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Originally Posted by jackhammer
I see a connection between all those artists and The Fugees TBH. I said they are partly to blame but not all. Ordinary folks all of a sudden thought they knew Hip Hop when they heard this album and the marketing guys found a gap in the market.
It happened in the mid to late 80's with Rock music (Bon Jovi, Europe etc) and again in the mid 90's with bands like Green Day. They pushed these genres to the forefront which in turn bred similar bands. Why did heavier guitar music explode early 2000?
Marketing music is big business and The Fugees album (whether it was good or not) ushered in a new era of Urban music.
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I disagree. The same ****ty RnB artists of this day just followed the ****ty ones before them, just they saw the opportunity (thanks in large part to locals jimmy jam and terry lewis) to make more money using a hip hop influence.
Boyz 2 men, Dru Hill etc lead to May j Blige and R.Kelly lead to T-Pain etc.
I admit the latest batch of the RnB 'singers' is crap, i just don't like lauren hill getting the blame
