Diddy sparked a spirited debate when he proclaimed R&B is “dead” in a recent Instagram Live — and now, Usher has responded. During an interview with the SiriusXM show Bevelations, the R&B star scoffed at the notion the genre was anything but alive and well.
“When I do hear people, even like Puff saying, you know R&B is dead, he sounds nuts to me,” he said. “It sounds, it sounds, it sounds crazy. You know, especially knowing he was a pioneer in understanding and beneficiary of it.
“You know, the source that is R&B created the breath of life that was breathed into Hip Hop. It wouldn’t be. There would be no Hip Hop if there were not R&B, so it’s blasphemous to hear me say, to hear people say anything, especially Hip Hop cats, to say anything about R&B.”
On August 17, Diddy posed the question: “Who killed R&B?” From there, he hopped on IG Live with Timbaland and proceeded to go in about just how dismal he believes the R&B scene is.
“R&B is muthafuckin’ dead as of right now,” he shouted. “The R&B I made my babies to? R&B gotta be judged to a certain thing — it’s the feeling though, doggy. No, no, no. It’s a feeling. You gotta be able to sing for R&B and then you gotta tell the truth. R&B is not a hustle. This shit is about feeling your vulnerability.
“You gotta muthafuckin make a n-gga dick hard or a woman’s vagina wet. You gotta cry. You gotta be able to get your girl back. I don’t wanna hear all this bullshit […] It’s our fault for accepting anything less for anybody getting on a mic. I feel like there was a death of R&B singing, and I’m a part of bringing that shit back! I ain’t feelin’ no emotions.”
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Clearly, Usher — who has sold over 65 million albums worldwide — begs to differ and is also coming for his crown.
“King, whatever you wanna call it,” he said. “Yeah, I’ve been working to the point where I do own that, and I do deserve that. And I ain’t gonna ask for it no more. You’re gonna give it. Because I did work for it.”
Chris Brown also disputed Diddy’s claim via his Instagram Stories on Friday (August 19).
“When’s the last time you heard a slow song on the radio???” Breezy wrote. “N-ggas are saying R&B is dead… Respectfully, shut up! People nowadays want fast food instead of a real meal… DON’T BLAME THE REAL SINGERS OUT HERE [BECAUSE] WHAT CHANNELS DO PEOPLE HAVE TO SEE MUSIC VIDEOS?
“BET damn sure don’t, neither does MTV. And then the industry be forcing shit on people when the real music lovers know that shit is garbage … R&B ain’t dead… Y’ALL N-GGAS JUST UGLY.”
No usher your nuts bruh I couldn’t agree with diddy r&b is dead it’s deader than Paris hiltons Carear r&b hasn’t been relevant since the mid 2000s when r&b was r&b when r&b singers was singing from the heart like diddy say r&b now there no feeling no emotion no soul r&b now is too watered down bunch of actors singers wanna rap rappers wanna sing back
In the day is was about balance and substance you know who was singing you knew who was rapping when r&b hip hop soul
Was at its peak you know who the fuck was who and what was what I don’t cAre what anyone says that’s why I’m never getting away from old school music it’s never gonna die these artists today couldn’t make a classic song if there life depended on it real talk
RnB is just not the IT genre anymore, or has the relevance that it did in usher and Diddy’s day, so mainstream rnb is dead. The stuff that is mainstream is catering to the lowest common denominator which results in watered down sounds. That being said if you check out the up and coming rnb playlists, alternative rnb, indie rnb, rnb playlists from other countries etc you’ll find a lotttttttttttttt of hidden gems and quality artists making quality albums. If you primarily rely on radio/stuck listening to all your old faves tho of course you’re gonna miss out on it
Naw, he licks nuts. There’s a difference.
when is there going to be the r. kelly blues when he gets fucked up in prison.
Go home, Evan; you’re drunk…
And gay… can’t forget gay, Evelyn.lol
Your comments have gone from bad to worse and gay.
And Usher sounds herpes…
While we sitting her debating this goofiness the white boys taking R&B and running with it like Justin Beiber….Its plenty of artists out here making real R&B records…Latch on and support….All the rest of the argument is BS if you not supporting!!
Nas created controversy when he titled his album “Hip Hop Is Dead,” same playbook.
Ella Mai, Teyana Taylor and Summer Walker if proof it’s alive, just women run it, cos all the men tryna be gangsters
Blackmen getting horny again, drooling on a supposedly gay black man