Like their lungs wouldn't explode just trying to sing OG chorus, studio or not, quit it
Britney's voice... no shade, but it requires a different kind of song. But when it comes to Rihanna vs. Katy, let's not act like their vocal ability is miles apart when they aren't. I mean, Katy sang We Found Love, arguably Rihanna's biggest hit, and she sounded just as good, at 0:28 :
So let's NOT.
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I don't even understand a word of "Gun Shot." At least when Rihanna lets the accent fly she's still intelligible.
That's because Rihanna is singing American-English lyrics with her accent. Gun Shot isn't written in American-English, hence you not understanding it. Also why you probably couldn't understand Beenie Man either.
Those are your examples of hard-hitting raps? Dear lordT. It's not even a question of if Rihanna could pull it off. Hell, 80% of the tone-deaf members on this board could've recorded this cd.
And I'll just say what everyone's thinking
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Hold me down, beat it like a bully
Beat my drum drum, like a drum-line boogie
Dive head first if ya wanna
Sink to my body
Hold me tight, mistah lovah
Do it like I do it, like I said
Keep it up boy, we can do this all day
Be my Harlem and me St. Tropez
Never found nobody that would do it this way
Britney's voice... no shade, but it requires a different kind of song. But when it comes to Rihanna vs. Katy, let's not act like their vocal ability is miles apart when they aren't. I mean, Katy sang We Found Love, arguably Rihanna's biggest hit, and she sounded just as good, at 0:28 :
Nothing about Katy's vocals would/could have delivered the amount of angst and splendor that Rihanna put into the vocals. Only Ms. Fenty could have made WFL into a smash and she succeeded. As to Onika's ballads, I think she did well, considering I liked them enough to wish Rihanna sang them. I feel like she could have added more depth.
Those are your examples of hard-hitting raps? Dear lordT. It's not even a question of if Rihanna could pull it off. Hell, 80% of the tone-deaf members on this board could've recorded this cd.
Killed every single verse on "Roman" Reloaded.
So that "verse" on Cockiness killed every single verse on Roman Reloaded?
Nothing about Katy's vocals would/could have delivered the amount of angst and splendor that Rihanna put into the vocals. Only Ms. Fenty could have made WFL into a smash and she succeeded. As to Onika's ballads, I think she did well, considering I liked them enough to wish Rihanna sang them. I feel like she could have added more depth.
As far as We Found Love goes, anyone could've sang that song. Hell, Jessie J could've done it justice.
I think Nicki did a great job with the pop tracks, regardless of how generic they may be. In fact, I like Nicki's generic material better than most other pop girls' generic material...
The quality of her voice is phenomenal and would've taken WFL to a whole other level.
I have to disagree, as great as Jessie's vocals are the added noises and tones she does with her voice can be very off-putting. It wouldn't have suited the production AT ALL.