4 years ago, Lisa Lopes passed away in a car accident in honduras.

Krytonite said:

I can't believe it's been 4 years already. So sad....

I KNEW the day was funky!

Four years ago I cried and cried...that was my girl.

dancerella said:

ya know? thats like whoaaa, feels so recent

She was a beautiful, real black woman who i admired for her freedomn of expression and rap form. She a the driving force. I miss her person and her vibe.

madsex6969 said:

She is a driving force* my bad.

Listening to TLC's "Damaged" right now - what a great track.

i hate to be all cunty but sometimes i wish our society would reflect more on the deaths of rosa parks, martin luther king jr or jfk than selena, left eye and aliyah...

just saying...

sorry to interupt folks...

sosgemini said:

I think they do.

Just not in the Music: Non-Prince section.

Yeah they do reflect on those people, if people want to look back on her and make threads...they can. She was someone's daughter.

VoicesCarry said:

not to the rate that folks be trippin over these folks death...even on mary j's new cd on mjpmvp she is goin on about her history and when it comes to "no more drama" what does she remember? aliyah's death...no, not 9/11...not all the horrors that that caused but....aliyah...

i return you to your regularly scheduled program...

sosgemini said:

Let's not use Mary J. Blige as an example of the average person. She was probably totally wasted on coke when she wrote that.

VoicesCarry said:

sosgemini said:

it's a different emotional,visceral experience IMO. listening and being a fan of someone's music, knowing they're lyrics, having memories about your life associated to certain songs is a much more immediate, engrained emotional response versus learning about great figures of history through textbooks.

badujunkie said:

badujunkie said:

I know what you mean, but it's not like JFK, Rosa, MLK, etc. are ancient historical figures, either.

meow85 said:

but i wasn't bumping their shit in eighth grade neither though

Even though I was never really a fan of "Left Eye," she is not here to speak up for herself. So, I will never disrespect her memory by saying things like some have already said. RIP "Left Eye." .

Rest in peace Lisa....



"I seen a rainbow yesterday....."

You know, it think it's a shame people seem to have such a hard time giving Lisa Lopes her props.

(This ain't directed at you, Sos -- I feel you on the honor tip.)

But, I remember when she died and a columnist wrote that people shouldn't react to her passing the way folks had reacted to that of Kurt Cobain's. It was defensive ignorance trying to pass itself off as expertise.

But, I sometimes think folks don't get the universality of grief and how relative accomoplishment really is.

For the longest time, I wondered why so many people were going nuts over Jeff Buckley's death. Then, I heard "The Last Goodbye" and I thought: "Dang... Dude was tight..."

But most of us -- even I -- would rather not be proven wrong about someone's contribution. Would rather not admit my lack of familiarity doesn't mean that person wasn't talented, special or positive.

I'm sorry to lower the tone but I've got to say Lisa was one of the sexiest women in music ever. I also think she's an underrated rapper. I loved her voice. It was just as sexy as she was.

nurse said:

aint nobody dissing left eye...im questioning society, not her..