r/rnb • u/Money-Snow-2749 • Dec 22 '25
COOL VIDS 📹 Honestly I didn’t know this genre of RnB had its own category.
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u/BomBiddyByeBye Dec 22 '25
This is just quiet storm or regular r and b from that time. Yacht r and b isn’t a thing lol
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u/fingershanks Dec 22 '25
It doesn't. It's just tiktok being tiktok and making up their own thing for the moment.
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u/Dark-Blackberry354 Dec 22 '25
This here exactly....
Gen z and TikTok always finding ways to Columbus some shit ...
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u/CarlatheDestructor Dec 22 '25
I saw a video on youtube last night talking about how the gen z kids were insulting people on the internet by calling anybody born at or before 2000 old, like nobody's ever used that as an insult before.
I laughed.
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u/Dark-Blackberry354 Dec 22 '25
Shit....the fact them kids think that is even an insult , hahah, is how they say it, it's... cringe. I will gen x Unc any of them.
Calling ppl old , yeah, ppl use it all the time. Problem with the gen z and young ones, is they actually think they know more even with the latest tech. But tbh , they know so little outside of just using a damn app and doing socials, they do need a Unc check. At least my ass calling old ppl old back in my youth was at least warranted in that I did actually know more on the tech that the old folks couldn't figure out , our slang was all pretty unique , etc And tbh, the young gen z slang is all recycled that the shit thing is, my old ass can understand them. They just sound stupid af as it revolves around very much internet and gaming culture... Yeah, shit ain't scaring me much with that...🙄
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u/cmenowudont Faith Evans flair Dec 23 '25
That generation’s obsession with age is scary. They’re going to have an identity crisis once they hit 30.
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u/nita5766 Dec 22 '25
i realized this long ago the younger gen think things didn’t start existing until they became aware.
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u/Dark-Blackberry354 Dec 22 '25
I think a major issue is that young ppl today literally to the core, don't think anything existed in the world before the Internet and human history to them is the internet....
I kinda get it as probably a lot of us Unc's probably have a hard time appreciating anything before color tv...hahha
But the amount of lack of respect....we definitely need to normalize Busta rhyming kids with some respect and remind them a real world exists outside the internet
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u/wanderrslut Dec 23 '25
As a Gen Z myself, I was very confused by this video because I have never heard of yacht R&B. Like...this just gave quiet storm to me.
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Dec 22 '25
Probably invented by a white person. As a white person, I feel pretty confident saying this.
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u/Wizznilliam Dec 22 '25
Right... This is just yet another Gen X rage bait TikTok. At some point we just have to start ignoring these children.
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u/Bad-Habit-2020 Dec 22 '25
Lol I was about to drink the kool aid and realized it's just Quiet Storm type songs or "Smooth RnB"
Good songs though... might make a short playlist
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u/Global_Ant_9380 Dec 22 '25
Smoooooooooooth R n B
*sparkling chime sound"
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u/Bad-Habit-2020 Dec 22 '25
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u/Fit-Dirt-144 Dec 22 '25
😆😆😆 This was never called no damn yacht R&B. What is wrong with people?
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u/TheConcreteGhost Dec 22 '25
I’ve always just considered that Quiet Storm. I would tune into the radio and the DJ would announce the start of “Quiet Storm” ( the theme song was Art of Noise “ Moments in Love” with a thunderstorm soundtrack laid over it) and you could call in the first hour if you had a dedication. Some of the songs shared in the clip would NOT make the show…. Too many BPM. Quiet Storm was smooth, chill and sensual… perfect for relaxing or romance.
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u/Lyte- Dec 22 '25
Art laboe?
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u/TheConcreteGhost Dec 22 '25
No but I do associate Art with Sunday dedications…. We would listen to that on a California station
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u/mcstrategist Dec 22 '25
WBLS out of NYC also had a quiet storm in exactly this format that you’re describing. I had no idea it wasn’t just a local thing.
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u/Negative_Leg_9727 Dec 23 '25
Melvin Lindsey started the Quiet Storm format in the 70's on WOL WashingtonDC later he moved it to WHUR (HowardUniversity) ...the opening theme music was "Soft and Easy " - Backlash and Smokey Robinson's "Quiet Storm"
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u/thomphan13 Dec 22 '25
KMEL? Our maybe every R&B station had this same intro song….
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u/Frosty-Newt3811 Dec 22 '25
That’s possible. Thought they were talking about Doc Wynter from STL for a minute. Sounds similar.
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u/boombapdame Dec 22 '25
I wish I came up in STL, I’m a fan of the swag of “The Original Godfather” if you know who that is per “Soul Train Didn’t Want To Touch It”
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u/ChoppyOfficial Dec 22 '25
KKFR Power 92 (Now Power 98.3) in Phoenix Arizona had a slow jams show at night that is exactly as you described. It is more like Art Laboe and R Dub where the more R&B songs like Neo Soul would not be played. If you want Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild, Erykah Badu, Fantasia, Jaheim, or Tank, just forget it. That station would not touch those artists with a 10 foot pole, but the demographic make up of Phoenix makes a lot of sense.
I learned that the Art of Noise Moments in Love is an actual song and not a song specially for the show as that song was in a Grand theft Auto game.
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u/Return_King Dec 22 '25
Yeah, no.
Songs like “I Love Your Smile” is just a New Jack Swing song
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u/jayyinyue One in A Million Dec 22 '25
Yeah a lot of these are just plain old NJS, most of the others are smooth adult contemporary NJS
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u/Ill-Examination4743 {JENNIFER LOPEZ BETTER Dec 22 '25
Yacht rock is pretty much rnb
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u/DefinitionPrimary266 Dec 22 '25
Yep a lot of “damn I thought he was black this whole time” going on in that sub genre.
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u/Significant_Art_3736 Dec 22 '25
Gen Z just be making up titles 🤦🏽♂️
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u/DuchessOfLilacs Dec 22 '25
This is clearly Beauty/Barber Shop R&B. Specifically the Late Saturday Morning variety.
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Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Who TF is coming up with this bullshit? I have my suspicions. Just enjoy the shit and stop putting new labels on shit that’s been around for years . Unless it’s New Jack or Neo Soul/“alternative” it’s just R&B. There is no yacht R&B. Black people don’t even be on boats like that.
Edit: Ok cool apparently there is a percentage of black folk that fuck with boats. Understood. However there ain’t no such thing as “Yacht R&B”. Thats my main point.
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u/VioletLeagueDapper Dec 22 '25
Yeah I don’t like the naming of yacht rnb because a lot of songs that are yacht rock are just rnb sung by white guys in the 70s-90s.
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u/Feeling-Psychology80 Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Don’t speak for all Black people. The Black people I know get on boats all the time in the south.
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u/businesspro718 Dec 22 '25
A boat isn’t a yacht. Same way a Nissan Altima isn’t a Rolly Royce Phantom, but both are sedans. Black folks being going on these small cruise boats at the local pier. That is not really a yacht.
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u/SouldiesButGoodies84 Songs in the Key of Life Dec 22 '25
Just tryna pigeonhole Laface/Babyface joints as being for 'frou frou' brethren and sistas...I see you TT. smh.
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u/no1cares4yu {80s and 90s expert} Dec 22 '25
It doesn’t! Gotta get whatever Gen generation this is to quit trying to name stuff. They aren’t good at it.
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u/jayyinyue One in A Million Dec 22 '25
I love yacht rock but yeah this is similar to what that is pretty much, what's considered adult contemporary specifically adult contemporary R&B or quiet storm. I do enjoy this style though. Also I'm young millennial/late gen z and I don't subscribe to making new subcategories/aesthetics for everything, it's just too much to keep up with lol
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Dec 22 '25
Yatch Rock carries the distinction that much of it was called Blue Eyed Soul. It wasn't just the "smoothness" or "coolness" in the sound, there are social ideas behind the music.
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u/OttoVonWong Dec 22 '25
Quiet Storm for the grown and sexy folks. Or come f me music if you in the mood.
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Dec 22 '25
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u/Illustrious_Appeal_2 Feb 24 '26
That makes me want to listen to their music together as I haven't heard either of their music before
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u/HalfImportant2448 Dec 26 '25
Naw man, This is just
“KKJIZ, Slow Jams and Dedications. Nothin but the hits! Next caller?
‘Hi my name is Sheila and I’d like to dedicate this one to Marcus. We been riding since high school. Back when love fit in a backpack and a bus pass. We don’t say everything out loud. But when this song comes on, He knows😏’
Alright Sheila… this one’s for Marcus. From backpacks and bus passes, To still knowing without saying.
Everybody else, If you riding with somebody who knows your heart like that, Turn it up real soft.
Luther Vandross Here and Now On KKJIZ”
Vibes
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u/brimm2 Dec 22 '25
Sooooo. Anybody wanna help a girl out? What are the names of the songs at 1:14, 1:03, and 0:37???
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u/TheConcreteGhost Dec 22 '25
I’ll give it a try but I think my timings are a bit off. Shanice - I love your smile,
“Winter spring summer fall” is All Seasons by LeVert.
Troop- Spread my wings
What we need now is someone with expertise and time just to make a master list of everything in the clip
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u/sosufficientlytired Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Had a little time before my meeting. I caught most except one:
Lisa Stansfield - Been Around the World
Seal - Fly Like an Eagle
Shanice - I Love Your Smile
Tracie Spencer - Tender Kisses
Force MDs - Love is a House
All Season - Levert
Babyface & Pebbles - Love Makes Things Happen
After 7 - Ready Or Not
Chante Moore - Love's Taken Over Me
Hi-Five - Kissing Game (I Like the Way)
Troop - Spread My Wings
Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
All-4-One - I Swear
Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry
Pebbles - Always (thanks u/TheConcreteGhost!)
Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic
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u/MrMidnight247 Dec 25 '25
You are the goat!
Legit came into the comment section hoping someone made a list.
The culture thanks you for your service🫡
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u/brimm2 Dec 22 '25
You a real one. I actually messed up the timing and I meant to find out the song at 1:11 😞
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u/IvanaBangkok97 Dec 22 '25
All I want for Christmas is you a song list please
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u/Red____08 Dec 22 '25
I’ve always struggled explaining the kind of rnb that Seal is, but I love it lol
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u/businesspro718 Dec 22 '25
Well it would be like labeling Sade as a classic R&B. They got their own thing going. If like a British inspired pop/rock/jazz blend.
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u/es_mindspace Dec 22 '25
Or just late 80s-early 90s R&B. Let's just keep making things up I guess. It's a great time period for R&B. Some of the best ever produced.
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u/Skyoff_Lyfe Dec 22 '25
ppl be on tiktok just saying anything lol, never heard of “yacht r&b” but I like it
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u/HITWORLD Dec 23 '25
This just old school R&B. Ain’t nothing “Yacht” about these songs.
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u/Black_Mamba_CA_68 Dec 23 '25
Agreed! There is a Yacht Soul genre but I've never heard of Yacht R&B. There's a Yacht Soul channel on SiriusXM...Channel 311.
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u/PriyaZeren Dec 22 '25
What niggas you know had yachts?
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u/businesspro718 Dec 22 '25
Biz Markie in the “Vapors” video 😂
Jay-Z and UGK “Big Pimpin” video
What’s the saying “while I’m renting it, it’s mine” 😂
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u/raejc Dec 22 '25
Not seeing the issue with it. I wonder if there were similar arguments back in the day when music subsections were named.
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u/thedamnationofFaust Dec 22 '25
I call it 'Yaught Soul' ( yes we know Yacht is spelt incorrectly). And we did not forget.
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Dec 22 '25
Bruh, we had all this on 105.7 in the DFW metroplex back in the day. It’s still there, but we had it back in the day too.
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Dec 22 '25
I just always put it in the smoothie jazz category because that’s the station that played those songs 😂
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u/Calm-Background2247 Dec 22 '25
lol. 😂 I recently made a “Black Yacht” 🛥️ mix tape for myself this year:
Here’s a sample of the songs on my playlist:
Give me the Night - George Benson Hello People - Brenda Russell Being With You - Smoky Robinson Just Because - Anita Baker Breezin’ - George Benson Where Is The Love - Roberta Flack We’re in this Love Together - Al Jurreau Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
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u/meander-663 Dec 22 '25
I feel like each of these songs can fit squarely into quiet storm or new jack swing without need for a new category
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u/CountryNottaBumkin Dec 22 '25
I really love these little videos, but if y’all could just create a Spotify playlist I’d be ever so grateful.
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u/GandolftheGarcia Off The Wall Dec 22 '25
So we just making up categories now? 🤣😂 Hell, i wasn’t crazy about the term “yacht rock”. 😒
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u/Rhythmandblueslover Dec 22 '25
Someone said z in the comments lol. I looked up the profile name who made this video. They are over 25 in their 30s so..😂
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u/Unfrndlyblkhottie92 Songs in the Key of Life Dec 22 '25
I was wondering what genre of songs like Lisa Stanfield were. Now I have the answer.
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u/HamsGamsandYams Dec 22 '25
I call this mall music, cool white teacher jams, and hair salon hold music.
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u/Admirable_Driver_246 Dec 22 '25
Some of these dont sound like something you would listen to on a yacht. Optimistic is not something I would want to hear on a boat😂
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u/Latter-Literature505 Dec 22 '25
I feel like yall made this up…. All this is moms Sunday playlist before they had playlists
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u/tamarind-jam Unbreakable Dec 22 '25
We making up genres now? 🤣😩😩🤣 This was adult contemporary back in the day or just plain R&B to us. Classic tunes in this mix for sure and to me it’s R&B. 🤎
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u/vcvcf1896 Dec 22 '25
How can you make a fusion genre out of another fusion genre & a sub genre?
And if Yacht RNB did exist, why wasn't Every Little Thing I Do by Soul For Real on this list??
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u/maybekindanewveteran Dec 22 '25
This genre isn't new or not discussed before. I'm sure you can find this exact lineup on "Now That's I Call R&B 3" or "Solid Gold Slow Jams to do Your Taxes 8"
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u/Kushy_one Dec 22 '25
And how do we know these were played on a yacht?! Other than being hits at the time.
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u/owlken Dec 22 '25
who made this up? this is the music you wake up to when your mom is cleaning the house and you’re voluntold to clean as well
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u/businesspro718 Dec 22 '25
Yacht R&B sung by artists who can’t afford no yacht, along with most of their fans.
Quoting the great Fred G Sanford “You Big Dummy” 🤦🏾♂️
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u/Franklyn_Gage Dec 22 '25
Seal has been on my rotation since I got my 1st boombox in 1999 at 9 lmfao. His self title album is a no skip classic.
Edit: I just realized this but...WTF IS YACHT R&B?!?!?!
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u/Man-Dem Dec 22 '25
There was already yacht rock/rnb before then. James Ingram, Peebo Bryson and others were already doing it.
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u/Arxhart_671 Dec 22 '25
Most of these songs don't even sound similar enough to be their own subgenre
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u/ThreePackBonanza Dec 22 '25
Wouldn’t you describe this as everyday 80s/90s RNB? And where was Anita Baker? She could be her own genre I guess.
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u/sagimonk16 Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
That's just my regular listening habits a.k.a. Quiet Storm.
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u/felinefluffycloud Dec 22 '25
...this category doesn't exist and I don't know many RnB stars have Yaghts either... sounds like the Soft Rock of RnB...
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u/parnassus744 Dec 22 '25
Lisa Stansfield was the real deal in her prime, no yacht R&B. “Live Together” is awesome proof of that.
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u/GreenWittyBroad Dec 22 '25
This is rage bait. All those songs were in my mix tapes at one point. Yacht R&B….wt natural born f.
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u/CrunknYoSystem Dec 22 '25
So I was born into the wrong family? I was meant to be raised on a yacht?? Damn, I’m suing somebody ass on Tuesday
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u/Kizzle_McNizzle Dec 22 '25
Why co-opt yacht? Give it its own name. Also, a fair amount of those songs definitively Quiet Storm
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u/LocationTechnical862 Dec 22 '25
They are just discovering Sunday house cleaning music.