MY 2 CENTS

WHY DOES NEO-SOUL & HIP-HOP SOUL GET A BAD RAP?, WHY DOES IT TAKE 5 OR MORE YEARS FOR AN SOUL ARTIST TO COME OUT (MAXWELL, D'ANGELO, DONELL JONES, LAURYN HILL) SOUL UNPREDICTABLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR A GENRE THAT HAS BEEN LABELED A "FAD" THERE HAS BEEN SOME ARTISTS THAT HAVE DONE WELL KEEPING THE GENRE ALIVE (JILL SCOTT, MOS DEF, ERYKAH BADU, COMMON & MARY J BLIGE TO NAME A FEW) HOWEVER THE VARIETY IS LACKING, THERES NOT MANY ARTISTS YOU CHOOSE AT A RECORD SHOP, MAYBE ITS JUST ME, BUT THAT TELLS ME THAT ONLY A SELECT FEW HAVE THAT "CRAFTSMANSHIP OR ART" TO MAKE THE NEO SOUL/ SOUL/ HIP HOP SOUL SOUND.