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16121, Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by Donn L, Tue May-15-01 06:06 AM
The video coulda been like a Soulquarian impromptu jam session. The shots coulda been setup in the studio and maybe a li'smokefilled club. It woulda been off the hook!
Quest, Poyser and Jay Dee as the band, wit Jill Scott and Bilal setup as the background singers. Guest shots with Q-Tip, Mos Def, Kweli, Hi-Tek, Lucy Pearl, Erykah Badu, Pops, The (rest of) Roots, Vinia Mojica, Macy Gray etc.
The end of the song, when Bilal does his thing, would switch to a 70's type of feel...like a Marvin Gaye concert.
Now tell me this wouldnt have been a blazer!!!
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16122, it sure would Posted by loryn, Tue May-15-01 06:26 AM
it would have made a bangin single too--i know several people that would have eaten it up.
5.12.01--mos def concert. arguably the best day of my life.
okayoungins-we put some stank on it.
"If I don't like it, I don't like that don't mean that I'm hatin"--Common
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16123, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by Roi Boi, Tue May-15-01 06:34 AM
Yeah it would have been better than "the light" remix video.
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16124, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by Scrapluv, Tue May-15-01 09:18 AM
>Yeah it would have been better >than "the light" remix video. > There wuz a "The Light" remix video?? or are you talkin about "Ghetto Heaven"?
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16125, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by crystalised, Tue May-15-01 06:35 AM
In an ideal world!!!Sounds too good to be true.
"if you want to feel me baby, better be divine" - Erykah Badu
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16126, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by guest, Tue May-15-01 06:39 AM
No doubt man....fresh idea.....most people felt that song was kinda weak.....but it just was what it was.....funky for u .....cause, as long as it's funnnkyy allrightttt okayy.........
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16127, i feel y'all on the urban tip Posted by guest, Wed May-16-01 07:46 PM
i'm sayin the whole campaign made ya wonder i guess, i'm sayin if he went plat regardless, do you decide whether he went mainstream off of who his appeal was to or simply by the fact that platinum sales don't necessarily denote an 'underground' tip anymore?? regardless, anyone who wasn't feelin funky 4 u .. needs to do like parliament funkadelic said and get they ear up to the speaker. . .
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16128, too hot 4 tv......just ask label guy Posted by fire, Tue May-15-01 06:42 AM
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16129, woulda been a great single Posted by TinkyWinky, Tue May-15-01 07:01 AM
but sorry yo, that's a kinda cliche video. that's like "let's take digable planets and make it brighter, in full color." i'm all about creativity in videos, and yo, the tiny smoke-filled club? what is this, 92?
keep in mind, i'm not saying i fully endorsed the "ghetto heaven" video, because it really didn't go anywhere.
but "funky for you" is a HELL of a song, and it coulda made a ver visually interesting video. i still think the "ghetto heaven remix" was a HUGE mistake on the part of MCA records. sorry label guy, but it's true, "funky for you" woulda been another plaque. i also think it might have had more universal appeal than ghetto heaven, and while the remix had a HELL of a beat, i think funky for you woulda had more longevity, espec. on the radio and in the clubs.
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16130, co-sign n/m Posted by deacon, Tue May-15-01 07:16 AM
"Your hair weave's lookin' kinda purty" R. Kelly
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16131, yea, nothing is original anymore... Posted by Donn L, Tue May-15-01 07:20 AM
just recycled wit a twist...The picture in my head woulda been kinda Digable-ish I guess but yea alot more colorful. Which woulda made post '92. Dont forget I mentioned the clips in the studio too, which woulda made it kinda original. I dont have any recollection of any videos like that.
Plus the theme of the video woulda been musicians in a jam session kinda vibe. Like..."hey we all in the studio, lets jam!" It just would have added to the vibe that they, the soulquarians, put out. It woulda been for the people that dont really go to the poetry spots, so they could get a feel of how it is.
I think most of this has been inspired by me going to poetry/jazz spots over the past year and being in the studio while my boys were recording their album. It has become one of my favorite things to do, so i'd like to see that on the idiot box.
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16132, "Funky For You". . . Posted by Halo, Tue May-15-01 08:02 AM
. . .gets mad air time on my radio show. More and more cats call and ask about it the more I play it. (See, here in Tallahassee, there are so many lost people. They never hear this kind of music cause they don't know it exists. . .till we force it down their throats)
Peace.
~Halo
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". . .Picked up a fallen angel on the path that I MC, familiar voice, come to find out the angel was me. . ." -Common
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16133, i feel you Posted by TinkyWinky, Tue May-15-01 08:23 AM
but i'm sayin, i think it's pigeon-holing to put out a common video that's supposed to be a "poetry spot." because that song is HIPHOP, not "poetry spot." i got no personal problem with any poetry cats, but i ain't really into that shit, and i sure as hell don't think it makes for a hot video. i like the studio shit though, because you never see that in a video really, and that could be much more interesting.
but i mean, that whole "organic jam poetry spot" thing just leaves such a bad taste in my mouth, shit's so painfully cliche, the roots have spent the past 6 or 7 years trying to shake that image, i don't see why they should go out and reinforce it. it just feeds into all the jackasses who think that sampling isn't "real hiphop" and that BEP or arrested development is more hiphop than biggie.
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16134, Damn, I dig u... Posted by Donn L, Tue May-15-01 11:10 AM
Now we cant argue, lol...Who thinks Arrested Development is more hiphop than Biggie? I need to go slap'em wit the butt of my gun! :-)
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16135, RE: here we go again Posted by label_guy, Tue May-15-01 12:59 PM
Man, I don't visit the site in a while, come back and I'm taking shots. Once and for all, I felt "Funky For You". MCA didn't remix "Geto Heaven", the artist did and we supported him on his decision. Macy came off the bench to do her thing when the first choice artist wasn't feelin it. Haven't we talked about this before?
LG Doing my job since 1991
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16136, but... Posted by TinkyWinky, Tue May-15-01 01:35 PM
what about funky for you as a third single? an album hits almost 700,000, the label can't put a third single out to push it platinum? i understand the remix was the artist's decision, i respect that, but isn't it essentially the job of a label to promote the highest possible sales? i'm not saying you personally or anyone at the label consciously decided to push the remix over funky for you, but i AM questioning why no one at the label made the push for platinum with a guaranteed banger.
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16137, RE: rebut... Posted by label_guy, Tue May-15-01 04:02 PM
FACT: "Funky For You" would have been the 5th single & 4th video from the LWFC project. Name some most recent hip-hop artists that have had 4 videos from 1 album.
One thing you are not taking into account is the financial side of things aka "the bottom line" (money going out versus rate of sale, etc.) Unfortunately, out of respect for any artist I deal with, I never talk about their budgets, especially on the internet. LG Doing my job since 1991
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16138, ? Posted by TinkyWinky, Tue May-15-01 06:01 PM
>FACT: "Funky For You" would have >been the 5th single & >4th video from the LWFC >project. Name some most recent >hip-hop artists that have had >4 videos from 1 album.
5th single?
sixth sense light ghetto heaven rmx
what am i missing? was "dooinit" actually a single? i thought that was a promo b-side for sixth sense, but maybe i'm wrong.
and frankly, i can hardly count the sixth sense, since i think i saw that video all of ONCE on BET, and it was probably the least successful primo single in a decade. because of when it came out, i think it acted like more of a promo single than anything else, i guess that wasn't the intention, but it sure didn't burn up urban radio.
>One thing you are not taking >into account is the financial >side of things aka "the >bottom line" (money going out >versus rate of sale, etc.) >Unfortunately, out of respect for >any artist I deal with, >I never talk about their >budgets, especially on the internet.
not unfortunate at all, i'm glad you don't discuss that stuff.
i'm not trying to come off like some snotty fucker who thinks he knows how it all works. i guess i'm making a 20/20-hindsight observation, that being that "funky for you" was the strongest radio track on that album after "the light," and that said track never saw the light of day. i guess i'd really have to take it up with the artists though, and since they've really got no reason to defend their decisions to me, it's a moot point.
can't none of yall deny though, that shit's catchy as hell.
"as laong as it's fonkay, awlraight, aokay"
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16139, RE: answers Posted by label_guy, Wed May-16-01 11:23 AM
>5th single Sorry I got technical on you. I counted "Dooinit" (promo) and made the mistake of including "Funky For You" (promo) because we sent out "Funky For You" 12"s and CDpros 2 weeks before we made the switch to "The Light".
>and frankly, i can hardly count >the sixth sense, since i >think i saw that video >all of ONCE on BET, >and it was probably the >least successful primo single in >a decade. BET didn't bang it cuz the head of programming changed the game for all acts to where the amount of video spins is determined by radio spins. "6th Sense" was obviously a song for the headz and not the radio. If he would've come radio first the headz would've squawked. By the way the "6th Sense" 12" single has sold MORE than "The Light" 12".
because of >when it came out, i >think it acted like more >of a promo single than >anything else, i guess that >wasn't the intention, but it >sure didn't burn up urban >radio. A record that sounds like "6th Sense" that would never blow up urban radio unless the whole game changed.
>i'm not trying to come off >like some snotty fucker who >thinks he knows how it >all works. i guess >i'm making a 20/20-hindsight observation, >that being that "funky for >you" was the strongest radio >track on that album after >"the light," and that said >track never saw the light >of day. Once & for all, I wanted "Funky For You". The artist, A&R, & President believed "Geto Heaven Pt. 2" would take him to platinum by expanding his audience more mainstream and that "Funky For You" would limit him at urban radio. Hindsight is that the attempt to go mainstream was premature....should've stayed urban and built more of a solid base there. Video with Jill....
LG Doing my job since 1991
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16140, Oh.... Posted by conesbitt1, Thu May-17-01 07:41 AM
jill was the 1st choice! She probably thought if she did the vocals, they would change their minds and get Ms Badu!!
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16141, RE: Sounds familiar Posted by SirLau, Thu May-17-01 10:01 AM
LG, your response sounds very familiar to something I said in one of our earlier exchanges. But sincerely bro, I appreciate you being up on here giving the labe point of view.
Sir Lau
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16142, RE: answers Posted by urbgriot, Mon May-21-01 08:03 AM
>Once & for all, I wanted >"Funky For You". The >artist, A&R, & President believed >"Geto Heaven Pt. 2" would >take him to platinum by >expanding his audience more mainstream >and that "Funky For You" >would limit him at urban >radio. Hindsight is that the >attempt to go mainstream was >premature....should've stayed urban and built >more of a solid base >there. Video with Jill....
Shouldn't this be the ultimate goal all of the time...
peace..
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16143, RE: ? Posted by Scrapluv, Wed May-16-01 02:54 PM
> >5th single? > >sixth sense >light >ghetto heaven rmx > >what am i missing? was >"dooinit" actually a single? >i thought that was a >promo b-side for sixth sense, >but maybe i'm wrong. > >
Remember they did a video 4 "Heat" also, I think that is the one people overlook
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16144, RE: thanx dawg Posted by label_guy, Wed May-16-01 03:14 PM
yeah, that one too.
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16145, internet only Posted by TinkyWinky, Wed May-16-01 06:15 PM
that shit don't count.
seriously.
internet only shit doesn't count.
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16146, RE: internet only Posted by label_guy, Wed May-16-01 08:06 PM
But it was the hottest $5000 video ever though!
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16147, i preferred... Posted by TinkyWinky, Thu May-17-01 09:42 AM
the dice raw flash video.
didn't prefer the song or the album.
but the video was HOT.
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"Where the F*CK is my purse icon??????"
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16148, RE: that was way more than $5000 Posted by label_guy, Thu May-17-01 09:49 AM
LG Doing my job since 1991
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16149, was it!? Posted by TinkyWinky, Thu May-17-01 10:11 AM
how much does something like that cost!? because i'd think when you're not paying any actors, no camera crew, no rented spaces, in fact nothing but flash designers, it would cost somewhat less than a video with all of the above. am i wrong? does a 4 minute flash design cost THAT much!?
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"Where the F*CK is my purse icon??????"
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16150, note to self Posted by REDeye, Thu May-17-01 10:36 AM
go to bookstore, get Flash tutorial book...
RED I'm like that guy who used a pointed stick instead of a rock.
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16151, pick one up for me Posted by Brandard, Thu May-17-01 05:56 PM
6 figures???? did the animators have to commute to Paris every day to work?
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16152, RE: it was 6 figures. Posted by label_guy, Thu May-17-01 04:09 PM
barely though. a lot of dough to not be seen. LG Doing my job since 1991
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16153, SIX FUCKING FIGURES!!!??!?!??!????!!! Posted by TinkyWinky, Thu May-17-01 05:32 PM
six figures for four minutes of flash animation!??!?!??!?!!!!??!??!? that's fucking ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. i mean, it was a GREAT video, if it had gotten some actual TV play it woulda been a huge hit, but damn, 6 figures!? how many animators did that thing, 50!??!?!
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"Where the F*CK is my purse icon??????"
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16154, unfucking-belivable Posted by UrbanCowgRRL, Tue May-22-01 09:15 AM
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16155, RE: tinky got my back!!! Posted by SirLau, Thu May-17-01 09:56 AM
Preach on!!!
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16156, ?!?!?!!!??!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?! Posted by qoolquest, Mon May-21-01 04:02 AM
MCA didn't >remix "Geto Heaven", the artist >did and we supported him >on his decision.
wendy goldstein anyone?
the source mic ratings 1990-2001
@@@@@ -edutainment (funny in the annivrsery issue they left this out...but i have the ice cube issue when they first started rating albums) -people's instintive travels and the paths of rhythm -amerikkka's most wanted -let the rhythm hit em -all for one -de la soul is dead -the low end theory -illmatic -life after death -aquemini -niggaz4life* (not reveiwed but in summer issue 92 they mentioned it as a 5mic classic)
@@@@1/2 -sex and violence -buisiness as usual -business never personal -whut thee album -breaking atoms -death certifacate -buhloone mindstate -the chronic -enter the 36 chambers -southernplayerlisticadillacmusic -ready to die -the infamous -only built 4 cuban links -illadelph halflife -hell on earth -bow down -i am -murder muzick -life story -classic limited edition vol 1 -guerilla warfare -in my lifetime vol.3 -la rock familia -ecleftic:two sides to a story -moment of truth -supreame clientel -last of a dying breed -the truth
the gag mics- fear of a black planet-@@@1/2 da shinin-@@@ stankonia-@@@@ lootpack-@@1/2 ressurection-@@@1/2 the beatnuts-@@@1/2** mos def and talib kweli are black star-@@@1/2 the love movement-@@@1/2 fantastic vol 2-@@@1/2
*-source never reviewed, but mentioned in summer issue that it was a 5 mic classic.
**-the only record to change a rating after printing. in the next issue they printed (in fine print that it was a @@@@ mic album)
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16157, RE: ?!?!?!!!??!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?! Posted by label_guy, Mon May-21-01 09:13 AM
oh yeah her......she was trying to make anything happen at that point to get the hounds off. LG Doing my job since 1991
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16158, RE: "Common Sense" prevails Posted by SirLau, Thu May-17-01 09:55 AM
Finally somebody willing to admit that the GH remix was a train wreck!!!
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16159, we had fun Posted by REDeye, Tue May-15-01 08:36 AM
with the Geto Heaven/Funky For You debate.
http://www.okayplayer.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=7339&forum=general1&archive=yes#55
Bottom line: MCA didn't make 'em do Geto Heaven.
RED I'm like that guy who used a pointed stick instead of a rock.
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16160, I KINDA LIKE IT..... Posted by guest, Tue May-15-01 09:00 AM
THE IDEA OF FUNKY4U W/ THE LINE UP... WOULD SPOTLIGHT THE SOULQ., RE-BRUSH THE SOUL ERA COMIN OUT OF HIP-HOP, EVERYBODY WOULD BENEFIT... WELL.... OFCOURSE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD BE COMMENTING NEGATIVE WOULD BE THE ONES (NOTFEELINIT2BEGINWITH) THAT HAVE BEEN TALKIN S#*T FROM THE START OF SOULQS.
I'M HEADNODDIN THIS ONE...
http://www.localhiphop.com/jaydee/index1.html I'MA SEE IF YA'LL READY..... RIGHT NOW!
I DON'T GIVE A GOOD F**K WHAT YOU KNOW, OR WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW I'M GOING TO TORTURE YOU ANYWAY! -(THE CLASSIC.) RES. DOGS
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16161, is it too late? Posted by loryn, Tue May-15-01 09:07 AM
Is it too late to make it a single? I'm sayin though...
-Loryn
5.12.01--mos def concert. arguably the best day of my life.
okayoungins-we put some stank on it.
"If I don't like it, I don't like it, that don't mean that I'm hatin"--Common
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16162, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by KOONTZILLA, Thu May-17-01 09:45 AM
MAN, I AGREE TOTALLY..... THAT BILAL SONG IS THE JOINT; IT TOOK ME TWO MONTHS TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE ALBUM CAUSE I WAS STUCK ON THAT SHORT SONG.....
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16163, alotta response Posted by Donn L, Thu May-17-01 10:06 AM
These are the most responses Ive gotten on a post. Now if i can just find the secret, i can be loved and reverred by all okayplayers!!! HA
yea, I'm corny at times...but whateva
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16164, bottom line with the Ghetto Heaven Remix for me: Posted by TotalRequestloveLive, Thu May-17-01 12:39 PM
1) Macy Gray is just annoying to me. The voice, the clothes, the attitude, everything. So, yes I wasn't probably going to feel it from the beginning, but nonetheless she annoys the crap outta me.
2) The remix is hands down worse the the original. I never understand this. I mean, the song could have been really really good, and STILL not lived up to the original. I love the LP version. Commons verses are still great, but there weren't any improvments
3) The video was pretty cool, with the whole swirly shit, but it smacked with crossover effort. I'm not going to judge this action or anything, I mean he has to do what he has to do, and I respect this, I'm just saying, when its obvious, I don't like it. What happened to the "ghetto" heaven. I don't think it there was anything bad about it, but it was exactly what it was supposed to be: one last try at a plaque, and thats cool, but I'd like to not be able to tell this. I don't know, I 'm probably just over analizing it.
4)Common's clothes. I usually like how he dresses, really. But with the combination of everything else, it was too much. I don't think he should change who he is, but in combination with macy, the soft look of the video, the particular beat, it will end up hurting hurt him with close-minded folks.
5) It came out after the light. I know Com isn't some thug, but too pull back to back lovey songs, again will turn some people away. I wouldn't have felt this way about the original though.
All in all, I don't disrespect common for any one thing he did IN the song or video, just the fact that he did a remix. If Macy was on the original that would have been one thing, but to switch it, I just didn't feel that
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16165, Well, duuuuhhh! Posted by DJ_scratch_N_sniff, Fri May-18-01 11:23 AM
I don't know what they were smokin' when they picked The Light and Geto Heaven instead of Funky 4 U and Time Travelin.
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16166, huh? Posted by TinkyWinky, Fri May-18-01 02:37 PM
you think they should have done funky and time travelin over the light and ghetto heaven? i say light and funky, but you're calling for time traveling over the light here. are you NUTS!?!??!?! i mean, it's a great track, one of my favorites, but it is NOT a hit single. the light KILLED the radio. you must be kidding....
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16167, I REMIXED FUNKY 4 U Posted by DJGENESIS, Fri May-18-01 01:45 PM
...STILL WAITING ON MCA TO LISTEN 2 IT :(
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16168, fuck lucy pearl and macy gray Posted by mika_muyo, Fri May-18-01 08:28 PM
they are not soulquarians and macy gray has officially always sucked.
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16169, Lucy Pearl??? Posted by Donn L, Mon May-21-01 10:15 AM
Whats ya beef wit them? I understand people's beef wit Macy, it took me awhile b4 I use to her voice(her back up singers deserved a bonus check). But whats wrong wit Lucy Pearl? That cd was really good.
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16170, The ?uestions Posted by L_O_Quent, Mon May-21-01 09:23 AM
should've been released as a single (radio only)
and Song for Assata should've been the next video
time traveling should've got love too
my thoughts though
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16171, are you joking? Posted by UrbanCowgRRL, Tue May-22-01 09:14 AM
the ?uestions was one of the weakest tracks on the album
funky for you was bananas...
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16172, RE: Common's "Funky For U" woulda been a ill video Posted by sugarflyy, Wed May-23-01 09:43 AM
Yeah, it would have been ill, just let me be the girl passing out kool-aid during breaks. Hee hee hee :)
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