The British Imitation?
Written by Kristen Jeffers on March 19, 2009
Today I was listening to Pandora and I realized how much of the R&B music I listen to is from across the pond. For those of you not familiar with how Pandora works, the site is set up to allow for people to pick a particular song, artist or genre and the website will use distinctive parts of the songs to choose other songs that you can’t help but like and not skip over. I created an Estelle station a few months ago and daily I get treated to not only tracks off her both of her albums, but jewels from Amy Winehouse, Adele and Corrine Bailey Rae. Long before these other artists came on the scene, I remember jamming to the first Joss Stone record and swooning over Craig David.
The one major thing that keeps me coming back to listen to these bands is their authenticity. They seem to dig deep and say things that I haven’t heard out of many American artists lately, especially the females. They respect and honor the sounds of old, and do a great job of fusing the new. They also respect different styles of voices and body types. They’ve also put American artists on notice. Not only are American R&B and hip-hop artists taking notice, they are signing them to labels, putting them on hooks and joining the hooks themselves.
However, I know many think bands and artists from Britain are really just imitating the sound America and especially Motown, created for R&B. Those charges have been levied for years, starting with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and others. However, I believe wholeheartedly in the cliché that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and they can continue to flatter me. Tell me, what do you think of this latest British invasion on hip-hop, R&B and soul.
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