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Create Tasteful Sexually-Laced Songs

Lucy Nicholson, Getty

Sex isn't a new topic for R&B artists to dabble in. Honestly, the trick to singing about it includes the ability to code it creatively. The Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets" is explicit -- we know exactly what they're singing about but it's tastefully done. This type of song can easily go cheesy. Done right, it shouldn't make listeners cringe, like Trey Songz "Dive In."

He sings: "Drip, baby we don't need no towel/ I'ma be the one who rub your body now/ Won't drown ain't even coming up for air now/ I just keep my head down (down, down)/ Swim for days, I can doggy paddle all kind of ways..."