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>was it a huge hit? - yes.
>but was it about a subject matter that is so scarcely touched
>on in contemporary r&b it is almost bordering on taboo? yes.
>like even if the weight this song holds isn't very heavy to
>YOU.
>even if it isn't very emotionally honest it overwhelms YOU.
>i think the fact they had the balls to make a song like this
>in the late 90's/early 00's was a vulnerable move and
>refreshing.

I'm DQ'd on this, because me and my mama had jokes on the 'we ain't getting no younger' part. It was like 'I'm taking this showcase, Bob. It don't have a new car, but I ain't getting no younger!'.

Otherwise, yeah...JE did their thing with the verses in general.

Jimaveli

  

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songs that are disarmingly vulnerable & emotionally honest... [View all] , david bammer, Sat Feb-18-12 01:22 PM
 
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it's funny how you mention
Feb 18th 2012
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RE: it's funny how you mention
Feb 18th 2012
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      I haven't heard this is in ... probably the 20 years since it was releas...
Feb 18th 2012
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           RE: I haven't heard this is in ... probably the 20 years since it was re...
Feb 18th 2012
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jagged edge - let's get married is another song that fits the bill imo
Feb 18th 2012
5
bullshit.
Feb 18th 2012
28
      lol....anyone who got married cuz of Jagged Edge...
Feb 19th 2012
31
Keystone - If it Aint Love....
Feb 18th 2012
6
bon iver's blindsided hit me like that.
Feb 18th 2012
7
you know thinking about it, this is basically how gospel music works...
Feb 18th 2012
8
big up to my older sister.. lol
Feb 18th 2012
11
yeah, that's why I look side-eye at negro neo-atheists
Feb 18th 2012
15
I agree.
Feb 18th 2012
27
Whitney nailed it w/'I Love the Lord'.
Feb 18th 2012
23
      Yolanda killed it.
Feb 18th 2012
26
I'm sure I'll get clowned, but...
Feb 18th 2012
9
I'll buy WAS
Feb 18th 2012
10
      you're right...
Feb 18th 2012
14
also, I feel this way a lot about Cameo's ballads
Feb 18th 2012
12
Murs - The Pain
Feb 18th 2012
13
Brother Ali's Picket Fence, Rain Water, and Walking Away
Feb 18th 2012
16
Picket Fence was the first thing I thought of
Feb 18th 2012
17
John Lennon's 'Jealous Guy' fits the bill imo
Feb 18th 2012
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RE: John Lennon's entire first album does, in fact.
Feb 18th 2012
24
this song is 100% real, honest, and emotionally captures a moment
Feb 18th 2012
19
max b - baby i wonder
Feb 18th 2012
20
'Angel', Aretha Franklin.
Feb 18th 2012
21
Green Eyes
Feb 18th 2012
25
Street spirit-Radiohead
Feb 19th 2012
29
All apologies - Nirvana
Feb 19th 2012
30
R.kelly "Religous Love" and Trade in My Life.
Feb 19th 2012
32
Wildflower - Ghostface
Feb 19th 2012
33
Me'Shell - Fool of Me
Feb 20th 2012
34
What I came to post.
Feb 20th 2012
43
MJ - Stranger in Moscow
Feb 20th 2012
35
Sly and the Family Stone - Runnin Away
Feb 20th 2012
36
Fiona Apple - Fast as You Can
Feb 20th 2012
37
Saul Williams - Black Stacey
Feb 20th 2012
38
Red House Painters - Medicine Bottle
Feb 20th 2012
39
Katy Song for me, good god
Feb 20th 2012
41
Whitney "Saving all my love" for sure
Feb 20th 2012
40
That song I think really 'made' her
Feb 20th 2012
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