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BlakStaar
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"Me’Shell Ndegeocello said Bruno is doin’ karaoke."
Fri Mar-09-18 06:02 PM by BlakStaar

  

          

Did y’all already talk about this?

If not, I’ma just leave this here:

Billboard: What did you think of Bruno that night at the Grammys?

Me’Shell: What he’s doing is karaoke, basically. With “Finesse,” in particular, I think he was simply copying Bell Biv DeVoe. I think he was copying Babyface. And definitely there were some elements of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis back when they worked with Human League. I feel like there’s just all these threads running through there but not in a genuine way.
From Billboard: Meshell Ndegeocello Talks Revisiting R&B Gems for Covers Album & Why Bruno Mars Is 'Karaoke' https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8232751/meshell-ndegeocello-ventriloquism

Here’s a fun take from The Root:
https://www.theroot.com/meshell-ndegeocello-is-right-about-bruno-mars-being-kar-1823615904

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Me’Shell Ndegeocello said Bruno is doin’ karaoke. [View all] , BlakStaar, Fri Mar-09-18 05:54 PM
 
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HA-HA-HA HAAAAH!!! (c) James Brown
Mar 09th 2018
1
RE: Me’Shell said Bruno is doin’ karaoke.
Mar 09th 2018
2
while she's promoting a covers album....lmao
Mar 09th 2018
3
RE: while she's promoting a covers album....lmao
Mar 09th 2018
6
her versions ARE predicatble though..whispered sighs bs
Mar 10th 2018
28
      RE: her versions ARE predicatble though..whispered sighs bs
Mar 10th 2018
29
           That Waterfalls cover is derivative as hell and not original
Mar 12th 2018
82
                RE: That Waterfalls cover is derivative as hell and not original
Mar 12th 2018
83
RE: while she's promoting a covers album....lmao
Mar 09th 2018
7
I love Meshell and liked the new album a lot and kinda agree
Mar 10th 2018
27
RE: Me’Shell Ndegeocello said Bruno is doin’ karaoke.
Mar 09th 2018
4
https://i.imgur.com/MfCgb1F.jpg
Mar 09th 2018
5
Bwahahaha
Mar 09th 2018
8
I laughed dumb loud
Mar 11th 2018
60
Bruno got SONGS tho
Mar 09th 2018
9
Completely unoriginal songs
Mar 09th 2018
12
      and???
Mar 12th 2018
70
           Bruno Mars sounds like he uses the presets
Mar 12th 2018
97
not 1 lie told. the fact that Bruno has defenders here is PROOF
Mar 09th 2018
10
Lol
Mar 09th 2018
13
      ^^^culture vulture
Mar 09th 2018
14
      RE: Lol
Mar 09th 2018
15
      1000 percent lol
Mar 09th 2018
16
      how much do you appreciate black music outside of rap?
Mar 10th 2018
20
      LMAO
Mar 10th 2018
24
           I dont think my question warranted this response at all
Mar 10th 2018
25
                LOL
Mar 10th 2018
26
                     ah, so you're a whole entire psycho. I wasnt aware until now
Mar 10th 2018
31
                     Right.
Mar 10th 2018
33
                          This part of the conversation has nothing to do with Bruno Mars
Mar 10th 2018
39
                               Lol you took it there and then say it has nothing to do with the OG topi...
Mar 11th 2018
46
                                    you dissed Me'Shell, I then asked about black music re: Me'Shell
Mar 11th 2018
47
                                         See there it is again
Mar 11th 2018
52
                                              my point was made a long time ago
Mar 11th 2018
65
                     LOL at her love and basketball joint
Mar 10th 2018
37
                          Makes sense
Mar 11th 2018
45
                          Yeah, I think dude went overboard
Mar 12th 2018
67
      Uh what does that have to do with it? She just aight but he is a ...
Mar 12th 2018
93
      says the middle aged drake and star wars stan
Mar 13th 2018
110
Best damn karaoke I ever heard... & Damn better than 95% current R&B
Mar 09th 2018
11
i mean r n b has been dead as shit for years so that means nothing
Mar 12th 2018
94
she needs to go put on a wig and recapture the maverick years
Mar 10th 2018
17
Bruno Mars>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Meshall Ndeocello and it ain't close
Mar 10th 2018
18
music analysis in 2018
Mar 10th 2018
21
      Teddy Riley,R.Kelly,Frankie Valli,Barry Manilow all co sign Him
Mar 10th 2018
32
           I'm sorry but I'm DYING here
Mar 12th 2018
76
                damn
Mar 12th 2018
81
She's Mad
Mar 10th 2018
19
do you know the definition of mad? how does it apply here?
Mar 10th 2018
22
Yuuuuup. And She's Mad. Big Mad.
Mar 11th 2018
57
      my bad. I forgot you have the comprehension of a child
Mar 11th 2018
66
           Save the lame insults.
Mar 12th 2018
72
she is madd because she can't on her best day pack a dollar store
Mar 10th 2018
35
      RE: she is madd because she can't on her best day pack a dollar store
Mar 10th 2018
36
           lets see time to nail that lie away
Mar 10th 2018
38
                Good Googly Moogly
Mar 11th 2018
58
                man all you cats pressed on this ad hominem shit are PRESSED
Mar 12th 2018
95
                     Bruno can write and is versatile
Mar 13th 2018
102
                     ^^^^ Etherous
Mar 13th 2018
105
                     ^^^^ Etherous
Mar 13th 2018
106
                     Maxxx, homie can you address this tho?
Mar 14th 2018
133
                          RE: Maxxx, homie can you address this tho?
Mar 18th 2018
145
                               That's a bunch of hogwash, man lol.
Mar 19th 2018
157
                                    you see that is where Bruno got it right
Mar 19th 2018
159
                                         lmao
Apr 05th 2018
195
She's correct. He's wearing it on his sleeve at this point.
Mar 10th 2018
23
I see it the opposite. A TRUE New Jack Swing song hasn't been a
Mar 10th 2018
30
      tell them Man these turkeys don't know nothing
Mar 10th 2018
34
      you're crediting Bruno and not his legendary producers/songwriters
Mar 10th 2018
40
           Bruno ain't walking around proclaiming himself to be fresh out of water
Mar 11th 2018
42
      I think we agree that he's unabashedly derivative.
Mar 11th 2018
41
      card8i B was pushed on to him not the other way around
Mar 11th 2018
43
      Do you mean to say she didn't help the success of the song?
Mar 11th 2018
44
           Since when does pop music have to be musically creative?
Mar 11th 2018
48
           When did I say it had to be?
Mar 11th 2018
49
                i own nary an album or single of his, so its not like i particularly car...
Mar 11th 2018
50
                RE: i own nary an album or single of his, so its not like i particularly...
Mar 11th 2018
51
                who ain't derivitive again?
Mar 11th 2018
54
                     There are levels. Every derivative artist isn't karaoke/parody.
Mar 11th 2018
59
                          vocally who does Bruno sound like again?.
Mar 11th 2018
61
                               No one, and he still doesn't have his own voice. So like I said...
Mar 11th 2018
62
                                    He has his own voice, some of you just don't like it...lol
Mar 12th 2018
74
                                         Actually some of yall are emotional over him being criticized at all
Mar 12th 2018
87
                                              Some of us don’t agree with her opinion.
Mar 13th 2018
121
                                                   That's expected and has long been established here.
Mar 14th 2018
129
           lets see She was more sparked about it than him
Mar 11th 2018
53
      RE: I think we agree that he's unabashedly derivative.
Mar 11th 2018
55
           Man I totally overlooked Teyana's recent stuff in my reply.
Mar 11th 2018
56
      oh his shit is definitely slick and well-packaged
Mar 12th 2018
96
      What makes it contrived to make a song that sounds like an era??
Mar 13th 2018
104
      He doesn't bite styles, he bites songs.
Mar 12th 2018
100
           This is such a tricky argument. What specific song would you say
Mar 13th 2018
103
                He takes the instrumentation
Mar 19th 2018
158
                Nobody is saying he's remaking songs verbatim tho.
Mar 21st 2018
177
I think of what Saul Williams wrote in the Voodoo liner notes
Mar 11th 2018
63
And that's why I don't respect the "everyone is derivative" defense
Mar 11th 2018
64
the problem with d angelo aka d mumblo was that he was
Mar 12th 2018
79
Bruno sounds like Bruno
Mar 12th 2018
69
"Nothing On You" was before what he's on now.
Mar 12th 2018
71
      shit, when I first heard Nothing On You I thought it was Neo
Mar 12th 2018
73
      Bruno is versatile and he makes it look stephffortless
Mar 12th 2018
80
      You're not even arguing making a counter argument at this point lol
Mar 12th 2018
86
           it isn’t Karaoke
Mar 12th 2018
89
                Yuh huh!
Mar 14th 2018
136
                     lmao
Apr 02nd 2018
189
      so he supposed to make Nothin On You's forever?
Mar 12th 2018
75
           ikr? Dude makes HITS..
Mar 12th 2018
77
           What he's "supposed" to do isn't the topic here.
Mar 12th 2018
85
Rip your speaker to ashes, and kick a hole in it (c) Canibus
Mar 12th 2018
92
maxxx came in this post and crushed the buildings
Mar 12th 2018
68
RE: "*Purist* said *Pop Artist* is derivative.
Mar 12th 2018
78
I've been talking about it...
Mar 12th 2018
84
everyone in here screaming "karaoke" and "appropriator" is dumb.
Mar 12th 2018
88
he is FAR from talentless and in a way that's what irks me.
Mar 12th 2018
99
my question is this: can that not be his "lane?"
Mar 12th 2018
101
      Because it’s a hit making lane
Mar 13th 2018
112
^^ Leave it to the white guy to conflate the two, missing all the nuance
Mar 14th 2018
131
Go listen to FKA Twigs then you fuckin weirdos.
Mar 12th 2018
90
so is Bruno innovative? Does he have his own sound?
Mar 12th 2018
91
Vocally, yes for sure for sure. With someone like Aaron Hall, you could
Mar 13th 2018
107
in a way, yes and totally
Mar 13th 2018
109
RE: so is Bruno innovative? Does he have his own sound?
Mar 13th 2018
115
After reading all of this...
Mar 12th 2018
98
you fucking babies.
Mar 13th 2018
108
okay then share some. bless us real quick
Mar 13th 2018
113
      uhh....a few things I'm on right now
Mar 13th 2018
123
           word ill check them out
Mar 21st 2018
178
Easily the corniest 'debate/topic' in the last 5 years
Mar 13th 2018
111
I mean, seriously.
Mar 13th 2018
117
The people vehemently defending Bruno are disturbing
Mar 13th 2018
114
Why can’t I like both artist and disagree with her opinion
Mar 13th 2018
120
#82. She isn’t exactly innovating things herself.
Mar 13th 2018
126
She been innovative for decades. U being unnecessarily disrespectful
Mar 14th 2018
130
Disrespectful? I didn’t make that coffe bar ass cover.
Mar 14th 2018
134
      Yes disrespectful. She's made her name.
Mar 14th 2018
135
           The 3 singles that have been released so far are all
Mar 14th 2018
138
She already did. Several times.
Mar 14th 2018
139
disturbing?
Mar 14th 2018
137
turkey Me shall ain't no legend she can play
Mar 18th 2018
146
you defend rapists.
Mar 21st 2018
179
      yeah your daddy is cool
Mar 25th 2018
180
Very.
Mar 18th 2018
148
Question
Mar 13th 2018
116
This sounds good. What exactly would this be derivative of?
Mar 13th 2018
118
LMAO. You REALLY trying to have it both ways, huh?
Mar 13th 2018
119
      RE: LMAO. You REALLY trying to have it both ways, huh?
Mar 13th 2018
124
      1. Youre white 2. You can easily pinpoint who Bruno bit
Mar 14th 2018
140
Damn that second song is fiyah
Mar 13th 2018
122
RE: Damn that second song is fiyah
Mar 13th 2018
125
      The better question is why aren't they marketed to Black people.
Mar 14th 2018
132
           Bingo.
Mar 14th 2018
141
           RE: The better question is why aren't they marketed to Black people.
Mar 19th 2018
149
Philly Soul!
Mar 13th 2018
127
RE: Question
Mar 13th 2018
128
I was thinking of Saadiq's - Stone Rollin'
Mar 14th 2018
142
      RE: I was thinking of Saadiq's - Stone Rollin'
Mar 14th 2018
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      RE: I was thinking of Saadiq's - Stone Rollin'
Mar 14th 2018
144
      Saadiq was a lounge act solo with tony toni tone he counted
Mar 18th 2018
147
"that man walk in a room, he black" -Meshell
Mar 19th 2018
150
Folks love to go in prematurely. Also, reply 131 is proven accurate.
Mar 19th 2018
151
lol, I'm not sure if she is being genuine or walking it back
Mar 19th 2018
152
https://media.giphy.com/media/4pMX5rJ4PYAEM/giphy.gif
Mar 19th 2018
153
      I will say this.. I didn't know she had an album dropping until this sto...
Mar 19th 2018
154
           yeah she is the karoke act a whole cover album
Mar 19th 2018
155
hmm. Her points are way to nuanced for mass consumption.
Mar 19th 2018
156
      she said Prince and her didn't vibe
Mar 20th 2018
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           I have mad respect for her on how she answered that question
Mar 20th 2018
161
           Prince laughed at her for doing that corball song with John Cougar melln...
Mar 20th 2018
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           I thought the whole thing with her and Prince
Mar 20th 2018
165
                not quite the same wording but....
Mar 20th 2018
166
                     Ah... so I was correct. She didn't like his treatment of her, yet she s...
Mar 20th 2018
167
                     Damn... that’s kinda foul
Mar 20th 2018
169
                     I love Trust
Mar 20th 2018
174
           well she ain't musically smart as Prince was
Mar 20th 2018
162
for those saying she's doing this for pub,
Mar 20th 2018
164
Exactly.
Mar 20th 2018
168
while this may be true.. just seems odd to call someone karoake
Mar 20th 2018
170
weird timing I guess
Mar 20th 2018
171
      The weird timing is exactly why some wonder
Mar 20th 2018
172
she is envious of Bruno Mars and I can understand it
Mar 25th 2018
181
      Having a not-positive opinion on his music doesn't mean she's envious
Apr 01st 2018
184
           you are as wrong as can be and don't know me to be speaking on me
Apr 01st 2018
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                I ain't going down the rabbit hole.
Apr 01st 2018
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                     RE: I ain't going down the rabbit hole.
Apr 04th 2018
192
didn't she just drop a COVER album?
Mar 20th 2018
173
A COVER album doesn't equal karaoke
Mar 20th 2018
175
Cherry picking seems depressing
Mar 20th 2018
176
her original songs have sucked for a long time
Apr 01st 2018
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      Her original songs are still really good
Apr 01st 2018
183
           she had 50 cent coin piece songs and she could play and like her live sh...
Apr 01st 2018
186
                Yeah none of that means her music isn't still good.
Apr 01st 2018
188
                     in the 90's you she was good,however that is deacdes ago
Apr 04th 2018
193
I'm curious what you guys think of the influence in Asian pop music
Apr 02nd 2018
190
damn, the lead singer in the last video looked white
Apr 02nd 2018
191
Bruno Mars is Steph Curry to Me shall's Glenn Robinson
Apr 04th 2018
194

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