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Originally posted by RudeBoy™
But death at y'all being so worried about the sanctity of the R&B/Hip-Hop charts because "Diamonds" is slaying. Meanwhile, who deemed "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)" an R&B standard? How is THAT allowed to be deemed R&B, yet "Diamonds" is such a crime? I mean...
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Single Ladies isn't a pop song. The lyrics are without a doubt urban. The beat is upbeat house music, there are limited pop element. Not to mention the song was HUGELY praised by the urban audience, VOTY at the BET Awards, her R&B Grammys for the song, it even won and was nominated for numerous Soul Train & NAACP awards.
Diamonds is stalling on urban radio and it hasn't even peaked in the Top 10 yet...Dont allow stanning to remove your sense of hearing. Every element in Diamonds beside the Kanye verse on the remix is pop.