[KKBL]

Usher has claimed that the recent UK acts to break the US charts are bringing down the value of R&B.

The 'OMG' singer, who performed at Sunday's BET Awards in LA, said that British acts such as Taio Cruz and Jay Sean should be classed as pop music.

He told the Daily Star: "There’s a very fine line between what’s R&B and pop these days. Just because it’s sung by a male minority doesn’t mean you’re urban or R&B.

"Those artists are pop. The true value of R&B has been brought down."

Usher recently stated that he is a "worldwide pop icon".

He's actually got a good point. I'm so sick of Pop artists being labelled "r&b" or "urban" simply because they're black.

[Maia]

He's one to talk.

[ILoveTRW]

If Taio Cruz and Jay Sean aren't classed as R&B then neither is Usher

[King Gizzard]

He's not wrong really


UK RNB is a heap of ****e

but then again so is American...

Then again its a **** genre altogether

[Locke.]

Jay Sean = Pop Music.

Taio Cruz = First album, R&B, second album, pop.

[Tom4784]

Because Usher is a goldmine or musical knowledge and talent....Sh*t songs like OMG do more harm to music then anything he mentioned.

Him and his little *****buddy Bieber need to **** of the music industry.

[Locke.]

OMG is a pop song aswell, but if you listen to his album 80% of it is R&B. Nowhere near as good as 8701 though.

[Jords]

His new album is crap tbh.

[lol]

Well tbh the drum beats of his songs are the same as every other r & b/rap song i've ever heard, with the typical "boom tsh" sound.

If he actually used more variation in the drumming, then he could be classed as pop.

[GiRTh]

Considering the banal lyrics to OMG I think he's got some nerve. This is bullsh*t these acts needs to climb out of their own ar*ses and concentrate a little more on the music.

[Iceman]

He's completely right.

[Shaun]

R&B is a crap genre altogether.

[lol]

Originally Posted by Shaun

R&B is a crap genre altogether.

[BB_Eye]

Perhaps Usher needs a reality check. His music is pop cheese through and through.