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Can Motown just retire itself already Talk about the crash of a once great label, and this isnt even a comment on talent, this is about the MORONS that run the show, or claim to run the show. The recently signed MYA has had her cd pushed back for the 10th time over a 18 month period since its completition, this of course shatters the record of Stevie Wonders cd being shelved 9 times a few years ago. All of this goes on while Motown is releasing albums by TANK and Lloyd, with neither being shelved or really seeing any major sales. The worry about MYA is that it wont have a strong Week 1, which is all that matters in this day and age, but who are they kidding, MYA has never had big sales, never topping 1 million with any of her albums, so what BIG PAYDAY are they looking for? And if they were serious about doing something different, dont pair her with LAME people like Lil Wayne, enough of this RAP/RB collabos, that shit is played "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: And if they were serious about doing something different, dont pair her with LAME people like Lil Wayne, enough of this RAP/RB collabos, that shit is played
Or might you say..."dated". 
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Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya  "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya
yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. I mean anyone thats been around 10 years or more is only gonna sell to their fan base anyway, and who the hell was anticipating the new TANK cd??? "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: bboy87 said: Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya
yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. I mean anyone thats been around 10 years or more is only gonna sell to their fan base anyway, and who the hell was anticipating the new TANK cd??? Who the hell is Tank? | |
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lastdecember said: bboy87 said: Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya
yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. I mean anyone thats been around 10 years or more is only gonna sell to their fan base anyway, and who the hell was anticipating the new TANK cd??? Tank's record is doing well on radio. Mya lost me when she released her my love is like woa in '03. Black Rob did Woa in 2000. By the time 03 came around I was like? Woa? That shit may have been hot in 01...Mya....she looks good. Maybe she should just do teen movies n shit to make her dough | |
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they should drop all there acts and start signing good music like they had back in the day haha (i sound so old im only 18!)
they should get a group like the funkbrothers together and get a team of superb songwriters together and just start cutting some great hits again! "Im Too Funky To Sleep With Myself" | |
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they should merge it with a bigger company already! something like columbia/sony or island def jam | |
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alphastreet said: they should merge it with a bigger company already! something like columbia/sony or island def jam
That's the sad part. They are merged- It's UniveralMotown now. And they've been owned by MCA, Polygram and Universal for years. | |
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please just give us Badu's new record damnit I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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bboy87 said: Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya
This is true.Mya is one of those artists who will probably never become a superstar.She's pretty though | |
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lastdecember said: bboy87 said: Sad to say, but nobody is really anticipating an album by Mya
yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. she does? she's always seemed like one of those artists that people listen to just because she's there.  "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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theAudience said: Or might you say..."dated".
tA  Dated like a pair of platform shoes from the 70's. | |
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georgeguitar said: they should drop all there acts and start signing good music like they had back in the day haha (i sound so old im only 18!)
they should get a group like the funkbrothers together and get a team of superb songwriters together and just start cutting some great hits again! They shot themselves in the foot when they abandoned that method of working and just became like any other label “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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Raze said: lastdecember said: yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. she does? she's always seemed like one of those artists that people listen to just because she's there. I was thinking the same thing. Mya is exactly the type of "artist" they need to drop. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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Raze said: lastdecember said: yeah thats true but at least she has a loyal following thats gonna buy it. she does? she's always seemed like one of those artists that people listen to just because she's there.  so true.Mya is irrelevent in the pop music world.There's a reason why none of her albums have reached platinum status.She's pretty and she can dance,but there's no substance in her music and she has no personality.There's nothing that makes her stand out.
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musicman said: alphastreet said: they should merge it with a bigger company already! something like columbia/sony or island def jam
That's the sad part. They are merged- It's UniveralMotown now. And they've been owned by MCA, Polygram and Universal for years. MCA is no longer....There really is not a record label that stands alone. We will see an eventual death of the industry as we knew it | |
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SoulAlive said: Raze said: she does? she's always seemed like one of those artists that people listen to just because she's there. so true.Mya is irrelevent in the pop music world.There's a reason why none of her albums have reached platinum status.She's pretty and she can dance,but there's no substance in her music and she has no personality.There's nothing that makes her stand out.
. [Edited 7/11/07 5:33am] yeah like beyonce's music has substance, and she is also lacking in the personality department also. It's just that her label is willing to push the shit out of her that is why she sells. If you listen to mya's album moodring she had a lot of different style and interesting thing going on. | |
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SoulAlive said: Raze said: she does? she's always seemed like one of those artists that people listen to just because she's there. so true.Mya is irrelevent in the pop music world.There's a reason why none of her albums have reached platinum status.She's pretty and she can dance,but there's no substance in her music and she has no personality.There's nothing that makes her stand out.
. [Edited 7/11/07 5:33am] The problem is she is different from the typical Rihannas and Ciara PUPPET like performers, painting by numbers RB shit. Her Moodring album is one of the most diverse things that ANY RB female has done this decade. She doesnt sell like Beyonce or have that Kind of fame, but who the hell does. The thing that sets MYA aside from the others is the fact that she is different, but the public doesnt want that, they want stuff thats typical and just like everyone else. And for the record, Mya has reached Platnum success, her first album sold 1.7 million her second 1.3 million and Moodring was gold. And lets not forget the fact that shes been doing this 10 years, thats 5 LIVES in todays RB/POP world. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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midnightmover said: georgeguitar said: they should drop all there acts and start signing good music like they had back in the day haha (i sound so old im only 18!)
they should get a group like the funkbrothers together and get a team of superb songwriters together and just start cutting some great hits again! They shot themselves in the foot when they abandoned that method of working and just became like any other label yuhu your right! "Im Too Funky To Sleep With Myself" | |
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lastdecember said: SoulAlive said: so true.Mya is irrelevent in the pop music world.There's a reason why none of her albums have reached platinum status.She's pretty and she can dance,but there's no substance in her music and she has no personality.There's nothing that makes her stand out.
The problem is she is different from the typical Rihannas and Ciara PUPPET like performers, painting by numbers RB shit. Her Moodring album is one of the most diverse things that ANY RB female has done this decade. She doesnt sell like Beyonce or have that Kind of fame, but who the hell does. The thing that sets MYA aside from the others is the fact that she is different, but the public doesnt want that, they want stuff thats typical and just like everyone else. And for the record, Mya has reached Platnum success, her first album sold 1.7 million her second 1.3 million and Moodring was gold. And lets not forget the fact that shes been doing this 10 years, thats 5 LIVES in todays RB/POP world. and yet I can't even name ONE of her hit singles Sorry,but Mya is one of those singers who just doesn't make an impact,one way or the other. | |
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lastdecember said: SoulAlive said: so true.Mya is irrelevent in the pop music world.There's a reason why none of her albums have reached platinum status.She's pretty and she can dance,but there's no substance in her music and she has no personality.There's nothing that makes her stand out.
. [Edited 7/11/07 5:33am] The problem is she is different from the typical Rihannas and Ciara PUPPET like performers, painting by numbers RB shit. Her Moodring album is one of the most diverse things that ANY RB female has done this decade. She doesnt sell like Beyonce or have that Kind of fame, but who the hell does. The thing that sets MYA aside from the others is the fact that she is different, but the public doesnt want that, they want stuff thats typical and just like everyone else. And for the record, Mya has reached Platnum success, her first album sold 1.7 million her second 1.3 million and Moodring was gold. And lets not forget the fact that shes been doing this 10 years, thats 5 LIVES in todays RB/POP world. she hasn't put out an album in 4 years, so let's cut it down to 6. "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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maybe she should start doing movies or something There's just too much competition in the music biz and she's getting left behind | |
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What's different about Mya? 
Can someone break it down for me? I need specifics. | |
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PurpleCharm said: What's different about Mya?
Can someone break it down for me? I need specifics. There's only one person around here pedalling the bizarre notion that Mya is something special. You might as well address your question directly to them. No one else will be able to help you, lol.“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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"Motown" was no longer after it left Detroit. | |
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lastdecember said: The problem is she is different from the typical Rihannas and Ciara PUPPET like performers, painting by numbers RB shit. Her Moodring album is one of the most diverse things that ANY RB female has done this decade. She doesnt sell like Beyonce or have that Kind of fame, but who the hell does. The thing that sets MYA aside from the others is the fact that she is different, but the public doesnt want that, they want stuff thats typical and just like everyone else. And for the record, Mya has reached Platnum success, her first album sold 1.7 million her second 1.3 million and Moodring was gold. And lets not forget the fact that shes been doing this 10 years, thats 5 LIVES in todays RB/POP world.
You're hilarious Mya does the same type of boring,predictable,modern-day,disposable R&B crap that everyone else is doing.There's nothing unique,special or "different" about what she is doing.Ciara,Ashanti,Mya...they're all interchangable.Pretty faces but no substance whatsoever.They all follow the same,tired formula....have a rapper make a cameo on the singles,to give them "street credibility".....show alot of skin in the video.....do slick,choreographed dance moves....and so on and so on. | |
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SoulAlive said: Ciara,Ashanti,Mya...they're all interchangable.Pretty faces but no substance whatsoever.They all follow the same,tired formula....have a rapper make a cameo on the singles,to give them "street credibility".....show alot of skin in the video.....do slick,choreographed dance moves....and so on and so on.
To be honest, their voices sound the same to me. I hear them on radio, and I'm like, 'yawn'. That wasn't the case back in the day with Aretha, Gladys, Chaka, Anita, etc. | |
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uPtoWnNY said: SoulAlive said: Ciara,Ashanti,Mya...they're all interchangable.Pretty faces but no substance whatsoever.They all follow the same,tired formula....have a rapper make a cameo on the singles,to give them "street credibility".....show alot of skin in the video.....do slick,choreographed dance moves....and so on and so on.
To be honest, their voices sound the same to me. I hear them on radio, and I'm like, 'yawn'. That wasn't the case back in the day with Aretha, Gladys, Chaka, Anita, etc. exactly. | |
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