shot ♪ ♪ will it be too late ago,: not even two months and jeffrey osborne was on this program, and heamenting the death of r&b. this was before you hit the got a chair -- he got a chance to hear you do your thing. there were a lot of critics refer you as the new progressive r&b and norwich's. how you read that comment? -- r&b artist. how do you read that comment? >> i think there has always been a progressive spirit and more than anything it is the timing -- progressives, and more than anything is the timing. of thise we are tired that itial r&b music, has been all we hear in , the ofam music mainstream outlets. we are all wanting someone and a little more personal. you take the blues being the birthplace of rock and roll. we are seeing and knows john rock at the forefront -- we are genre at the forefront. i suppose it is how musical is cyclical and trends are cyclical. maybe it is that time when it comes back around. question,raises the and now to what extent do you think r.m.b. took meaning from hip &b took meaning from hop. . love hip-hop how much of the success came at the expense