Excellent read below:

http://www.theroot.com/vi...;GT1=38002

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RnBAmbassador said:

Excellent read below:

http://www.theroot.com/vi...;GT1=38002

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

lastdecember said:

RnBAmbassador said:

Excellent read below:

http://www.theroot.com/vi...;GT1=38002

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

There is nothing wack about Shai (well, their first 3 albums at least). Man for man, they were the best vocal group of the '90s bar none.

ME, MYSELF, & I.

Those three egos can get all the credit, all the money, and they don't have to share the spotlight wit' nobody. That's what happened to R&B singing groups.

Ego.

lastdecember said:

RnBAmbassador said:

Excellent read below:

http://www.theroot.com/vi...;GT1=38002

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

The RnB Band dies about 15 years before the RnB groups.

The last RnB group was (no joke) B2K. Can anyone name a group that came out after them ...

certainly not pretty ricky either

LittleBLUECorvette said:

lastdecember said:

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

The RnB Band dies about 15 years before the RnB groups.

The last RnB group was (no joke) B2K. Can anyone name a group that came out after them ...

For what it's worth, Day 26

phunkdaddy said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The RnB Band dies about 15 years before the RnB groups.

The last RnB group was (no joke) B2K. Can anyone name a group that came out after them ...

For what it's worth, Day 26

LOL, and Danity Kane, forgot about Diddy's pet projects.

Pretty Ricky was 3 rappers (if that's what you wanna call them) and a singer.

Groups that released albums this past decade.

Temptations

O'Jays

New Edition

Guy

Bel Biv DeVoe

Boyz II Men

Dru Hill

112

Jagged Edge

Destiny's Child

B2K

I know groups started to die off in the mid 90s just as New Jack Swing was leaving and Gangsta Rap started dominating. You still had your groups emerging like Dru Hill, Total and 112 in 96'; Jagged Edge, Sons of Funk, Blaque and Playa in 97'; Destiny's Child, 3LW in 98; Ideal in 99, ect.

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

Ego.

When groups fought, cussed it other out but yet stayed together?

Because some groups KNEW better. I'm sure the Four Tops and Dells had drag-out knockdown fights but got along enough to stay together as long as they did. The Temptations and Supremes were another story.

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said: When groups fought, cussed it other out but yet stayed together?

Because some groups KNEW better. I'm sure the Four Tops and Dells had drag-out knockdown fights but got along enough to stay together as long as they did. The Temptations and Supremes were another story.

Or Sam and Dave. Dudes didn't even speak to each other.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Because some groups KNEW better. I'm sure the Four Tops and Dells had drag-out knockdown fights but got along enough to stay together as long as they did. The Temptations and Supremes were another story.

Or Sam and Dave. Dudes didn't even speak to each other.

RIGHT!

Timmy84 said:

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Or Sam and Dave. Dudes didn't even speak to each other.

RIGHT!

Before and after every show.

Sam: "Fuck you Dave"

Dave: "Fuck you too Sam"

I was just wondering about this a while back and was talking to another purple hippie about this. I really have no idea what happened to the concept of having a band. I think a long time ago I heard a theory that record companies basically killed "real instruments" in pop music because that's fewer people on the payroll and it's a cheaper means of production in general. I really don't know if R&B bands will make a comeback because I think this overprocessed "music" is really played out.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The self-contained urban groups also died , at least as viable recording acts.

Many have continued to do the odd tour date here and there:

Cameo, Lakeside, The Bar-Kays, Midnight Star, The Ohio Players, Dazz band, etc.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

Because some groups KNEW better. I'm sure the Four Tops and Dells had drag-out knockdown fights but got along enough to stay together as long as they did. The Temptations and Supremes were another story.

Now you know call me Ms. Ross had I'm goin' solo written all over her face; through that shitty grin she was sayin', "I'm leavin this damn". 'Baby love my baby love......'

To be honest, I don't blame her. Even looking at the Supremes when they were cool, Diana was determined to get to the top. I can't hate on that really. Mary and Flo were just ill-prepared to handle that tbh. Who knows with the Temptations though. They were the ones all about unity yet it was easy to separate than stay together.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

RIGHT!

Before and after every show.

Sam: "Fuck you Dave"

Dave: "Fuck you too Sam"

I actually don't think the R&B band/group has died, it's just that the music industry has gotten so ANAL RETENTIVE lately that most of them are in the underground so you never hear much about them unless some major modern star promotes them.

TD3 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Before and after every show.

Sam: "Fuck you Dave"

Dave: "Fuck you too Sam"

see that's what I'm talkin' bout. These are sad days.

Instead of breaking up, they should just go all JT on each other:

Never knew that Sam and Dave hated each other. Can anyone point me to a good source for the dish on their relationship?

Loved those guys back in the day and never got that there was any problem between them. All of their songs seemed equally well balanced to me.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

lastdecember said:

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

The RnB Band dies about 15 years before the RnB groups.

The last RnB group was (no joke) B2K. Can anyone name a group that came out after them ...

I agree about the bands. That is the first thing I thought of when I began reading this article. It is a real tragedy. Without great bands and singing groups, RnB is missing two vital components. Everything can't be solo acts. It was never that way in the past. RnB is the only genre that has a legacy of legendary solo acts, singing groups and bands. Other genres might be legendary solo acts or bands but not all three. And I don't know any other genre that has the list of amazingly gifted singing groups that RnB has had.

As I previously stated, this is a REAL TRAGEDY!

R&B kinda died off, at least temporarily...so it makes sense that when it did, so did all the R&B groups. I'd love to see the R&B genre make a return though, I'm ready for something different.

Shit hop happened.

TD3 said:

Joking aside. The death of live music and the club scene in the Black community, had a profound effect, in my opinion.

Exactly!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

lastdecember said:

Better Yet what happend to the friggin RB group with instruments! Forget the singing group, i can do without more NEXT and SHAI and MEN OF VIZION wackness.

The RnB Band dies about 15 years before the RnB groups.

The last RnB group was (no joke) B2K. Can anyone name a group that came out after them ...

2005