This item was simply too hot to be relegated to Morning Soul. Bobby Valentino thinks R&B is dead. Not as in completely gone, since we have evidence of artists like Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott and a few others that point to the contrary. But on a larger scale, yes. Listeners are tuning out and more popular Black artists whose careers were built with an R&B foundation are employing Pop and Hip Hop sounds to defer to the white mainstream or youth demographic. Guess you gotta "make that paper", but letting society and commerce determine your sound instead of moving culture yourself doesn't make you an artist.
This is the basic ebb and flow of music. Enough people have to sell-out in order for someone to bring it back and return it to its glory on a massive scale. That person probably won't be Bobby V, but we respect his sentiments.
