Rhondab said:

Cassie makes Ashanti look like Patti Labelle.

PurpleCharm said:

This performance reminds me of the Junior High Talent show at the school I teach at!

Cassie's voice is so auto-tuned on the single, it sounded like Cher's vocoder.

CinisterCee said:

karmatornado said:

its just sad

It's amazing what you miss when you don't participate... WHO???

CalhounSq said:

i dont know who the hell she is either. i just looked at her performance and it sucked

brownsugar said:

Well if it's THAT bad I must find out

CalhounSq said:

scroll up and click youtube link

meow85 said:

I think they simply mean it would be unusual for the hosts of the show not to pretend the artist who just performed did a good job - how often do you see a host tell someone they sucked?

The hosts overcompensated for an embarrassing performance - it was polite but completely dishonest. I believe that's what houtex meant...

TonyVanDam said:

Oh, but you should have - @ about 2:08 two of the background singers look @ each other like WHAT THE FUCK???

I'm wondering if this girl thought she could just mouth the words & get away w/ this performance?

She even lets out @ sigh toward the end of the song, like she's just SOOOO tired up there

She's Ashlee Simpson but with a cute face. The worst part is the audience was bobbing their heads. The problem is dumbass mf's who actually DIG bullshit like this, who can't even recognize real singing/real music when they hear it. It's pretty terrible.

Bizarre performance man... why long to be a singer if you know damn well all you can do is whisper out of tune?? Usually the background singers save a weak frontman/woman but even those bitches sounded awful - were they interns that got yanked from the back office to do this?

You know you're in bad shape when the dj is basically begging you (and your background) to PROJECT already...

CalhounSq said:

that performance was embarassing for all involved

I don't think the background singers mics were even on :ee:


her "career" is over.

make we wanna go watch a ciara video.....or janet..

CalhounSq said:

I know we're preaching to the choir here but it still feels good don't it?

Anyhoo, another aspect of this whole thing is the fact that there has been a general dumbing down in society and pop culture for several years now. We have to realize that us old skoolers and "snobs" as someone above put it, are no longer the target audience. One reason being that we know what time it is. Another reason is because these moguls are after younger, more vulnerable minds who have more disposable income.

They'll buy whatever shallow image or message is being sold to them because they don't know any better.

The suits are fully aware that out time, money and attention is tied up in things like work, bills, raising families and other issues. They also know that we're more discerning, which makes us much harder fish to hook for a businessman whose only concern is the bottom line.

Compare Prince to NeYo. Who's going to demand more artistic freedom and a bigger piece of the $$ pie? Look at their respective demographics. A guy who's nearly 50 with a loyal fanbase, but with a few exceptions, the majority of our resources are committed elsewhere. NeYo, on the other hand is a disposable talent for his peers with more disposable income, Both can be replaced in a few years time by the next big thing. It's a profitable formula for the suits.

So who you think is gonna get the airtime? These people don't care one wit who's more talented and haven't for a long time. It's all about who's more gullible at this stage of the game, because artists who are older and wiser cut too much into their profits.

So unless we find an effective way to educate younger consumers the downward spiral will continue because in this youth oriented market they don't give a crap what older consumers or artists think. They'll continue to appease us by giving out the occasional lifetime achievement award and that'll be the end of it.

Personally, I take my sons, their friends, my young co-workers and anybody else who will stand still long enough and drag their asses to old skool shows. I buy them cds and whatnot also. Anytime I hear them touting some song that shamelessly samples the original artist, I make damn sure I bring the original recording to their attention.

They think I'm cool.

babynoz said:

Feels real good, keep holding on to that torch and leading the blind to the light.

excellent post!!!!!

CalhounSq said:

There lies the problem. The majority of the CD buyers today are the dubasses who are into this shit. And as long as the record lables, producers, artists etc., can make money off of the crap that sells today, its not going to stop.

did everyone catch Princess of Next Selection

I must really be getting out of the loop as I get older. I'm only vaguely aware of the girl and her song (I think I've seen the video twice). I had no idea the entire world was in an uproar over a 106 & Park performance.

Duggs said:

2 times - great post

CalhounSq said:

We gotta fight the powers that be!

babynoz said:

Old-school is STILL the best school. Those young beatmakers are still sampling/copying the 70's & 80's because they know good and well that the music of our older/wiser generation is the standard that they wish to be measure to. Hell, they even getting software versions of those classic synths in order to recreate those sounds.

TonyVanDam said:

Well, I think you two just nipped it in the bud! good posts.

TonyVanDam said:

HELL YEAH!

When I majored in art design in college, I had to study the old masters. Today's so-called "singers" need to do the same thing.

The industry is all about making money rather then making good music. No one is really being allowed to be creative anymore. Pop Radio is even worse now then it was when the Backstreet Boys, N'Sync and the Spice Girls ruled the charts. The industry will keep on pumping out no -talents like Cassie. Unless someone puts an end to it.

CalhounSq said:

Well in that case I see what they meant...

ThePunisher said:

Think what you want about the boybands and girlgroups of the late 90's, but here's something can be said for them: Damn few ever lipsynched and though none of the acts could have been accused of having extreme talent, most at least had decent voices and could carry a tune. They also knew how to handle themselves in front of a camera or in an interview and not come across as middle school talent show rejects. That can't be said for a lot of the hot young acts out right now.

MajesticOne89 said:

Don't you just wanna shake these young kids and scream at them: "WHY DO YOU LIKE THIS CRAP?? DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT REAL MUSIC IS??!!"

SoulAlive said:

Pretty much I'm always amazed @ what my little cousins/nieces are listening to

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I think that ashanti can sing. jmo