I wonder.
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neutral

I could not agree more!!!

true, true, true. Jon B. was good, but shit compared to Robin, he's just watered down. I think Jon had potential, but somehow he's just a "singer", Robin is writing, singing and playing his own songs. It seems that he isn't "trying to be black" either, he's himself.
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missfee said:

I don't think trying to be black is/was Jon B.'s problem. He was just trying to be too much like Baby Face. On certain songs, you cannot tell which is which. He was also very one dimenional....It seems like he could do nothing else but, slow ballads. The uptempo numbers that he did seemed very scripted and contrived.

shorttrini said:

and jon has a bean head

Not really. They're a little different. Though I really liked Cool Relax, and "Lately" from Stronger Everyday is a banger, it seemed to me Jon B. tries too hard sometimes to play a role.

lets see

Jon B.=collab with 2pac

Robin thickie-collab with lil wayne

jon 1

robin -0




j/k i dig stuff from both these dudes.

Two different artists.

When I think of Robin I don’t of any of these guys people keep comparing him to.

Jon B also hurt himself (when he made a comment in VIBE) a few years back about light skinned women and dark skinned women. Sisters boycotted him after that.

SPYZFAN1 said:

what he say?

Jon B simply suffered from babyfacitis just as tony rich did. I mean it
was only so much of babyface you could absorb. So if people got tired of
the original, why would you want to hear a lot from the sound alikes.

missfee said:

Omg I just passed out.
Jon is a very talented musician AND producer.

He doesnt just sing

Jon's downfall is the people he works with. No promotion at all
People think he has only 2 albums out,when its really 5

STOP THIS!!

shorttrini said:

I never said Jon B. was trying to be black. I like Jon B., I was actually thinking of Justin Timberfake when I said that.

ThreadCula said:

i haven't heard of anything that he has produced or what instuments he plays....

Moonwalkbjrain said:

yeah what did he say? this is the first time i'm hearing about this.

missfee said:

It was along the lines of his preference for the "light & curlies," but then he tried to backpedal and say he could get with a ghetto girl too (read: dark-skinned sistas).

missfee said:

He's done most of the production & songwriting on all of his albums. He plays piano,guitar,bass & drums
His production company is called Vibezelect.
He's written and produced for Toni Braxton & After 7 and lots of other artists
He's done alot,its just that people dont know. He's very talented.

Here he is playing piano
http://www.youtube.com/wa...lRFK1BVOT8

False.....They are what they are.

bellahoney said:

His ex-wife was dark

missfee said:

Sorry baby, you're wrong

http://www.youtube.com/wa...XsCAOjJp4w

Jon has SKILLZ. He's highly underrated. I'm less impressed with Robin's lukewarm CD than with Jon, who has been consistent if nothing else the entire time he's been in the business. Jon's sufferes from the glass ceiling of the music biz. He can't go further than his mentor Babyface.
Robin is getting the push he's getting because he's riding the pop line and because Justin Timberlake is so popular right now. Jon gets shafted because he's too R&B for a white dude. I call it the Teena Marie syndrome. Robin as NO bangers on his CDs; Jon does.
If anything Robin should be aspiring to get to Jon's level musically.

BlaqueKnight said:

100% TRUTH.

bellahoney said:

o damn!

Christopher said:

I have to agree...Jon B. 10

although I do like stuff from both...Jon B. is a far cry from Robin...

Janfriend said:

Janfriend said:

I agree. Actually, this is the last Robin Thicke thread I'm checking out. Hopefully, if something major goes down someone will be kind enough to send me an Org note.

BlaqueKnight said:

okay, so what?? I never said I didn't like Jon B. in fact i like both artists, I just like Robin better. And that's it.