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  Discussion: Why are male pop artists so basic and generic?
 
	
	
		
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 Justin Timberlake, please come back and slay us.    |  
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					Originally posted by jqnetto  Shut up brother.    
Patti Smith, Janis Joplin and Joan Jett can't do rock!?   |  I didn't say ALL women can't. I mean that men do rock better that's why there's almost no women in bands.. but there are exceptions like the ones you mentioned  |  
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 Chris Brown was very unique but he kind of shot himself in the leg...he has the ability to be creative but he likes playing it safe for his standardsUsher it unique as well.....and id also say Bruno Mars
 
 Women have it easy...they could dress up as men and kis each other and get away with it...Men can't wo backlash
 
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Member Since: 4/20/2011 Posts: 26,993     | 
 
 As said before, male pop artists are always Michael Jackson clones    |  
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 It's funny, as soon as I saw the title of this thread think of, like, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown and Usher. Then I get here and I immediately I see people saying everyone's generic but  them.
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					Originally posted by werk  Justin Timberlake, please come back and slay us.   |  
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					Originally posted by Usher  Usher is also not generic. |  OMG, DJ, More, Scream, Numb, etc.?  |  
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					Originally posted by slobro  As said before, male pop artists are always Michael Jackson clones   |  And females are Madonna clones    |  
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 Bruno Mars isn't flopping   
Anyway, idk...  |  
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					Originally posted by KRL  because men can't do pop, just like women can't do rock... |  ....   |  
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					Originally posted by kylespearsfenty  Male Ke$ha? Here for that. Let's call him R@+(H3+ |  Was thinking more of a male Dev.
 
Yet then again we have people like Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky.. just not mainstream enough I guess  |  
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Member Since: 11/18/2011 Posts: 7,791     | 
 
 Not all male popstars are generic. Adam Lambert, Sam Sparro and Jake Shears each are more critically acclaimed than Justin Timberlake AND Usher so let's not    |  
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	do you even listen to his albums??? If not then please don't make such ignorant statements like thisQuote: 
	
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					Originally posted by Duca  [SIZE="7"]OMG, DJ, More, Scream, Numb, etc.?
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 If that's the case then I'll say N'sync made generic music...like every artist does generic a couple of times
 
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					Originally posted by Duca  !!!!!!!
 
 
 OMG, DJ, More, Scream, Numb, etc.?
 |  DJ, More & Scream are generic, but not Numb. And sure he has and will 1-3 generic Songs on his Album but every mainstream artist has it. I said: He isn't generic because some of y'all act like he is JUST generic and this isn't true.
 
Climax, Dive, I Care For U, Lemme See, Twisted, What Happened To U, I.F.U. 2nd Round, Hot Thing, Say The Words, Dive etc. are not generic Songs.
 
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					Originally posted by castrobabytiger  do you even listen to his albums??? If not then please don't make such ignorant statements like this
 If that's the case then I'll say N'sync made generic music...like every artist does generic a couple of times
 
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	The Top 1000 Most Critically Acclaimed Artists of All Time
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					Originally posted by Glamazon  Not all male popstars are generic. Adam Lambert, Sam Sparro and Jake Shears each are more critically acclaimed than Justin Timberlake AND Usher so let's not   |  
Usher didn't make the top 1000, but he's still ranked:
#1405 Usher 
Sam isn't ranked, while Adam and Jake don't even have artist pages.    |  
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 Wait until I make it.    |  
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					Originally posted by Duca   |  You know DAMN well that has more to do with commercial success than critical acclaim. And the Scissor Sisters (Jake Shears)  are probably on that list. Anyways, back on topic, I'm so sick of ATRL saying male pop stars are basic when the top gurls other than maybe 2 of them all follow the same trends, use the same producers, do the same **** on stage and release the same type of albums. And that's NO SHADE at all! There are different levels of male popstars just like there are different levels of female popstars. For example JT/Usher on the top level, then Bieber and Chris Brown on the next, then Bruno and Adam, then the Taio's and Pitbulls.  |  
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 Will we ever get another prince/mj/Bowie?    
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					Originally posted by BlondeAmbitionxX  Because they don't have much choice, woman can explore every corner visually and artistically even if they're straight, all unique creative artists such as Bowie, Prince, Freddie Mercury etc were gays or accused of being gays... |  +1  |  
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					Originally posted by castrobabytiger  do you even listen to his albums??? If not then please don't make such ignorant statements like this
 If that's the case then I'll say N'sync made generic music...like every artist does generic a couple of times
 
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					Originally posted by Usher  DJ, More & Scream are generic, but not Numb. And sure he has and will 1-3 generic Songs on his Album but every mainstream artist has it. I said: He isn't generic because some of y'all act like he is JUST generic and this isn't true.
 Climax, Dive, I Care For U, Lemme See, Twisted, What Happened To U, I.F.U. 2nd Round, Hot Thing, Say The Words, Dive etc. are not generic Songs.
 
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 |  His debut, "8701," "Raymond V Raymond," and "Versus" were generic, bar like 3 songs at best. The others are balanced.
 
"Numb" is generic, it's a "Without You" clone. Half of the Urban/R&B songs you listed are generic as well.  |  
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					Originally posted by Glamazon  You know DAMN well that has more to do with commercial success than critical acclaim. And the Scissor Sisters (Jake Shears)  are probably on that list. Anyways, back on topic, I'm so sick of ATRL saying male pop stars are basic when the top gurls other than maybe 2 of them all follow the same trends, use the same producers, do the same **** on stage and release the same type of albums. And that's NO SHADE at all! There are different levels of male popstars just like there are different levels of female popstars. For example JT/Usher on the top level, then Bieber and Chris Brown on the next, then Bruno and Adam, then the Taio's and Pitbulls. |  Justin's the most critically acclaimed mainstream artist of the millennium and the most critically acclaimed act from his generation for a reason (and Usher's far from being on Justin's level.)
Scissors Sisters are ranked at #725.  |  
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					Originally posted by FantasySoul  Will we ever get another prince/mj/Bowie?    
+1 |  We already have one, but until the music industry and his fellow gays start supporting him, he'll never get the success he deserves    |  
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