But lawd, she's so beautiful

Alej said:

Yes she is. Look at her smile.

Vendetta1 said:

I know

Vendetta1 said:

she's nowhere as cute as you though

ZombieKitten said:

you are so sweet.

Fauxie said:

Maybe her work doesn't resonate with you as it does for many of us. Some of us identify readily and clearly with what she has to say and thus her work has a feeling of importance for us....and she doesn't come off as self important at all if you actually have a chance to talk to her or spend time with her. She's actually earthy and extraordinarily soft-spoken once she's off stage... Just sayin'

Ottensen said:

Yeah, it's all subjective and people see different things in the work, I understand that. Just doesn't really do it for me and comes across with a pretentious air, but if she's down to earth in real life that's very cool. I actually have her first album and I like it quite a bit, so it's not like I'm just into bashing her. I just find her a bit... much. The lyrics do smack of teenage poetry to me, even in the songs I like.

Fauxie said:

I felt that way about her 2nd album, but then I felt like she came back strong with Vol. 3...
The thing is, she sings about love & relationships in a way that is not some overly sex-charged mess that just seems nasty, like she's an acrobat or pole-dancer. A lot of the music on the radio is just to me, and if I do like a song, I get tired of it after a while. I can play Jill over and over because I can relate on some level.

-Gettin' in the Way: been there.
-The Fact Is (I need you): real.
-Epiphany: damn.
-Hate on Me: anthem.

The only song I can say I truly hate is "Family Reunion".

But those pix were funny!

chocolate1 said:

Oh, she's a hundred times better than most of what ppl call RnB on the radio these days, I'm with you on that. She's not without substance, has a decent voice and is obviously not some brain-dead bimbo. It's all in jest really since as I said, I do quite like her first album. It's just the lyrics really. I think I'm going to check out Vol. 3 as several ppl here seem to rave about it.

I used to jump up and down on my bed listening to 'It's Love' when I came back to the UK for the first time after hooking up with my now wife.

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Vendetta1 said:

I've noticed that people who use the word pretentious are usually the most pretentious people ever. They're being pretentious in an attempt to avoid appearing pretentious.

The word pretentious is dead. People have killed the word by applying it to everything that aspires to an ounce of dignity or intellectual acumen - it's a shield we wield against fear of our own stupidity. Let's discard the battered signifier, shall we? Let's throw down the chains of anti-intellectual panic and just aspire to be whatever we wish and let others do the same. Let us be free, my sisters and brothers, free to be whomever we want without fear of labels! Let's rise above it all! LET'S FUCK SHIT UP!!!!!
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JDInteractive said:

Arsenio Hall

all celebrities

I find poetry slam contestants to be extremely pretentious.

I admire poetry and performance (I play in a band myself) but it always seems to be this egotistical pseudo hip hop stoner thing like "I exhale as the freedom flows from my lips in unbroken bars of creative manifestation..." Hey that's pretty good!!

NDRU said:

I agree with you on that.

NDRU said:

Poetry slams = bunch a broke mutha fuckas that are "too deep" to work for the man so they stay on their homeboy's couch. Smelling like oils and must, cause they use that all natural deordorant that works for 5 minutes.

So many indie filmmakers I meet are pretentious, blindly copying the stylistics or philosophy of this or that hipster favored filmmaker.... masking their own inadequate artistic identity...

oh shit, was that pretentious?

KatSkrizzle said:

NDRU said:

You would think normal hip hop lyrics were pretentious enough.

Cinnie said:

poetry slam is like DMX when he's not rapping, but just talking about himself

NDRU said:

hHahaha!!! I hate DMX so this is extra relevant

Cinnie said:

I can't stand when women come to the nail salon and conduct business via cellphone- loudly!
There is this one heifer who must work in the entertainment industry, because she makes calls and name-drops the entire time, while making eye-contact in the mirrors to see our reaction.

Fauxie said:

elmer said:

I've noticed you're an expert on this thread. But I'mma let you finish.

elmer said:

I can't stand when women come to the nail salon and conduct business via cellphone- loudly!
There is this one heifer who must work in the entertainment industry, because she makes calls and name-drops the entire time, while making eye-contact in the mirrors to see our reaction.

@ the org being on repeat.

Alej said:

Alej said:

OTA

chocolate1 said:

LAwd, those BREAST-EST-ES