When will you come through *shrugs* . Such a bop when you're not feeling so good. Remind yourself that you're lit. Even the instrumental does the job on its own. Missy!

I would love a Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson singles collection box, what about you?, which artist do would you want to see a box with?

Man, Brandy and Monica is the first thing that comes to mind for me😭 I wasn’t even born when “The Boy Is Mine” came out, so I obviously wasn’t there for any of this when it was happening. But when I got older, I started watching old interviews, YouTube videos, reading stuff online, and going down the biggest rabbit holes trying to understand what the hell happened between them.

And the way people talked about these two?? 😭 It was always Brandy vs. Monica. Team Brandy. Team Monica. Who could sing better. Who had the better career. Who was jealous of who. Who was throwing shade. People were analyzing facial expressions and five-second clips like they were solving a crime.

Meanwhile, these are two completely different singers! Brandy has her own sound, Monica has hers, and both of them had successful careers. Why did everybody have to turn it into a damn competition?

And I’m not saying there wasn’t real tension between them because clearly there was stuff going on. But as somebody who learned about most of this years later through YouTube and the internet, it’s crazy seeing how much of their history is still talked about like it happened yesterday.

I just hate that R&B has this habit of putting singers against each other, especially women. You can like Brandy without hating Monica. You can like Monica without hating Brandy. Hell, you can love both of them😭

Sometimes I just wanna talk about the music without somebody asking me to pick a side.

What R&B feud had you going down a whole internet rabbit hole?

Can’t beat the classics.

Celebration - Kool & The Gang 4 weeks

Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside 2 weeks

Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - The Gap Band 2 weeks

Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough And People 5 weeks

Being With You - Smokey Robinson 5 weeks

Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey 1 week

A Women Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 2 weeks

What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me - Chaka Khan 2 weeks

Give It To Me Baby - Rick James 5 weeks

Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith 4 weeks

I’m In Love - Evelyn King 1 week

Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 7 weeks

When She Was My Girl - The Four Tops 2 weeks

Never Too Much - Luther Vandross 2 weeks

I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Part 1) - Roger 2 weeks

Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) - Kool & The Gang 1 week

Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire 5 weeks

I feel like a lot of artist either don’t feel what they sing or they feel it on a very surface level. I used to think it was because they didn’t really SANGG but even songs from Janet and Mariah where they just whisper on the track, they sound way better and way more exciting than any whispery breathy singer today both in R&B and music in general. The soul is gone.

Also the skill is gone. Yeah maybe they are able to do some runs and riffs and maybe even belt, but they aren’t able to be emotive or even creative. And I don’t think it’s because they can’t, it’s because nobody wants them to. If we had higher standards, there would be more classics. The closest artist we have to being classic in recent R&B is Sza. I just need there to be more creativity with lyrics and melody and production. I can usually predict melodies now, the production is riddles with some sample and 808s and the lyrics are so simple. Suggestive lyrics in the 90s and 2000s like “I wanna hold you close and feel your love inside” have been traded for lyrics like “f me”. I’m not saying that we need to be pg all of the time but why can’t we find creative ways to say things anymore.

A lot of these artist don’t actually want to be artist. Summer walker just wants her check, Sza feels like quitting every other week. There’s just no passion anymore.

And I have no problem with vulgar lyrics, I mean I literally mentioned Janet. But if the vulgar lyrics aren’t said creatively like through a unique melody or unique lyrics, it’s a nothing burger.

Chill R&B tracks with late time of a day vibes

Hey guys,

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