listening to this album for the first time in a minute like wtf
NOBODY is talking about this album
but for WHY??

her vocal range is impressive, but her style is pretty stagnant.

Melonie fiona syndrome.

and i think the public didnt connect with her image physically, which is silly, but probably the case

never really listened to her first album but i feel like her second album concept wise is pretty dope.

Nobody cares about concept redundancy on a mainstream level
She's a Black women singing R&B
She'd get love if she looked like Amy Winehouse or Adele... ppl would then talk about
how incredibly soulful she is

JHud's recent album is dope as hell too.

and her voice, plus she writes
I think maybe she's not turnt up
enough for this generation

Didn't feel it much on the listen. Was sitting at work one day, gave it another run & couldn't figure out what the hell I missed on the first go run. Mascara, Brand New, Silver Lining, Stanley....my joints. Her show next week is sold out here, but I'm determined to luck up on some tix.

She's selling decent enough units for r&b in 2015... She did 25k first week I think and is still in top 50.. So she's selling over 6k a week.. Thats pretty damn good..

The gen pop only accepts diva r&b if Ariana grande sings it.. And she cant out k michelle k michelle so she's in a precarious spot if she wants to scale..

I think she initially dropped in a more open time for r&b.. I mean her.. Even Elle varner sold 200k+ records... But getting even a release date now is a struggle

.

but i don't agree.

i think there's a reason why the album is called 'reality show'
its supposed to be a tragic album
that touches on the flawed psyche of women in love for all the wrong reasons.

but ^^^none of that is funny though so i'll let you chef it up.

I dont know who she is in real life, maybe some label exec advised her to make "Bust Your Windows"

but she's way too vocally talented for all of the ride or die bitch/down for my nigga/let me tell you how niggas aint shit anthems

it's an automatic turn off when I hear cursing in R&B and I hope one day she uses her gift with better written songs

she has more songs than bust the windows out your car.
although i didn't listen to the first album that much the whole album wasn't that.

and this album is definitely following a theme and the writing and shit is clever and it fits the theme. coupled with her singing its a very above average album, musically. *shrug*

"Holdin' You Down" too.

Both of those still go hard.

i still play need u bad quite regularly.

Bust Your Windows was based on this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSy8yy-mr8

does that help your perceptions?

all I see is a girl who can sing too well for her topic material

it's like if Laurence Fishburne was Madea, he's capable of so much more

like:

Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, Chaka Khan, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Beyonce, Whitney Houston...

it's a pretty common subject in song.

>I hope one day she uses her gift with better written songs


I guess she didn't get the right white validation and cosigns for you to care tho. *shrugs*

why do you keep mentioning white validation? I've given her props for her talent. I just think she's been advised to "keep it ghetto" as a marketing scheme of some sort

>why do you keep mentioning white validation?

Because I'm sick of how much power ppl give it. For instance, we have a post in the
Lesson right now calling Rhymefest the goat ghostwriter because the artists he worked
with won a grammy and an oscar... as if those old white men determine who our goats are.
Folks consider them their acknowledgement the height of "making it".
This probably shouldn't be directed at you tho, as you tend to be fairly up on what's going
on before it gets white cosigns.
My bad.

stealing from Black artists (like Jazmine Sullivan) AKA "culture vulturing" if you will.

But here we are trashing our Black artists beforehand.

but I wont defend anything I dont like if a white person wins doing it

I see what you mean if that's an Iggy Azalea reference but she's still mocking music I consider trash

Just stand up for Blackness.
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=12681710&mesg_id=12681710&listing_type=search#12681931
You defend and support rappers who "flush drugs down the toilet" but it's "trash" when
a Black woman (who can sing her ass off) makes music that makes you think of the same shit?
Suspect (and sexist).

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

many of her songs. If folks could recommend some of her stuff in here that would be dope

I only have the first. liked it, but never checked for the other.

I want her to get some better song writers though

i beat the windows out your car
forever isnt long these days

that kinda shit

if a male singer had a bunch of songs abt how shitty & rotten women are...he wouldnt have a career


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

i want a song where a man is talking abt how he destroyed some chicks clothes or something & then i wanna hear yall applaud that bullshit


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

I think that JUST may be my issue. As much as the "blues" portion of R&B has carried me throughout my life, I just don't have the emotional capacity to withstand them heavy joints, these days. Same thing with Fiona. All that being said, this is how I feel about her though:

Voice = Dope
Vibrato = Crazy
Runs = Sick

LET
IT
BURN

but her music never resonated with me

not enough something there...

she gets there on like 2 songs per album

i have yet to check out the most recent one...

she's mostly been a disappointment bc the voice alone has so much to offer

B/c her latest album is in heavy rotation. I think this album is more diverse then her past albums, and I also think the bust yo windows song made ppl typecast her as a male basher.

I know I'll be at her show next week probably singing along to Let It Burn like I wrote it!

except for whatever song has the After 7 interpolation in it.

but i went that album and i just cant with most of the song themes. i cant relate at all.

forever don't last for is the shit though.

Her writing is really brilliant.

The production is on point too.

I have an all new respect and admiration for her because of this album.

Let It Burn
Mascara
Brand New
Silver Lining
Forever Don't Last
Stanley
Masterpiece

Yep.

And I love Mona Lisa.

This album is fiyah!!! Jazmine is always slept on though.
~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥


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and dream about waffles mode.

Her voice is ... (fill in the blank with a word I don't own).

Saw her a few months ago when she was in NYC... seeing her again when she's back in couple weeks.

I've been a fan since 'Braid My Hair.'

... LISTEN.

Her voice... man... I was crying real grown lady tears hearing this woman sing.

i didn't go back for repeated listenings
i dont know why but i wasnt interested
i like her voice though
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

i'm joking
lolol

~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.