The biggest example for me of how things have changed is to think back to Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, who were marketed at exactly the same demographic as Britney was ten years later, 8 year old girls. Considering the titanic gulf between their approach you have to ask yourself, did 8 year old girls really change that much in ten years?

I just this performance of Teedra and this is what made me include her. This dress is short, but she's still classy and a good performer at that.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4DKi8Ssf9js

This is part of the reason why I dont' really care for girl groups. They're usually just kids shoving sex appeal down the public's throats. I can't stand forced sex appeal from a woman or a man. Either you have it or you don't. Alot of times a person just being themselves can sensual or sexy.

I agree about Aaliyah. She just had a natural appeal and always carried herself like a lady. How I wish we could see at her 30, 35 years old.

I could give a damn what Alicia Keys sexual preference is. She's naturally beautiful and has moments of pure sexiness and sultriness that doesn't seem forced.

Never thought Mariah was sexy until I saw moments of it during the last tour. It's debatable I guess. I think she's best when she's just chilling.

Pam Grier...well, Pam Grier is Pam Grier. 'Nuff said on that.

right click and saves all the pictures, especially the the Amerie and Pam Grier pictures
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Timmy84 said:

I don't know why anyone would argue that Alicia is NOT a lesbian. What's wrong with being a lesbian? No one is arguing that the sky is NOT blue! Although I understand the difference it makes to a large part of our society still, and the impact it could have on her career.

BlaqueKnight said:

I think the same goes for many of today’s young male artists as well, with the common denominator being: Angry.

BlaqueKnight said:

I couldn't agree more. Very pretty, very talented, but .

Harlepolis said:

Harle, you are crackin' me up on this thread

I don't find Alicia drop dead gorgeous. Sometimes she's pretty and sometimes I'm like....okkayyyyy.


I think Rihanna is just incredibly beautiful.

PDogz said:

I don't find any of today's male artists sexy. They're just... eww.

Amerie is sexy as hell.
Alicia Keyes definitely not.

& that second pic of Mariah Carey is beyond vile.

Pam Grier is PURE sex.

I think that a part of the reason why some of these artists aren't that sexy is because they are still pretty young.

Rhianna is a very beautiful girl but she's like what...18?...19?...she's just starting to own her sexiness. She'll be plenty sexy once she's 25 but she's just not there yet.

I don't know what Beyonce's problem is though. maybe that has to do with her dad being her manager.

thekidsgirl said:

She's "OH-SO-VERY GAY!!!!" But, who said that was a crime? I find her attractive, depending on the pictures. But, when she moves or when I hear voice, I'm not feeling her. She sounds like Allen Payne. She moves like.....well, a dude! Sorry, I think she's attractive.....but I don't find her sexy or cute or even remotely gorgeous in the slightest. It's her whole aura and movement.....
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JackieBlue said:

You's a lie. Her whole movement on videos like No One are obvious that she's trying to force it down the throats of the public that, "Hey, I am sexy.....DUDE!!!! 'Aiyyo, just check me out how I move in my motha's dress. Y'all find my pointing gestures and eye-winking, sexy? I'm SO feminine it's crazy.....DAWG!!!" Get real.....

Well the reason mainly is that the industry lowered itself to doing just one thing, sell to youth. And kids dont know what sexy is, theres a big difference between just HOT or PRETTY than SEXY, sexy is an attitude to in of its own, and its not supposed to be forced out. can you imagine Marvin Gaye coming out today, they would have him with his shirt open or off all the time. I almost 100% blame the marketing for everything that and just the lack of imagination in videos and in music creation. But i really think this all came about in the later 80's, when everyone was trying to push the envelope with what you could do and say, and once they did, everyone just tried to do the same thing but be more extreme with it. I do blame alot of this also on lyrics and what you can say, honestly there is no reason to be extreme with lyrics anymore, its over, been there done that. If someone finds R Kelly or Akon singing "i wanna fuck you" as being Sexy youve got some serious maturity issues, there is nothing hot about that and its the opposite of Sexy and how any females fall for that shit is beyond me. And the real reason that the industry aims itselfs at youth and only youth is because when it hit its all time high in sales, it was things like Nsync and Britney and Backstreet that were selling, but how dumb can the industry be, everything is a phase, and that whole teen movement was a phase, and though it ended the mindset of marketing has not.

FarrahMoan said:

She would've been a gorgeous cat

Picture a bald headed Al Keys with a thick moustache, one earring and a suit with an open shirt.

Haaaaave mercy, LAWD

Ok, now I'm just being sick
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VoicesCarry said:

Aaliyah was my girl. Back in the day, well even now, Patti La Belle was kicking. Queen Latifah has always had a sexiness to her. And I think Rhinna is hot.

The only female artist that annoys me with her looks is Beyonce. Everytime I see her, she looks like she's been under the knife. Or simply put, she is so plastic.

ALicia Keys is butch fem.
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lastdecember said:

And there you have it.

BlaqueKnight said:

And also the mindset of labels and media of just everything has to be young, can anyone name a female that is pushed that is over 25? Its scary when someone says that an artist like Amerie is OLD? she turned 29, WTF is up with thinking? this is why Sexiness cant happen.

FarrahMoan said:

yeah...she's over the top fem in that video....it almost doesn't fit....


I really just don't think Alicia is super beautiful. I think she's attractive and built like a running back with hips and booty...

For the record, I brought sexy back, yo.

I'd sop Amerie up with a biscuit.

SADE IS THE SEXIEST OF THEM ALL !!! RESPECT DUE !






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utopia7 said:

OH LAWD!!!!!

Chante' Moore had it for her first two albums. She made such romantic sensual songs.

Harlepolis said:

YES!!! Amen. I agree fully. Where is the class? Its seems like nobody has any these days. As far as sexiness goes, none of these girls have it. Mariah is a little doll playing dress up, its not natural she just seems frigid to me. Christina to a degree had it, at least it did not seem fake, and she has now grown the class that makes it seem genuine. Aaliya had it for sure (RIP).

As far as men goes, sorry, but D'Angelo HAD IT BIG TIME. I witnessed the Voodoo tour and brother was on fire! Yes, he gained weight, but that does not matter. Once you have it, you always have it. It does not have to do with weight or just looks even, Its a way of carrying your self, confidence, and geniune "it" quality. D can lose the weight and will STILL and always have it.

Ok, I might get scorned becoz of this but this is how I feel about these 2 sistas. Their aura scream "SEX"....




Oh YES I'm def serious

Harlepolis said:

I actually dig Jill, somewhat. Mo'Nique.....MEH!!!! Sort of an embarrassment, at times.....

Pam Grier, apart from a little weight she doesn't look much different from her heyday in the 70s.

Pam Grier was a "GODDESS" and she still has "IT"!!!! A beauty, she will always be, as it seems. I remember seeing those horrid Blaxploitation Films and thinking, "GOD!!! She has me wide open. She just "OOZES" sex, to my eyes!" She gets me hotter than any other women, at her age. LAWD HAVE MERCY!!! SET ME ON FIRE!!!!

The problem with all these young female stars (or rather, the people who push them, I suppose) is that they don't understand there's a difference between being scantily clad and wriggling your ass, and actual sex appeal. A person who's got it is hot even in a parka and gumboots.