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What happened to Des'ree? One of the greatest vocalists of all time. Did she just....fade away after "Life" and "Fire" or something? (both of which are amazing songs to this day.... - and "Feel So High" as well.) | |
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There was a 2002 album Sony didn't release in the US. Some sources say she left the music business to study naturopathy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | |
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Her last album peaked at 178 in the UK album chart and didn't even sell enough to chart in the US. Because of that, she was dropped from her label. A few years later, her song "Life" won a poll for worst lyrics of all time. Critical and commercial failure + awards for worst lyrics = too big a risk for any major label. Apparently she was writing new material in 2015 but I wouldn't hold my breath for it. Chances are, no record label will ever see her as a viable option again. She supposedly has a net worth of about 4 million dollars so I reckon she'll happily retire on that. | |
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I absolutely agree with that worst lyrics award for Life. | |
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These couple of notes on Wikipedia: In 2002, she did short courses in photography and ceramics at the Camberwell College of Arts. In 2007, Des'ree sued Beyoncé for covering "I'm Kissing You" without her permission. " don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Oh, my GOD! Saw the thread and was curious about how bad the "Life" lyrics are and MAN...you'd think Madonna was a CO-writer! LOL! (I really do love Madonna's music!) Her lyrics are equally as full of "Life" tho. [Edited 12/4/18 20:07pm] Hungry? Just look in the mirror and get fed up. | |
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Bey is under Sony too. That may have soured Des'ree's rapport with CEO Lucian Grainge.
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Funnily enough, I was wondering about what happened to her, a couple of weeks back. Took a look on Spotify and saw she hadn't released anything since the early Noughties. It'd be interesting to hear what her music - and lyrics! - would be like now. I liked songs like Feel So High and You Gotta Be, but I confess the banality of Life and the New-Age-yness of some of her other songs (e.g. that one about star signs) did put me off her, back in the day. "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Ha ha, she is so rad but yeah those lyrics are awful 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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. You Gotta Be will forever be a timeless classic, though! <3 . I don't want your rhythm without your rhyme | |
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the same thing that happened to Tony Rich,Angie Stone,Alicia Keys and many others....the records stopped selling and she became irrelevent.These days,it's hard to have longevity in the music business. | |
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But Angie Stone and I believe Alicia Keys still release CDs with some regularity. Not sure about Alicia but Angie has 9 full length albums as a solo artist and most of them have charted well on the R&B side. Her last one in 2016 was her first not to chart. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates | |
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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I keep reading about artists being held under contract so they can't go to another label to release albums but keep getting passed over by who they are signed to. | |
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I'm sure I hear You Gotta Be used in commercials and such - hope she is still making some bank out of it. | |
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All I know is that she makes pots now and Life inspired one of my all time favourite Twitter accounts:
https://twitter.com/thene...es?lang=en [Edited 12/18/18 11:39am] | |
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Omg this is awesome | |
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Kina's album was amazing. I love her as well. | |
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Her song Silent Hero has recently turned into my calm song, it's nice. It's from the Clockers Soundtrack, love that movie, used a few times in the film (1nce when the main character is getting his ass whupped ). For all time I am with you, you are with me. | |
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Good for her making physical stuff, if that's what she is doing.
If she ever wants to do public music again, someone should inform her that it is easier than ever in the internet age. She doesn't need a slimy record company or slimy State Mafia social media. Just a few words in the right channels will be enough to get her fans on-board.
She collaborated with Sananda Maitreya on Delicate (back when he used to make listenable music). He could show her the ropes if she wants to sell independently.
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