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3029161, Is it me, or is up tempo R&B rare these days? Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Dec-21-20 11:35 AM
As a person raised on New Jack Swing, the music I miss the most is up tempo "fast" R&B songs. R&B songs you can dance to. This weekend I was playing a lot of tracks like this:
Frank Ocean - Songs for Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vpeQEKDpKQ
Lucky Daye - Late Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seQOJZ16YxA
and my favorite party starter
John Legend - Green Light (Official Video) ft. André 3000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtiSz2L4gG8
It seems like Usher and The Weeknd are the only cats who consistently drop up tempo tracks but it seems like you don't hear a lot of it on the radio these days.
Now there are plenty of Hip-hop songs with singers and R&B vibes and Pop songs by black and white artist like Doja Cat but I guess I am not counting that as R&B (I may be splitting hairs). For example, is Get Lucky by Daft Punk an R&B song? Which reminds me there are a few retro white boy acts like Tuxedo and Mayer Hawthorne who do uptempo R&Bish songs, but am I missing something or am I right that there isn't a lot of uptempo R&B being churned out these days?
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