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[Herb.]

I don't know what the hell is going on. 
You have artists like Dawn, Tinashe, Aiko, FKA twigs, etc releasing gems
back to back and are, virtually, having no notable success.

Honestly, I feel like they're caught in between being too "edgy" for the
average, typical R&B listener, while also being too urban/R&Bish for
the indie/hipster crowd.

These "new wave" R&B artists are just hard to market. Many won't touch
the music because it's still "R&B", and for many R&B listeners... it's not "real"
enough.

As far as the other more streamline R&B artists go, either they're just
past their prime, not releasing anything worth going crazy over or they're
just not putting themselves out there like they should be.

I think FKA and Aiko are in kinda good places though.

it's kinda cool to be the "underground secret" mess owt these days.

gives your fans a feeling of exclusivity. and from what I've seen FKA gets a lot of critical acclaim and press.

[Batwing]

I don't know what the hell is going on. 
You have artists like Dawn, Tinashe, Aiko, FKA twigs, etc releasing gems
back to back and are, virtually, having no notable success.

Honestly, I feel like they're caught in between being too "edgy" for the
average, typical R&B listener, while also being too urban/R&Bish for
the indie/hipster crowd.

These "new wave" R&B artists are just hard to market. Many won't touch
the music because it's still "R&B", and for many R&B listeners... it's not "real"
enough.

As far as the other more streamline R&B artists go, either they're just
past their prime, not releasing anything worth going crazy over or they're
just not putting themselves out there like they should be.

I think FKA and Aiko are in kinda good places though.

it's kinda cool to be the "underground secret" mess owt these days.

gives your fans a feeling of exclusivity. and from what I've seen FKA gets a lot of critical acclaim and press.

True. In that regard, it's a double-edged sword.
I'd love to see FKA get more attention by the general public & be more successful.
If that were to happen, though, it would ruin her mystique in a sense.

Aiko is the one who's definitely straddling the fence.
My one concern with her is her being frequent with her releases.
She's not in a place to wait three/four years in between albums,
and something tells me that she's going to be that type. 

[Sinpool]

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FKA wouldn't get attention if she were fully white.
She doesn't make mainstream music.

[CHOKE]

there is no hope for R&b the numbers will continue to get lower and lower until finally the only artists representing us are all light skinned and give an other tea because right now it's the only thing that works.

Not saying thats the only reason Rih and Bey are so huge but I bet if you look at their stats the majority of their sales are probably from white people.

[Batwing]

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FKA wouldn't get attention if she were fully white.
She doesn't make mainstream music.

Ironically, I'd be willing to
bet that she has more white listeners than black.