>i'm sorry...the singles?
>
>as short a time as she was here--One In A Million, Are You
>That Somebody, Try Again, We Need A Resolution, and a grip of
>her other shit, pushed things forward in pop and set standards
>that keyshia doesn't even have the mental capacity to *want*
>to try for.
>
>the influence of her and timbo's work was huge
>even a bunch of culturally coveted indie rock bands (that i
>can't be bothered to list), and cats that would fall more
>under the umbrella of "formal musicians" than pop stars or
>beatmakers run around talking about how big all that stuff was
>for them, influentially.
>
>good luck getting something like that out of keyshia. (just
>keeping it real.)

automatically made her more intelligent and capable than Keyshia Cole? That reads like some classist nonsense. I could see if you knew them both in a personal capacity, but I doubt you do. Unless I'm mistaken, the production and arrangement on those songs you listed is what really qualifies them as progressive in the first place.

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