RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I feel this is especially apparent when involving R&B music. Songs like Blank Space I feel are blatant R&B influenced songs, but nobody calls that out. Yet, if someone like Rihanna were to be singing that song, people would immediately label it R&B. Same for those 80s ballads sung by black artists like Whitney. On wiki they're all labeled as R&B, but if a white singer were to be singing it, it would have been labeled as Pop or Soul or something... Perhaps it wouldn't just happen to black singers, but any singer with a clear history of R&B songs. So I could be wrong here... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 25,959 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Blank Space as R&B??? 🤔🤔🤔 Hmm. Byt I do understand your point. And it's even used in typing an artist. A young black female who wants to sing rock is going to have a harder time getting signed rather than if she chose R&B. Sometimes managers will even push a singer to sing a Different genre because of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, Edonis said: Blank Space as R&B??? 🤔🤔🤔 Hmm. The beat? The synths? You don't think it sounds a little R&B? It could have easily passed off as one back in 2007-2009 alongside songs like Irreplaceable and Hate That I Love You. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 25,959 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, RainbowBlonde said: The beat? The synths? You don't think it sounds a little R&B? It could have easily passed off as one back in 2007-2009 alongside songs like Irreplaceable and Hate That I Love You. Maybe the production. I agree with that. But vocally, I don't think she's really giving off R&B vibes to me. Idk, I could be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Why do you think everyone in pop has to be white with blonde hair? Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, Edonis said: Maybe the production. I agree with that. But vocally, I don't think she's really giving off R&B vibes to me. Idk, I could be wrong. It's subjective I guess. It's really different from Taylor's usual style of singing. It has kind of a flow to it. And the chorus, especially the first few seconds...sounds really 2000s-ish. Besides, it really sounds like Bleeding Love, which is also labeled as R&B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gag 22,449 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yeah, it does happen unfortunately. FKA twigs talked about it once before: 'It’s just because I’m mixed race. When I first released music and no one knew what I looked like, I would read comments like: ‘I’ve never heard anything like this before, it’s not in a genre.’ And then my picture came out six months later, now she’s an R&B singer. ' headspin, happiness, DE̤̣A̢̯͔̘T͏͙̗̟̫H̗̙͡ͅ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said: Why do you think everyone in pop has to be white with blonde hair? What are you trying to say here..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I don't think that Blank Space is r&b at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, Britney Spears said: I don't think that Blank Space is r&b at all Firstly, how would you define r&b? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, RainbowBlonde said: Firstly, how would you define r&b? Beyonce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, Britney Spears said: Beyonce Can you imagine Beyonce singing Black Space? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, RainbowBlonde said: Can you imagine Beyonce singing Black Space? Not really xD The rythm and the melody are just POP..Nothing r&b about them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyw 4,285 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Blank Space is more bubblegum pop than R&B R&B has a more urban sound imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,691 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, Britney Spears said: Not really xD Hmm... I can see it as Irreplaceable 2.0. With much different lyrical content of course... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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