I don't understand why artists as talented as HER end up doing such boring music...

Every song...........songs basically the same.

Many artist fall into this bad habit.

I have liked all the songs that I know from H.E.R thus far.

I've yet to find her boring but I know there may be some songs she has

that would make me cringe. Just like Ella Mai. I like some of her songs but some

of her collaborations make me puke.

phunkdaddy said:

I have liked all the songs that I know from H.E.R thus far.

I've yet to find her boring but I know there may be some songs she has

that would make me cringe. Just like Ella Mai. I like some of her songs but some

of her collaborations make me puke.

I have liked them 2.....but they all sound like the same damn song, like Sade, Anita Baker, Summer Walker, and others songs sound the same.

Perhaps, but there's somebody for everybody, right? Some people like boring. I know I do from time to time.

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Yes.

Bad sign?

She is doing cover tunes this early in career.

I like HER. I don't consider her to be a great singer or musician, but I've seen and heard a lot worse. I haven't really listened to much of her music, but I have seen her perform on many shows over the past couple of years and I always enjoy her performances.

Graycap23 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I have liked all the songs that I know from H.E.R thus far.

I've yet to find her boring but I know there may be some songs she has

that would make me cringe. Just like Ella Mai. I like some of her songs but some

of her collaborations make me puke.

I have liked them 2.....but they all sound like the same damn song, like Sade, Anita Baker, Summer Walker, and others songs sound the same.

Sade doesn't belong on this list.

Her and John Legend fall into that boring category.

She's the new Alicia Keys - talented but slap bang in the middle of the road and comfortable staying there while gobbling up grammys (and presumable, like A Keys, graduating to hosting in a decade or so) from the voter committees who clearly have a soft spot for her.

funkypixie said:

She's the new Alicia Keys - talented but slap bang in the middle of the road and comfortable staying there while gobbling up grammys (and presumable, like A Keys, graduating to hosting in a decade or so) from the voter committees who clearly have a soft spot for her.

I agree in the sense of the same type songs but HER has real talent, Keys is and was a manufactered "star". IMHO.

cherishtheday said:

cherishtheday said:

Her and John Legend fall into that boring category.

Nah. She doesn't sing with that shiny polished grit that John Legend does

Definitely orange to apples comparison. I see it's another chick similar to H.E.R

named Summer Walker.

H.E.R. has talent but I agree that her songs are too similar. One of her breakout hits "Hard Place" and her rock oriented performance of that song at the Grammy's got me excited for what else she put out. Now, that song seems like an anomaly. I am not not sure who has guided almost all the modern female R&B singers that every song has to be designed for Urban/R&B ballad radio. Hard Place gave me hope that she would bring several types of musical influences into her music like our guy Prince did, but that surely hasn't been the case. I like a few of her ballads, but it does become bland when it is one ballad after the other.

Graycap23 said:

funkypixie said:

She's the new Alicia Keys - talented but slap bang in the middle of the road and comfortable staying there while gobbling up grammys (and presumable, like A Keys, graduating to hosting in a decade or so) from the voter committees who clearly have a soft spot for her.

I agree in the sense of the same type songs but HER has real talent, Keys is and was a manufactered "star". IMHO.

Can't agree with the Keys being manufactured though I can understand the bland tag. To me, Keys is quite talented and her latest album was way more diverse than H.E.R.'s. Yes, the new Keys album has a few bland songs on it but was more diverse and engaging than I expected. No one forced millions to buy Songs in A Minor, and I think it still holds up as good album with some display of musical diversity. Her subsequent output was somewhat lackluster until her latest.

gandorb said:

Farfunknugin said:

I’ve been thinking this for awhile now. The arrangements just kind of lay there with no real hooks. I saw her kill a performance where she played piano then went to guitar seamlessly but her studio material has been really disappointing. [Edited 6/27/21 17:53pm] [Edited 6/27/21 17:53pm]

There are some artists who kill it live...but they're studio material isn't good.

Yes

alphastreet said:

alphastreet said:

daingermouz2020 said:

beyond boring

[Snip - luv4u]

alphastreet said:

I wanted to like her cause I love r&b and glad she’s putting it out there, but I find her boring and her voice doesn’t do anything for me. Does anyone else feel the same? I know it just can’t be me

Boring to me is Alicia Keys and John Legend. H.E.R. is very talented, I just wish she'd challenge herself a bit more with material. She has the ability to set the pace rather than follow the trend.

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