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Originally posted by Playboy
I will say that I'm not surprised Monica isn't doing well..... she's always been true R&B while Aaliyah and Brandy are more crossover and commercial. ATRL has this racial thing against R&B artists that they prefer you to be white and sing soul music while if you are black than you better be Pop. I never quite got that logic but it is what it is. I hope Monica can at least get 1 solo hit in the Top 10. I already know either The Boy Is Mine or an Aaliyah song will win. More than likely Aaliyah LOL
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Interesting. I think you have a point there, but I don't know if it's really fair to chalk it up to racism. This is a
pop music forum, after all. It makes sense that voters would give higher scores to songs with big hooks and a more accessible sound—though that hasn't necessarily been the case so far (witness: the early eliminations of "Right Here (Departed)" and "All Eyez On Me").
And it's funny that you mention that about Monica being more of a true R&B artist than Aaliyah and Brandy. Listening to their catalogs, I felt the opposite. At least early in their careers, Monica was the first one to show an impulse toward a crossover sound, especially in her balladry. I don't see that in Aaliyah and Brandy's careers until much later on (when, conversely, Monica seemed to have settled into a more purely R&B sound).
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Originally posted by Playboy
I'm mad that yall didn't get INTO Just Another Girl, All Eyez On Me, For You I Will and Love All Over Me..... these are probably my favorite Monica singles  |
With the exception of that cheesy mess "For You I Will," I'm so with you. Monica's later work got unfairly shafted!
they gettin the royalty checks in the background. Idk y I always assumed Aaliyah wrote some of her music. When she said "I'm writing you a 4 page letter." I believed her lmao
