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12-12-03, 04:14 AM
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Its a plan to take over the music industry under every category.
We have Justin new RnB hero for men
Christina new Rnb hero for women although Beyonce who appears whiter and whiter will fight her hard for this.
Eninem new Rap hero
Sean Paul getting more props than other darker ragga artist.....his just making way for a white replacement
The list goes on and on.....but your right though there is nothing to this Justin whatsoever
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12-12-03, 04:51 AM
@mafdet with the sean paul thing. you can liken it to michael jordan. although jordan was darkskinned he came from a middleclass background and was therefore seen unthreatening. beyonce is of middleclass so whites see these types as non threatening. sean paul cmes from a part in jamica that is middleclass. as bounty put sean paul has a singjay type feel whereas those from the ghetto sing more rough. there is trend. these types can be advertised as black but probably grew up without the same things everyday blacks incurred.
as for the christinas and justins and eminems.......just say elvis. it always happens. but we are always so far ahead. have you noticed how music from bobby brown days is being done by these white boybands.
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12-12-03, 05:52 AM
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@mafdet with the sean paul thing. you can liken it to michael jordan. although jordan was darkskinned he came from a middleclass background and was therefore seen unthreatening. beyonce is of middleclass so whites see these types as non threatening. sean paul cmes from a part in jamica that is middleclass. as bounty put sean paul has a singjay type feel whereas those from the ghetto sing more rough. there is trend. these types can be advertised as black but probably grew up without the same things everyday blacks incurred.
as for the christinas and justins and eminems.......just say elvis. it always happens. but we are always so far ahead. have you noticed how music from bobby brown days is being done by these white boybands.
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Not only are we so far ahead but our creativity can not be matched they can only intimidate. I read the other day that one magazine has crowned Justin the new king of pop he has stolen the crown from Michael Jackson. Now lets just put aside all the other things going on in Michaels life and just concentrate on his music.....there is no comparision and Justin has not even clocked up the years/experience or talent to be termed as stolen the crown from Michael. As for Sean Paul have you ever heard this guy do a live performance he sounds terrible and by no ways should be getting more props than bounty/beenie etc.
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Now Ladyday all these boy bands give me some of the best joke when I see them hopping around the stage trying to sing and dance but let me tell you what really annoys me when those cr*ppy bands like Atomic Kitten and Girls Aloud cover a classic soul tune like Ladies Knight and Jump.....outrageous if you ask me. But then you know how critical I am with music and Artist.
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[quote]I also read somewhere that Westlife won Song of the Year with a Barry Manilow cover "Mandy" but they only released the song this month and already they won song of theYEAR now if this doesn't represent the fraud fix and stupidity happening in the music industry then I don't know what will make some people see senseblkrainbowfro
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12-12-03, 10:53 AM
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That whole westlife thing is so annoying! The thing i dont understand...um sorry overstand, is black ppl's fascination with these ppl. Music is music yes, but it seems that we (as a whole-im generalising here) want to support them as if they r the greatest thing. And yet when black artists who r equally as good-and more often than not better-there doesnt seem to be a lot of love. I hear a lot of ppl bad-mouthing Usher, Brandy and others. I mean there isnt n e love for Monica (barely)
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[quote] Well I for one don't support them and I personally get a kick out of mocking them and seeing those white girls go all red in the face like they want to kick my face in or something when I take the p*ss out of their pop idols.......just joking (a little). But I must admitt I will criticise a black singer if I do not feel they are good regardless of who they are. I will also give in my opinion credit to white artist that I think deserve it.
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12-12-03, 10:58 AM
Mafdet: just going back to the Boyonce thing..I thought it was me, I'm glad its not because to me see is made to look like she could pass for white..I counting the days when she will have a white man on her arms as her next boyfriend..yoiu know it got to happen..
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12-12-03, 11:06 AM
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Mafdet: just going back to the Boyonce thing..I thought it was me, I'm glad its not because to me see is made to look like she could pass for white..I counting the days when she will have a white man on her arms as her next boyfriend..yoiu know it got to happen..
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Kunjufu no its not you I remember a while back browsing through a music magazine and funny enough they had a picture on fashion and Beyonce/Britney Spears and Shakira was in it and you really couldn't tell the difference between them. Imagine that look of Shakira in her video "whenever wherever" and Beyonce when she first put the straight blond weave in and then think about the Britney Spears "Slave" video. Well all these images were side by side and they looked like triplets. Or do an internet search for yourself and compare not really much difference. Common for black artist to go a lighter shade to sell, this is how they first marketed Whitney and if you go some years back even our own home grown Shola Ama tried it her features on her posters were brightened to make her look fairer.
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[quote]Sad really blksadbounce
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12-12-03, 11:10 AM
I agree its sad that we have to bleach ourselves to be acceptable..
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13-12-03, 05:22 AM
Did anybody see the Beyonce lookalike's in todays issue of the The Mirror. My friend was tellin me about it. Apparently all the contestants were white..Does anybody have the pictures to post on here???????/.......confused3
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13-12-03, 06:15 AM
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Did anybody see the Beyonce lookalike's in todays issue of the The Mirror. My friend was tellin me about it. Apparently all the contestants were white..Does anybody have the pictures to post on here???????/.......confused3
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[quote]Ha ha that sums it all up nicely......THEY WERE ALL WHITE, Beyonce and her marketing crew have achieved what they wanted.
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13-12-03, 06:23 AM
i hear black people trying to break it in the music industry try stick up for beyonce. yes she can hold a note but.......she has gone from being a light-skin sistah to passing for white. check out the loreal commercials she does. why does her nose look more staright and that hair ..... i buy plenty hair mags and the sistah has got some kinky hair under that weave. yes these marketing people do have much to do with it. its like they dont want black artists to be black and talented they have to be seen conforming to white norms. check Javine. i am not a hater but she did look better with her i assume naturally brown ish hair when on pop rivals. the blonde thing has got to go.
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14-12-03, 04:44 AM
people think hes the yungmicheal... thats all he will fade like everyone else
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AS A WHITE MLE I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY BOUT THE BEYONCE THING I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY BCOS IM NOT BLCK SO I DONT UNDERSTAND BUT I AM FEELING WHAT U R ALL SAYING I MEAN WHAT IS NEXT 50 CENT GETS THE SAME SKIN DISEASE AS MICHAEL JACKSON SO HE DONT GET ARRESTED ITS A CRAZY WORLD NO ONE SHOULD CARE WHAT SKIN TONE U R AS LONG AS YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL IS SAFE THEN ITS ALL GOOD I ALSO FEEL WHAT U SAYIN BOUT JUSTIN NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS MJ MJ IS THE BEST SINGER N DANCER THAT WALKED GODS GREEN EARTH AN NO 1 CAN SAY OTHERWISE. EVEN IF U HATE THE MANS GUTS IF U SAT N WATCH HIM DANCE IN THE SMOOTH CRIMINAL VIDEO U BECOME AN INSTANT FAN BUT ONE MORE THING I SWEAR DOWN TINA TURNA LOOKS ALOT LIGHTER THAN SHE DID PEACE...................
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[quote]Your right you don't know what to say because you are not black therefore you can't even begin to comprehend the insult when someone attempts to appear lighter diliberately. When you are talking about racism based on your natural skin tone then no one should discriminate but when someone purposely lightens themselves or darkens themselve to appeal and/or mock like Al Jobson  or a certain pop group in Asia, then they need to be pulled up about this stupid behaviour. IT IS A BIG INSULT......you may understand it more if say someone like David Beckham took the braiding of his hair one step further and stated that he wish he was black and then attempted to darken his skin and take on the whole characteristic behaviour of a black man in his eye....his got one part right already though if he was to do this as a black footballer he wouldn't need to change his white wifeniceone.gif.
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14-12-03, 09:57 AM
mmmmmmmmmmmm......
off topic (well kinda)
maybe im blind ... or something etc.... but i for the lif of me cannot see... what is the big deal over beyonce's looks.... to me she is just another light skinned girl... nothing special nothing out of th ordinary... seriously... if anyone remembers the old destiny's child...i think latavia is better looking that her by far.. far..... thats the short one..... its like every so ofetn the media comes up with what they think is the ideal sex sybmol and expects everyone to swallow it... like a couple yrs ago it was britney spears... lol...crazy....how can the sexiest woman in the world (supposedly) have (dung growlegs) her legs and torso dont match... stumpy ass legs... bigsnoopy eyes... what the hell is sexy bout that...hmmm.... ok ima stop...im starting to rant a bit....
mmmmm...surley im not the only one who thinks outside the box....
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