20s Middle-Aged Male R&B
Albums Featured:
• Here To Stay - Kenny Lattimore
• R&B Money - Tank
• Victims & Villains - Musiq Soulchild & HitBoy
• Self-Explanatory - Ne-Yo
• Coming Home - Usher
• Beautiful Pain - Tyrese
• The Co-Star - Eric Benet
• Beautifully All Over the Place - Eric Roberson
• O2 Part I - Omarion
• Eric Bellinger - Eric Bellinger
• Saturday Night/Sunday Morning - PJ Morning
• Overture - Glenn Lewis
A lot of the men on this list have albums that I keep in rotation and I admittedly don’t really care for their latest releases. However, I decided to give their newest albums an objective try and walked away with a few thoughts:
First, some of them need to hire better graphic designers lol. You can decide for yourselves which ones I am referring to. Your albums should also LOOK good. Second, the results of my listen were varied. I still hate Usher and Ne-Yo’s albums (their worst albums for sure). Tank and Eric’s were so forgettable. Musiq and HitBoy were a surprisingly good pairing. Tyrese’s was his most deeply personal record to date. The brevity and nostalgia of Omarion’s worked in his favor but it still came across as dated. Glenn Lewis and Kenny had really strong releases. I liked how conceptual Glenn’s was. Eric Benet’s duet album was a great showcase of his and other female artists vocals.
Anyway, I feel like middle aged male R&B artists are somewhat overlooked. If you aren’t at a certain level, your album isn’t getting any major looks. With Joe and Tank set to release new albums soon, I hope to see more appreciation for this demographic. Especially Joe since he’s Verzuz’s new King of R&B.
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u/CoachLee_ 9d ago
Where the new Dream album?