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POPGAF |OT3| Geo Da Silva > nails on chalkboard > Taylor Swift

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Wafflecakes

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PhoenixDark said:
basic cover, classic songs
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Looking forward to the inevitable chapters 2 and 3.....Kelly will be making hits till 40. She will also still sing better than your fav's at 40.
 
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Cynosure

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Artemisia said:
Xtincta didn't always look like this? There was a time before she was a fat bitch mess? indeed, but we struggle to recall it, similar to how we struggle to recall the last time xtincta put out a decent album, was able to sing properly, and was able to sell decently for star of her oh so gross size.
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point is that Xtina had success and conventional beauty.





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Hm!
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Here is the review you wanted

What do you get when you combine the industry’s best songwriters and the highest paid producers in the business with a powerful voice and a sexy physique? Not much, apparently. Monetarily, I’m sure there’s a lot to be made on Unapologetic, Rihanna’s seventh studio release, but as far as quality is concerned, a project this big has rarely felt so disjointed and unnecessary.

The album has no theme, no consistency and most unfortunate, no purpose. At a certain point, an artist just needs to go on hiatus and clear their mind—get off cruise control. I think Rihanna is at that point. Right off the bat, I want to clarify: Rihanna is undeniably talented. Her voice isn’t a powerhouse by any means, but what she lacks in vocals she makes up for with versatility. Put her on an R&B ballad with Ne-Yo or line her up next to Coldplay; if you’re an artist looking for a hit record, she’s the one to talk to. The problem with her music isn’t the artist herself, but rather the fact that she doesn’t really do much herself anymore.

There was a point back in the Rated R days that Rihanna sounded like she was making music because she wanted to. On that particular album, released just months from her incident with Chris Brown (who offensively appears as a guest feature on Unapologetic), she sounded like an artist who had something to say. She sounded like she was in charge. It’s easy to forget over the years, but the album took musical risks atypical of her career at the time (“Hard” was far from “Pon De Replay”). Listening to Unapologetic, I get the impression these records were pre-made for her on tour.

Maybe she’d spend an hour or two memorizing someone else’s demo track between cities, hit the on-bus studio and churn out a track every week between lighting a blunt and giving Chris Brown private lap dances (video to hit the Internet soon, I’m sure).

This is soulless music with no edge—a half-assed release purely for the sake of adding a few more dollars to the record executives in charge. That being said, it does have some bright moments.

“Right Now” sounds like your typical David Guetta track, and is one of the more enjoyable dub collaborations I’ve heard over the last few months. The same can be said of “Jump,” a remix (sequel?) to Ginuwine’s early 2000s classic sex jam “Pony.”

The song pales in comparison to Gin’s version, but then again, most pop music does; the song has stood the test of time for a reason.

“Diamonds” is solid as well, but anyone who listened to the radio in the last two months already knows that. Beyond these three tracks, I’d have a hard time recommending any of the album’s other 11 songs. The fact that Future makes a guest appearance says wonders of the quality control. Come on, Eminem and Future on the same album?

I wouldn’t call Unapologetic a letdown; my expectations weren’t nearly high enough for that. What I will say is this: if you’re looking for a prime example of label-manufactured music catered to the radio, here it is. Pitbull’s Global Warming almost seems experimental in comparison.
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royalan

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Just got home from work and catching up on my shows. Xtina looked GORGEOUS tonight on The Voice. The affinity for loud color and makeup often leads to some foolish looks, but when her team gets it right, you're reminded of just how much of a Bad Bi**h she is.

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Those eyes. Not a hint of dead in them.
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botty

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royalan said:
Just got home from work and catching up on my shows. Xtina looked GORGEOUS tonight on The Voice. The affinity for loud color and makeup often leads to some foolish looks, but when her team gets it right, you're reminded of just how much of a Bad Bi**h she is.

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She looks incredible here.

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Only Xtina.
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royalan said:
Kyon Sis might hate me for this but I have to make a temporary stop a Team Alicia Keys.

Homegirl sang the GUMMY BEARS THEME SONG on Fallon tonight and knocked it out of the fucking PARK.

The kid in me is crying tears of nostalgia right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BW2NuxOC8fU#!

EDIT: apparently this was a week ago. Damn, I'm late.
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Not the Gummy Bears theme song slaying me. I don't even remember this show. She should have sung the Carebears.
 
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Kyon

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royalan said:
Kyon Sis might hate me for this but I have to make a temporary stop a Team Alicia Keys.

Homegirl sang the GUMMY BEARS THEME SONG on Fallon tonight and knocked it out of the fucking PARK.

The kid in me is crying tears of nostalgia right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BW2NuxOC8fU#!

EDIT: apparently this was a week ago. Damn, I'm late.
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i saw Prophet post about a song of hers that apparently slays. I have yet to hear it lol
 
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Great article by Gawker on why it's not racist to drag Chris Brown through the pits for being an grade A abusive asswagon.

Last night, pop singer Chris Brown, who infamously and brutally beat up Rihanna in 2009, launched a verbal, scatological attack on comedy writer Jenny Johnson. Johnson has made it a bit of a hobby to antagonize the 23-year-old Brown, and last night, after she called Brown a "worthless piece of shit" on Twitter, Brown unleashed a barrage of tweets at Johnson to tell her he was going to fart on her and defecate into her eye. As the internet gathered around yet another Chris Brown temper tantrum, Brown, who has hastily deleted offensive tweets in the past, went further than usual, deleting his entire Twitter account and disappointing his legion of fans, Team Breezy.

Four years ago, talk of Chris Brown resulted in universal condemnation of the singer as being a horrible person, what with his awful crime still so prominent in people's minds. But in the ensuing years, Brown's subsequent rash and aggressive behavior has prompted more complex discussions, as well. One that's begun to appear time and again—this time included—is that the widespread revulsion Americans have toward Chris Brown says something about our nation's racial politics. Why is it, for instance, that white people like Jenny Johnson seem to delight in tearing down Chris Brown while giving relative leeway to, say, Charlie Sheen, whose history of domestic violence is far longer than Brown's? It's a good question, and if you're asking it your heart and head are probably in the right place. But it's also off-base for a number of reasons.

Firstly, there's the picture. There is a reason that the U.S. government banned photographs of soldiers' coffins for almost two decades: It's because people hate to read and like pictures. People remember pictures. The police photo of Rihanna's face after Brown attacked her is by far the most publicized image of domestic violence in history. People have heard stories about the horrors Sheen inflicted on his victims, and they've witnessed dramatizations of Ike Turner's cruelty to Tina. But that photo of Rihanna—bloodied, swollen, tear streaked—is not words in a divorce filing or a Hollywood starlet acting out true events. It is an unvarnished, grotesque, and unquestionable reality, and it is the kindling that started the blaze this is the world's hatred for Chris Brown.

Beyond that, there's Brown's continued violent and petulant behavior. If, after beating Rihanna, Brown had accepted the court's punishment and behaved like a decent and kind human being in future public appearances, chances are people would be more inclined to forgive him his crimes. Bill Murray, for example, has been charged with hitting his now ex-wife, Jennifer, in the face and telling her she was "lucky he didn't kill her." But people don't constantly link Murray with those violent allegations because Murray doesn't constantly behave violently. Brown, on the other hand, goes into chair-throwing whirlwinds at a moment's notice, tears apart nightclubs during stupid fistfights, and behaves like a racist goon to have fun. And then, when anyone dares criticize him, Brown doesn't engage with those critiques and learn from them; he lashes out and calls his critics "haters," as if anyone who disagrees with him is just jealous.

Lastly, there's the fact that, in the pop-culture landscape, talking about Chris Brown has become somewhat of a team sport. On the one side are Brown's numerous detractors, some of whom, like Jenny Johnson, appear to really enjoy mocking and haranguing Brown whenever the feeling moves them. On the other side is Team Breezy, a cursory glance at which seems to be composed of young children and teenagers. That many of Brown's supporters appear to be young black women—just like Brown's victim, Rihanna—is a point of particular consternation for people who hate Brown, and the two camps go back and forth in Twitter streams and tumblr posts around the world.

By contrast, Sean Connery, who has said very openly that he thinks it's both acceptable and necessary to slap women around, is old and not possessed of a rabid fan base that takes to the internet to defend the aging sex symbol. Pushing back against and complaining about Team Breezy via the #teambreezy Twitter hashtag is second nature for people like Johnson, who has also made a pet project out of belittling Kim Kardashian. Team Breezy, of course, is only happy to respond in kind. But there is no Team Connery or Team Sheen or Team Josh Brolin or Team Michael Fassbender or Team Any of the Other Many White Male Celebrities Accused of Domestic Violence. As pathetic as it sounds, snarking on Chris Brown and defending Chris Brown have become things people do at their school and work desks before being allowed to go home and watch television.

Add to all of this the headline-making fact that Rihanna appears to be dating Chris Brown again, returning to her abuser as many abuse victims do, and it's obvious why Brown elicits so much more vitriol than do other superfamous violent men—and it has very little to do with his race. Where racism (and classism) does seem to creep into the equation, however, is in how Jenny Johnson and others apparently can't get enough of condescending to Brown and his fans. Consider the way that Johnson points and laughs at Team Breezy's slang, or how she believes calling Brown a "worthless piece of shit" is a high-minded "difference of opinion," while Team Breezy's insults are the crude work of idiots and losers. Then there's the tweet in which Johnson, after sending Brown into a rage, begs of him to "get some help. Seriously," as if calling an obviously troubled and violent man a "worthless piece of shit" was just her way of trying to compel him to get the in-depth and intense professional therapy he so obviously needs. Beyond Johnson there's the people tweeting to Brown that he should kill himself, that Brown is "a worthless nigger," and, somehow, even worse things, things which try to mock Brown while also mocking Brown's beating of Rihanna.

Reporting on Chris Brown's brutality tour as if he's the totem for all domestic abusers is hard not to do when, for a variety of reasons, Chris Brown is almost certainly the most famous domestic abuser of all time. It is not insidious or racist to acknowledge his crimes, nor is it racist to talk about Brown's abuses more often than we talk about those of less famous white men accused of the same thing. But looking at the relish with which some people seem to hurl abuse at Brown, or at his fans' lack of educations and use of street slang, it's hard not to see at least some prejudice there. There are a lot of people in this world who deserve to be called dumb assholes; why does everyone get such a kick out of doing it to Brown?
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A sidenote: I did NOT know that about Sean Connery. Old man crush obliterated. ;___; Love Barbra Walters' shade, tho.
 
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I saw everyone had fun last night in the Plug.dj room.

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Yes, I was asleep. I had gone asleep around 8:30 PM. I woke up at 2:00 AM, but decided to go back to sleep; it is 6:30 AM here now.

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Sean Connery is a vile individual. Merely part of the reason why Craig is a better Bond.
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Connery is vile, indeed.
 
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Mumei said:
I saw everyone had fun last night in the Plug.dj room.

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Yes, I was asleep. I had gone asleep around 8:30 PM. I woke up at 2:00 AM, but decided to go back to sleep; it is 6:30 AM here now.
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I was scared we made your computer explode and subsequently murdered you.

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I actually fucking love Britney's ALIEN-NEY / BREAKDOWN-NEY / SHAVEney voice in Scream and Shout.

;_;

It's hot

I don't even know why

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EDIT: Someone is actually arguing FOR bestiality laws to be lifted in Off Topic. What a fucking mess

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Nope. Alive and well.

I love Least Helpful:

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That site is LOL

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Nemesis_ said:
I actually fucking love Britney's ALIEN-NEY / BREAKDOWN-NEY / SHAVEney voice in Scream and Shout.

;_;

It's hot

I don't even know why

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Godney making screaming and shouting an attractive proposition. Unheard of. Others have tried doing this for over a decade to no avail.

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