via Sister to Sister

Stephanie Mills suggests older artists’ thirst for attention can cause them to make bad choices, like when Brian McKnight decided to sing sexually explicit lyrics.

“I just don’t think you have to go that far to get attention, and I think sometimes the older artists—because he is older now—the older artists are so starved for attention that they’ll just about do anything,” Stephanie told the Huffington Post.

The “Home” singer described Brian’s raunchy track as “disrespectful” and believes he did himself a disservice.

“I think it took away from all of the classiness and the great stuff that he has done before,” she said, before clumping Erykah Badu in that category of older artists gone wild.

“When Erykah Badu took off all her clothes, I was like, ‘It’s just so unnecessary to do that!’ I love Erykah Badu, but I think sometimes they want to do the shock value thing, but I don’t think it always works for Black artists the way that it works for White artists.”

While she feels some go left in their pursuit to stay relevant, Stephanie said she’s able to hold on to her fan base by keeping it real and consistent.

“I try to sing my songs exactly the same way that I record them,” said Stephanie, who vocally prepares for tours by singing other artists’ songs.

“I vocalize to Aretha [Franklin],” she said. “I would always sing either Diana Ross, Whitney Houston or Barbra Streisand. I would sing other people’s songs that I was really a fan of when I wanted to get ready for my shows.”

Stephanie is also a fan of Mary J. Blige, Anita Baker and Chaka Khan, the three women she’d most like to sing with if she ever formed a group.

“I think that our voices would lend to each other—we’re different, and it would be fun,” she said. “We get along. We like each other and I think we could really do something cute together."

Although she’d most like to form a group with the aforementioned divas, when it comes to collaborations, Stephanie’s mind is on Young Money.

“I would love to do a collaboration with Lil’ Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, ‘How to Love.’ I wanted to do the remix to that song really bad,” she said.

—Tracy L. Scott

[Edited 6/25/12 9:28am]

scriptgirl said:

via Sister to Sister

Stephanie Mills suggests older artists’ thirst for attention can cause them to make bad choices, like when Brian McKnight decided to sing sexually explicit lyrics.

“I just don’t think you have to go that far to get attention, and I think sometimes the older artists—because he is older now—the older artists are so starved for attention that they’ll just about do anything,” Stephanie told the Huffington Post.

The “Home” singer described Brian’s raunchy track as “disrespectful” and believes he did himself a disservice.

“I think it took away from all of the classiness and the great stuff that he has done before,” she said, before clumping Erykah Badu in that category of older artists gone wild.

“When Erykah Badu took off all her clothes, I was like, ‘It’s just so unnecessary to do that!’ I love Erykah Badu, but I think sometimes they want to do the shock value thing, but I don’t think it always works for Black artists the way that it works for White artists.”

While she feels some go left in their pursuit to stay relevant, Stephanie said she’s able to hold on to her fan base by keeping it real and consistent.

“I try to sing my songs exactly the same way that I record them,” said Stephanie, who vocally prepares for tours by singing other artists’ songs.

“I vocalize to Aretha [Franklin],” she said. “I would always sing either Diana Ross, Whitney Houston or Barbra Streisand. I would sing other people’s songs that I was really a fan of when I wanted to get ready for my shows.”

Stephanie is also a fan of Mary J. Blige, Anita Baker and Chaka Khan, the three women she’d most like to sing with if she ever formed a group.

“I think that our voices would lend to each other—we’re different, and it would be fun,” she said. “We get along. We like each other and I think we could really do something cute together."

Although she’d most like to form a group with the aforementioned divas, when it comes to collaborations, Stephanie’s mind is on Young Money.

“I would love to do a collaboration with Lil’ Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, ‘How to Love.’ I wanted to do the remix to that song really bad,” she said.

—Tracy L. Scott

[Edited 6/25/12 9:28am]

I always liked Stehanie Mills voice, but what she's saying is funny. She's not crazy about Erykah Badu because she took her clothes off and she wants to make a song with Lil Wayne? hahaha xD

[Edited 6/25/12 9:44am]

When Erykah Badu took her clothes off in that video it was clearly done for art and not in order to sell more records with "sex". It might have gotten her some extra attention at the time, but I doubt hundreds of thousands of men were going to run into the record store after having had a wank to that video.

Art.

Crap.

Can't get an interview for your website? No problem. Just take an interview from another website, extract some quotes, inject your own bias negativity into the piece and sign it like you actually did some journalistic work. Thank you Sister To Sister and Tracy L. Scott (and anyone else who reposts or mass-emails their bullshit) for your contribution to the dumbing down of America.

For anyone interested in reading the actual inteview Stephanie Mills gave, you can read it at the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost...13149.html

Long live the internet.

[Edited 6/25/12 11:33am]

novabrkr said:

When Erykah Badu took her clothes off in that video it was clearly done for art and not in order to sell more records with "sex". It might have gotten her some extra attention at the time, but I doubt hundreds of thousands of men were going to run into the record store after having had a wank to that video.

I think she meant the "First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" video though. Which even Erica wasn't so pleased with.

^ She probably did mean the "Window Seat" video...

So Let Eye Get This Straight.

This legendary R&B singer believes that Brian McKnight was disrespectful, but wants to collabo with an MC whose stock in trade is talking about women like notches on a belt?

She apparently believes Badu's video was in bad taste but wants to work with an artist whose videos aren't exactly "Ave Marias" either?

namepeace said:

So Let Eye Get This Straight.

This legendary R&B singer believes that Brian McKnight was disrespectful, but wants to collabo with an MC whose stock in trade is talking about women like notches on a belt?

She apparently believes Badu's video was in bad taste but wants to work with an artist whose videos aren't exactly "Ave Marias" either?

Right you are captain...

namepeace said:

So Let Eye Get This Straight.

This legendary R&B singer believes that Brian McKnight was disrespectful, but wants to collabo with an MC whose stock in trade is talking about women like notches on a belt?

She apparently believes Badu's video was in bad taste but wants to work with an artist whose videos aren't exactly "Ave Marias" either?

I'm willing my to put my money on the table that Steph says she wants to work with that syrup drinking monster just so she could get same airplays. I'm sure she ain't listening to this fool in her leasure time

But it won't work. Just like her working with DMX(who was ALL the rage back then) didn't work.

I love her but goddamit, just call Angela Winbush, George Duke or TL & JJ to do this. I don't wanna hear her singing beside ANYBODY else

Harlepolis said:

namepeace said:

So Let Eye Get This Straight.

This legendary R&B singer believes that Brian McKnight was disrespectful, but wants to collabo with an MC whose stock in trade is talking about women like notches on a belt?

She apparently believes Badu's video was in bad taste but wants to work with an artist whose videos aren't exactly "Ave Marias" either?

I'm willing my to put my money on the table that Steph says she wants to work with that syrup drinking monster just so she could get same airplays. I'm sure she ain't listening to this fool in her leasure time

But it won't work. Just like her working with DMX(who was ALL the rage back then) didn't work.

I love her but goddamit, just call Angela Winbush, George Duke or TL & JJ to do this. I don't wanna hear her singing beside ANYBODY else

Funny thing is I did like her collaboration with X but it did more for X than Mills because she didn't even have a new record to promote it to combat it.

Well...She's right some things are just unnecessary(spelling ) It's all about shocking folks now and let's just see how far I can go with this shit.

namepeace said:

So Let Eye Get This Straight.

This legendary R&B singer believes that Brian McKnight was disrespectful, but wants to collabo with an MC whose stock in trade is talking about women like notches on a belt?

Yeah,I was kinda surprised by that too

So when Ms. Badu took her clothes off it was for "art" sake and eveyone else.... ain't nothin' but some skank ho's? i must remember that.

TD3 said:

So when Ms. Badu took her clothes off it was for "art" sake and eveyone else.... ain't nothin' but some skank ho's? i must remember that.

If a person can count the number of hits you had in 40 years on one hand, it's probably best that you don't offer your opinions on other artists work publicly, whether they've had more or fewer than you.

I think all B-list singers are just fame-hungry and desperate after a certain point. So while I agree with Stephanie, I lost respect for her after seeing that she wanted to collab with a rapper with the fabulous title of "The Worst Rapper Ever".

This whole interview seemed like she was stating the obvious but trying to air people's dirty laundry in an attempt to bring attention to her now non-existent career.

Yes Brian is delusional and arrogant and Erykah is a little loco now, but this isn't something new and it's certainly not something to hinge an interview on...considering she's probably heading into the same boat.

She's like that hypocritcal, gossping aunt that's into everybody's business but her own.

errant said:

If a person can count the number of hits you had in 40 years on one hand, it's probably best that you don't offer your opinions on other artists work publicly, whether they've had more or fewer than you.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.

errant said:

If a person can count the number of hits you had in 40 years on one hand, it's probably best that you don't offer your opinions on other artists work publicly, whether they've had more or fewer than you.

I always hate it when stars bash other stars...it's just a thing of mine. She had her moment in the Sun, so seems ungracious of her to come off like this.

errant said:

If a person can count the number of hits you had in 40 years on one hand, it's probably best that you don't offer your opinions on other artists work publicly, whether they've had more or fewer than you.

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