Rated R&B

Rated R&B
Type of site
Online magazine
Available inEnglish
OwnerRated R&B, LLC
EditorKeithan Samuels
URLwww.ratedrnb.com
Launched2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Current statusActive

Rated R&B is an independent online magazine based in the United States, which is dedicated and devoted to news, topics and almost all things related to rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music.[1][2] It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media. Founded and currently edited by Keithan Samuels in August 2011, the webzine has become a leading online source for R&B and soul music news according to Samuels himself and also openly promotes underrated/unnoticed artists of that genre.[1][3]

Reviews by Rated R&B have been mentioned in publications such as BBC,[4]VIBE,[5] Dazed,[6] Essence,[7] Forbes,[8] The Huffington Post, Yahoo![9] and Vogue.[10] Rated R&B also publishes music premieres, exclusive live performances and playlists.[11][12][13]

During an interview with Shannon Ramsey, the host of Incisive Entertainment's Let's Talk web series, Samuels, who first began writing articles about music in 2009, revealed the backstory and inspiration behind him launching the webzine, saying:

Before I got to Rated R&B, I was doing some entertainment writing on [an]other blog that I had for a couple years and... it was okay but [um] I felt like at a certain point I just started losing passion for it. Just... whatever I was writing about wasn't really sticking to me so I took a break and during that break I had a time to just relax and observe a lot and one thing that I observed is there were a lot of R&B artists who were putting out music and it wasn't being heard and when they were getting the media placements it wasn't [um] always positive, it was a lot of negativity and gossip so... I think that's what kind of drove me into creating Rated R&B, having a positive platform that R&B artists can lead to on a day-to day basis.[14][15]

In 2020, eZ Toolset listed Rated R&B at number two on their 15 Top R&B Music RSS Feeds To Follow list and Feedspost also listed the webzine at number four on their Top 40 R&B Music Blogs list.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b "About". Rated R&B. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Rated R&B - Keithan Samuels - Official Website". keithansamuels.com. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Keithan Samuels". Muck Rack. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "New music coming from Sade says bandmate". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ Abraham, Mya (12 January 2022). "Clive Davis Turned Down A Potential Mary J. Blige And Whitney Houston Duet". VIBE.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ Bulut, Selim (18 July 2018). "Apparently there's a new Sade album in the works". Dazed. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Sade Drops New Song 'The Big Unknown' For 'Widows' Soundtrack". Essence. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ Méndez, Chris Malone. "CeeLo Green Introduces 'Thomas Callaway,' The Man Behind The Music". Forbes. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ^ "H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Chris Brown among the nominees for 2021 Soul Awards". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. ^ Allaire, Christian (21 October 2020). "Muni Long Is an R&B-Pop Singer—and Fashion Plate—to Watch". Vogue. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Premiere Archives". Rated R&B. ratedrnb.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Performance Archives". Rated R&B. ratedrnb.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Rated R&B: The Playlist - Playlist by Rated R&B". Apple Music (US). Apple.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Keithan Samuels (Rated R&B) talks R&B, 90's music and journalism". Incisive Entertainment. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Why RnB Music Is Still Relevant". Incisive Entertainment. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  16. ^ "15 Top R&B Music RSS Feeds To Follow in 2020". EZ Toolset. eztooslet.com. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  17. ^ Anuj Agarwal (27 October 2020). "Top 40 R&B Music Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020". Feedspost. blog.feedspost.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.