but they can't because they're black??

I don't know man... I think too many artists are just worried about getting that "hit" song and not enough about the quality... Adele's first album easily could've flopped... No songs on there screaming hit record... "Hometown Glory" is what initially caught my ear... Nothing that screams "hit" about it... Just a really great quality song... "Rolling in the Deep" I knew would be big, but I didn't think it would hit like that... I think the piano is what really helped "Someone Like You" blow up... But both those songs really aren't the prototypical hit songs...

It's really too bad that even established artists like MJB are trying to get that hit dance song and using auto tune... I don't know if it's pressure from her label or just the pressure she puts on herself to get another hit... Too worried about staying current instead of just making music from the soul...