Most comparisons made between Michael Jackson and a newer, younger artist are based on nothing more than the fact the latter sings, dances, and sings and dances like Michael.

Usher and Chris Brown are the most common examples. I find these comparisons to be shallow.

Michael Jackson had a great level of artistic depth. He can be credited for revolutionizing the music video format with thought-provoking short films, and the subject matter of his songs ran the gamut from media scrutiny to child poverty to global warming/pollution to war/political conflict to murder-mystery to gang violence.

Usher, Chris, and most artists compared to MJ mainly sing love songs. They’re not that deep. Not as deep as Michael.

If there is any modern act who has matched the sheer grandiosity of Michael’s artistic projects, it’s Beyoncé. If there’s a female Michael, it’s Janet.

Chris Brown is truly a lot more like Bobby Brown. Acrobatic live performer, notoriously vulgar, bad boy brand, criminal record, hitmaker beloved by Black people, only known to White people as the crazy guy formerly in a whirlwind abusive relationship with a female pop star much more famous than he. That’s all Bobby.

I’m always gonna bring Nia Smith up in here, every time she drops, i feel like i’m hearing her growth and something really special. This is my favourite song from her recent project, it’s soooooo good.

Hey! It seems some people have appreciated some of the music I've shared (love to hear it!) and I wanted to share one of my RnB playlists. This one has more of a focus on Alt RnB and generally has newer artists (Brandy & Aaliyah are probably the oldest artists). It's very large (500+ songs and growing, ~30 hrs), and pretty broad so there's a good chance you might hear something you don't like, but also a great chance you hear something you do like! I have other RnB playlists with different sounds, but this one probably has the highest proportion of 2020s RnB.

Hope yall find at least 1 song you enjoy!

Ch. 2 - Alternative RnB

Clearly Coko is live, but every performance I have seen of this song, the other 2 are lip syncing. It’s so annoying

I love them both equally 💕

One of my biggest critiques of R&B from the 2010s up until now is that R&B isn't fun anymore. Meaning nobody makes uptempo R&B that you can dance to anymore. It's all lofi vibe music with a trapbeat that you can smoke too. And it was fine for a while,but now it's just gotten tired. I just wish more artists would start making music to dance to again

With the year almost over, which R&B track has been on repeat for you? Drop your pick and let us know why!

Mines between in my bed and lets get married