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Leona possibly talking shade about Mariah?
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Originally posted by ashuduff
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People need to hop off Mariah. Leona's been in the game and only had #1, while Mariah has had 18 #1s and was the top female artist of an entire decade and I believe We Belong Together was the top selling of the 2000s, correct me if I'm wrong.
She's only been around for less than 2 years, two albums, and she's already peaked. Her singles have failed to do anything significant. When is Leona going to be the top artist of any decade?
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Originally posted by julesvel
It's ridiculous how this thread has turned into an argument of whether or not Leona has personality or who was rude to Leona. She didn't say it was Mariah, so that means we can't know for sure who it is unless she says so. I don't think Leona is the kind to talk crap about anyone, so while she might hint to it she's not going to throw shade directly at any artist by name.
Everyone claiming she has no personality just hasn't taken the time to watch her. You don't know her, and you most likely haven't read her book, watched her X-Factor journey, or seen many of her interviews. She's a human being. Just because she has a big voice and doesn't have a "diva" persona doesn't mean she has no personality. Leona is a nice person, at least that's how she is shown in media, so she doesn't deserve to have so much hatred directed at her. Seriously people... we have better things to do than to throw shade at people who don't deserve it. How about taking that aggression and putting it to good use (like trying to make this world better, or at least taking up a sport or something....)
It's honestly about time so many of you stop misrepresenting yourselves, because I don't believe for one second that you're actually as superficial, ignorant, or hateful as you seem in these threads. Just be your damn self for once...
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If your post was about me: I followed Leona since she was on X-Factor. She has the pipes but her X-Factor performances had no originality: same arrangement, even same phrasing. She just tried to imitate the songs, not interpret them in her own. But I think that was OK. She was young and it would change when her debut came out. But then Spirit was a huge let down. And since then beginning, I have discussed about her personality in MUSIC, not how nice and humble she is. I don't give a crap.
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Oh come on there was going to be a Broadway musical thing about Mariah's life and she wanted Leona to do it... how was that shade?
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Originally posted by And Now I Wonder
Oh come on there was going to be a Broadway musical thing about Mariah's life and she wanted Leona to do it... how was that shade?
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That was very shady if you ask me
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Originally posted by Wildhope
I highly doubt she would be mean to Leona who only had 1 big ww hit and then praise and be best friends with Beyonce (according to nick), who's like the biggest female r&b artist @ the moment if she was that insecure and competitive. I just think people don't get her humor.
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yeah but Beoynce was never labeled as the "new mariah" like Leona has.
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Originally posted by Hector
She told Britain's OK! magazine: "They were a monster to me. It was someone who I really looked up to, someone who inspired me. They didn't insult me, it was just the whole attitude they had. I didn't like it. And you know what? They were like it twice. The first time I was upset, the second time I was like, I'm so much bigger than that."
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1) why she say "THEY" ??
2) the " it was someone who i really looked up to" by Leona reminds me of what Christina Aguilera's once said as well... and it was about ... the one and only Mariah !
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Originally posted by NE.
People need to hop off Mariah. Leona's been in the game and only had #1, while Mariah has had 18 #1s and was the top female artist of an entire decade and I believe We Belong Together was the top selling of the 2000s, correct me if I'm wrong.
She's only been around for less than 2 years, two albums, and she's already peaked. Her singles have failed to do anything significant. When is Leona going to be the top artist of any decade?
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I think that's not the issue obviously Mariah is a legend and way better than Leona in everything. Leona only had one super smash hit and one minor hit ever since then hasn't been living up to that success so yeah that's def not what ppl are saying. I think what we are saying is that Mariah seems to be a little shady sometimes towards people some deserving: Madonna, Christina, etc. but like a lot ppl on here I can't understand why she would say what she say about Leona. I mean what has Leona ever done to her? She is a sweet girl. That's what I think ppl are saying not debating success-wise cuz everyone should know who is winning that.
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I don't think that was Mariah. She seems so much smarter than that.
I love Leona so much more than Mariah though.
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Originally posted by Wildhope
I highly doubt she would be mean to Leona who only had 1 big ww hit and then praise and be best friends with Beyonce (according to nick), who's like the biggest female r&b artist @ the moment if she was that insecure and competitive. I just think people don't get her humor.
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The difference is that Beyonce was never touted as the "new Mariah," Bey has very little in common with Mimi. Leona is very very similar to early A/C Mariah, if quite a bit less interesting. Mariah feels threatened by her, thinking it's someone who could possibly replace her or make her irrelevant in the industry. On the one hand, she has a tendency to be arrogant because she's so successful, but on the other she's super insecure. Still. She can't grasp the fact that she's already established, that no clone will be able to overshadow the mark she made on the music world.
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Originally posted by ShakTinaOnce_fan
yeah but Beoynce was never labeled as the "new mariah" like Leona has.
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You beat me to it
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Originally posted by NE.
People need to hop off Mariah. Leona's been in the game and only had #1, while Mariah has had 18 #1s and was the top female artist of an entire decade and I believe We Belong Together was the top selling of the 2000s, correct me if I'm wrong.
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Geez what a tragically lamb-esque response. We all know she has 18 #1s, that doesn't mean she is immune from flopping or that it's something invincible. In fact it's a bit of a joke. What IS impressive about Mariah is that she has longevity, she's honest, and while she's a diva she is still somehow personable and has her down-to-earth moments. Her merits as a musician cannot be and are not defined by the amount of #1 hits she has garnered.
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lmfao , it's definitely mariah .
shouldn't be a surprise to anyone since mariah is known to be bitchy to her rivals and is always vocal about it , not to mention she has thrown shade at leona before
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Originally posted by Skeleton Boy
It is DEFINATELY Mariah. Leona has said this before, and she used to always list Mariah as one of her childhood inspirations but now she never does. Mariah is plain nasty
Mariah said that “Honestly, there has been so many, ‘This is the new her,’ and I’m like, ‘OK, show me the new her. Can she come and work for me and be my double? And I’m not particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn’t really hear a true similarity, particularly in the style of music. It is what it is and critics have compared me to so many people who are not really singers, and they’re certainly not writers.”
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A lot of musicans are compared to her and she's sick of it. She wasn't throwing shade and the thread started didn't post anything that proved it's Mimi.
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Originally posted by Skeleton Boy
'no personalities'?
No she doesn't, she has one. Unlike fake Mariah
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Leona was forced from the start.
And she was always too stiffed.
She needs some charm in her voice, she's too robotic and you can barely feel emotions in her songs.
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She is so blatently throwing shade. Calling her 'this girl Leona' and going on about how artists who are compared to her are not singers OR writers
And what are you on about? Stiffed?
Leona sings Run with so much emotion, as with First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. If you can't see that then you have the problem not her
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I love her, but she needs emotion and some charm.
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She has it
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Originally posted by Skeleton Boy
Leona sings Run with so much emotion, as with First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. If you can't see that then you have the problem not her
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I like Run. I see her in that song.
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