Radio and tv, bust mostly radio. Can't deny its power on pop culture. So few corporations control all stations. Clear Channel being one, which is why their festival is always so star studded. With how many R&B acts exactly?

We need GOOD music programming. We don't know who these artists are anymore. We just see photos of them and read what is told to us. What happened to Making The Video, Spring Break, Diary, music countdowns with interviews and performances, artists favorite video countdowns, ALBUM RELEASE SPECIALS, random shows with celebrity appearances. MTV was the shit one time. It was the number 1 station for an entire teenage/young adult generation,
pre-internet launch.It was Brandy's music that captured me, buy her personality and aura that made me fall in love. She was so cute, unique, cool, beyond talented, outgoing. We all got to witness that. The magazine covers/endorsements didn't hurt so much either.

Same thing applies to other huge R&B acts at the time. Sorry for the rant. Lol.