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February 2, 2011

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After success in soul and pop, Lionel Richie is trying out a new genre - country music. Richie wrote the hit song "Lady" for country star Kenny Rogers in 1980, but his upcoming duet album marks his first full country album.

Tony Brown, who is producing the album, reports that Richie has finished multiple duets for it. His collaborators include Darius Rucker ("Stuck on You"), Tim McGraw ("Sail On"), Willie Nelson ("Easy"), Little Big Town ("Deep River Woman"), Blake Shelton ("You Are"), and Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band ("All Night Long").

Richie has also re-worked a new version of "Lady" to be performed with Kenny Rogers. Richie released Just Go in 2009 and has sold over 100 million records over the course of his career.

an album of country duets of his old songs. come on. really.

errant said:

an album of country duets of his old songs. come on. really.

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

SoulAlive said:

errant said:

an album of country duets of his old songs. come on. really.

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

Have we ever known Lionel to be exciting?

SoulAlive said:

errant said:

an album of country duets of his old songs. come on. really.

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

sometimes you just have to say to yourself "I'm going to let my career die with some dignity."

who's going to buy this? who's going to want to listen to this? and how can it possibly begin to be an artistically satisfying project for Lionel himself?

this whole project reeks of the equivalent of musical masturbation.

errant said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

sometimes you just have to say to yourself "I'm going to let my career die with some dignity."

who's going to buy this? who's going to want to listen to this? and how can it possibly begin to be an artistically satisfying project for Lionel himself?

this whole project reeks of the equivalent of musical masturbation.

He should've let it die in the early 1990s but I think his musical artistry was shot with that "Dancin' on the Ceiling" bullshit.

Timmy84 said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

Have we ever known Lionel to be exciting?

true I don't understand why he just doesn't do a complete album of 'new' country songs.That's a genre that he has always done anyway.He could easily write ten new country tunes.But the idea of remaking his old songs (country-style) and performing them as duets?? That's just lazy.

errant said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

sometimes you just have to say to yourself "I'm going to let my career die with some dignity."

who's going to buy this? who's going to want to listen to this? and how can it possibly begin to be an artistically satisfying project for Lionel himself?

this whole project reeks of the equivalent of musical masturbation.

I agree.

Timmy84 said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm sayin is this really the best idea he could come up with?!

It'll be the ultimate snoozefest

Have we ever known Lionel to be exciting?

Yeah. But that was over 20 years ago, when dude was in a little ol' band called the Commodores.

SoulAlive said:

Timmy84 said:

Have we ever known Lionel to be exciting?

true I don't understand why he just doesn't do a complete album of 'new' country songs.That's a genre that he has always done anyway.He could easily write ten new country tunes.But the idea of remaking his old songs (country-style) and performing them as duets?? That's just lazy.

From what I read, he's filthy rich so he's acting lazy on purpose.

Identity said:

Timmy84 said:

Have we ever known Lionel to be exciting?

Yeah. But that was over 20 years ago, when dude was in a little ol' band called the Commodores.

You mean 30 years ago.

What happened to this guy and Babyface? Did they just wake up one morning and found their individual muses gone?

Identity said:

What happened to this guy and Babyface? Did they just wake up one morning and found their individual muses gone?

Greenbacks. That's what happened to them.

Timmy84 said:

Identity said:

What happened to this guy and Babyface? Did they just wake up one morning and found their individual muses gone?

Greenbacks. That's what happened to them.

more power to 'em. I know the day that I wake up and realize I have tens of million dollars, I'm going to get a lot lazier at my job too

errant said:

Timmy84 said:

Greenbacks. That's what happened to them.

more power to 'em. I know the day that I wake up and realize I have tens of million dollars, I'm going to get a lot lazier at my job too

Well who wouldn't?

errant said:

more power to 'em. I know the day that I wake up and realize I have tens of million dollars, I'm going to get a lot lazier at my job too

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And next year he'll be playing Jermaine lying about a Commodores reunion.

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February 2, 2011

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After success in soul and pop, Lionel Richie is trying out a new genre - country music. Richie wrote the hit song "Lady" for country star Kenny Rogers in 1980, but his upcoming duet album marks his first full country album.

Tony Brown, who is producing the album, reports that Richie has finished multiple duets for it. His collaborators include Darius Rucker ("Stuck on You"), Tim McGraw ("Sail On"), Willie Nelson ("Easy"), Little Big Town ("Deep River Woman"), Blake Shelton ("You Are"), and Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band ("All Night Long").

Richie has also re-worked a new version of "Lady" to be performed with Kenny Rogers. Richie released Just Go in 2009 and has sold over 100 million records over the course of his career.

I bet you this album will go platinum ... guaranteed. I won't buy it but lots will.

Nonsensical sellout bullshit.

This mofo just needs to reunite with the Commodores and call it a day damn!

phunkdaddy said:

And next year he'll be playing Jermaine lying about a Commodores reunion.

I've given up hope for a Commodores reunion.It ain't ever gonna happen.

Timmy84 said:

errant said:

sometimes you just have to say to yourself "I'm going to let my career die with some dignity."

who's going to buy this? who's going to want to listen to this? and how can it possibly begin to be an artistically satisfying project for Lionel himself?

this whole project reeks of the equivalent of musical masturbation.

He should've let it die in the early 1990s but I think his musical artistry was shot with that "Dancin' on the Ceiling" bullshit.

I remember seeing that video when I was 4 and laughing my ass off, and when you wrote it like that, I had a flashback

This is going to tank except for the old white people and Kenny Rogers fans in Nashville.

What Lionel SHOULD do is let his Musical Director produce an old school retro FUNK album on him.

(in case you dont know, Chuckii Booker is his musical director)

alphastreet said:

Timmy84 said:

He should've let it die in the early 1990s but I think his musical artistry was shot with that "Dancin' on the Ceiling" bullshit.

I remember seeing that video when I was 4 and laughing my ass off, and when you wrote it like that, I had a flashback

^ but he aint been black since the commodores chris tucker, not me

I love his first solo album, but the artwork was artrocrious

...Just when you thought he couldn't put on more lipstick, he proves us wrong every time.

Seems Lionel needs to get his ass kicked again like on Boondocks.

NMuzakNSoul said:

Seems Lionel needs to get his ass kicked again like on Boondocks.

Yeah that was funny.

This does sound really lazy, he could do some new material. I still think he's one of the better song writers of the 70's and 80's, but he lost his mojo a long time ago, and it doesn't look like he's found it yet.

Lionel is supposed to be on that TV show where they trace the family tree of celebs.