People think she's a phony because she's an Australian, who still speaks with an Australian accent when she speaks, but puts on an accent as if she's a Black woman from the South when she raps lol. As a Black woman from the South I think it's hilarious...but I understand people being offended and feeling like she's making a mockey of us. She's really only making a fool of herself. That was her first problem.

I didn't expect her to last long anyway. She's just not very good and her most popular songs all have features on them with singers, like Rita Ora and Charli XCX. I don't think she could get a big hit with her just rapping on a song.

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starbelly said:

She's a one trick pony.

That rising intonation thing gets on my nerves after a while. Besides, how many times can you claim that you're hot when you're really not.

^WOW never seen those tweets before. That's just disgusting.

About her rapping accent, I was reading about Jill Scott and Eve criticizing her for it, and Iggy responded back very defensively so she does like to play victim and not see how her "blaccent" can come off offensive to some people. I know she lived in the South for a bit but only like 3-4 years, not that much time to for her to obatin a southern accent. Hell, even being southern myself, if I were to rap I wouldn't sound as ridiculous as she does.

too bad her ass cant stick around and EVERYTHING else be gone

starbelly said:

luvsexy4all said:

Despite the fact that others see her as a caricature of a Black girl, those thighs are thick and inviting. Yessir!

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MotownSubdivision said:

Is there a link to this?

The reason many don't like Iggy (me included) is because she's a gimmick even more artificial than Vanilla Ice. Her music is garbage and she keeps making the same song over and over again in Fancy. She may have a decent flow but that's no reqson to be considered a good rapper. Being able to chop vegetables doesn't mean you can cook so why do some people try to use her flow (the only thing going for her) as a means of defense when that's one of base level requirements to be a good rapper?


Also, she's a caricature; I don't appreciate how she uses a stereotypical urban black girl accent when rapping yet changes to her natural tone whe speaking regularly. With her, it's basically another case of "white faces, black music" and while she can be considered this generation's Vanilla Ice, her success is more synthetic. The only reason Fancy got the absurd amount of airplay it did is because of that whole Clear Channel Radio program that paid stations to play the song ad nauseum. Even Ice can't have something like that used against him.


Then there's her character. The girl is stupid at worst and ignorant at best and despite being Australian, comes off like an ethnocentric American. Have any of you read her tweets?



Straight ignant. And nothing screams "music industry assembly line product" more than how she reacts to people when they criticize her and tries to play the victim. When people make fun of her, she whines all over Twitter about it instrqd of being the rapper she's promoted as and dissing them back on wax. If she wanted to prove she was a legitimate MC (more legitimate than she is already, anyway) then she had multiple opportunities to do so by biting back at her detractors instead of crying in a corner trying to gain sympathy. Iggy is trash and it's about damn time her 15 minutes are up.

Beautifulstarr123 said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Is there a link to this?

The reason many don't like Iggy (me included) is because she's a gimmick even more artificial than Vanilla Ice. Her music is garbage and she keeps making the same song over and over again in Fancy. She may have a decent flow but that's no reqson to be considered a good rapper. Being able to chop vegetables doesn't mean you can cook so why do some people try to use her flow (the only thing going for her) as a means of defense when that's one of base level requirements to be a good rapper?


Also, she's a caricature; I don't appreciate how she uses a stereotypical urban black girl accent when rapping yet changes to her natural tone whe speaking regularly. With her, it's basically another case of "white faces, black music" and while she can be considered this generation's Vanilla Ice, her success is more synthetic. The only reason Fancy got the absurd amount of airplay it did is because of that whole Clear Channel Radio program that paid stations to play the song ad nauseum. Even Ice can't have something like that used against him.


Then there's her character. The girl is stupid at worst and ignorant at best and despite being Australian, comes off like an ethnocentric American. Have any of you read her tweets?



Straight ignant. And nothing screams "music industry assembly line product" more than how she reacts to people when they criticize her and tries to play the victim. When people make fun of her, she whines all over Twitter about it instrqd of being the rapper she's promoted as and dissing them back on wax. If she wanted to prove she was a legitimate MC (more legitimate than she is already, anyway) then she had multiple opportunities to do so by biting back at her detractors instead of crying in a corner trying to gain sympathy. Iggy is trash and it's about damn time her 15 minutes are up.

Only 13 re-tweets and 14 favorites on Twitter? Yeah, her game is weak and people can see right through the bs. How come her ball dribbling man don't see it?

MotownSubdivision said:

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wow,she's not doing herself any favors with those inflammatory (racist?) tweets There are some celebrities who should stay far away from social media.She is one of 'em.

How do black women from the South talk? They all talk like Iggy? Cool!

I'd hit it...other than that, no use for her.

ScarletScandal said:

Mexican women have box body on lock So done lol

I wonder,where are her managers/advisers/friends at?! Why are they sitting back and allowing her to embarass herself this way? LOL

Her management team has been posting on her social media accounts since she announced she's going on hiatus. The Tweets being discussed on this thread are from the past.

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dancerella said:

How talented does she have to be though?

Rap is pretty much dead. What credibility is she supposed to be aspiring to?

All we can ask of someone like her is that her songs be catchy, and that she delivered in spades (no pun intended).

Personally I think she raps in a "black girl" accent because rapping in an australian one would've been ten times worse.

What really killed her was her inability to put on even a somewhat passable performance live. Everyone has seen her by now on TV and knows she sucks, so bye bye touring career.

It's happened to the bes- I mean adequate of them. Has J-Lo ever toured? I can't remember but I do know she's not a live draw because if she's not playing Selena she pretty much disappears on stage. I recall ONE exceptional performance throughout her entire career and that was on some awards show last year. It took that long!

So stop pretending Iggy is the worst thing to happen to music. She IS music!

CynicKill said:

How talented does she have to be though?

Rap is pretty much dead. What credibility is she supposed to be aspiring to?

All we can ask of someone like her is that her songs be catchy, and that she delivered in spades (no pun intended).

Personally I think she raps in a "black girl" accent because rapping in an australian one would've been ten times worse.

What really killed her was her inability to put on even a somewhat passable performance live. Everyone has seen her by now on TV and knows she sucks, so bye bye touring career.

It's happened to the bes- I mean adequate of them. Has J-Lo ever toured? I can't remember but I do know she's not a live draw because if she's not playing Selena she pretty much disappears on stage. I recall ONE exceptional performance throughout her entire career and that was on some awards show last year. It took that long!

So stop pretending Iggy is the worst thing to happen to music. She IS music!

What are you even trying to say?

MotownSubdivision said:

dancerella said:

MotownSubdivision said:

What are you even trying to say?

I think I have to agree with CynicKill here. Most rappers pretty much suck live and even on record. Why are we expecting so much of her?? She's mediocre at best so why not hate on rappers like Lil Wayne? U ever heard him live on award shows? [Edited 5/30/15 16:58pm]

What he's saying still makes no sense.

Many rappers actually do get criticized like all the time, most of the time seemingly just for being rappers. There's been very few good things said about Lil Wayne for at least 5 years now, Drake gets clowned on a regular basis, as does Nicki, Jay-Z, Eminem, especially Kanye, and even J Cole and Iggy's worse than most of them so why shouldn't she get called out?

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MotownSubdivision said:

dancerella said:

MotownSubdivision said:

dancerella said:

MotownSubdivision said:

What are you even trying to say?

I think I have to agree with CynicKill here. Most rappers pretty much suck live and even on record. Why are we expecting so much of her?? She's mediocre at best so why not hate on rappers like Lil Wayne? U ever heard him live on award shows? [Edited 5/30/15 16:58pm]

What he's saying still makes no sense.

Many rappers actually do get criticized like all the time, most of the time seemingly just for being rappers. There's been very few good things said about Lil Wayne for at least 5 years now, Drake gets clowned on a regular basis, as does Nicki, Jay-Z, Eminem, especially Kanye, and even J Cole and Iggy's worse than most of them so why shouldn't she get called out?

[Edited 5/30/15 17:17pm]

We don't give her a pass for being white?

MotownSubdivision said:

CynicKill said:

How talented does she have to be though?

Rap is pretty much dead. What credibility is she supposed to be aspiring to?

All we can ask of someone like her is that her songs be catchy, and that she delivered in spades (no pun intended).

Personally I think she raps in a "black girl" accent because rapping in an australian one would've been ten times worse.

What really killed her was her inability to put on even a somewhat passable performance live. Everyone has seen her by now on TV and knows she sucks, so bye bye touring career.

It's happened to the bes- I mean adequate of them. Has J-Lo ever toured? I can't remember but I do know she's not a live draw because if she's not playing Selena she pretty much disappears on stage. I recall ONE exceptional performance throughout her entire career and that was on some awards show last year. It took that long!

So stop pretending Iggy is the worst thing to happen to music. She IS music!

What are you even trying to say?

>

Was I THAT incoherent?

MotownSubdivision said:

dancerella said:

We don't give her a pass for being white?

Did you miss me mentioning Eminem? :lol:

Granted, many white people still act like he's the be all and end all of hip hop but I've never seen more people say he sucks than I have within the past 2 years.
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CynicKill said:

How talented does she have to be though?

Rap is pretty much dead. What credibility is she supposed to be aspiring to?

All we can ask of someone like her is that her songs be catchy, and that she delivered in spades (no pun intended).

Personally I think she raps in a "black girl" accent because rapping in an australian one would've been ten times worse.

What really killed her was her inability to put on even a somewhat passable performance live. Everyone has seen her by now on TV and knows she sucks, so bye bye touring career.

It's happened to the bes- I mean adequate of them. Has J-Lo ever toured? I can't remember but I do know she's not a live draw because if she's not playing Selena she pretty much disappears on stage. I recall ONE exceptional performance throughout her entire career and that was on some awards show last year. It took that long!

So stop pretending Iggy is the worst thing to happen to music. She IS music!

I dunno I think using her own accent would have been something that would have made her unique and set her apart. I've heard some Australian rap before, and from a female rapper, it ain't as bad as people have said. But take Rihanna, she is a meh singer but her accent makes her distinctive and she makes some cachy pop with it.

I agree about her live performing though. Like WHAT is this? No one is paying for this.

MidniteMagnet said:

How do black women from the South talk? They all talk like Iggy? Cool!

You're probably being facetious but no lol we don't. Lord knows I don't sound like Iggy but it's clear she tries to sound like what SHE thinks we sound like, because she probably been mentored by southern rappers.