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Discussion: Age Ain't Nothing But a Number | #5-1
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Man, so many of Monica's singles are so basic.
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Originally posted by GoodMusicLover
waiiiiiiiiiiit...where is Monica's Street Symphony? Don't tell me it didn't chart
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Sorry, it didn't chart. Wikipedia tells me it was actually her first single not to hit the top ten on the Hot 100 (and she's only been back once since!). It's a good song, though.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Man, so many of Monica's singles are so basic.
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That was sort of what I discovered during this rate. A lot of her uptempo tracks I could barely get through. But she's got fantastic ballads (minus that one Diane Warren disaster).
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wait a minute don't go in on Monica lol. Some of her uptempos are tough too like just one of dem days and like this and like that.
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Monica's '90s singles are basic but amazing. Maybe because I'm nostalgic for '90s R&B, but "Why I Love You So Much," "Before You Walk Out of My Life," "Don't Take It Personal," "Like This and Like That" (sounds like an answer to "Back and Forth"), "Angel of Mine," " The First Night" and several others just **** for days. I tolerate her '90s 'basicness' more than her new millennium 'basicness.' lol
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Monica's '90s singles are basic but amazing. Maybe because I'm nostalgic for '90s R&B, but "Why I Love You So Much," "Before You Walk Out of My Life," "Don't Take It Personal," "Like This and Like That" (sounds like an answer to "Back and Forth"), "Angel of Mine," " The First Night" and several others just **** for days. I tolerate her '90s 'basicness' more than her new millennium 'basicness.' lol
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she was like Whitney in the sense that she could turn a ****** song into a great song because of the way she sung it. If any1 would of sung "Why I love you so much" it would of flopped (well maybe except if Toni Braxton sung it)
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HELL YES!!!!
I already heard all of Aaliyah's, only missing a couple of Monica & Brandy.
My top 10:
If Your Girl Only Knew
Are You That Somebody?
The Boy Is Mine
One in a Million
The First Night
Age Ain't Nothin But a Number
Right Here (Departed)
Have You Ever?
Back & Forth
Don't Take It Personal
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Monica's '90s singles are basic but amazing. Maybe because I'm nostalgic for '90s R&B, but "Why I Love You So Much," "Before You Walk Out of My Life," "Don't Take It Personal," "Like This and Like That" (sounds like an answer to "Back and Forth"), "Angel of Mine," " The First Night" and several others just **** for days. I tolerate her '90s 'basicness' more than her new millennium 'basicness.' lol
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I think she kind of peaked with that first (unreasonably long, by the way) album. supa and I were talking about this last night, but Before You Walk Out of My Life is the best thing she's ever done.
But apparently I'm the only one [so far] to give it a ten.
Yet almost everyone's given For You I Will and Angel of Mine tens. What is that about?
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
I think she kind of peaked with that first (unreasonably long, by the way) album. supa and I were talking about this last night, but Before You Walk Out of My Life is the best thing she's ever done.
But apparently I'm the only one [so far] to give it a ten.
Yet almost everyone's given For You I Will and Angel of Mine tens. What is that about?
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No, definitely not. "Before You Walk Out of My Life" is getting the respect it deserves. It's just being outshone by a lot of Monica's bigger hits, including the greatly inferior but much more popular ballads "For You I Will and "Angel of Mine." It's understandable to me how that could happen—Diane Warren always writes a huge chorus that's easy for the listener to grab onto—but it's so wrong, because "Before You Walk" is just better music.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ace Reject
I think she kind of peaked with that first (unreasonably long, by the way) album. supa and I were talking about this last night, but Before You Walk Out of My Life is the best thing she's ever done.
But apparently I'm the only one [so far] to give it a ten.
Yet almost everyone's given For You I Will and Angel of Mine tens. What is that about?
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Lies.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Monica's '90s singles are basic but amazing. Maybe because I'm nostalgic for '90s R&B, but "Why I Love You So Much," "Before You Walk Out of My Life," "Don't Take It Personal," "Like This and Like That" (sounds like an answer to "Back and Forth"), "Angel of Mine," " The First Night" and several others just **** for days. I tolerate her '90s 'basicness' more than her new millennium 'basicness.' lol
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It's funny, but my highest scores for Monica are clumped at the beginning, middle and end of her catalog, with serious dips in between. I really like her new millennium ballads, but she needs to stop trying with these party songs (except "All Eyez On Me"; why am I the only one who loves that jam?!).
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Everytime tha Beat Drop is by far the worst song in this rate.
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I haven't listened to "Everytime da beat drop" in so long lol. I don't think it's THAT bad. In that time period songs from three 6 mafia,dem franchise boyz etc were blowing up. It has a nice beat tho
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I wish "I Refuse" had been a single so that it could rightfully take the #1 spot.
My ideal top 10:
1.Try Again
2.One In A Million
3.Are You That Somebody?"-
4.I Care 4 U
5.Rock the Boat
6.Before You Walk Out My Life
7.We Need a Resolution
8.At Your Best (You Are Love)"-
9.More Than a Woman
10.I Don't Wanna
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
I think she kind of peaked with that first (unreasonably long, by the way) album. supa and I were talking about this last night, but Before You Walk Out of My Life is the best thing she's ever done.
But apparently I'm the only one [so far] to give it a ten.
Yet almost everyone's given For You I Will and Angel of Mine tens. What is that about?
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You're not the only one.
I didn't give either of those songs a 10!
I can't wait for this to start!
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Originally posted by DeathRevisited
I can't wait for this to start!
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There is still another week to vote. But I've already got 15 ballots, which is awesome. I didn't even get that many in total for my last rate.
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Listening to their catalogues, imo, Brandy and Aaliyah were artists, and Monica was just a "sanger". All of her albums sound the same to me. "Aaliyah" and "full moon" are two of the best r & b albums of all time imo. Monica doesn't have that defining album.
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Originally posted by Lasers
Listening to their catalogues, imo, Brandy and Aaliyah were artists, and Monica was just a "sanger". All of her albums sound the same to me. "Aaliyah" and "full moon" are two of the best r & b albums of all time imo. Monica doesn't have that defining album.
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There is a slight difference between Monica's first two albums.
On Miss Thang, she concentrated on the huge Hip Hop-Soul sound which was popular at that time.
Her second album had a more adult contemporary sound to it. For the most part, her music has always been pretty formulaic.
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I sent mine. I didn't give a single song below an 8. That's a new one for me...
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Keep those votes coming! You have until this weekend.
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