BIG nay

Harlepolis said:

You??

SunnySkies said:

She's the epitome of unnatural she tries so DAMN hard.

I liked her at first, but she's grown tiresome quickly.

NAY!!

RipHer2Shreds said:

Yeah, when I first saw her perform I liked what I saw, but since then.....

Harlepolis said:

NAY - I'd love to hear her find her voice when she's in her thirties.

I like her

She's currently working on some new music with one of our Orgers (SoulPower),can't wait to see how that turns out.

You know, ugh.
I really, really liked her first album. And since i work for the record company i got to meet her and she was such a sweet, down to earth girl. very very, young of course but very sweet.

And then the second album came out, and i liked it less than the first.

And then the third album came out, and i had a chance to hang out with her again. And she was so fucking not the person she was. Jaded, full of herself, ugh.

And now it's hard for me to even want to listen to her. Like i made a slow, "go to sleep" cd the other day and i was going to put her Isley Brothers cover from the first cd on there and decided not to because her voice annoys me now.

I just with she did more cutting edge, neo soul leaning stuff instead of trying to become Mariah Carey when her voice is so damned limited.


Wow. didn't expect all of that to come out this morning.
I need coffee.

Sorry, Sunny but hell to the NAY.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Oh, and i forgot to mention that the third album SUCKED.

NAY.

JackieBlue said:

You too?

She`s one of the most soulful vocalists out there today.

SunnySkies said:

You just opened the floodgates.

SunnySkies said:

In my opinion, no she is not. Jill Scott, soul. Angie Stone, soul. Lalah Hathaway, soul. Joss sounds like she's faking it and has no real soul. She's boring and been done before.

Stymie said:

There are plenty of authentic soulful vocalists that already exist as Stymie mentioned. There was no reason to package up a British teenager and send her to US under the guise of being a soul singer and a grown one at that.

It's not a color thing, because I'll ride for Amy Winehouse all damn day

I just don't hear real "soul" from Joss Stone at all.

SunnySkies said:

Actually, she's really not.
She's more of a stylist than a vocalist.
Her range is very very small.
And she doesn't really know how to sing live as she loses her voice during EVERY SHOW.

Loved her then, love her now. She generally don't get much love here on The Org.

I guess she don't get no love as she's not lovable!

No seriously, her first couple of songs I heard I thought hmm, maybe this is one to watch and then I began to think all of her stuff sounds exactly the same (even though it was a covers album) and very monotone. U had the misfortune of seeing her perform at the UK Hall of Fame in 2007 and she pranced about like she was the greatest most amazing thing since Aretha Franklin and then greeted Patti Labelle with such a sneer that I wanted to do a stage invasion and throw custard over her or something. In her credit though, I would love to know what it felt like to have that much self belief.

Harlepolis said:

Nay also. I saw her live in Amsterdam and she is just way too young. Great voice, but I ain't liking the way she uses it. She is bland. She can come out with a great backing band and even the little pinky of the background singer can outshine her personality...




And as a gay person I have to say; WTF is wrong with her hair?

this is an incredible album!!!


outside of this, and everything attached
to this era... I don't really do Joss

I heard a small snippet of the song she did
on Raphael Saadiq's new project coming out
and LOVED IT!

I'm with most of you guys though
she tries so hard... and it's noticeable
it's like the guy that grew up in the burbs
trying to be street... you see right through it
but after playing so much of
Introducing... Joss Stone
I've grown accustomed to her voice
(the one I hated so much before
I heard the album)

I give Joss a NYAY... is that possible?

DirtyChris said:

Then I give you a Dutch 'veeg'.

(<---- dirty smirk)

HamsterHuey said:

I don't get it

but if it's naughty... okay!!!

DirtyChris said:

It's naughty, raunchy and will end with spillage.

(<---- dirty smirk)

HamsterHuey said:

I'm there!!!

DirtyChris said:

On all fours...

Just so you know.

Cinnie said:

I agree. It has nothing to do with color for me either because I love me some Teena Marie, but Joss on the other hand just seems to be trying too hard. I mean some of her music is okay but her voice just annoys me to no end and I just don't buy that she's a real "soul" singer. It's not something that comes natural to her. It seems forced to me.