missfee said:

nursev said:

missfee said:

Shucks, Musiq? Now you REALLY talking about a guy who makes the same album over and over and over again. Not only that, he sucks big time live too. I still want my $15 back, even if it is 3 years later.

I heard his voice cracks when he sings live

nursev said:

missfee said:

Shucks, Musiq? Now you REALLY talking about a guy who makes the same album over and over and over again. Not only that, he sucks big time live too. I still want my $15 back, even if it is 3 years later.

I heard his voice cracks when he sings live

Cracks like eggs and flat as a pancake.

missfee said:

nursev said:

missfee said: I heard his voice cracks when he sings live

Cracks like eggs and flat as a pancake.

Quickest way to a coma, if you're into self-induced comas.

My sister dragged me to one of his concerts in Atlantic City, what a nightmare that was

That being said, his story is incredible and I'm glad he made something of himself, but his music is boring as sin.

silverchild said:

nursev said:

I heard his voice cracks when he sings live

It does and he's overly flat as well.

He puts me to sleep.

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And I agree about Musiq though I enjoyed his first album...

missfee said:

missfee said:

Shucks, Musiq? Now you REALLY talking about a guy who makes the same album over and over and over again. Not only that, he sucks big time live too. I still want my $15 back, even if it is 3 years later.

I am SO GLAD somebody said it!....He bores me to tears, because of this.

I gotta say though, and I might take the heat for this but, women are the blame for these bland ass artists' existence

Went to Kem, Eric Benet and Brain "The Pussylogist" McKnight - and I swear, it wasn't by choice either - their concerts were wall to wall packed with women.

And they were into it like you would never believe.

Harlepolis said:

I gotta say though, and I might take the heat for this but, women are the blame for these bland ass artists' existence

Went to Kem, Eric Benet and Brain "The Pussylogist" McKnight - and I swear, it wasn't by choice either - their concerts were wall to wall packed with women.

And they were into it like you would never believe.

But us women aren't packed at no Musiq Soulchild concert.

Harlepolis said:

I gotta say though, and I might take the heat for this but, women are the blame for these bland ass artists' existence

Went to Kem, Eric Benet and Brain "The Pussylogist" McKnight - and I swear, it wasn't by choice either - their concerts were wall to wall packed with women.

And they were into it like you would never believe.

Yes!

When Will Downing and Joe opened for Kem, I was sitting there looking at those women losing their minds to these two singing karaoke to their own music like

chocolate1 said:

Harlepolis said:

I gotta say though, and I might take the heat for this but, women are the blame for these bland ass artists' existence

Went to Kem, Eric Benet and Brain "The Pussylogist" McKnight - and I swear, it wasn't by choice either - their concerts were wall to wall packed with women.

And they were into it like you would never believe.

Yes!

When Will Downing and Joe opened for Kem, I was sitting there looking at those women losing their minds to these two singing karaoke to their own music like

There was this thread that got posted in here a couple of years ago that royally pissed me off, something about "did women ruin the music?" given that they were/are the most loyal consumers in the music market.

Today? I don't know, I might reconsider my feelings about this, and I can't believe I'm doing so

Harlepolis said:

chocolate1 said:

Yes!

When Will Downing and Joe opened for Kem, I was sitting there looking at those women losing their minds to these two singing karaoke to their own music like

There was this thread that got posted in here a couple of years ago that royally pissed me off, something about "did women ruin the music?" given that they were/are the most loyal consumers in the music market.

Today? I don't know, I might reconsider my feelings about this, and I can't believe I'm doing so

Interesting...

chocolate1 said:

Harlepolis said:

I gotta say though, and I might take the heat for this but, women are the blame for these bland ass artists' existence

Went to Kem, Eric Benet and Brain "The Pussylogist" McKnight - and I swear, it wasn't by choice either - their concerts were wall to wall packed with women.

And they were into it like you would never believe.

Yes!

When Will Downing and Joe opened for Kem, I was sitting there looking at those women losing their minds to these two singing karaoke to their own music like

Will Downing sung to his own tracks? Wow. My mom loves him, but I find him just as boring as Musiq.

missfee said:

chocolate1 said:

Yes!

When Will Downing and Joe opened for Kem, I was sitting there looking at those women losing their minds to these two singing karaoke to their own music like

Will Downing sung to his own tracks? Wow. My mom loves him, but I find him just as boring as Musiq.

He made a point of mentioning that Kem called him at the last minute because El couldn't come... I'd never seen him before, so I didn't know if he usually had a live band.

All I know is that the "grey shiny suit" was the uniform of the night. All THREE of those Brothas had them on! It was like there was one, and when Will was done, Joe put it on, and when Joe was done, he passed it to Kem.

** When I saw Maxwell with Jill Scott, HE had a grey shiny suit, too!

chocolate1 said:

missfee said:

Will Downing sung to his own tracks? Wow. My mom loves him, but I find him just as boring as Musiq.

He made a point of mentioning that Kem called him at the last minute because El couldn't come... I'd never seen him before, so I didn't know if he usually had a live band.

All I know is that the "grey shiny suit" was the uniform of the night. All THREE of those Brothas had them on! It was like there was one, and when Will was done, Joe put it on, and when Joe was done, he passed it to Kem.

** When I saw Maxwell with Jill Scott, HE had a grey shiny suit, too!

Why did the image of a cruise concert just crossed my mind?

Will Downing's one person I never understood his popularity at all. It's like someone just put him there and told him "sing a love song, people love that" and he's been in that spot for 25 years now...

The thing is, ALL of the artists mentioned in this thread are actually *talented* which explain why they're still here.

Their material is the reason why I don't get into them. But I understand why they won't tamper with that, they found their niche market, and hey I suppose the "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" argument is true in their case.

Well, not Brian because to say he rocked the boat lately is a big understatement.

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Harlepolis said:

The thing is, ALL of the artists mentioned in this thread are actually *talented* which explain why they're still here.

Their material is the reason why I don't get into them. But I understand why they won't tamper with that, they found their niche market, and hey I suppose the "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" argument is true in their case.

Well, not Brian because to say he rocked the boat lately is a big understatement.

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And nothing sucks than a talented artist who is stuck in moments they can't get out of because it's too basic and when you like basic stuff, that's "basically" what you get. Brian's a tryhard though.

Timmy84 said:

Will Downing's one person I never understood his popularity at all. It's like someone just put him there and told him "sing a love song, people love that" and he's been in that spot for 25 years now...

That's why he bores me. I tell my mom not to play that mess when I'm driving because we would be bound to get into a car accident with me sleep at the wheel.

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

Will Downing's one person I never understood his popularity at all. It's like someone just put him there and told him "sing a love song, people love that" and he's been in that spot for 25 years now...

That's why he bores me. I tell my mom not to play that mess when I'm driving because we would be bound to get into a car accident with me sleep at the wheel.

For real...his music's only purpose is bedtime and not bedtime in a romantic sense either.

Timmy84 said:

missfee said:

That's why he bores me. I tell my mom not to play that mess when I'm driving because we would be bound to get into a car accident with me sleep at the wheel.

For real...his music's only purpose is bedtime and not bedtime in a romantic sense either.

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

Will Downing's one person I never understood his popularity at all. It's like someone just put him there and told him "sing a love song, people love that" and he's been in that spot for 25 years now...

That's why he bores me. I tell my mom not to play that mess when I'm driving because we would be bound to get into a car accident with me sleep at the wheel.

Boo stop cutting up You on a roll tonight

mjscarousal said:

missfee said:

That's why he bores me. I tell my mom not to play that mess when I'm driving because we would be bound to get into a car accident with me sleep at the wheel.

Boo stop cutting up You on a roll tonight

I knows chile, I knows.

missfee said:

nursev said:

I bought his first cd, but after that all his songs sounded the same. He is basically an al jarreau ripoff and really not worth getting into. Anthony hamilton is very talented and underrated. Robin is okay, but really doesn't excite me.

Funny that's exactly how I feel about Anthony Hamilton and them watered down spiritual sounding songs he keeps recording over and over again. His first cd was great but after that I couldn't get into anything else. I might as well open up a Hymn book instead and sing to myself.

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Although i like a couple of his recent songs. They all sound so similar i can't

even name them.

missfee said:

chocolate1 said:

I have a friend who absolutely loves him, so she blackmailed me into going to his concert (I asked her to go to the W2A concert in NYC, and she said only if I go see Kem with her).

Since I don't like to go to a show and not know any music, I bought all of his albums. I played them on shuffle up until the concerts, and they were okay.

I thought that he put on a good live show, though.

She talked me into going to another show, and although he's playing near us again, I think 3 times is too much.

BTW: Both times, El DeBarge was supposed to open for him (a selling point! ), but was "unavailable" each time. Instead we got Musiq, who fell off the stage, and Will Downing & Joe, who sang to canned tracks of their own music like karaoke.

WTF? Were his sunglasses too dark? Or did his glass eye fall out and he was trying to catch it? I know, I'm so wrong.

I'm gonna ask brother Anthony to sing one of his church hymns for you.

phunkdaddy said:

silverchild said:

shorttrini said:

First and second CD's are great, IMO. The last one, not so much.

Agree with this. Kem's music has become predictable and formulaic, but I dig his style. Just can't tolerate the same sound. His first two albums, Kemistry and Album II, were winners. But, I'm partial to Kemistry

Sounds like the male version of Anita Baker. Except for "The Songstress", every album after that sounds the same. It's like some of these singers find a formula/sound that works and they stick to it. They don't dare venture outside of that. I like Anita but her music is just too damn predictable!