This! Stop with the fake analogies. AI is not like the camera. It’s not like recorded music. It’s not like the printing press. AI is rooted in exploitation. It could not exist in the absence of existing works. It is wholly derivative.
You want to help R&B?
Find a new artist you love and actually support them. Post them. Talk about them. Go to the shows. Buy the merch. Stream the music.
That’s how you help R&B grow, not by complaining about what’s “missing” every 2–3 business days.
There are only 2 male artist that I would put up against Stevie catalog wise…. And they are both deceased. Not one living person can touch Stevie’s catalog. NOT ONE!!
DMX pulled up to Woodstock with one mic and one DJ, and controlled a crowd of 500,000 people with just his voice. That's touching Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury level charisma.