Quote from: ShutYourMouth. on March 28, 2017, 07:17:56 PM
I will say it can't be easy to market for an artist to herself as some "singing/dancing" sensation while Queen Knowles reigns. She owns that lane and ain't ready to let no girl get up in it.
Still, the mainstream radio doesn't recognize an abundance of similar sounding artists, especially where black girls are concerned.
This is a good point, but I don't think it's just B. I think it's Beyonce and Rihanna.
They both dominate to me what the other lacks.
I think it's hard to really be exciting in black/crossover music if you aren't better than these 2 - Rihanna with the crossover hits/fashion & Beyonce being well....Beyonce.
I saw someone say once that another black girl will pop off in mainstream when Beyonce and Rihanna finally die down. I'm starting to believe that.
I do believe there is some racial stuff there (numbers don't lie), but I'm not buying the "support" excuse.