Bobby Brown: Put some respeek on his name.

  Usher, Chris Brown, Trey Songs, August Alsina, Jeremiah, and pretty much any aspiring R&B artist of this day, what do they all have in common? They're all using a certain archetype that includes a roguish bad boy attitude or guise if necessary, sexually suggestive dance moves and boy next door charge. Their true genius stems from the sheer simplicity of their personas and the fact that they are all so relatable. Any of them could be that cute ass fly guy next door who rocks all the newest cloths, haircuts, works out and always smells good. They represent a realistic fantasy for young girls everywhere.

   Yet we often hear these very artist credit the likes of Michael Jackson and Prince as their inspiration growing up when truthfully the aforementioned acts have literally nothing in common with the likes of Mike and Prince artistically. Whereas Mike and Prince were both eccentric having mimicked the pageantry people like James Brown, Earth, Wind, and Fire Frankie Beverly, and Maze used. On the other hand the artist of today are almost always mimicking none other than the king of R&B, Bobby Brown.

 Now sadly many of you just gave me the side eye. You may be thinking to yourself, how the fuck is crackish ass Bobby Brown the king of anything. Wasn’t he just Whitney’s Husband? Fame is a fickle beast. How quickly we forget what a super talent Bobby possessed in his heyday. We forgot the Bobby that attracted Whitney in the first place. I mean we still remember Whitney as the Diva she undoubtedly was and she was just as crackish as Bobby, (may she rest in peace.)

  So let us all remember Bobby Brown actually is the King of R&B. He cultivated the very style every R&B artist today is still using. He was the first one shirtless and gyrating on screaming fans, the first one humping the air, the first bad boy of R&B. Michael Jackson was the king of pop. Prince just was and Bobby Brown is the kang of R&B and let’s make sure we never forget it again.