A short list of things wrong with this CNN article on "the love" in R&B

1. It cites that terrible study about “narcissism in pop music” to help prove its point

2. It takes Miguel’s “Quickie”—one of *two* current songs negatively cited—to task even though the super-sweet “Sure Thing” was a bigger hit for him on R&B radio

3. Apparently the writer has never turned on Vh1 Soul, which is SWIMMING in current love songs? Call your cable company now, dude, or just listen to 98.7 Kiss FM’s stream

4.”I asked some of the stars who created the popular R&B classics of the late 1960s, ’70s and early ’80s.” But nobody current! Okay then!

5. Ugh I can’t even deal with this anymore, also why is the piece so long when it’s basically Man Yells At Overly Sexy Cloud But There Is One Person Who Is Keeping It REALLY REAL for like 2000 words

ETA, via @leonardpierce:

6. Blames crack cocaine for lack of intimacy in pop music

7. Article synopsis contains unconscionable phrase “America suffers when black people stop singing about love”

8. Completely ignores history of incredibly filthy sex in blues and soul music dating back 80 years or more