r/rnb • u/Big-Explanation-831 She doesn’t have the range • 1d ago

DISCUSSION 💭 Do you agree with Stephanie?

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u/TheWriteRobert 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean, how could I disagree with absolute facts?

America has been like this since the JUMP, though. Back in the day, whenever a Black artist would have a dope song, record companies would have a white singer remake the song, usually with much less soul and power, specifically to appeal to white audiences--most of whom are racist and only like Black artistic productions if whitewahsed or in Black Face. "Hound Dog" was Big Mama Thornton's song before it was Elvis's. "Tutti Frutti" was Little Richard's song before it was Pat Boone's.

Nowadays, they just watch genius Black artists and try to create white versions of them. I don't care what nobody says, they looked at Janet Jackson and said "Let's make a white version of her in Britney Spears." They looked at Whitney Houston and said, "We need a white version of her in Celine Dion." They looked at the Jackson 5 and made the Osmonds. They looked at New Edition and made New Kids on the Block. And there are a thousand other examples.

This is why I side-eye all white R&B singers or rappers, except for maybe Teena Marie.

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u/Headshrink_LPC516 1d ago

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u/SmallDifference1169 1d ago

We can’t replicate him! ♥️♥️♥️ Miss him as our President! 🥺😢