I feel people are disagreeing just because it's "Rihanna" and "vocals" involved.
She hasn't opened doors like Whitney or Mariah, and she may not be a singer that others should aspire to emulate. But she changed expectations of what singers are.
I agree that before Rihanna you kinda had the Melisma, Riffing, Running, R&B/Pop divas.
Rihanna isn't really cut from that cloth. She idolizes the women that made that type of singing popular but she kinda goes by her own code when it comes to singing and for better or for worse she's known as a singer in her own right.
She's kinda made it ok to not want to emulate The Greats vocally because not all singing is just Vocal Acrobatics. She's brought a different element to the table.
I'm sure none of this made sense at all because it's hard to really explain, I get what Lulu was trying to say.
I feel people are disagreeing just because it's "Rihanna" and "vocals" involved.
She hasn't opened doors like Whitney or Mariah, and she may not be a singer that others should aspire to emulate. But she changed expectations of what singers are.
I agree that before Rihanna you kinda had the Melisma, Riffing, Running, R&B/Pop divas.
Rihanna isn't really cut from that cloth. She idolizes the women that made that type of singing popular but she kinda goes by her own code when it comes to singing and for better or for worse she's known as a singer in her own right.
She's kinda made it ok to not want to emulate The Greats vocally because not all singing is just Vocal Acrobatics. She's brought a different element to the table.
I'm sure none of this made sense at all because it's hard to really explain, I get what Lulu was trying to say.
THIS. Why some are seething over a comment is the real kiii of it all. Seeing how one comment can cause so many panties to wedge is entertaining. I love Aaliyah's voice and she certainly didn't do all the acrobatics. If truth be told, some people don't like all those runs, screechings and howlings at the moon.
at the hive collecting and picking warning points in this thread but yeah Ms Lulu God bless her heart, has some jacked up notions as to what constitutes commendable singing.
Kanye? Guys, she was talking certain record. And yeah, Kanye was "singing hiss butt off" on it (nobody said if it was "good singing" tho, but at least he tried)
Some of you are so quick to discredit anyone who praises Rihanna
Out of the newer female singers she is topping them all. If we group all generations she is ahead of Beyonce, on par with Pink & Alicia Keys and has yet to touch Christina Aguilera & Adele.
Fans are quick to dismiss her presence in the industry but Rihanna has left an ever lasting mark in the industry.