Fall News: The Late Edition

jitterbug13 · #1 11-18-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Conskeeted7

My .08 cents...

I think that Monica is looking very good post-baby. I think she's starting to show more maturity and stye.

Fantasia looks a hot mess. What is she up to these days? Is she working on another album?

I think with this album Monica is showing even more of her "hood" attitude that she has in previous albums. But it's not selling records right now.

Taisa is suppose to come out with a new one next month (last I heard).

RedefinedDiva · #2 11-18-2006, 03:36 PM

It's time for Monica to grow up. All these roughneck, thug life, ghetto girl, it's-all-good-in-the-hood songs do not appeal to the masses. Maybe she should try rapping because that's what her songs are--harmonic and melodious raps. She needs to step up her game.

jitterbug13 · #3 11-18-2006, 09:31 PM

^^^^
We are >>>here<<<.

And Monica spent most of her time growing up in the 'burbs. It was her dad and her boyfriends who drew her to the 'hood.

I think her songs would be more belivable if someone like Keysha (who grew up in the hood) sang them.

FeeFee · #4 11-19-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jitterbug13

^^^^
We are >>>here<<<.

And Monica spent most of her time growing up in the 'burbs. It was her dad and her boyfriends who drew her to the 'hood.

I think her songs would be more belivable if someone like Keysha (who grew up in the hood) sang them.

So very true.
Monica and "hood" don't make the best match.

ChanelLover · #5 11-20-2006, 01:24 PM

Kramer said what??? First Kanye calls bi-racial women "mutts" in Essence. Then he says he loves "mutts" because what else would they use for videos. And now Kramer--the dude from Seinfeld--has gone and lost his damn mind on stage at the Laugh Factory this weekend. He went on a 3 minute tirade before leaving the stage calling the black people who were supposedly heckling him "nigger" and racial slurs about slavery. Yes, he was serious. The thing I'm more mad about is the few people in the audience who were finding this ish hilarious. Check the video here. Damn shame.

www.ybf.blogspot.com

The video is here: http://us.video.aol.com/video.index....pmmsid=1772645

Little32 · #6 11-20-2006, 02:53 PM

If you go to websites where the video is posted, it is telling, how many people come out supporting him. I am so over people who enjoy privilege based on their race telling people who have endure oppression because of their race to get over it--and then claiming not to be racist. I AM SO OVER IT. If you are a bigot, at least claim it. Do go around spouting racist and bigoted beliefs and then try to claim that you are otherwise.

Down with Michael Richards. There is no apology that makes up for this.

laylo · #7 11-20-2006, 03:28 PM

He performed at the same club the very next night! Shouting racial slurs at your customers isn't enough to get him fired???

Munchkin03 · #8 11-22-2006, 12:05 AM

[QUOTE=ChanelLover;1360299]First Kanye calls bi-racial women "mutts" in Essence. Then he says he loves "mutts" because what else would they use for videos.

Kanye needs to have his jaw wired shut...again.

As far as the Michael Richards thing, I don't care. It's not as if he's relevant anymore anyway. I loved him as Kramer...but that's not Kramer.

#9 11-22-2006, 09:48 AM

Two of the black guys who were at the Laugh Factory just came on the Today show. They said it was a bunch of them, they went out to celebrate a friend's birthday. Their group was mixed with blacks, asians, whites and latinos. They said they got there late and must have been making too much noise (not purposely), then they sat down and ordered drinks from the waitresses.

That's when Michael Richards said that the loud blacks and mexicans were there

Then one of the guys yelled out that he wasn't funny. That's what started it all. Richards made it seem like they were heckling him from get go and that's why he got so mad

jojapeach · #10 11-22-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ChanelLover

First Kanye calls bi-racial women "mutts" in Essence. Then he says he loves "mutts" because what else would they use for videos.

Kanye needs to have his jaw wired shut...again.

As far as the Michael Richards thing, I don't care. It's not as if he's relevant anymore anyway. I loved him as Kramer...but that's not Kramer.

True, but it was a shock to my system, and I live in The South. I'm one of 6 black people in my office, and there are about 20 of us. We all get along pretty well in our multicultural space. To hear someone broadcast that just smacks you back into general reality that we have a long way to go.

I kept it in, but Kanye disturbs me more. I know it's just music videos, but these music videos that objectify and exploit women are seen by young impressionable people everyday. One thing I always infer from the videos is that the average black woman isn't pretty enough anymore because I rarely see us. I have my own self-awareness, but how many 18 year olds or even 8 year olds are that aware? On top of that, he labeled biracial women as a name reserved for animals...in a publication for Black women.

This is one time Kanye should've kept his mouth shut. Then again, it's another case of putting your true self out there for the world to see. I'm not biracial, but I'm completely offended by Kanye.

But for all the outrage, will we do anything about it?

AKADIVA12 · #11 11-20-2006, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

It's time for Monica to grow up. All these roughneck, thug life, ghetto girl, it's-all-good-in-the-hood songs do not appeal to the masses. Maybe she should try rapping because that's what her songs are--harmonic and melodious raps. She needs to step up her game.

I agree. This "hood" image is not working for her.