Justin Tiberlake lost his "ghetto pass" when he let Janet Jackson take the fall for something they shared equal participation in, MTV blacklists Janet (claiming the songs were not that good, as if anything else played on MTV are masterpieces), yet promotes Justin Timberlake heavily. His cd was good due to Timberlands beats, In my opinion, it was a not only a sexist but also racist situation. I really doubt the uproar would have been the same had it been Madonna, or Britney Spears in the same position. Justin knew he had lost many Black fans and when his last album came out, that was when he decided to finally admit that he let Janet take the fall (trying to regain his "ghetto pass") He is doing no more than what Elvis did in the 50's, mimic Black artist, utilize the R and b sound and bring it to the masses as he is some type of innovator. The public falls for this generation after generation.

jaimestarr79 said:

You have to give he respect for what he does. Do people have a problem with him being a white R&B singer?

There aren't many true R&B singers that can out sing him.

And there definitely aren't many performers that can out dance him.

Apparently you've never heard of Teena Marie, The Average White Band, or KC and the Sunshine Band. Those were great white R&B entertainers.




But what instruments does he play or even have other people play for him on his music? Singing is boring as hell without good music behind it. Hell, I don't even care if you can sing or not if you got some good funk behind it. Vanity 6 is an excellent example of that.




And what does dancing have to do with being an R&B singer/entertainer. It should be about the music first, like it used to be. Everyone these days has a stage full of dancers to take up space on the stage of where the instruments used to be. Hell, I want to see a concert, not a damn choreographed Broadway production. If I want to see a Broadway production, I'll go see "Rent" or "Hair".

Who in the industry has a better voice singing live. I heard Usher live in concert and his voice is terrible. There isn't much to choose from in Today's music scene.

There only few other true artists that are Currently on the Scene:
Anthony Hamilton
musiq
Angie Stone
Donell Jones
raheem Devaughn
Mint condition
and a couple of others

And you also fail to remember, janet did not act alone. The last time i tivo'ed the situation, it was justin's hand ripping off her top During the lyric "gonna have you naked by the end of this song". Janets boob didnt pop out on its own, it had a hand.

I never said JT was cool, I just said he had talent.

What performer can out dance him? Nobody answered this question.

I asked who is the better right now that is current? No answers.


Timberland has made alot of careers. Without Timberland there would of been no AAliyah, Ginuwine, Magoo, Missy elliot, etc.
All Current artist are just performers. Only a handful write and produce their own music ( Anthony Hamilton, Musiq, B. Mcknight)

Look at Beyonce who has people creating complete songs where she just shows up for a couple of hours to lay some vocals and next thing she has finished a CD.

Look at JayZ. If it weren't for Kanye west and swiss beats he would have no hit records. He used to have good raps but his songs would be nothing without those classic beats he uses.

totaldiva said:

and it was Janet who order and paid for the BreakAway Leather Bustier speically designed by her, to included a cup that was only held in place by snaps so it could easily be removed.