> & her father shouldn't have taped any of her basement
>sessions in order to lend credence to the fact that she grew
>up in church?

her father wasn't just taping those basement sessions. the camera was an integral part of those sessions b/c the work they were doing was highly concerned w/being ready for video(s).

marvin aint got no tapes in church but every
>bio written on him says that church was the biggest
>influence on his singing growing up. i'm not gonna discount
>what an artist says about their influence simply cuz vh1
>edits a program to exclude/include a huge part of their
>life.

Marvin's father was a minister...that doesn't mean the church was his #1 influence.

>& u grew up in church but u're not a recording artist on
>record being interviewed & asked questions about ur
>influence are u?

oh, so now we can't talk about this issue if we're not recording artists? lol