Im sure we all have someone that we didnt quite care for and then suddenly they did something and got you into them....

FOR ME

Alicia Keys- Im not into HYPE and it was all Hype even before anyone heard her first album, and i didnt like it all, still dont like the first record, but since album 2 i dig her.

Hilary Duff- Never disliked her but could not name a song by her, but then she did DIGNITY one of the best pop records of the decade

Pearl Jam- i wasnt into anyone of those bands in that time period, but Pearl Jam grew to be a good kick ass rock n roll band.

hillary duff

don't complain because music today sounds like garbage. we have all kinds of people supported it, and its not just the kids, teens and young adults.

TotalAlisa said:

Hey she did a good pop album with DIGNITY (and tons on this forum agree) unlike Mariah and others who didnt do good Pop albums. What made DIGNITY good was the fact that it wasnt what todays mainstream likes, thats why it was good. And also a good record is a good record, Britney Spears first 3 albums werent good and her last 2 were, Christina Aguileras first album was crap and the last two werent. And age has nothing to do with it, why can Hilary a 21 year old make a mature record for people OLDER than her now, while Janet and Mariah who are 40 year olds make records aimed for teenagers? so whats the better thing to do? its that simple do a good record and its good do shit and its shit.
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Lil' Wayne

About a year ago a young friend of mine started recommending his mixtape stuff and I was actually very impressed. I think the success of his new album Tha Carter III is a testament to the fanbase he built with his mixtapes since Tha Carter II. I'm just one of many converts.

RYAN ADAMS

Though it was more of not knowing that not liking. A friend got me into him in the very late 90's during his "Whiskeytown" days, and now solo since 2000, he is clearly hands down the artist of the decade, clearly on output and quality and his "fuck you" attitude towards the charts and industry.

Ciara... i still think shes garbadge but i can tolerate her now

For me it's John Mayer.

When I saw the video for No Such Thing, I thought he was just a Dave Matthews rip off.

Then I saw the Your Body is a Wonderland video, and I was impressed because it was a sexy song. And DMB didn't write sexy songs. Crash Into Me not withstanding.


Then when I heard Bigger than my Body, I was impressed with his guitar playing. But I didn't crossover to being a fan.

It wasn't til I heard him play Come Back to Bed, on I think The View that I became a fan. I was floored with his guitar playing!!!

Then the Trio album came out and I was absolutely stunned.

the Killers. liked them more and more with each single release (except that one with the video of the dancing skeletons).

malice mizer
gackt.

Solange Knowles. Her first album did not register, but her new one is great, better than anything Beyonce's ever done.

Amy Winehouse
Beyonce
Notorious BIG

Paris9748430 said:

I get the point, but what about "Crush"? "Lover Lay Down"? "Say Goodbye"?

Ashanti

I could not stand her early on, whether it was guest appearances or her own records, that whole murder inc, ja rule stuff. But once she started to get away and did Concrete Rose and her latest album "Declaration" which is alot better than people think or will admit, and seeing her in interviews for this record, shes actually pretty intelligent.
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Ashanti still sucks as a singer. Smart lady, though.

For me it was The Smiths. Didn't understand why people wanted to sing about such mopey stuff until I finally got the joke. Hilarious. And the music is very very tight and well-arranged.

lastdecember said:

Same here. I HATED her previous Disney music but Dignity was a very solid album. Happy is my favourite song off that record. It's a shame the album didn't do better.

I wasn't a fan of Billy Joel until a friend copied A LOT of his albums for me...now I like him quite a bit

Prince

As a child I used to hate him. I could not get over his strangeness and never understood him music. Well, one day there was a rockumentary about him on MTV and I though I should watch it to learn something about him since he´s such a big star. To my surprise, I found out, that I like some of the songs. God his first album, loved it, got another one, loved it, and another one and another one... And here I am. Couple of years later, I was even flying to Minneapolis for his first celebration in 2001.Through his music, I got even to him as a person....

lastdecember said:

THAT DOES NOT MAKE A GOOD SON
NO what makes a song good is when it sound good, and old, and young can enjoy. A good song will be remembered, and even change history,

that song wasn't GOOD AT ALL. i listen to that generic "rock" song. and you label it as pop, but i will say water down "soft rock". It was nothing special, it actually sounds like half that stuff the jonas, miley cirus sings.

why did you bring up janet or mariah???? aren't we talking about Hillary's song. which was not a good pop song. SOrry but pop means POPULAR. Opps i did it again/slave/baby one more time was a better pop song. That was embraced by the pop culture.

purplesweat said:

well the thing is, people who like that genre of music will enjoy the album. But for me i don't like that genre, just the fact it uses gutair, strings, and the same instruments every other modern day "pop rock" star uses.

lastdecember said:

I hated her for years too, but kind of like some of her songs now, although good good is crap.

Anyways

1, 2 Step and Promise made me think Ciara's not too bad

In the Zone was good for a Britney record, even if her voice was shit, some of the songs are amazing.

I dismissed Akon for quite a bit but his beats and melodies are good, even if his voice is annoying.
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The Neptunes.

I tried to fight against modern R'n'B since 90% of it is still crap. But I always loved some of their producions, even when I didn't even know it was them.
Through Madonna I am now able to dig their pop stuff.

Paris9748430 said:

AGREE 100%..... same thought, insert diff live appearance and bam this guy is a guitar monster

Bruce Springsteen--hated him with a passion in the 80's but once I saw him live I understood the hype.

Eminem--I still kind of hate him, but I remember hearing his first 2 albums and being really impressed. He made me laugh, and his technique was amazing.

Guns 'n' Roses--I was pretty anti hard rock at the time, and Appetite became one of my favorite albums.

Dylan--no real explanation needed, but my forst exposure to him was We Are the World, and it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. Now when I hear it he just sounds like he's singing

Sex Pistols--when I first heard this (as a very young kid) it sounded like noise, now it sounds like rock & roll.

Miles Davis--I always knew he was great, I just didn't understand. The music seemed so simple, like nothing happened.

P-Funk--as with miles, the music seemed too simple, but I found the complexity reveals itself in the layers.

Tom Waits--like Dylan, his voice sounded like a joke. But hear the lyrics, the melodies, and it just sounds like Tom Waits singing a beautiful song.
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Ne-Yo

I liked some of his songs but not enough to be a fan or a consistent listener....

then Because of You came out and I kinda liked it







then he released "Closer"


and then everything changed

Jay-Z

Me'Shell Ndegeocello (for me, Bitter did it)

Nirvana

T.I. (for one song)

Robin Thicke (liked his very first single, hated his first album, liked his lead single from Evolution and liked the album)

Radiohead

Beck

Dr. Dre (due to my East Coast hip-hop bias of the late 80's and early 90's, dug NWA, hated them after Cube left, then took me a while to appreciate Dre)

Not that I disliked her before, I just didn't see what the big deal is. Her voice sounded too plain, esp comparing to her rivals @ the time,,,,,and I thought her music was abit too leaned on the "white-washed" side. Beside, she was the target of EVERY joker back when I was growing up,,,,,and ya'll know the reason why

Of course, it took abit of a growing up to do to finally dig her stuff. The REAL reason why she's so appealing to me is, you can't really label her,,,,any artist, esp BLACK artist who refuse to be stuffed in a box,,,worth the tip of my hat, TWICE!

The pop/rock artists of the 1980s. During that era, there was so much good funk being made that I could care less about pop/rock. After everything good on the R&B side died, then I went back and started exploring the pop/rock artists of the 1980s.

vainandy said:

alphastreet said:

Somebody's gonna have a cardiac arrest