simping & blues

A type of music generally sung from an African-American male point of view, generally falling in the R&B genre (but can include some blue-eyed soul as well), whose subject matter focuses on one or more of the following themes: 1) How wonderful life IS to have a certain current romantic partner (generally a woman), 2) How wonderful life WAS when one had a certain romantic partner (generally a woman), 3) How horrible life IS NOW that one does not have a certain romantic partner (generally a woman), 4) How horrible life WAS UNTIL one found a certain romantic partner (generally a woman), 5) How horrible life WILL BE if or when one loses a certain romantic partner (generally a woman), or 6) How one will do anything it takes to keep a certain current romantic partner (generally a woman!). Popular R&B songs from the 1960’s through the 1990’s epitomize this (Such as songs from The Temptations, Barry White, Luther Vandross, and New Edition).