So I had to watch that SOSHaiti concert tonight with my g/f and feign interest the way I do about all the stuff my generation seems to revel in. Anyway I saw this kid, te same kid from the grammy's. I had heard about this name "justin bieber" on this board but to me that sounded like an adult contemporary artist or one of those american idols so I paid no nevermind to it. Then I see this kid apparently is big, like Taylor Cyrus Brothers big, so I gotta ask, who the fuck is this kid? Where did he come from? is he really that big with the tweens and teens(if so I must really be out of the loop, alot has changed since my Senior year only 3 years ago )

He was on the CBS Early Show this morning.

I'd never heard of him either and wondered where he'd come from.
It looked/sounded as if he was attempting to be some kind of Hippity-Hop/Pop fabrication.

Sounded pretty bad but the chicks were screamin'.



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My 11 year old daughter loves him. I never knew of him either. But apparently he's big enough to get Ludacris and Usher to work with him.

Usher is his manager.

theAudience said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Did not know that.

He was discovered on Youtube. He's a Canadian kid, I remember these videos of Justin B singing and playing along on acoustic guitar. Videos of random Justin Beiber sightings were uploaded by passer-bys too and it sounded like his voice could travel FAR without a microphone. And I don't remember him hitting that many bum notes compared to since he blew up and is performing live doing dance routines and stuff (and probably nervous). He sounded much better when he was sitting, relaxed with his guitar, singing to no one but Youtube.

That hairstyle.... Jesus keep me near the cross.

Usher's artist

The Future.

lazycrockett said:

I thought it was timnberlake's artist? is there another kid that sounds similar? :confused:

He's Nickelodeon's answer to The Jonas Brothers

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Sandino said:

Taylor Cyrus Brothers.

If you're young and beautiful -- and most importantly, you and your record company can sell that beauty to a demographic, you're 75% there before we've even discussed the concept of music.

ABeautifulOne said:

It's a hot mess, I didn't know who the hell he was either. My niece adores him, and I'm still trying to figure out WHY????

He's the new teeny bopper heart throb. Stop playing, guys, you know they have to introduce a new one every 2-3 years for the 10-15 year olds after their shelf life wears out. I have a tendency to critcize them too, until I look back on my own childhood that was wrought full of David Cassidys, Shaun Cassidys, Andy Gibbs, Leif Garrets, then later New Editions, Debarges, and so on. He's just that thing they do to keep young girls screaming and to separate them from their weekly money allowances

Cinnie said:

Is anyone reading this? There was a Justin Bieber before he had an album

Oh boo hoo.

Music executives have figured out the 11 - 15 year old female market is HUGE.

Every couple years there will be a new Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber or Hillary Duff. And no, you probably won't dig them but their music isn't aimed at you.

Ottensen hit it on the mark!

he's cute. his songs are kinda crapy but her has a nice voice

RodeoSchro said:

mimi07 said:

basically

a 15 year old douchebag who has less testosterone than a 7 year old boy.

RodeoSchro said:

When I look back in retrospect how much my big sister and I spent at that age on posters, magazines, memorabilia, 45's, albums, and the whole nine yards...it's a miracle we even had allowance money left for bubble gum...and this was the 70's and 80's for us

Cinnie said:

I read it and it disappoints me that they take this kid and try to make him something he's not. I don't care if it's common practice. One of these days Justin is gonna be complaining about how he didn't get much freedom to do what he wanted. If he had talent prior to Usher signing him, then Usher really missed the mark. Sorry.

Timmy84 said:

When Justin B is up there dancing, I feel like it has nothing to do with who he really was. But you know Usher.. all about the MJ'n.

Cinnie said:

Exactly. That's what gnaws at me. Usher's making Justin to be another zombie. What happened to just being an original??? If anything I blame Usher for making this poor kid doing this shit.

Justin is the cutest face in music since, I don't know, Lil' Bow Wow. And ironically just like Bow, I think he's going to remain under 5'6" as an adult.

I think he might be bigger than them Jonas Brothers. He's getting that B2K/Chris Brown attention, lol.