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PrintableAs I got older, I became less genre-conscious. The lines were getting blurred, my tastes were too varied, I couldn't keep up with the names or they didn't make sense to me (Neo-Soul?), record stores and radio were confusing. I like what I like. Sometimes I don't know what it is, most times I don't care. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I just know what I like.  Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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paligap said: ChristopherTracyParade said: There, that's my take on the whole issue. It's funny because Jaguar Wright hates that title too, so much so, that she called her latest CD "Divorcing Neo to Marry Soul"...I caught her at a function in L.A. and asked her "Hey Jag, since you divorced Neo to marry Soul...did your sales increase?"...With a fucked up look at me...She never answered.  .
So it doesn't matter what you call it, it's not the name that isn't selling the records, it's the lack of promotion and the hodge-podge of weak ass R&B music that the artists that don't wanna be called Neo Soul have to contend with...and that there is their biggest mistake because they will only get lost in the shuffle of the Beyonces, Jagged Edges, 112s and R. Kellys...no room for them because they are a more sophisticated brand of R&B wishing to be marketed as trite R&B. While it is true that ultimately, it is all semantics, that doesn't mean the artist will like it. Artists generally hate being pigeon-holed, and in the case of Meshell and D'angelo, they hated the term from the beginning, and they were both selling records...if it doesn't bother you, that's Kool, i'm just saying this is why artists don't like it...I never liked cause(just IMO) it's a marketing term to further sub-divide the culture... all your Linkin Parks, White Stripes, John Mayers, etc. are not callled Neo-Rock, or Neo-Pop.... ... [Edited 2/9/06 20:43pm] Yeah, but it seems like ONLY artists that "fall" under the Neo Soul category are the ONLY artists in all of music that try and disassociate themselves from their genre label. It's crazy. What artists don't realize (Or don't care to realize) is that the record company HAS to label you so they will know how to market you. It's just business. If they don't like the business, then they should get out there on their own and push their records themselves and see how far they get. I'm now starting to think that it's just en vogue to say "Don't call me Neo Soul" when an artist that falls under that label comes out. Damn shame. "Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton | |
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GangstaFam said: gargamelgibson said: From left to right: Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, James Poyser, Erykah Badu, ?uestlove, D'Angelo, Q-Tip, Jay Dee aka JDilla, Bilal. I picked them all out but 2. Thanks for that. What was the occasion? Vibe magazine photoshoot. | |
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Drums - ?uestlove
Keys/Vox - John Legend Moog Synth/Vox - D'Angelo Guitar/Vox - Van Hunt Guitar/Vox - India.Arie Bass/Vox - Raphael Saadiq Vox - Maxwell Vox - Rahsaan Patterson Vox - Eric Benet Vox - Erkyah Badu Vox - Angie Stone Vox - Glenn Lewis This would be an awesome group. | |
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thetimefan said: Drums - ?uestlove
Keys/Vox - John Legend Moog Synth/Vox - D'Angelo Guitar/Vox - Van Hunt Guitar/Vox - India.Arie Bass/Vox - Raphael Saadiq Vox - Maxwell Vox - Rahsaan Patterson Vox - Eric Benet Vox - Erkyah Badu Vox - Angie Stone Vox - Glenn Lewis This would be an awesome group.  "Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton | |
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