I just wanted to say her voice was better. I didn't think that was your point. Beyonce having sticky fingers when it comes to songs is something I had heard regarding "If I Was a Boy", but I had no idea about this whole stealing of Amerie's career conspiracy theory. When it comes to Beyonce and any other artist from TX, I'm biased even i…
I just wanted to say her voice was better. I didn't think that was your point. Beyonce having sticky fingers when it comes to songs is something I had heard regarding "If I Was a Boy", but I had no idea about this whole stealing of Amerie's career conspiracy theory. When it comes to Beyonce and any other artist from TX, I'm biased even if they're not my personal favorite. Did Beyonce have a phase where she was mimicking? I recall her Shakira hip rolling before they did their collab. She's managed to make it more of an appreciation than taking ownership lately and I'm glad about that. Beyonce probably committed some sins, but she's from TX so I cannot give her much criticism. Same with Jessica Simpson, Willie Nelson etc. It's not that I am advocating for TX over everything, but it's just ingrained.
I just don't think Mimi would respect Jlo because the singing is not it. Besides, at one point she wasn't gelling with Whitney. Idk.
Understood. Don't mess with Texas. LOL But who wasn't getting with Whitney? Mariah and Whitney started off rough because the industry tried to pit them against each other but they became friends at the end. I don't think JLo or Whitney knew each other like that to even have a problem. As for Bey mimicking, yeah, she was accused for years, probably every era until Lemonade. I still think alot of that is just when everyone works with the top people (songwriters, producers, stylists, artistic directors, etc.) there are bound to be similarities.
They did find a way to friendship, but I feel like they had an Aretha rule about singing. I'm not saying I'm correct, but I think the professional respect would be low with Mimi and Jennifer. It's not common that light skilled singers inhabit the same space as real singers. However, Jlo conquered film and Mimi probably could have given her help. HOWEVER, Jlo was also stepping over boundaries with her dating of Diddy when he clearly had a girlfriend (she wore the stink more than he did and look at him now... still community property).I don't know about black celebrity women, but in regular life Jlo was not spoken of positively because of that. I enjoy her, but I just don't know that she's schmoozing and gathering a power clique like Gwyneth. I think Lainey has a point regarding how they keep it consistent and very tight without being showy.
I agree regarding the similarities of production creating similar outputs. The machine doesn't actually reward unique work.
I just wanted to say her voice was better. I didn't think that was your point. Beyonce having sticky fingers when it comes to songs is something I had heard regarding "If I Was a Boy", but I had no idea about this whole stealing of Amerie's career conspiracy theory. When it comes to Beyonce and any other artist from TX, I'm biased even if they're not my personal favorite. Did Beyonce have a phase where she was mimicking? I recall her Shakira hip rolling before they did their collab. She's managed to make it more of an appreciation than taking ownership lately and I'm glad about that. Beyonce probably committed some sins, but she's from TX so I cannot give her much criticism. Same with Jessica Simpson, Willie Nelson etc. It's not that I am advocating for TX over everything, but it's just ingrained.
I just don't think Mimi would respect Jlo because the singing is not it. Besides, at one point she wasn't gelling with Whitney. Idk.
Understood. Don't mess with Texas. LOL But who wasn't getting with Whitney? Mariah and Whitney started off rough because the industry tried to pit them against each other but they became friends at the end. I don't think JLo or Whitney knew each other like that to even have a problem. As for Bey mimicking, yeah, she was accused for years, probably every era until Lemonade. I still think alot of that is just when everyone works with the top people (songwriters, producers, stylists, artistic directors, etc.) there are bound to be similarities.
They did find a way to friendship, but I feel like they had an Aretha rule about singing. I'm not saying I'm correct, but I think the professional respect would be low with Mimi and Jennifer. It's not common that light skilled singers inhabit the same space as real singers. However, Jlo conquered film and Mimi probably could have given her help. HOWEVER, Jlo was also stepping over boundaries with her dating of Diddy when he clearly had a girlfriend (she wore the stink more than he did and look at him now... still community property).I don't know about black celebrity women, but in regular life Jlo was not spoken of positively because of that. I enjoy her, but I just don't know that she's schmoozing and gathering a power clique like Gwyneth. I think Lainey has a point regarding how they keep it consistent and very tight without being showy.
I agree regarding the similarities of production creating similar outputs. The machine doesn't actually reward unique work.