Rick James and Tina Marie Tour Cancelled

Sarconik · Aug 2004

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people who were born before 1985 know what real music is. That is just my opinion :arrow:

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R-Tistic from Los Angeles, CA · Aug 2004

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P o e t i q R e i g n wrote:
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA !!!! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME U'VE BEEN CHECKED FOR HEARING?!?! granted, she was doin' a lil too much @ the BET awards (her & Rick were both just tryna have a good time & show that they still got it...even if they were puttin' a lil too much into it)...but i cannot POSSIBLY see how anyone could think she can't sing... you've heard the original "Fire & Desire" and you STILL say this?!?! omg... guess this is just a classic case of everyone interprets things in different ways & DEFinitely has their own opinion... & comparing her to ASHANTI of all people?!?!?! that was just a low blow :?

Basically that must be a topic of people with different opinions. I am a producer and my dad does music so please believe I am not the type to just say somebody can't sing when they really can, unless it's just a battle of opinion. I just don't like her "style" if that's what you wanna call it. Yes I have heard the original Fire and Desire, and it sucked when I first heard it. I know MANY MANY MANY people, adults and people my age, who say that she can't sing, but she was just a product of a lotta hype. Now if I was stupid enough to say Luther or Aretha can't sing, then I give you the right to **** slap me. But regardless of how old I am or how old and respected some singers, I just don't think some artists are that talented. Tina Turner doesn't sound too good on a lot of tracks as well.

· Aug 2004

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R-Tistic wrote:
I strongly disagree...she couldn't sing for Sh*t then and still can't. I definitely can recognize a good singer, regardless of my age and the generation I grew up in, because my parents are musicians and are in their 50s. And they told me before I had ever heard her and paid attention that she was one of those stars who was horrible but they promoted and marketed her right, and it worked. Then I heard a song on the radio that sounded old and was like "who the hell is this who can't sing???" and then they said Teena Marie and I was like ohhh...makes sense. And she sounded horrible on the BET awards..yeah she sounded "as good" as she did on the original song..because she sounded horrible on that. She ain't got Sh*t on Mariah Carey, or anybody else that can sing. At least Ashanti doesn't try to sing high and hit notes that she ain't supposed to..but Teena did this and people thought it was a new style of singin or somethin, when it really was just a white chick who couldn't sing for Sh*t. No offense..but that's how I c it.

Are you crazy? I'm sorry, I have to disagree with you. Teena Marie is one of the few females whose voices wasn't "tweaked" in the studio.