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Old 09-11-2010, 22:34
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Can't think of a single Rnb album that is in the region of a few years old and hasn't got a single collaboration on it, quite pathetic really.
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Old 09-11-2010, 22:40
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It's not only RNB though... pop is also guilty of this.
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Old 09-11-2010, 23:01
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It's not only RNB though... pop is also guilty of this.
i no, i can name alot of pop album that haven't but can't think of any rnb.
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Old 10-11-2010, 00:10
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Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
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Old 10-11-2010, 00:31
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Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
And its an excellent "proper" R&B album.
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Old 10-11-2010, 00:34
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The only one I can think of at the moment is Jason DeRulo's debut album.

But now he's famous I suppose he'll have a load of collaborations on his next album.
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Old 10-11-2010, 00:36
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Old 10-11-2010, 02:09
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Beverley Knight - Music City Soul. And it's proper RnB, not all this electro/dance/pop that's passing for RnB nowadays.
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Old 10-11-2010, 02:25
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Listen to Maxwell-BLACKsummers'night, brilliant album more of a soul feel.
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Old 10-11-2010, 20:19
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Beverley Knight - Music City Soul. And it's proper RnB, not all this electro/dance/pop that's passing for RnB nowadays.
It criminal they use RnB to describe Techno dross.
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Old 10-11-2010, 20:31
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Old 10-11-2010, 23:43
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LOL that wasn't hard was it
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Old 11-11-2010, 11:15
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Whats wrong with collaborations, i love them!
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Old 11-11-2010, 18:51
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Lady Gaga? Forgot that?
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Old 11-11-2010, 19:11
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^ That song wasn't on the original album though, so it's fair enough of AdzBrown to name IASF.
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Old 11-11-2010, 19:34
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In all honesty, R&B and hip hop has done this for years and years. The difference is now that it's usually done for nothing more than selling; it targets two groups. You notice that acts usually jump onto a bandwagon with another big act.

I could easily think of loads from the past which have featuring acts; some of the best R&B albums have them, such as Crazy Sexy Cool, One In A Million and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

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Believer features Blaqstarr, but it is a bonus track so I guess it's not really counted. Further to that, about 4 or 5 of the tracks on this album are sampled from elsewhere. However, she is awesome. I'm seeing her next weekend and can't wait!
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Old 11-11-2010, 19:53
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Lady Gaga? Forgot that?
Lady Gaga features on the single version of Video Phone, not the album version. Also, Kanye West features on the single version of Ego, but not the album version.

However, there's nothing wrong with collaborations anywhere. I really just don't care, as long as the song sounds good.

And I think that it's a bit unfair to single out urban music. The nature of those genres means that it's often impossible for a single artist to do the whole song themselves, if they want to create the best song possible. It often makes sense to ask a better singer to sing the chorus, rather than the rapper having to do it themselves. Yes, it might be a lot more expensive to do it that way, but most hip hop artists aren't selfish like that.
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Old 11-11-2010, 21:57
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brandy - human..i bet that album you wil absolutly love it go and listen to some songs on youtube if you hjave some doubts..absolutely and effortless album...
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Old 11-11-2010, 22:47
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brandy - human..i bet that album you wil absolutly love it go and listen to some songs on youtube if you hjave some doubts..absolutely and effortless album...
Her best song - Top Of The World - features Mase. She also done really well with The Boy Is Mine, of course. Her career, in my opinion, turned shit after Never Say Never.

Out of curiosity I checked the Top 20 R&B albums chart on the BBC Chart and with the exception of Plan B (who I wouldn't normally associate with R&B anyway), JLS (haha!), The Black Eyed Peas, Jason Derulo, and Beyonce... then every album had at least 1 track on it with someone featuring.

I had to go as far as number 25 because there was 4 compilation albums in the chart and they don't really count.

A few names keep popping up over and over again, such as Lil' Wayne and Nicki Mainj (sp?)
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Old 12-11-2010, 09:53
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Lady Gaga features on the single version of Video Phone, not the album version. Also, Kanye West features on the single version of Ego, but not the album version.

However, there's nothing wrong with collaborations anywhere. I really just don't care, as long as the song sounds good.

And I think that it's a bit unfair to single out urban music. The nature of those genres means that it's often impossible for a single artist to do the whole song themselves, if they want to create the best song possible. It often makes sense to ask a better singer to sing the chorus, rather than the rapper having to do it themselves. Yes, it might be a lot more expensive to do it that way, but most hip hop artists aren't selfish like that.
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