3. "It's not like Beyonce has a beaming natural personality..." In response to Reply # 1
If the right machine had been behind Claudette from the beginning in terms or songwriting, artist development, label support, etc., she woulda been huge.
He had a sure thing in Canibus, and bricked. Melky Sedek and all those dudes he got on soundtracks/Santana albums? All bricked. His non-Fugees track record is terrible.
Claudette could've had Joe Jackson, Phil Spector, Quincy Jones and Matthew Knowles managing and grooming her and she still wouldn't have been a megastar.
37. "I like you. Despite" In response to Reply # 23
All the stuff you do When you don a cape I see the good Even if you don't
And an uber lurker like myself always respects the pillars
But you can't see the "intangibles" objectively no matter how much you think you can because your preference has conditioned you away from the subtleties of the fairer race as they say
Taking shots in the dark/that's a bad call Going straight for your head/ gotta saw it off
38. "My ppl make those women you lust after." In response to Reply # 37
We dress them. We make them up. We teach them to walk and dance and all of that. It's mostly us.
Claudette doesn't have star power. She is good looking but it takes more than being good looking to be a megastar. The music industry is littered with beautiful women who didn't make it as stars.
-DJ R-Tistic- Member since Nov 06th 2008 51986 posts
Thu Mar-26-15 03:15 PM
32. "By 2002, Wyclef wasn't nearly the same. He owned 98" In response to Reply # 5
Making my 98 mix made me realize how on top he was....Gone til November Remix, that Night Court Horse and Carriage remix, No no no, etc etc he was on fire.
But 2002, I think that's when folks had got tired of him.
she could've had Berry Gordy managing her in 1968 w/Cholly Atkins doing her choreography and Holland-Dozier-Holland writing her songs and she still wouldn't be a megastar.
6. "Both of y'all might be right..." In response to Reply # 3
...granted, hindsight is 20/20, but Bey just seems like she had more intangibles than Claudette. She had that indescribable 'thing'. I never saw it in Claudette. Same with Keri Hilson, Christina Milian, etc. But who knows...round '03, if Claudette had been the one to pique Jay's interest, her and Bey's trajectories could have both been wholly different.
She probably shouldn't have named her second album "It's me again"
sort of gave the impression Tweet and Missy were coming back with some half-baked stuff.
Her situation is sort of like the industry machine politics (whatever you want to call it). As in...
Did Missy and the record label have to pay more radio DJ's off to make them play the tracks from the second album? Is that what is really required for getting an artist airplay?
Or did the public just not want to hear any more from the second album besides the first single?
29. "RE: People didn't like the 2nd CD - that first single was a-ight" In response to Reply # 20 Thu Mar-26-15 12:56 PM by double 0
She had 1 amazing single that pierced public consciousness..
Then waited 3 years to drop another album in the thick of a sea change in music where competition was real as shit..
no "industry" anything.. just real easy explanation
Double 0 DJ/Producer/Artist Producer in Kidz In The Hall ------------------------------------------- twitter: @godouble0 IG: @godouble0 www.thinklikearapper.com
15. "RE: Lmfao. I'm sure you think the same about the woman in your avi" In response to Reply # 14
Yeah that's my point. Some careers in the auto tune bad bitch era aren't about vocals but creating a package from someone visually appealing. Wasn't there a shame post not too long ago about Jazzmin Sullivan? But yeah, Claudette seemed like a lottery pick so fail-safe in terms of looks, it's hard not to assume that it was because of poor development her career never thrived.
Taking shots in the dark/that's a bad call Going straight for your head/ gotta saw it off
27. "RE: Sometimes women disappear because they start families. " In response to Reply # 24
ummm...
You never seen Making The Band huh?
Double 0 DJ/Producer/Artist Producer in Kidz In The Hall ------------------------------------------- twitter: @godouble0 IG: @godouble0 www.thinklikearapper.com
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