Its a shame that certain artists have to be naked and wear lots of lip gloss to sell records.

isthisdadawn said:

It's what "artists" have to stoop to to sell a record.

I wanna see it now. oh, btw who is Marques Houston?

lilgish said:

Formerly of the group Immature/IMx.

Now you'll ask "who are Immature/Imx?"

lilgish said:

Sort of an actor, sort of a singer, formerly in a sorta popular group called Immature or IMX. He also played Dumb Donald in Fat Albert. It was a challenge for him, I'm sure.

sextonseven said:

His he another MJ clone.

I've seen the video. You can go on his website and see it. It's basically like the d'angelo video where he's naked but he is in the bathtub with this girl. It's not raunchy, I think it is tasteful. I love that video. It makes me hott. But I can see why bet banned it.




Hmm, well Janet did every single cd since the nineties.

isthisdadawn said:

If they say it's banned for banality then it's probably true.

my godsister LOVES him,hes cool-

Don't forget that he was Roger in the tv series "Sister Sister" and in House Party 2 as a member of Immature.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

No she hasn't.



Check your brain next time.

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I watched the video on his website. It's pretty much like D'Angelo's "Untitled" video but he does show some sideways naked booty. All in all, it's very tastefully done. I don't see why BET would ban this video but show stuff like Nelly's "Tip Drill" or 50 Cent's "Disco Inferno" where there is near full frontal nudity and up close hoochie ass shots, not to mention misogynistic stuff like 50 Cent pouring Cristal or 40 ounce malt liquor over some bimbo's ass. Not to mention that the uncensored version of Mike Jones' "Still Tippin" shows some skank givng simulated oral sex on one of the rappers and has an extended scene in a strip club.

Apparently, this looks to be some type of double standard, because they are banning a video where the male singer is willing to bare all, but it's okay to show naked bimbos spreading their legs open and shaking their ass as long as the rapper is fully clothed.

JANFAN4L said:

OOOOH that was cold!


Anyway I don't mind seein..Marcus...bukinekid!

Did they ban it cuz it sucks?

Minus one album. Still, She's been using sex to promote her music since the nineties because now adays it sucks and she's doesn't have a singing voice, her voice sucks. The only thing now that she's got going for her is her dancing. Hopefully she will get her mind out of the gutter and make some music that isn't so crappy.

I agree

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

come on, Janet is much better than most of the tramps parading around the music scene these days.

and any way Marques Houston sucks, his music is quite typical + unoriginal and his acting is evn more mediocre than his "singing" (u got served)

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Lord, have mercy! I just watched the video, and it is AWFUL. The concept worked in D'Angelo's video, because it was a good song and he can sing. Neither of those can be said of this song/video. Terrible.

And apparently he's been watching all the bad contestants on American Idol, because he's learned the point to his watch when he says "time," to his eye when he says "eye." The worst gesture and lyric - he makes a parting motion with his hands when he says (try not to dry heave), "don't be ashamed of what you got between those thighs." Fear not, ladies! Marques will cure you of your coochie shame. Then again, maybe he's singing to a hermie. I dunno...

RipHer2Shreds said:

Coochie shame. Damn, I love you.

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

To each his own. You're just a big ol' sloppy hater.

Just saw the vid. I can see Y BET pulled it.
At least in the D'angelo "Untitled" vid, there was no implication that he was touching his genitalia (there's a part in the MH vid that could almost be considered masturbatory in TV terms). MH stares down quite a lot.

Pity, I'm a big MH fan (I think he is HEAVILY underrated) but it's such a shame to see it go like this. I don't even think an ass like Usher who is half as talented would have done a vid like this.

'dre

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TurnItUp said:

How many songs does an album need to have to be considered a sexual album? How many were there on 'The Velvet Rope'?

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I can't believe people are complaining about Janet singing songs with sexual innuendo on a Prince website

RipHer2Shreds said:

omg, that's so cute

TurnItUp said:

Wrong.

How many times are we gonna go over this, folks?

janet. (1993) explored the various guises of love and relationships. The Velvet Rope (1997) was an introspective study dealing with self-worth. All For You (2001) was a playful album with Janet largely musing over finding the "right guy" and tracks about being newly single AFTER 9 years (which is largely 79% of the album -- sans the interludes). The only overtly sexual tracks (which, weirdly, folks think constitute the entire LP) come in the album's mid-section -- from "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)" climaxing with "Would You Mind" (...and that's only two tracks*!) Would you rather she be Hester Prynne and negate the intimate, passionate side of her life? For the sake of what, her own self-expression?

I hate to be the sour grape of the group, but I'm not gonna have hot, sweaty monkey sex while listening to tracks like "Together Again," "You," "Got Til It's Gone," "Velvet Rope (feat. Vanessa Mae)," "This Time (feat. Kathleen Battle)," "Special," " "Empty," "What'll I Do," "Someone To Call My Lover," "All For You," "You Ain't Right," "Go Deep," "Free Xone," "Doesn't Really Matter," "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) (feat. Carly Simon)," "Better Days," "Feels So Right," "Come On Get Up," "Truth," "Whoops Now," "Funky Big Band," "Where Are You Now," "New Agenda (feat. Chuck D)," "Because of Love"... you catch my drift.

I can't believe he would rip off DAngelo so much and think noone would notice it. And to some extent, Prince's bathtub scene in UTCM with the rose petals. If he wants to show off his torso, why doesn't he go do fitness infomercials and get out of the music business.