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Caribbean Artists...Mainstream ??
VivaciousDivah 2008-08-11 16:56:06 Total Posts: 9	Nowadays, we don't just have our own (American) artists competing against each other for "R&B song of the Year", but now we have artists outside of the 50 states coming into their own stardom in America. Mainstream, they call it? They have reggae hums, pop beats, over R&B lyrical data. Over time, we become accustomed to the new wavelength of talent. Rihanna is an example of a success story. But her high school friend from Barbados, Shontelle, is coming into her own as a Universal Records artist, and is "keeping it real" about her journey into the music world. Are your doors open to the new transformation that music is taking us? Or do you refuse to broaden your horizons? Speak on it! Nowadays, we don't just have our own (American) artists competing against each other for "R&B song of the Year", but now we have artists outside of the 50 states coming into their own stardom in America. Mainstream, they call it? They have reggae hums, pop beats, over R&B lyrical data. Over time, we become accustomed to the new wavelength of talent. Rihanna is an example of a success story. But her high school friend from Barbados, Shontelle, is coming into her own as a Universal Records artist, and is "keeping it real" about her journey into the music world. Are your doors open to the new transformation that music is taking us? Or do you refuse to broaden your horizons? Speak on it!
bunky1787 2008-08-11 17:05:56 Total Posts: 440	I guess i'm somewhat open. I think Rihanna is good for the music industry. The only problem with her and most other artists is that they're not really artists. Their record labels buy songs(lyrics & beats) and have the artist record it. There are exceptions but this is the general trend emerging. I guess i'm somewhat open. I think Rihanna is good for the music industry. The only problem with her and most other artists is that they're not really artists. Their record labels buy songs(lyrics & beats) and have the artist record it. There are exceptions but this is the general trend emerging.
R&B Guru 2008-08-11 19:19:45 Total Posts: 2527	I'm most receptive to the Spanish taste of R&B and when it comes to broadening my horizons, those are the artists I keep waiting to explode :). I just feel like Spanish is such a beautiful language and integrating it into love ballads works so easily. A case in point is listening to Boyz II Men's Evolucion, where some songs sound just as good, if not better in spanish, or Usher's How Do I Say. And you can see artists that were making the crossover with Frankie J, Selena, and Voices of Theory. I don't know much about Caribbean artists and fear as Bunky said that the labels might market the artists based on their heritage but in the end, genericize them with the songs they buy. I'm most receptive to the Spanish taste of R&B and when it comes to broadening my horizons, those are the artists I keep waiting to explode :). I just feel like Spanish is such a beautiful language and integrating it into love ballads works so easily. A case in point is listening to Boyz II Men's Evolucion, where some songs sound just as good, if not better in spanish, or Usher's How Do I Say. And you can see artists that were making the crossover with Frankie J, Selena, and Voices of Theory. I don't know much about Caribbean artists and fear as Bunky said that the labels might market the artists based on their heritage but in the end, genericize them with the songs they buy.

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