The Decline of Authentic R&B

R&B music used to hit different. Artists like Luther Vandross would pour their soul into

every note, singing about real love and vulnerability. Men weren't afraid to express emotion.

Now we've traded depth for surface-level lyrics. The shift is jarring. Keith Sweat had

us feeling things we never experienced. Today's R&B lacks that raw authenticity. We went from songs

that made you believe in love to tracks you skip after ten seconds. The genre isn't

evolving, it's dissolving. Real R&B made you feel something genuine, whether you'd lived

it or not. That connection is missing now, and we're all pretending not to notice.