the r&b slant to mainstream pop is directly related to thriller.
everybody from puffy to ja rule benefitted from it.

do i think that the fact that robin thicke and taylor swift and Molly circus
are the face of r&b slant is significant?

yeah.

but to be honest, black music itself seems to have moved on.
the biggest "stars" (do we have them anymore)
don't seen to be going for that sound anymore.

even usher quit courting that demographic for a decade.


i guess my point is, what you are describing is a thing,
but i wonder how much is white flight
and how much of it is black musicians moving away from that
post thriller r&b pop music in general.

i am sure timiland would have given usher 20/20 tracks if he asked for them.
pharell would have given blurred lines to usher or Chris brown if they wanted them.

but who heard the track and said, yes... let me oh the track?
for some reason, the answer was white ppl.


you might be right about your theory...
but i don't know if i agree with what you think is causing it.