abierman said:

K&D do do their own music...mostly collaborations. They are 1/2 of Tosca too. I dj chill music and Both are overrated IMO

sextonseven said:

Her highest-selling album has sold 2.9 million copies. Are we still talking cult here?

VoicesCarry said:

You have a point. I think Bjorks sold upwards of over 10 million albums herself. But I usually reserve the over-rated moniker for more popular like Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, some Madonna, who's popularity far outshines their popularity and talent. Tori and Bjork not only get slammed by almost everyone outside a confined cirlce of praise, but their popularity is confined as well.

VoicesCarry said:

You have a point. I think Bjorks sold upwards of over 10 million albums herself. But I usually reserve the over-rated moniker for more popular like Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, some Madonna, who's popularity far outshines their popularity and talent. Tori and Bjork not only get slammed by almost everyone outside a confined cirlce of praise, but their popularity is confined as well.

Garth Brooks: His music totally sucks ass!!!



PRINCE: I love Prince and all but i think the way many ppl talk about him about how he was groundbreaking and legendary and such a good performer... yeah its true but i think he is terribbly over rated in most cases.

CynicKill said:

None of Bjorks are in the top 100 albums of all time. I don't think any have made it past 5.0. Nor is she in the industries top 100 artists.

superspaceboy said:

I saw this in "TIME" magazine's music issue and Bjork was featured and they said she's sold over 10 million albums worldwide. I was shocked to read this myself.

Erikah Badu...her wanna be African goddess gimick, and her pot-head spirituality

Beyoncé...Nothing bad to say here. Just too much exposure for not really doing anything.

Mary J. Blige...talking in 3rd person queen! some good songs but nothing we really haven't heard before. Just because you wail and sweat on a stage doesn't mean you are actually "sangin'" Self proclaimed 'queen of hip hop soul'?? Ok let's just make up titles.."I'm king of backwoods funky pop-rockin' soul blues!"

Elvis...I like. But he was just at the right place at the right time. Sorry folks..he was basically a "dance" act himself!

Eminem... Pure unfiltered shit!

Kid Rock... I guess there's a market for everybody.

Justin Timberlake...See Eminem. "Hey ma! Look at me..I'm down! gun fire.."Mommy!!!!"

White Stripes...3 words, WHAT THE FUCK!?!

Usher... See his brother Justin above. Another nasty piece of shit!

50 Cent...Yep..his name just about sums it up.




That was fun! Thanks kanamit


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I agree with a lot of your entries but i need to comment on one that keeps popping up thats pissing me off.

There is no way Elvis is overrated.

I am not a big fan of Elvis, and yes, he didn't invent rock n roll...however he made it accessable to the masses. He's the one that clicked with so many ears that he made some of them pick up a guitar and want do what he was doing. Yeah, he didn't write his own music, and he was popular for his looks and dance moves as much as his music at the time. But his influence is monumental within the history of rock. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles...John Lennon said many times Elvis is the reason he picked up a guitar. There are many other artists from that era (including Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, Keith Richards/Mick Jaggar, and Pete Townsend to name a few) who say Elvis was a big reason they got into rock n roll in the 1st place. I think Elvis is an easy target for these kinds of questions but you need to look at other things beyond whether he wrote his own music to write him off so easliy.

Most overrated :

Bjork
Rush
Radiohead
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young (even though I love a lot of his stuff ....)

And I'm not saying this to be cruel....Get it???
Don't Be Cruel.....

funkpill said:

Don't quit your day job.

Chico319 said:

I work evenings.....

Sugarcubes were dope, Bjork is dope.....who's overrated her?

funkpill said:

I had a feeling you would!

Pagey said:

Masses???
What masses???
Remember this was back in the 50's...
And no white parent wanted their daughters screaming & yearning for no black performer.....Then when Elvis came along, it was acceptable.....
He was at the right place, at the right time....
John Lennon made a comment,
"Before Elvis, there's was no one"....
So untrue.
Rock & Roll was going on long before Elvis arrived on the scene..
Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, to name a few.....
Elvis's dance moves were even
lifted from Jackie Wilson....
He rented out a movie theater so he can watch the James Brown's "TAMI Show"
performance.....
To me, Elvis was the "Vanilla Ice" of that era.....
And I'm not saying this to be cruel....Get it???
Don't Be Cruel.....
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funkpill said:

But he's not over rated. There are many reasons for allocades to him. Influences and what he did...being just 2. He's sort of an enigma...like Marilyn Monroe is. It's hard to put him in this thread at all.

Now Michael Jackson....for someone with so little material...esp the stuff that made him "king"...now he's over rated.

almost all Rap/Hip-Hop music. When you read "Vibe" or the "Village Voice", they write about a lot of these performers as if they were real artists who were creating something interesting . If you are talking about the more creative end of the field (Outkast, The roots, early PE) then I can agree. But to take Fitty or the Game seriously, as you would take Bob Dylan or Bob marley or Marvin Gaye, is just a joke

superspaceboy said:

Its very easy to put him in this thread.....
Like I said, 50's.....
Right place, right time.....
Rock & Roll would've still exist,
even if there's was no Elvis.....
He's just overhyped, dead as well as alive.....
I remember seeing his comeback special....
I'm still trying to figure out the big deal.....
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sextonseven said:

Her highest-selling album has sold 2.9 million copies. Are we still talking cult here?

I'm gonna have to say Tori Amos. Her voice is shrill and most of her songs are not very melodic.

VoicesCarry said:

Yes. That 2.9 million was a long time ago. Most of those fair-weather fans have moved on to something else. Nowadays her albums are only certified gold if anything at all.