Invasion of the perennially frustrated R&B divas-in-waiting

Let's say you're a woman who records R&B music for a major record label in 2014 -- and, sorry, your name isn't Rihanna or Beyoncé. It's highly likely that your career has been stifled, stunted or sabotaged by the rusty gears of a rotting record business. We can practically hear it in your voices, which seem to gain a frustrated tenacity as you follow your creative impulses through a broken maze of unrealistic industry expectations.