Real R&B fans aren't waiting for the Weeknd

By praising the Weeknd, indie-leaning music critics are once again getting R&B spectacularly wrongIt probably counts as some sort of triple whammy of music-critic idiocy: a sweeping proclamation about an entire genre, a blundering dismissal of that same genre, and hyping up an unremarkable new act after being taken in by their marketing strategy. Last week, the music press was abuzz with R&B talk – and, as often seems to be the way with indie-leaning critics, getting it embarrassingly wrong. S...

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