Alicia Keys is the Grammys’ dream: a “proper” R&B singer/songwriter/piano player who makes records boring enough for middle-aged white record executives. John Legend is, by and large, the male Alicia Keys, albeit a better singer. And Sam Smith is the trifecta: the gay, British male version, only with less soul. Which is why he won all those Grammys a couple months ago. Keys and Legend are at least capable of roughing up their sound a bit; Smith is far too squeaky-clean for such nonsense. Accordingly, he drags Legend down with him. And furthermore, this’ll likely win a boatload of Grammys in 2016. I doubt I’ll hear a more boring single all year.
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A crossover effort by a guy who didn’t need a crossover, a pop validation for an R&B singer who before “All of Me” had only himself to blame for never getting anyone to give a damn; this horror gets pounded into meat sauce until it’s not even recognizable as gravy. I know for damn sure that Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj would have begged for the shows of soul.
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Decades ago, when you had an insufferable Brit proving they had soul after surprising crossover success by hiring a recognizable icon, you had George Michael and Aretha Franklin. Now, you get Sam Smith and John Legend. As per usual, Smith is the epitome of saccharine portentousness, while John Legend makes noises that sound like someone whining in pain as they linger in a hospital ward after painkillers. Did you hear that falsetto? What the hell was that ****? What we have is a case of two overly mannered egomaniacs, one whose astonishing lack of talent continues to baffle me to this day, kiss their own reflections as if their ego were their own child. And grossly enough, we get invited along to watch. No thanks, guys.
Sam Smith is definitely not the male Adele. Critics DESPISE him
Tidal is literally the dumbest thing. How does a Spotify clone, that's owned by some of the wealthiest and most successful musicians in the world, fix the inherent problem of streaming services? If The Carter Family and co., are really so distraught over what streaming has done to artists, shouldn't they give the rights to struggling indie acts who actually need the money? Because while Taylor Swift and others can pretend they pull their music from Spotify for artistic reasons, we all know that it's to maximize sales - and now that Tidal exists, all of that cash is just gonna go to people who don't need it. Nope,none of that money will go to the struggling musicians and bands who ACTUALLY get ****ed by streaming. It's all gonna go to Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin and Madonna lmao!! People worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
could somebody please explain to me how this is a musical revolution, because it sure seems like a shoddy business move that just make the rich get richer.
I'm so glad my fav isn't a greedy capitalistic ***** and doesn't have her name anywhere near this mess!
