I agree w/ everything u said bnout the sex image drowning the music and the horrible promotion and questionable video choices.

One thing I will always take exception with is this time theory bullshit. The bullshit time theory goes, "If D would've taken 1 year to produce voodoo vs. the 5 years it actually took, it would be a better album or i would like it more".

that's total illogical bullshit. the album is waht it is. if it came out 1 year after brown sugar u have no idea what the reponse would've been. u think cats weren't ready for it now? 1 year later, brown sugar would've been so fresh in folks mind, they would really killed d saying he was trying to be too artsy and shit and they really would've called him a prince biter since prince's demise wouldn't have been so prolonged at that point.

in many ways miseducation coming out first gave people the chance to reexamine what rnb should sound like, voodoo took them much farther and most couldn't understand it or take it, hence the one million comments that it all sounds the same as they listen to sisqo and joe (and of course sisqo and joe sounds don't sound alike at all).

i don't mind that you found some of the songs too sparse, that's what i loved about the album. but spare me this time argument.


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