I like quite a lot of r&b. Which is perhaps strange because it's not marketed at 30+ white males.
About five years ago I got a bit bored with "chill out" and found myself gravitating to the more down beat "urban" music, about the same time that UK garage lost ground to r&b.
House and chill out collections seemed to me to be less sonically innovative compared to Missy Elliot/Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Sugarbabes, Justin Timberlake, even Eminem and others.
Not to say there aren't plenty of examples of shite, but you could say that for any genre.
As for materialism, everybody wants to get paid. I'm fine with artists being upfront about their aspirations.
About five years ago I got a bit bored with "chill out" and found myself gravitating to the more down beat "urban" music, about the same time that UK garage lost ground to r&b.
House and chill out collections seemed to me to be less sonically innovative compared to Missy Elliot/Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Sugarbabes, Justin Timberlake, even Eminem and others.
Not to say there aren't plenty of examples of shite, but you could say that for any genre.
As for materialism, everybody wants to get paid. I'm fine with artists being upfront about their aspirations.