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Post by wwr on Feb 4, 2019 12:28:23 GMT -5
Why did she stop singing in the first place? FWIW she only had two really big hits and they were pretty far apart from each other. "I Wanna Love You Forever" was a big hit but they never quite managed to get another one after that and her career started tanking, and she was pretty clearly in the shadow of Britney and Christina. Her second album only went Gold after her debut got a 2xPlatinum certification. This was back when Britney was doing Diamond albums back to back. Then the reality show revived her career, while Britney was starting to struggle with her public image and Christina wasn't aiming for bubblegum pop anymore... but she wasn't marketed as a vocalist. She was now marketed as a dumb blonde. Her third album skyrocketed with a re-release, went 3xPlatinum (by this point Britney was down to 2xPlatinum with In The Zone), "With You" was a big hit, especially considering it was a Pop song during a time when Pop wasn't doing well on the charts, but, the video in particular played with the whole dumb blonde image so people didn't really take her seriously. She managed to sell well on iTunes for a while ("A Public Affair", her "Boots are Made for Walkin'" cover both peaked inside top 15 on the Hot 100 mostly due to sales), but she never quite got radio support after "With You" went #1 on Pop radio, so her career started tanking once again. She tried Country but people couldn't really take her seriously because they still remembered her dumb blonde persona. By now it's been 16 years since radio last played her. She's 38. No one takes her seriously as a vocalist. Releasing music is pointless from a commercial standpoint because there's no audience for her. And I don't think she's got a great creative indie album in her that can at least garner some critical acclaim. The "dumb blonde" thing was smart at the time but it also meant she was never going to have much longevity. very well said I also dont think she has an indie record in her... unlike her sister, jessica's just a singer, her albums are proof of that as non of them is a full body of work, just a series of songs thrown together
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 21:20:54 GMT -5
Jessica has had a consistently bad or inexperienced team around her paired with her not having a strong identity of what she wanted to be musically. If she had one of those things going for her, she had it could have worked out. Nick was managed by Larry Rudolph but if Jessica had someone like that she could have made a bigger impact.
A good team (ie not Papa Joe) would have invested in recording fresh new pop singles to reaffirm and start cultivating some type of musical identity with radio the the GP, instead of recording/releasing 3 back to back dreary covers. The fact that radio even played those outdated covers and helped make 2 of those top 15 hits on the Hot 100 was a testament to her sheer name and popularity at the time.
With all the new fame it definitely started to seem like she was becoming more interested in everything but being a serious singer tbh. She started signing off to do movies with some weird notion that she was going to be this big movie actress.
On the surface, “A Public Affair” was a fun album but the fact that it mixed 80s pop, country-lite, R&B esque ballads, “Fired Up”, and had TWO more covers, was a clear sign that nobody knew on the label even knew which direction to go. Literally all of her eras have been marked as the “real” or “new” her in their promotional stages and after like 4 or 5 eras, it’s like girl really?
The biggest missed opportunity was not saying that Nick Lachey beat her. 🤷🏽♂️
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 4, 2019 22:24:29 GMT -5
^ all facts! I’ve always said her biggest issue was that she never had a discernible musical identity so the “dumb blonde” persona was never going to be overcome.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Feb 5, 2019 2:46:22 GMT -5
The biggest missed opportunity was not saying that Nick Lachey beat her. 🤷🏽♂️ Gross.
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Post by think pink. on Feb 19, 2019 16:44:21 GMT -5
Oh Jessica http://instagr.am/p/BuEOizfjLd7 In case she edits the caption it currently reads: I don’t even recall him knowing my name, but man did I know his. We have lost a true genius in the fashion world. His designs remain with us forever. RIP #KarlLagerfeld (PS. After baby diet goals 🙏🏼)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 17:06:56 GMT -5
💀💀💀 she is still a kii after all these years.
she better NOT apologize either.
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Post by Dreams on Feb 19, 2019 17:15:13 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Feb 19, 2019 18:44:31 GMT -5
Her 2005 body is forever goals though.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Mar 21, 2019 0:33:35 GMT -5
^^^ I'm really happy for her. That's a big baby girl!
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Post by daddy on Mar 21, 2019 5:02:26 GMT -5
This woman is FERTILE.
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Post by Dreams on Mar 21, 2019 8:07:21 GMT -5
10 pounds?! 😮
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 22, 2019 0:12:14 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 10, 2019 16:21:14 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Jul 10, 2019 19:56:41 GMT -5
I can’t wait to read this! From the industry pressure to be Britney and her career highs and lows. Lots of juicy stuff!
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Post by jessluvsnick on Jul 12, 2019 12:47:11 GMT -5
A book is not needed we've already gotten every aspect of her life.
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Post by think pink. on Jul 12, 2019 23:11:09 GMT -5
A book is not needed we've already gotten every aspect of her life. So then don’t read it? Lol. We only know what we’ve seen. There’s more to her life than tabloid covers.
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Post by George on Jul 13, 2019 17:18:25 GMT -5
I wonder if she’ll talk about the A Public Affair era, which was on the heels of her divorce, that last minute album cover change, and how a Walmart bonus track ended up being the second single which required a re-issuing of that album.
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Post by jessluvsnick on Jul 13, 2019 19:06:22 GMT -5
A book is not needed we've already gotten every aspect of her life. So then don’t read it? Lol. We only know what we’ve seen. There’s more to her life than tabloid covers. They did a behind the music, a driven, Newlyweds etc. Those all go beyond tabloid garbage.
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The album that never ends... I mean 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY' out now!
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Post by schnetzka on Jul 13, 2019 19:28:51 GMT -5
Remember when said she was working on new music prior to getting pregnant. Ahhh good times.
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Post by think pink. on Jul 14, 2019 1:40:50 GMT -5
So then don’t read it? Lol. We only know what we’ve seen. There’s more to her life than tabloid covers. They did a behind the music, a driven, Newlyweds etc. Those all go beyond tabloid garbage. Those specials were vanilla and Newlyweds was scripted. We’ll get real tea from her book!.
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Post by jessluvsnick on Jul 19, 2019 12:22:49 GMT -5
Remember when said she was working on new music prior to getting pregnant. Ahhh good times. I'll be shocked if she ever does music again. She doesn't need the $$. And with three kids, unless Eric wants to be a stay at home dad while she tours. The book will NOT be a tell all about her marriage to Nick.
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Post by Night Senses on Jul 24, 2019 2:45:40 GMT -5
I wonder if she’ll talk about the A Public Affair era, which was on the heels of her divorce, that last minute album cover change, and how a Walmart bonus track ended up being the second single which required a re-issuing of that album. Do you have the original album cover? What’s the tea on that? I’m curious!
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 24, 2019 2:52:44 GMT -5
I wonder if she’ll talk about the A Public Affair era, which was on the heels of her divorce, that last minute album cover change, and how a Walmart bonus track ended up being the second single which required a re-issuing of that album. Do you have the original album cover? What’s the tea on that? I’m curious! (The original and better cover IMO)
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Post by Night Senses on Jul 24, 2019 3:22:20 GMT -5
Do you have the original album cover? What’s the tea on that? I’m curious! (The original and better cover IMO) Thank you! Any details on why she changed it? It’s great! I think I prefer it over the one chosen, too.
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Post by George on Jul 24, 2019 10:41:22 GMT -5
Wasn’t it something about being too similar to Paris Hilton’s album cover for her debut? I’m still surprised that would be enough of a reason if that’s true.
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Post by Dreams on Jul 24, 2019 19:06:23 GMT -5
It was changed because it was deemed "too sensual" by her management.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 14:05:40 GMT -5
I wonder if she’ll talk about the A Public Affair era, which was on the heels of her divorce, that last minute album cover change, and how a Walmart bonus track ended up being the second single which required a re-issuing of that album. That and why "Fired Up" was never a single.
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