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Post by SHOOTER on May 16, 2022 2:32:30 GMT -5
I love the album but… bish whet?
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 17, 2022 8:28:00 GMT -5
The online reactions to her wins has definitely been mixed. I've seen so many comments that she's not R&B and didn't deserve those awards (which isn't an invalid argument IMO, she's such a hodge-podge of genres and influences). This coming after the widespread debate about whether she's actually a rapper or not. She really does have image issues over at Urban/R&B and I think this is all compounded by that.
And watching that speech, it's like she knew what was coming, lol. But she lives online, she was probably reading the comments from her first win. And this is the second big award show in a row she didn't bother performing at, she's clearly so over it.
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Post by bat1990 on May 17, 2022 14:12:52 GMT -5
AHHH!!! "I Don't Do Drugs" live!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
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Post by Ty on May 18, 2022 9:03:12 GMT -5
Just a different perspective on the genre controversy...
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 18, 2022 9:22:39 GMT -5
Yeah, the online feedback loop is bizarre IMO. It's like people all of a sudden have no concept of musical history. She can be a rapper AND a singer. It certainly never hurt Missy Elliott or Lauryn Hill. She can also be pop, R&B and hip-hop. Successfully riding genre lines took the likes of Michael, Janet, Prince, Donna, Beyonce etc. to ridiculous heights. It does make stuffing her into award show categories a challenge, but whatever, stay pressed Twitter.
I was elated to hear her outright say on the red carpet that she really wants to work on new music and will be taking a break to record. I'm assuming once her touring is all wrapped up in Sept.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 19, 2022 2:32:29 GMT -5
There is something to be said about the continual confinement of Black artists inside of “Urban” categories. Adele had a top-10 hit at R&B radio but her full album wasn’t categorized under R&B while Doja had one single scrape top-20 at Urban and yet…
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Post by SHOOTER on May 20, 2022 1:40:56 GMT -5
#Pray4DojasThroat
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Post by Dammn Baby on May 20, 2022 7:32:22 GMT -5
There is something to be said about the continual confinement of Black artists inside of “Urban” categories. Adele had a top-10 hit at R&B radio but her full album wasn’t categorized under R&B while Doja had one single scrape top-20 at Urban and yet… Yeah, this controversy is horseshit. She can be (and is) all of the above on the multiple choice exam. But yes, let’s try to fault her for not restricting herself to one genre.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 21, 2022 1:45:50 GMT -5
There is something to be said about the continual confinement of Black artists inside of “Urban” categories. Adele had a top-10 hit at R&B radio but her full album wasn’t categorized under R&B while Doja had one single scrape top-20 at Urban and yet… Yeah, this controversy is horses**t. She can be (and is) all of the above on the multiple choice exam. But yes, let’s try to fault her for not restricting herself to one genre. No, let’s fault these entities restricting Black artists to what are considered “Black” categories so they don’t have to compete with (and possibly take awards away from) their White contemporaries.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 21, 2022 1:48:21 GMT -5
Anyway, sucks for her but I hope she has a sound recovery. Plus she deserved a break (obvi under much better circumstances would’ve been preferred).
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Post by kimberly on May 21, 2022 3:32:03 GMT -5
I'm also happy she's not touring as The Weeknd's opening act anymore, lol. And I'm glad I never bought tickets for that (I almost did). She can easily book arenas for her own headlining tour, whenever she's ready.
That said, I hope she has a speedy recovery. We need her—or we'll be left with all the sound-a-likes labels have been trying to push lately.
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Post by Ty on May 21, 2022 8:48:28 GMT -5
She deserves a break! She's been serving and serving and serving for the past 4 years.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on May 24, 2022 18:30:00 GMT -5
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Post by kimberly on May 24, 2022 18:48:23 GMT -5
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Post by kimberly on May 25, 2022 19:29:37 GMT -5
got a shipping notification for my Planet Her vinyl. ikdr!
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 29, 2022 14:39:39 GMT -5
I don't know why I found this such an interesting read, it's an article in AdWeek about the partnership between Taco Bell and Doja. Turns out their relationship is actually as messy as it looks, lol. Link
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 2, 2022 9:59:39 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 4, 2022 15:48:38 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 7, 2022 8:05:14 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jun 7, 2022 8:48:53 GMT -5
Her body is looking snatched af lately (although I do miss thicker Doja, not gonna lie). And it's interesting seeing the visuals phasing out of the Planet Her themes. The sci-fi, cyberpunk, afro-futurism she served throughout this era was such a treat. By far the most interesting era visually in I don't know how long. But loving her new look in the "Vegas" video, serving me modern day Carmen Jones.
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Post by kimberly on Jun 21, 2022 16:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 23, 2022 1:39:27 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 1, 2022 10:41:14 GMT -5
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Post by kimberly on Jul 1, 2022 13:17:32 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Jul 1, 2022 13:20:52 GMT -5
Talk Dirty deserves a certification. So underrated 😢.
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Post by spiritboy on Jul 1, 2022 13:21:46 GMT -5
I love that Madonna shows love for Doja.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 2, 2022 9:27:30 GMT -5
Shouldn't her album be double platinum?
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 3, 2022 9:32:42 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Jul 8, 2022 11:37:18 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 8, 2022 11:44:42 GMT -5
This story has been cracking me up. I mean, he was clearly lame AF for sharing the convo. But why was she even messaging a 17 year old for this info? The potential for messiness was obviously there.
In the end, it's all much ado about nothing. Just some embarrassing high school sh*t. But social media continues to not be her friend, lol.
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