
Rated R is considered R&B or Pop
Loud is Dance Pop
Talk That Talk is sometimes called Pop album and sometimes R&B
Unapologetic is considered Pop, EDM & Dubstep with Urban influences but different sources says that she is R&B with Electro influences.

So I don't know

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

She is?

So does Unapologetic Count

Rihanna is still a citizen of Barbados, no?

ANd we are deliberating right now.

Originally posted by MP2K

24 hrs to do what?

24 hours for us all to collectively decide whether it is an R&B album.

Originally posted by Penk

Purple Rain isn't eligible but Unapologetic is?

Purple Rain - NOPE! Unapologetic - I would personally say No but Hype wanted to start some mess so no we're debating about it.

[RudeBoyy]

I'm a Rihanna fan but I consider the album to have a lot of R&B influence but I would call it Urban and not R&B

The only R&B songs to me are Loveeeeeee Song and Get It Over With.