he just plain messed up with Tamar. Tamar should have been where Jazmine Sullivan is now.

Talent? the woman had talent?

zoetruluv said:

He felt like it... So get over it. What do you get out of pitting her against Tamar? YOU may not have wanted Bria's album, but I and a lot of others did. I liked Tamar and was hoping she'd get picked up too, but her album with Prince just didn't sound all that great IMO... although I still like "Sundays in the Park", "Redhead Stepchild" and "All Eye Want is U". Bria's album is stronger, Here Eye Come, All this Love, Home, Something U already Know, Immersion & Elixr are all range from good to great. I didn't find anything on Tamar's album "great".
[Edited 5/19/09 19:04pm]

I see acting as a big part of her future. But Prince aint done with her. She's taking a risk by working with him again. Don't do it chile!!!!

lezama said:

why are you still
talking about her album?
i touched on it but it was
not the main focus of my thread.
im talking about her talent.
there are many people who have awesome
talent but horrible albums
and there are many people who have shit talent
and great albums with HELP.
i think prince could have given tamar more help!
no one is pitting bria against tamar.
but did you think comparisons would
never happen?
be real,bria was the follow up
protegee to tamar.
people were expecting something at tamar's
level of talent or more.
or atleast i was.
so,you get over it.
didnt bria herself say she didnt mind comparisons?
i think bria should be glad her name
is even being spoken in the same thread as tamar's.
if we took prince out of the scenario and both
of these ladies had major record deals,
tamar would get more respect for her vocal talent.
and lets not even get on stage presence.


but lets direct this back to tamar's talent
and prince's capabilities or lack there of with
dealing with REAL talent.

zoetruluv said:

What? I could find your point over all that bitching and whining... Either praise Tamar or bitch about Prince & Bria, but don't mix the two. You just sound jaded and confused. Tamar SHOULD have better stage presence, she's been singing her entire life. If you wanna talk about Tamar's talent solely then I'll be back. Otherwise carry-on with your rants...

lezama said:

well maybe if you hopped
off bria's dick for a few seconds
you would be able to read the initial
question in this thread.
instead of jumping in where you thought
you fit in.
funny,i didnt even bring up bria first.
soulalive did and then the all
the aliases came out to play.

back to the original thread....who knows?

BLAblessed was, imo, the wrong promotional lead song. Great idea to have Tamar front hitnrun type mini concerts. With the album art having been reshot/ the issues around album content, then the no-doubt boredom - threshold setting in for Prince for a project, I think Tamar just was unlucky. Wrong album/ wrong time.

She may well have success in the future but, IMO, as so often is the case, success is unpredictable and subject to timing/ right promotion, and an album the masses wanna hear.

A bit more complicated than that.

zoetruluv said:

they sure the fuck did! how many we up to now? i've lost count.

zoetruluv said:

You're the one that keeps writing shit about her all day! YOU get off her dick! I thought this thread was about Tamar?

80spfantwp said:

Well said.

zoetruluv said:

I just heard Chrisette Michelle's "Blame It On Me" come on the radio and for a second I thought it was Tamar. It reminds me slightly of one of the ballads off Milk & Honey. It's late and I don't have the album handy so I cannot think of which one. However, Chrisette's voice reminded me of Tamar, so did the organic feel of the music.

I remembered meeting this guy who asked me out back in 2006 but I was about to go to Vegas to see Prince. When I told him that he asked me about "the girl singing with Prince" (Tamar). It was interesting because a couple of other people I talked to showed interest in her and they were "casual" Prince fans at best, but they liked what they heard of her.

I think Tamar's voice and style are marketable if paired with the right producer. However, there are so many talented people out there who get no industry love. She's really not unique in that regard. She was hooked up with Prince, but that certainly is no springboard to sustained success.

I don't know what the problem is besides the usual industry bs, but I do think that Tamar's album would have been nicely received if it had been packaged with 3121. Maybe Prince learned his lesson with the Tamar album so he packed Bria's with his this time to get it out there.
[Edited 5/20/09 23:30pm]

Virgo said:

Rosie's also had some success on the dance scene. The track she did with K Klass, "Dance with Me" was pretty popular a couple of years ago. I still love it.



Also, whether she made it "big" or not, Rosie was one of the most talented people to ever come through the Prince camp.


[Edited 5/20/09 23:32pm]