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Rappers Versus Singers I remember hearing reports that some R&B artists in the 80s didn't accept Rap or consider is real music and the Hip-Hop community took offense to it. Does anyone know what the relationship between Rappers and R&B singers is like today? Is there still beef? | |
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Bester24 said: I remember hearing reports that some R&B artists in the 80s didn't accept Rap or consider is real music and the Hip-Hop community took offense to it. Does anyone know what the relationship between Rappers and R&B singers is like today? Is there still beef?
I wouldnt say there's a beef between the two. Most rappers sing on tracks and most singers are rapping on tracks. | |
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ViintageJunkiie said: Most rappers sing on tracks and most singers are rapping on tracks.
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I never got that impression, but I didn't officially get into rap until "Fairytale Lover" by UTFO. Do you remember who made that comment and when? | |
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The only good rapper is the one that's dead on it. | |
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commercial rap and rnb are nearly the same thing today. You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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minneapolisFunq said: commercial rap and rnb are nearly the same thing today.
No thanks to P Diddy who popularize that mess.  And I'm talking about in terms of Rap and R&B together.[Edited 4/5/10 15:33pm] | |
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i wouldnt mind a rapper "singing" on a hook but the track is usually transformed into a weak attempt at a love song whenever that decision is made.
i feel the same way about autotune, i like the way it sounds but why does it have to be used in the same fashion every time? You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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Bester24 said: I remember hearing reports that some R&B artists in the 80s didn't accept Rap or consider is real music and the Hip-Hop community took offense to it. Does anyone know what the relationship between Rappers and R&B singers is like today? Is there still beef?
The "beef" ended in 1989, which was definitely within my favorite hip-hop era of 88-93. I think THIS song confirms this: | |
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NastradumasKid said: minneapolisFunq said: commercial rap and rnb are nearly the same thing today.
No thanks to P Diddy who popularize that mess. And I'm talking about in terms of Rap and R&B together.
[Edited 4/5/10 15:33pm] Correct on both counts! 
The moment Sean Combs used Mary J. Blige to invent hip-hop soul during them makings of What's The 411 album, it was also the moment that r&b/soul "died" and hip-hop/r&b was "born". Sean did it by taking hip-hop tracks that anyone could've rap on and told Mary to sing on them instead. Playing the hip-hop tracks at a downtempo was NOT a new idea. Dr. Dre & his half-brother Warren G were already doing it first when they invented G-Funk (READ: a slower version of George Clinton's P-Funk sound). But Sean Combs would take the downtempo gimmick too far by slowing down every thing he "produced" and/or sampled.  | |
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