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PrintabledaPrettyman said: Timmy84 said: Apparently R&B has become supper club music pretending to be R&B. FUCK OUTTA HERE! That really sucks.
 to contemporary R&B.  I have talked to a few programmers and they all say the same thing. They all say a song doesn't fit their format. A lot of them had a hard time playing "Million Dollar Bill" from Whitney. They said it was too "disco" and too "club". It's one of the few songs that actually has tempo on Urban AC stations. I know these thirty-something fools ain't saying that's too disco or too club. UGH! See that's why I haven't turn my radio on in ages! Fuck R&B radio! If I can call it that. | |
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daPrettyman said: midiscover said: But they did  Reason why it debuted on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart last week.
[Edited 1/1/10 21:56pm] That's probably just add's mostly. Any word on the number of spins the song is getting? According to AllAccess.com, the song only got one new add and that was WCCG in NC. They only played it once. They also have it at number 41 on the Urban AC chart. It was 33 last week. The spins dropped by 65. Maybe it will increase in the next few days (since Christmas is over). 33 41 JANET JACKSON Make Me 92 157 -65 0.888 I'm not trying to hate, but Urban AC radio won't touch this song in a major market. [Edited 1/1/10 23:01pm] [Edited 1/1/10 23:03pm] 
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daPrettyman said: Timmy84 said: What they call R&B is what I don't call. So what they do know what they program as R&B. Anyway it is good that she's going for the dance audience. Programmers seem to think that r&b is this neo-soul crap that has been popular for the last 10 or so years. If you look at the Urban AC chart (on All Access), you'll see nothing but slow songs. lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move Aud 2 1 MAXWELL Bad Habits 1606 1655 -49 11.289 1 2 USHER Papers 1594 1658 -64 8.872 4 3 JAHEIM Ain't Leavin Without... 1453 1596 -143 10.971 8 4 Up this week SADE Soldier Of Love 1352 1281 71 9.764 3 5 WHITNEY HOUSTON Million Dollar Bill 1336 1602 -266 8.665 5 6 MELANIE FIONA It Kills Me 1235 1370 -135 8.52 7 7 BRIAN MCKNIGHT What I've Been Waiti... 1112 1288 -176 5.543 6 8 CHARLIE WILSON Can't Live Without Y... 1069 1297 -228 7.031 12 9 MAXWELL Pretty Wings 943 969 -26 8.207 10 10 BEBE & CECE WINANS Close To You 932 1070 -138 6.515 9 11 ALICIA KEYS Doesn't Mean Anythin... 924 1089 -165 4.209 11 12 MARY MARY God In Me f/Kierra S... 782 994 -212 6.927 13 13 K'JON On The Ocean 778 899 -121 6.107 17 14 Up this week MICHAEL JACKSON This Is It 689 577 112 5.173 14 15 TONI BRAXTON & TREY SONGZ Yesterday 631 836 -205 3.789 15 16 ALICIA KEYS Try Sleeping With A ... 563 761 -198 3.778 16 17 R. KELLY Religious 507 651 -144 3.083 18 18 RUBEN STUDDARD Don't Make 'Em Like ... 490 543 -53 2.757 19 19 ANGIE STONE I Ain't Hearin U 459 503 -44 3.406 20 20 MARY J. BLIGE I Am 392 470 -78 3.389 21 21 MAXWELL Fistful Of Tears 384 421 -37 1.963 23 22 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN Bulletproof f/Ludacr... 344 357 -13 1.876 27 23 Up this week ROBIN THICKE Sex Therapy 309 293 16 1.679 24 24 NE-YO Never Knew I Needed 300 348 -48 1.404 29 25 Up this week WILL DOWNING Love Suggestions 280 252 28 2.167 22 26 KEVON EDMONDS Oh 272 365 -93 1.411 26 27 BOYZ II MEN I Can't Make You Lov... 252 296 -44 1.226 25 28 RAPHAEL SAADIQ Staying In Love 251 325 -74 1.574 28 29 K'JON This Time 230 266 -36 1.188 37 30 Up this week IMPROMP2 Luv 2 Ball 199 117 82 2.016 32 31 TREY SONGZ I Invented Sex f/Dra... 186 192 -6 0.928 30 32 N'DAMBI Can't Hardly Wait 180 219 -39 1.058 31 33 LEDISI Higher Than This 167 192 -25 0.632 36 34 Up this week ERIC ROBERSON Borrow You 133 119 14 1.282 44 35 Up this week KEYSHIA COLE Have Yourself A Merr... 129 77 52 0.88 34 36 MARIO Stranded 125 140 -15 0.579 35 37 MARY MARY Seattle 115 133 -18 0.648 49 38 Up this week LEDISI Give Love On Christm... 114 60 54 0.649 56 39 Up this week KEITH SWEAT Be Your Santa Clause 110 48 62 0.382 61 40 Up this week ISLEY BROS/RON ISLEY Winter Wonderland 95 43 52 0.807 33 41 JANET JACKSON Make Me 92 157 -65 0.888 40 42 LAURA IZIBOR Don't Stay 90 106 -16 0.242 54 43 Up this week LEDISI Have Yourself A Merr... 75 49 26 0.913 38 44 RYAN LESLIE I Choose You 75 116 -41 0.274 43 45 JD WEBB Big For Me 73 81 -8 0.161 46 46 BRIAN MCKNIGHT The Christmas Song 69 71 -2 0.798 39 47 JAY-Z Empire State Of Mind... 66 106 -40 0.38 68 48 Up this week PATTI LABELLE What Do The Lonely D... 65 39 26 0.162 85 49 Up this week BONEY JAMES Silent Night 64 25 39 0.215 42 50 H-TOWN Knockin Your Heels f... 60 84 -24 0.153 Yayyyy!  They should play more songs like that on R&B radio!
Why is Jay-Z getting play?  @ Maxwell still being on heavy rotation. That's just one person I wish they would stop playing.
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bboy87 said: AlexdeParis said: I still wish they'd release the video mix of "When I Think of You" on CD. Apparently, that's too much to ask...
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datdude said: probably old news to many but i didn't see a thread on here about it. good for her. i know comps don't sell that well, but she can count it as another #1. maybe it'll affect the tone and production of the new album
Nah. I think "Make me" was throwin together in a day for the compilation album. Not meant to go anywhere on the charts nor radio. Just a song for her fans to enjoy till the album drops. I think the album is going to be deeper lyrically and production wise. Well, at least I hope so [Edited 1/2/10 0:56am] | |
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midiscover said: daPrettyman said: That's probably just add's mostly. Any word on the number of spins the song is getting? According to AllAccess.com, the song only got one new add and that was WCCG in NC. They only played it once. They also have it at number 41 on the Urban AC chart. It was 33 last week. The spins dropped by 65. Maybe it will increase in the next few days (since Christmas is over). 33 41 JANET JACKSON Make Me 92 157 -65 0.888 I'm not trying to hate, but Urban AC radio won't touch this song in a major market. [Edited 1/1/10 23:01pm] [Edited 1/1/10 23:03pm]
She's doing fine. She's not over 40 either. It seems that US radio programmers think adult urban ac means slow. They also expect u to make "slow" and "mid-tempo" songs after you turn 40. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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trueiopian said: datdude said: probably old news to many but i didn't see a thread on here about it. good for her. i know comps don't sell that well, but she can count it as another #1. maybe it'll affect the tone and production of the new album
Nah. I think "Make me" was throwin together in a day for the compilation album. Not meant to go anywhere on the charts nor radio. Just a song for her fans to enjoy till the album drops. I think the album is going to be deeper lyrically and production wise. Well, at least I hope so
[Edited 1/2/10 0:56am] It sounds like more of an outtake to me from Discipline. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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bboy87 said: AlexdeParis said: I still wish they'd release the video mix of "When I Think of You" on CD. Apparently, that's too much to ask...
I just want her to include songs from Janet Jackson and Dream Street on the compilations But at least I already have those albums. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: bboy87 said: I just want her to include songs from Janet Jackson and Dream Street on the compilations But at least I already have those albums. Maybe she wants to do a greatest hits package later in her career. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: AlexdeParis said: But at least I already have those albums. Maybe she wants to do a greatest hits package later in her career. But I'm never getting that "When I Think of You" mix! 
 Hey, maybe I should try to edit it from the Extended Dance Mix myself. Actually, I'm kind of surprised a fan hasn't done it already."Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Modern R&B is almost unlistenable at this point. If Janet's next album is full of full of the energy in make me, it'll probly be her first album I'll buy in quite awhile. I don't know how Rhythm Nation hasn't been sampled millions of times. 2012: The Queen Returns | |
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RKJCNE said: Modern R&B is almost unlistenable at this point. If Janet's next album is full of full of the energy in make me, it'll probly be her first album I'll buy in quite awhile. I don't know how Rhythm Nation hasn't been sampled millions of times.
The song? RN, the song, is built upon a sample. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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RKJCNE said: Modern R&B is almost unlistenable at this point. If Janet's next album is full of full of the energy in make me, it'll probly be her first album I'll buy in quite awhile. I don't know how Rhythm Nation hasn't been sampled millions of times.
LOL Homework! RN, and even the "Scream (Flyte Tyme Mix)" is based on Sly & The Family Stone's "Thank You". And more for the record... "All For You" sampled "The Glow of Love" by Change (with Luther Vandross) the cello/strings breakdown in "IF" is from The Supremes' intro to "Someday We'll Be Together". The intro to "You Want This"? Listen to the opening of "Love Child" from Diana Ross. The list goes on. | |
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A Japanese version of "Doesn't Really Matter"
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I finished my edit! 
It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than the album version and the overlong dance remix.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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