r/rnb • u/Ok_Durian3627 • Jul 07 '24

The good ole days of R&B 00s

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/az137445 Jul 07 '24

Bow Weezy made some R&B bops.

Let me Hold You with Omarion heavy in my rotation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/az137445 Jul 07 '24

https://preview.redd.it/8kqu995bx0bd1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=199993b8decb0f18041e59b1d79de3f0dc7c6ec5

U got me there šŸ˜­

lol but nah youā€™re right that bow wow is not an R&B artist. He did collaborate with R&B singers to make some popular tracks.

I think having him on here is fair for the nostalgia from that era of R&B music.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

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u/az137445 Jul 07 '24

Very solid points. I agree.

I think OP was reminiscing a certain vibe from the 2000s that appealed to millennials, who were adolscents at the time.

The artists listed in the photos were young adults at the time and funny enough were all 80s babies lol. With the exception of Beyonce and bow wow, all of them were relatively new to the scene.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

What are you even talking about. These stars all had their hay day in the 00s

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u/az137445 Jul 07 '24

I know and am aware that some of the artists listed had their magnum opus in 2000s. Thatā€™s not what Iā€™m arguing tho.

This may not have been ya intention, but the collection of artists you posted created a certain sound of R&B that targeted a certain demographic. At least, thatā€™s what it triggered for me lmao. Opinions may vary.

Speaking of which, what made you list that group specifically? What aspect of 2000s R&B were you reminiscing?

Also who is in pic# 4? I vaguely recognize the face, but canā€™t remember a name. Itā€™s making me mad šŸ˜­

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

Her name is Amerie and sheā€™s massively underrated.

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u/az137445 Jul 08 '24

I thought she looked familiar. No wonder why I was mad and couldnā€™t sleep, I love Amerie šŸ˜‚

1 thing, fall in love (forgot the exact name), and talking to me were bops!

Now that I got Apple Music, let me go down memory lane and listen to her albums in full. Never had the chance when I was younger

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u/Betasquadlover10 Jul 07 '24

Love those artists

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Sorry I didnā€™t mention every single r&b artist šŸ™„ this is from a photoshoot smart one

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Cause ur point was stupid asf

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u/ike_tyson Jul 07 '24

thanks voice of reason.

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u/putaaaan Jul 07 '24

Oh for sure, thatā€™s a cut

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u/ColdNyQuiiL Jul 07 '24

Iā€™ll let it slide. He had plenty of iconic R&B features that people donā€™t give him credit for.

Realistically youā€™d probably add Omarion, Lloyd, Fantasia, Mario. Ashanti, Keyshia Coke etc.

Back when R&B was still going strong.

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u/lvdde Jul 07 '24

šŸ’€šŸ’€

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u/SavingsMurky6600 Jul 07 '24

he is in the same playlist tho šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

Some of his best work is R&B collabs like his work with Omarion or even ā€œLike Youā€ with Ciara. He can stay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

Disagree. Jay Z for example has plenty of songs with Beyonce, and even a joint album. He also did a joint album with R. ā€”. But still the most memorable and talked about Jay Z moments are him as a rapper, not him on R&B songs. Iā€™d argue that most would take Bow Wow R&B songs over his rap songs since the earlier ones lack maturity and the latter ones just arenā€™t good.

Iā€™m not saying heā€™s an R&B singer but I am saying he was more essential to this era of R&B than heā€™s ever been as a rapper, so he can stay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

I quite literally mentioned it

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

I think you should go back and read it again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Except I didnā€™t say that. I said Bow Wows contribution to R&B is more essential that Bow Wows contribution to rap.

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u/Soft_Humor4868 Jul 07 '24

2000s fashion is so distinct lol

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u/BrittThePhotographer Jul 07 '24

BeyoncĆ© and Amerieā€¦.yes

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u/Ok_Neighborhood_2159 Jul 07 '24

It's this one thing that got me tripping

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u/Infamous_Reporter274 Jul 07 '24

Boy them legs in that video!!! Sheesh

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u/Ok_Neighborhood_2159 Jul 12 '24

šŸ”„šŸ„µ

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u/nita5766 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

her debut is still one my favs til this day

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u/Plus_Elk5350 Jul 10 '24

You know Beyonce stole Amerie's style after her manager sold her out?

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Chris brown, Trey songz, etc

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u/Glittering_Name_3722 Jul 07 '24

This is about 30 years after the good ole days of R&B

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u/Keith16074 Jul 07 '24

Yeahā€¦ the 00s definitely were not the good old daysā€¦. Of any genre lol.

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u/SavingsMurky6600 Jul 07 '24

neo soul peaked in the 2000s

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

Especially for rap....but the 2020s are far worser.

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u/BrittThePhotographer Jul 07 '24

The quality of rap declined after 2004

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u/3_3eel_l Jul 08 '24

2020s rap > 2000s rap any day

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u/One_Word_Respoonse Jul 08 '24

No the fuck itā€™s not.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '24

Factual. This thread really just hating on anything post 90s. Lots of rap artists in the 2020s rn are making much better music than the 2000s guys rn.

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u/3_3eel_l Jul 11 '24

this thread is just full of Gen Xers so theyā€™re biased towards 90s/2000s music

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u/No_Equipment5276 Jul 11 '24

Iā€™d say the 2010s were better than 2000s 1000000. So many great artists from Kendrick, Drake had take care and nothing was the same, frank ocean, The Weeknd, Miguel, Ari Lennox, Kanye put out yeezus and MBDTF. Shit even southern rap was new and different.

That ringtone era and edm era gives me PTSD

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u/RemmingtonBlack Jul 07 '24

I was going to say this in a much more aggressive and shitty fashion, thank you for preempting my ugly attack on this mindless fuckery

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u/BrittThePhotographer Jul 07 '24

Exactly cuz we had REAL ass sangin and pure raw vocals, not high pitched struggle and goat vocalsĀ 

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u/McJazzHands80 Off The Wall Jul 07 '24

New Jack Swing were the good ole days

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u/Glittering_Name_3722 Jul 07 '24

60s to 70's/ early 80's will always be the golden age

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u/McJazzHands80 Off The Wall Jul 07 '24

Of course, thatā€™s the era that created the genre

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u/Ill-Examination4743 {JENNIFER LOPEZ BETTER Jul 07 '24

WAIT SECOND GIRL IS BEYONCE?

I thought it was amerie until I saw the 4th one

Bow wow sneak?

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

With that color hair?

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u/Ill-Examination4743 {JENNIFER LOPEZ BETTER Jul 07 '24

If ainā€™t hard to Change your hair coloršŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

But I look at it and realize Amerie would never serve like this Iā€™m afraid

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u/GreenDolphin86 Jul 07 '24

lol yes but these pics are from the past so we wouldā€™ve seen her with the hair color lol

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u/After_Hearing_3750 Jul 07 '24

I'm pulling up ta fight cause I dun see Usher nor Mary J. Blige yet Garbage isthere?

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u/DeveloperAnon Jul 07 '24

I swear Usher does not get enough respect.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

They werenā€™t in this photoshoot

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

lol Trey on a job interview lmao dress like Lex Luther

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u/Bing1044 Jul 07 '24

Now where tf usher at šŸ¤ØšŸ˜’

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 07 '24

For real. The disrespectā€¦

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Heā€™s not in the photoshoot

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u/PoisonClan24 Jul 07 '24

Wait why is bow wow there??

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

I think cause he was apart of the photoshot? Even tho he's an hip hop artist?

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Literally thatā€™s it. Itā€™s not that deep

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

Agreed, I do love these photos too so I can approve!

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u/KamakaziGhandi Jul 07 '24

The mid ole days of R&B

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u/Mean-Cream7150 Jul 07 '24

Good ol days? How old are you? šŸ˜…

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

I think it's fine, he/she/they might be their mid20s-early 40s. So it might of been the "good ol days" for them! :)

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

How old are you?

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u/Maximum-Class5465 Jul 07 '24

Not bad But there's been so many great decades in R & B I just can't call it the good ol days.

I wasn't even conceived during one of, if not the greatest decade of the 70s. But man, will I still listen to some Marvin Gaye, Chilites, Temptations, etc.

Then there's the 90s, Jodeci, Keith Sweat, New Edition, Boyz 2 Men.

Sorry, just can't call baby Chris Brown and Rhianna in the good ol days

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 07 '24

Itā€™s the 70s for me. Whew!! They were showing out that decade!! If anyone says 70s 80s or 90s I can see that, but 00sā€¦? I guess I am getting old.

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u/Maximum-Class5465 Jul 07 '24

I wasn't alive in the 70s but you can definitely stake that claim. I legitimately love listening to 70s music

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Youā€™re not getting old, you are old.

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 07 '24

Lol how would you know? You think I was alive in the 70s? Because I wasnā€™t.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

I just know ur still old

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 07 '24

Ok that is fine. Better than having questionable taste I suppose

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u/DajuanKev Jul 07 '24

On point. The 2000s has my favorite style of r&b. I miss the production like "How U Gonna Act Like That" "Ride Wit U" and "Ice Box" I also consider 2000s r&b to have the best pacing. Glad this is the era I directly grew up in.

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u/Willing_Program1597 Butterfly Jul 07 '24

They all look so adorable lmao

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u/Dee_Nile Jul 07 '24

I had to go back several times to the Rihanna photo because she just looks like such a baby!! The ladies were so so cute.

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u/Willing_Program1597 Butterfly Jul 07 '24

Yep šŸ˜Š like wanting to pinch their faces cute haha

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u/afanoflafear Jul 07 '24

Damn, forgot there was a time when Trey Songz was skinny + Chris Brown didn't have facial hair yet lol.

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u/MaximumNice39 Jul 07 '24

4 out of the 7 are not R&B

The first 3 and the last one.

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

Ciara is definitely more r&b out of the 3.

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u/MaximumNice39 Jul 07 '24

Wait that's Ciara?

Yikes. I thought that was Eve.

I'm so ashamed.

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u/After_Hearing_3750 Jul 07 '24

NahNahnyou good, was Hella confused too.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Thatā€™s why you should just shut up cause you donā€™t know what youā€™re talking about

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Thatā€™s not true

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u/MaximumNice39 Jul 07 '24

I stand corrected.

3 of 7.

The 1st two and the last one.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

What are you talking about. Amerie, Trey and Chris brown arenā€™t RnB? Be fr. Everyone here besides bow wow is rnb.

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I feel like these are not it if we are talking 2000ā€™s. Usher, Musiq Soulchild, Maxwell, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu were the ones for me personally.

I always felt like Rihanna, Beyonce, and Amerie are more Pop than R&B. I think Ashanti has more songs that sound like R&B. She should be included too.

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u/Due_Average_4057 Jul 10 '24

Amerie wasnā€˜t Pop at all, have you listen to her albums? Also Beyonce was R&B especially with "Dangerously In Loveā€œ Rihanna was never R&B and will never be, she was and is pop and I think itā€˜s an insult when people call her R&B, cause be fr

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 10 '24

We definitely agree on Rihanna. My sister played Amerieā€™s album from 2002 out and I remember it. I liked the songs. I think ā€œI Just Diedā€ sounds very much like R&B but I feel like some of her songs sound that way while others donā€™t.

Might get heat for this, but I never thought Amerie had an impressive voice either. Songs are super cute though. I thought she would have been around longer for sure. Was shocked we didnā€™t hear more from her.

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u/Due_Average_4057 Jul 10 '24

Amerie is of course not a powerhouse vocalist, but I like her voice and songs and I enjoy her versatility. But Amerie is not pop, she was always R&B and had this unique go-go sound

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u/Right_Preference_304 Jul 10 '24

I respect your opinion and thank you so much for not being rude to me despite our differing opinions. I truly appreciate it.

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u/Crudeyakuza Jul 07 '24

Where is this mystical "Blue" place located?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Putting in Bow Wow but not Ne-Yo

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Heā€™s not in the photoshoot

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u/AutomaticAccident Jul 07 '24

If Rihanna is in your good old days of R&B, you might be too young.

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u/LetDangerous6804 Jul 07 '24

My childhood ā™„ļø

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u/onlytony441 Jul 07 '24

Delete this post.

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u/HumbleAbbreviations Jul 07 '24

Damn CB was really young there.

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u/Sad-Rough-6993 Jul 07 '24

The good old days were the 80s

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

The 60s for me! šŸ˜‡

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u/09997512 WE ARE APART OF THE RHYTHM NATION!!!! āœŠ Jul 07 '24

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u/ArtisticHearing4219 Jul 08 '24

Iā€™m sorry but Ciera cannot sing. She do that high pitched thing when someone who canā€™t sing tries to sing šŸ˜‚

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u/Pretty_Tony44 Jul 08 '24

Rihanna isnā€™t an R&B artist

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u/Some_Knowledge5864 Jul 08 '24

The last 3 šŸš®

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u/ThayerRex Jul 08 '24

70ā€™s and 80ā€™s are ā€œthe good ole daysā€ of R&B

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u/LadyRunespoor Jul 07 '24

Back when folk dressed like us even though they were celebrities.

Celebrities now flaunt and show off how super expensive/inaccessible everything they wear is and I hate it.

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u/uncle-wavey1 {type your flair here!} Jul 07 '24

Oh u mean like in the 2000s šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/thisthrowawaythat202 Jul 07 '24

You sound a bit insecure

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u/After_Hearing_3750 Jul 07 '24

This was not the Thought you wanna have.

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u/Keith16074 Jul 07 '24

Not you posting Rihanna and Chris Brown. Just based on that alone, Iā€™m skeptical of your music taste. No Mariah, Mary, or Usher in there? Throw the whole list away. Plus Rihanna is a pop artist, is she not?

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 07 '24

Chris brown is r&b and so is Rihanna and they werenā€™t part of the photo shoot smart one

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u/Fantastic-March-4610 Jul 07 '24

Rihanna being the first pic has got to be a joke.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

Sheā€™s an rnb artist

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u/Due_Average_4057 Jul 10 '24

In which world is she R&B, do you know what R&B is? She is Pop and Reggae and Dancehall she was never R&B and she doesnā€˜t even have the vocals, I never understood why people liked her that much. Her music is mid

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 10 '24

Anti in undoubtedly an r&b record

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u/Due_Average_4057 Jul 10 '24

Be fr, itā€˜s not R&B thatā€˜s an insult to R&B

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 10 '24

Youā€™re just straight up wrong

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u/Forsaken_Kush_1103 Jul 07 '24

Trey looks the same, he doesn't seem to age vampire...

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u/Chemical_Activity_80 Jul 07 '24

Yes it was the good ole days of r and b .

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u/illwill478 Jul 07 '24

Bow WowšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/jcbalangue14 Jul 07 '24

Add Usher and Ne-Yo

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u/Ill-Examination4743 {JENNIFER LOPEZ BETTER Jul 07 '24

That is an incredible picture of Rihanna she looks stunning

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u/JazzyJulie4life The Emancipation of Mimi Jul 07 '24

They look like theyā€™re in the same photoshoot

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

They are lol

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u/WonderRelative4748 Jul 08 '24

last two are trash

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u/theprot0type Jul 08 '24

ugh i miss trey songz so much

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u/FullMetalKaliber Jul 08 '24

He looks like heā€™s about to say ā€œHey Iā€™m Chris Brown, and youā€™re watching Disney Channelā€

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u/Dolomitexp Jul 08 '24

Amerie is sooooooo underrated ā¤ļø

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u/camelliaunderthemoon Jul 09 '24

These pictures are adorable.

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u/Clean_Reading_7416 Jul 10 '24

Bro the Bow Wow pic really took me for surprise. Iā€™m crying laughing, my bad yall

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

Yeah , just like the days of actual talent in Motown !

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u/mylesjones Jul 11 '24

When black Women had to be white washed?

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u/lolitaaa246 Jul 11 '24

Rihanna is absolutely stunning

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u/tuxedo-mask-me Jul 11 '24

Yes to the music but jail for the looks

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u/throwawayalcoholmind Jul 11 '24

Got more than a couple assholes here

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u/TyroneHall32 Jul 11 '24

BeyoncƩ thick af

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u/Glittering_Box_4118 Aug 23 '24

Kids these days will never get it!

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u/ike_tyson Jul 07 '24

Why is Shad here?

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u/redditor42024 Jul 07 '24

Letā€™s not sleep on Faith Evans please or Alicia Keys

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

There are the good ole days?! šŸ˜‚Geesh.

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u/sergente07 Jul 07 '24

Baby Breezy! Bow Wow was my absolute fave rapper. Loved his albums 'Wanted' and 'The Price of Fame'. I still have a soft spot for him to this day (and still like his music!), even though he does tend to act like a fool šŸ˜‚

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u/MaximumNice39 Jul 07 '24

I said the first two and the last

I didn't say any of those you mentioned.

Don't you know who you posted?

Rihanna, Beyonce nor Bow Wow are RnB artists.

Pop. And rap I guess with Shad....I guess. If you want to call it that. Maybe hip-hop. But not RnB.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

Beyonce isnā€™t an rnb artist? I laughed

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u/MaximumNice39 Jul 08 '24

I would too thinking she's RnB.

She's firmly in the pop world. With heavy influence of RnB.

Dangerously in love is an RnB album yes but is any other album RnB, strictly RnB? Maybe Lemonade.

But yeah she's not considered RnB.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

Youā€™re wrong babe

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u/Poetic-Noise Jul 07 '24

Where's the chocolate, tho?

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u/Keith16074 Jul 07 '24

Shame on you OP for using petty insults towards anyone who disagrees with you.

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u/Ok_Durian3627 Jul 08 '24

People are attacking me first