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Originally posted by Ishiba_Makuza
Having substance means singing something important that people care about. Love is practical topic that has substance because it's a universal theme which people care about. So yes even though though those songs weren't revolutionizing material they pertained to a subject which is more important than partying and dancing the night away, so they do have substance.
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With that logic, dance songs have substance too because there are plenty of people who value partying and drinking.
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Originally posted by zach
First of all, bad comparison and you were clocked by someone else on that.
If You Had my Love was the second single Darkchild produced. And he only did one other song on the album. Let's Get Loud?
Her second album was in similar vain but still was the leader of the type of music. Not following like she is now with RedOne. TIMT is anything but generic. Rebirth saw some of Tim and Danja's first work together. BEFORE nelly, Justin, Britney, etc. Ryan wasn't anyone special when he produced Do It Well. Brave sounded nothing like anything at the time of its release. And then there's Como.
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First of all, the comparison is valid. Just because it's about love doesn't make it have substance. You still haven't been able to argue that. And like another person said, with your logic, Dance Again and I'm Into You are full of substance too because they're about love as well.
So what if Darkchild only produced two songs and it was early in her career? That was the type of sound that was popular then. TIMT is very generic and Timbaland and his clone already existed long before Nelly made him huge. Ryan already a hit with Timbaland before Do It Well and Jennifer wasn't the only one working with him. Her Spanish album is a Spanish album. Next you'll be saying Mi Reflejo is ground-breaking too. Also, how convenient of you to ignore the highest point in Jennifer's music career when she jumped on the urban bandwagon when the original I'm Real was flopping. Jennifer has never been a trendsetter in music. The most different she's put out was Get Right and that didn't work out in the US anyway.