Mariah + Whitney!!!






Britney + Rihanna!!!

Authentic?

That When You Believe song was very textbook 90s Babyface balladry, nothing innovative nor remarkably special about it other than the two women that sang it.

But I guess this thread is supposed to be yet another thread to excessively talk about how Rihanna can't sing & ****, so whatever.

Well if we're talking pop/dance the majority of it is processed rubbish.

The difference is that When You Believe(ok song) was an actual duet, it was meant to be a duet , while S&M (great song) remix was a cheap strategy to get #1

Not really.

Britneys new single is bringing wind instruments to the pop charts. You dont get more authentic that a ****ing flute yall.

dsafgdg

there was just as much crappy pop music out back then as there is today. anyway mariah has had her share of bad pop songs.. glitter anyone?

Of course not, but isn't that the point?

Authentic Pop:

Not-so authentic Pop:

Was popular music ever authentic would have been... a less naive question.

For the most part, it never has been. There's always your wonderful exceptions, though. Don't fool yourself into thinking any era is completely or even mostly innocent.

"Authentic" is a very ambiguous word. But I guess this is just a thread to moan about how bad everything is these days, so I'll leave

Every artist has their low-points, best to get over them.

you tried