She's the living proof that group success doesn’t always translate into solo stardom. Her "debut" album materialized after six years, with the original material and the original title being long abandoned, after every single she released failed to chart despite the many attempts (at one point, it was pushed back in favor of a second Pussycat Dolls album.) I think that her initial failure was due more to having jumped ship too early from a band whose aesthetic was divisively trashy in the first place than because of her own limitations. Currently, she and the material are the problem. She doesn't know who she is musically and never shows a hint of personality or character, recording songs but not making them her own, allowing beats to dominate them instead of her. Her music is safe; she never strays from the template, while there are no powerful, memorable hooks in the rhythms or melodies, which all sound like a pile of Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas rejects.
She's the living proof that group success doesn’t always translate into solo stardom. Her "debut" album materialized after six years, with the original material and the original title being long abandoned, after every single she released failed to chart despite the many attempts (at one point, it was pushed back in favor of a second Pussycat Dolls album.) I think that her initial failure was due more to having jumped ship too early from a band whose aesthetic was divisively trashy in the first place than because of her own limitations. Currently, she and the material are the problem. She doesn't know who she is musically and never shows a hint of personality or character, recording songs but not making them her own, allowing beats to dominate them instead of her. Her music is safe; she never strays from the template, while there are no powerful, memorable hooks in the rhythms or melodies, which all sound like a pile of Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas rejects.
I think she might continue to have a little success, but even though some of her songs sound good, they all sound like something that's already been heard before .
I think what you guys don't get is that us Nicole stans AGREE that no one seems to care about her, and her music thus far hasn't exactly registered off the scale for originality. I mean RedOne was the main producer on this last album, so we already knew that. And Her Name Is Nicole was a mess and deserved to be shelved. I am certainly not trying to sit up in here and call her the greatest superstar in the world or anything.
i just like to see beautiful and TALENTED pop stars. They could be unsigned and I will still stan for them (aka Simon Curtis) because I want more talent in the pop landscape. So no...no one cares about Nicole. But that is why I am so excited about XFactor...I am hoping mild single success (Right There is doing eh, hopefully the follow-up single will do better) added to weekly exposure on a smash show will change that aspect, and then she will get better producers/songwriters to not make a generic album.
I am expressing my belief that she COULD slay as a pop star, not that she IS already.
I think what you guys don't get is that us Nicole stans AGREE that no one seems to care about her, and her music thus far hasn't exactly registered off the scale for originality. I mean RedOne was the main producer on this last album, so we already knew that. And Her Name Is Nicole was a mess and deserved to be shelved. I am certainly not trying to sit up in here and call her the greatest superstar in the world or anything.
i just like to see beautiful and TALENTED pop stars. They could be unsigned and I will still stan for them (aka Simon Curtis) because I want more talent in the pop landscape. So no...no one cares about Nicole. But that is why I am so excited about XFactor...I am hoping mild single success (Right There is doing eh, hopefully the follow-up single will do better) added to weekly exposure on a smash show will change that aspect, and then she will get better producers/songwriters to not make a generic album.
I am expressing my belief that she COULD slay as a pop star, not that she IS already.
"Whatever U Like" remains her best single yet and, to be honest, one of the best debut singles I've heard.