I think we are in a place of too far gone and of irreversible damages

It also doesn't help that we no longer have any decent platforms to do the above (people who have been on this platform long enough know how much better it was). So now we have accepted using bad platforms on the internet because there are no alternatives that are good enough.

I really just want to share music / artists with as many people that are looking for new music, but the algorithm on this platform really kills that desire so fast.

It seems like we might be in the 'aesthetic over functionality' era with pretty much everything

We really be celebrating mediocrity and then lowering the threshold of things to make it seem better than it actually is.

Share the artists and music you enjoy listening to, word of mouth is still a great way to bring visibility and expand the reach of the music.

R&B needs more popular platforms and they need to be rooted in the actual love of the genre. We really need to get away from this discourse that happens so frequently within the R&B space from lazy people or people that can't move past the nostalgia of the music

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Some of my fav singles in 2026: Victoria Monét: Let Me JEDSOUL: Come Around Ebony Riley: Honest Isaia Huron: W.T.A. Joyce Wrice: Break Me In Mack Keane: Ordinary Feelings Nia Smith: Tough Dylan Sinclair: Squeeze Alexia Jayy: Feels Right Essosa: He's Not All That Monifé - Grown

(Continued) Alex Isley: When The City Sleeps Darrel Walls: HEART OF MINE (DELUXE) RAAHiiM: PRAY FOR ME Mary Ann Alexander: Love or a Lesson Alicia Creti: MINDFIELDS RealestK: Forgive To Forget Girlfriend: Honey Water Ady Suleiman: Chasing Noah Guy: MEMORIA, in blue

Some of my fav projects in 2026: Tiana Major9: November Scorpio Bellah: State Of Emergency Vol 1. Phabo: Ratchet & Blues Jill Scott: To Whom This May Concern Samm Henshaw: It Could Be Worse Larrenwong: Love Games Camper: CAMPILATION ebubé: A Mile In My Mind GoGo Morrow: SET

I agree with there being issues on both the consumer and artists side. Artists are accountable for the quality they put out and consumers need to stop being lazy with searching for music and actually demanding better from artists that don't seem like they are putting effort in.

We really shouldn't be normalising music being on DSPs and having to wait whatever amount of time for the credits to be correct.

The plays, view count, sale numbers for a record or album do not indicate the quality of the music

Too many consumers don't care enough to push the artists to create great original music; so the artists try to emulate the current trends.

Sometimes I question if my expectations for music is higher than it should be for certain artists or if the algorithmic numbers / the consumer feedback have had some effect on the quality of the music that these mainstream acts are choosing to put out.

Here's some artists to check out: Bellah Tiana Major9 Shaé Universe Jai'Len Josey Savannah Ré Storm Ford Mnelia Bairi Ebony Riley The Amours Zyah Belle Jane Handcock Shantel May Lilly Aviana Hydra Xenia Manasseh Brianna Knight BJRNCK GIOVANNA Kali Claire Essosa KP_ Monifé Nanette