Stevie Wonder getting down with Brixton's finest....

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

midnightmover said:[quote]think Lemar and Craig David have written and produced songs as good as this?


Hey check this out..look at the video..this is what we have to do to break the states..noticed the video it's the US version

Man if we are remaking a video just think what these kids are being told with regards to their music??? Stop knocking the talent .. you've not answered the omar question...he's got the talent why is he not getting through!!!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...TT-99rrWw0

Moonbeam said:

are you from the states as your? if you are can you give the post abit more info please?

LondonStyle said:

I'm from the US originally and am now in Australia. To me, Leona Lewis belongs to the archetype of "artists" produced by such shows as Idol- singers who can hit notes but who have no point of view or personality, rendering their songs lifeless and dull.

LondonStyle said:

Oh, I can answer the Omar question easily. He only ever wrote one classic song, "There's Nothing Like This". I loved the sound of his album This Is Not A Love Song from 1997, but the only great tune on it was the cover of "Golden Brown". I love him as a musician, but unlike JK, he didn't know how to craft great tunes. Also, he was a boring performer. He didn't have the star quality of JK.
[Edited 11/15/07 9:14am]

I hate her because she's holding my goddess kylie from having a number 1 single this week!

midnightmover said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTT-99rrWw0[/quote]
Oh, I can answer the Omar question easily. He only ever wrote one classic song, "There's Nothing Like This". I loved the sound of his album [i]This Is Not A Love Song from 1997, but the only great tune on it was the cover of "Golden Brown". I love him as a musician, but unlike JK, he didn't know how to craft great tunes. Also, he was a boring performer. He didn't have the star quality of JK.
[Edited 11/15/07 9:14am]
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Over the past 13 years he’s been cited as a major influence by the likes of D'Angelo, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, India Arie and even Stevie Wonder.

LondonStyle said:

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Over the past 13 years he’s been cited as a major influence by the likes of D'Angelo, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, India Arie and even Stevie Wonder.[/quote]
I know. His arrangements on his 1997 album were fantastic and TNLT was a classic, so it makes sense he'd inspire those guys. However, you probably have a lot more respect for neo soul artists than I do. I find them boring as hell.

MikeMatronik said:

Move over Kylie, Girls Aloud, Nelly F....a fast train is coming..

Nobody like's x-factor/ amercian idol stars right? that the party line but she got talent...
http://www.channel4.com/b...s_showcase

All this talk of UK R&B artists and no love for Andrew Roachford yet? Here he is together with TTD: http://www.dailymotion.co...ew-roachfo

And here doing Don't Know Why I Love You a couple of years ago: http://myspacetv.com/inde...id=2361029

Still looks and sounds the same as 20 years ago. New records of the same consistent quality too, but he can't get a mainstream break.
[Edited 11/18/07 10:24am]

Ellie said:

Roachford..yeah..we have some talent over (UK) hear just don't get the play..
Lynden David Hall..RIP.... http://www.youtube.com/wa...wu2KDjxIog

No discussion of great UK R&B artists would be complete without mentioning the most overlooked one of them all, Whycliffe (not to be confused with Wyclef of the Fugees). Dude was slammin' it in the early-to-mid 90s and only a few thousand people noticed. You won't find anything from him on Youtube, but he was definitely one of the most talented singer/songwriters we had and a great performer to boot, lots of energy and charisma, with a voice somewhere between TTD and Roachford.

P.S. I heard Leona Lewis's song for the first time and they've done a good job. I like the rhythm track. It reminds me of '90s pop a little bit. The lyrics are shit, but it's about as much as you could expect from a project of this sort.

I love her version of "Run"...

AGREED. THAT CAN'T

But there's nothing else like this for Omar either.

midnightmover said: