What I dont get is all the hate for Cardi but yall ignored Nicki, Rapsody and Iggy and Azelias albums for so very long I never see posts about them at all but Cardi got several in the last month.

ooooo wee..

phunkdaddy said:

Cinny said:

She isn't bad as a rapper, but I can't take a whole album of plastic synthy beats. Any real schitt on there?

*paging MickyDolenz to remind me Thomas Dolby produced Whodini with nothing but electronic stuff, and further electro comparisons*

LOL

I know on the majority of Whodini's classic hits Larry Smith was puttin the nasty on it

with that bass geetar. I'm guessing Thomas done some work on their debut album with

Haunted House of Rock.

As for Cardi B I thought Bodak Yellow was mad weak. Money Bag sounds better but it also pretty

much sounds like it's straight from Nikki Minaj's factory. I'm waiting on Mariah Carey to dial her

up any minute now for a collaboration.

I wondered what was all the fuss about this "artist", so I gave Bodak Yellow a listen. I was done after 30 seconds.

paisleypark4 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Not true. Both Nicki and Azalea received criticism here for their music. I don't even know who Rapsody is. I've already basically stated that Cardi B seems to be Nicki Minaj 2.0

Many of the people on this site don't like any acts that debuted after 1975 except D'Angelo & Mint Condition. Especially if they're popular with the mainstream. They're music snobs who talk about so-called "real music by real musicians". I recall someone here started a thread titled "Bryan Adams sucks". Then there's the constant trashing of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Elvis Presley, Madonna, etc. that goes on here. There a thread right now about the biggest selling albums where there's comments wondering how Metallica, Eagles, & Eminem have sold so much. It's interesting that the threads about the disliked acts usually get way more comments and views than the ones about the "real music" performers that goes down the tubes quickly. So that says to me that those "real musician" acts are not popular here either and people would rather talk about the mainstream popular ones, even if it's to put it down. There's no particular reason to start a "Cardi B's entire album stinks" thread if the OP did not want to discuss her. That's giving Cardi even more publicity.

MickyDolenz said:

phunkdaddy said:

Not true. Both Nicki and Azalea received criticism here for their music. I don't even know who Rapsody is. I've already basically stated that Cardi B seems to be Nicki Minaj 2.0

Many of the people on this site don't like any acts that debuted after 1975 except D'Angelo & Mint Condition. Especially if they're popular with the mainstream. They're music snobs who talk about so-called "real music by real musicians". I recall someone here started a thread titled "Bryan Adams sucks". Then there's the constant trashing of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Elvis Presley, Madonna, etc. that goes on here. There a thread right now about the biggest selling albums where there's comments wondering how Metallica, Eagles, & Eminem have sold so much. publicity.

100% facts. Several threads and posts about somebody they don't like...but Nicki has been running the rap game for the last 10 years not a comment or post the first. Hypocrites. Obviously they care enough to wonder about her and go listen to the albums. Its like..well if she is that important why yall dont go and listen to Rapsody and Azelia if you are so "in the loop" about female rap artists. Give me a break org.

paisleypark4 said:

100% facts. Several threads and posts about somebody they don't like...but Nicki has been running the rap game for the last 10 years not a comment or post the first. Hypocrites. Obviously they care enough to wonder about her and go listen to the albums. Its like..well if she is that important why yall dont go and listen to Rapsody and Azelia if you are so "in the loop" about female rap artists. Give me a break org.

There was a poster theAudience who made threads about non-mainstream artists, but got little response. But make a Beyoncé thread and there's the same people over & over talking about her buying awards and she is not really popular at all, but pays the media to say she is popular. There's threads here about Robin Thicke & Bruno Mars copying Marvin Gaye or somebody. But Jam & Lewis has used Marvin's sound on some songs, and closer to it than Blurred Lines. Bruno Mars & Joss Stone are put down for using old sounds but there was a thread about Amalia Townsend who was praised for doing the same thing and so are Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Amy Winehouse/Jamiroquai.

MickyDolenz said:

phunkdaddy said:

You're quite the dumb ass if you think people on this site don't listen to artists after 1990 which a lot of people do post here.

I said many people, not everybody. Anyway that was a joke. But whenever threre's a thread about a mainstream popular act, there's a bunch of negative comments, often by the same people like Vainandy with Whitney Houston. The other threads about non-mainstream newer acts don't get the same amount of responses or views. So what I said isn't really wrong. People here tend to be negative to whatever is popular today, not whoever was around in the 1990s. Name one act who is currently on Top 40 radio and get top 10 hits or sells/streams a lot now who doesn't get several people here saying they're not any good whether it is Adele, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, or Taylor Swift. Maybe Kendrick Lamar, but that's about it. Whenever someone makes a thread about someone who sucks, it's more than likely someone who is popular or just a general "today's music sucks" it's about chart music and gets radio airplay, not new acts who are not mainstream like Kamasi Washington.

MickyDolenz said:

MickyDolenz said:

paisleypark4 said:

100% facts. Several threads and posts about somebody they don't like...but Nicki has been running the rap game for the last 10 years not a comment or post the first. Hypocrites. Obviously they care enough to wonder about her and go listen to the albums. Its like..well if she is that important why yall dont go and listen to Rapsody and Azelia if you are so "in the loop" about female rap artists. Give me a break org.

There was a poster theAudience who made threads about non-mainstream artists, but got little response. But make a Beyoncé thread and there's the same people over & over talking about her buying awards and she is not really popular at all, but pays the media to say she is popular. There's threads here about Robin Thicke & Bruno Mars copying Marvin Gaye or somebody. But Jam & Lewis has used Marvin's sound on some songs, and closer to it than Blurred Lines. Bruno Mars & Joss Stone are put down for using old sounds but there was a thread about Amalia Townsend who was praised for doing the same thing and so are Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Amy Winehouse/Jamiroquai.

U can say that again. Jam and Lewis sampled HEAVY in the New Jack Swing days.
If it was not for the Org I would not have known Amalia. Unfortunatley she has not released anything in several years. She need to come on now. That was great track. Album was nice too. I love Winehouse and Sharon Jones. Thanks to the org I know them as well.

MickyDolenz said:

phunkdaddy said:

You're quite the dumb ass if you think people on this site don't listen to artists after 1990 which a lot of people do post here.

I said many people, not everybody. Anyway that was a joke. But whenever threre's a thread about a mainstream popular act, there's a bunch of negative comments, often by the same people like Vainandy with Whitney Houston. The other threads about non-mainstream newer acts don't get the same amount of responses or views. So what I said isn't really wrong. People here tend to be negative to whatever is popular today, not whoever was around in the 1990s. Name one act who is currently on Top 40 radio and get top 10 hits or sells/streams a lot now who doesn't get several people here saying they're not any good whether it is Adele, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, or Taylor Swift. Maybe Kendrick Lamar, but that's about it. Whenever someone makes a thread about someone who sucks, it's more than likely someone who is popular or just a general "today's music sucks" it's about chart music and gets radio airplay, not new acts who are not mainstream like Kamasi Washington.

Have you been exposed to any part of social media outside of Prince.org?

Facebook, Yahoo, Sports groups or anything discussing politics is far worse than

Prince.org. If you feel Prince.org is negative then definitely stay off other Social Media.

Everyone is gonna have an opinion about an artist no matter the artist but yeah the more

popular an artist it definitely opens up the possibility for negative feedback. Some artists

bring it on themselves.

QueenofPurplePalace said:

MickyDolenz said:

Pretty sure that Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, NWA, Ice-T, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 2pac, etc. and movies like Boyz In The Hood and New Jack City did that over 20 years ago. Even Kris Kross had a few songs about gang life and their 1st album was huge in the early 1990s. You can even count Michael Jackson with the Beat It, Bad, & The Way You Make Me Feel videos in the 1980s and Smooth Criminal had a mafia style speakeasy club and a drug dealer played by Joe Pesci. Mike was way bigger at the time than Cardi B is now.

Ya'll gon put respect on OG Crip Michael name and I LOOOOOOOVE Invasion of Privacy. I'm a fully grown educated woman, but listen when Bickenhead come on I can't help myself. Get Up 10 makes me wanna fight lol.

be (careful) bareful ...

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