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Topic subjectSo sad and true
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3029676, So sad and true
Posted by 3CardMolly, Sat Jan-09-21 05:58 AM
I think as soon as the industry started tapering white artist to the neo-soul title, black artist ran away. I.e. Dude that made 'take a message for my love'. However when it comes to 90's R&b (similar to 70's 80's funk/r&b) theres never really been a blowback due to a white artist joining the party. Ie. AWB, Hall&Oates, Jon B.
Cant help but think most artist ran from the title in an effort to not be formulated and boxed in. But when you think about the name 'neo's it doesn't give a feeling of longevity and eventually would outlive its name.