Odd&B

"Neglecting the beats that have propelled the genre to the top of the charts over the past decade (be it the bass-heavy hip-hop of a few years ago or the four-on-the-floor Europop of today), Miguel and acts such as Frank Ocean, the Weeknd, Mateo and Dawn Richard are cutting their own versions of alternative R&B."

 

Gerrick D. Kennedy in the Los Angeles Times discusses "the most significant stylistic change in R&B since neo-soul rolled around in the 1990s."