allow that
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Post by allow that on Jan 22, 2005 20:37:09 GMT -5
This album was awesome but was a huge flop anyway. I like "TAOL" but think it was a bad lead single. "WIS2U?" was a poor choice when the album was filled to the brim with material. Forget the not-married controversy, I think the album would have done much better if they chose different singles.
"Afrodisiac" and "I Tried" were both announced as singles at one point and then cancelled. POLL QUESTION: If "A" was the lead single and "IT" followed it up, do you think the album would have been more successful? (even if only slightly)?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2005 21:25:40 GMT -5
I prefer A and think A was the better choice. The choices in B are both straight up pop songs. She was doomed no matter what.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jan 22, 2005 21:30:44 GMT -5
Afrodisiac and I Tried blow the other two songs out of the water. Not even CLOSE.
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Post by kellydicted on Jan 22, 2005 21:35:13 GMT -5
Afrodisiac and I Tried
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Post by Gorminako on Jan 23, 2005 4:41:50 GMT -5
All of them should have been smash hits, as they are far better than the average material you find on radio. I think these songs should have been released in more adult-oriented radio formats, as these songs are more sophisticated than the pre-teen and teenage audience of pop, R&B and urban radio seem able to appreciate.
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Post by bluenote on Jan 23, 2005 4:50:55 GMT -5
Afrodisiac should have been the lead single. She and Atlantic was foolish to let Benny and Kanye talk them into Releasing TAOL 1st.
I tried would have been theperfect follow up. The singles killed the album.
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WhySoSerious?
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Jan 23, 2005 10:34:42 GMT -5
I still like "Talk About Our Love" as the lead single. Critics raved over it and it's awesome. People just bash it because it didn't perform well, whereas I think nothing would have performed any better as the lead single. That being said, I did not like "Who Is She 2 U" as the second single and either of the other two would have been better.
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msanoja
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Post by msanoja on Jan 23, 2005 10:49:10 GMT -5
Talk About Our Love was great.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jan 23, 2005 12:20:08 GMT -5
I instantly disliked it...and was not surprised when it flopped. At all.
Its one of the few songs I dont listen to on the album...in fact the two singles are the ones I dont listen to haha.
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Jan 23, 2005 13:02:53 GMT -5
I loved the whole album, but I'm voting from Afrodisiac/I Tried.
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Post by gbaby on Jan 23, 2005 13:52:19 GMT -5
I loved the whole album, but I'm voting from Afrodisiac/I Tried. |
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Ling-Ling
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jan 23, 2005 17:50:07 GMT -5
I love all of these songs, but I voted for B.
That said, she still would have flopped.
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Post by jond7699 on Jan 23, 2005 22:45:55 GMT -5
Obviously the none singles are way better.
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