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[pinkatrophe]

Everytime someone decides to do a pop album, they're unfairly criticized as selling out. Unless you know the motives behind why they decided to go in the direction that they're going, it's simply an assumption forged because they no longer seem "authentic" to you. FYI: regardless of whether its Cat Power or Puff Daddy, everyone crafts an image that they use to gain popularity. It could be possible that she just wanted to try a pop album for all anyone knows.

 

[Kevtones]

Remember Jewel? The slighty chunky Alaskan whose soft, folky acoustic music charmed the mid 90s crowd? Yeah.

 

[daemonic]

pics plz

 

[Star Power]

Remember Jewel? The slighty chunky Alaskan whose soft, folky acoustic music charmed the mid 90s crowd? Yeah.

Intuition was a "concept album," not a sellout. YOU MISSED THE POINT! SHE WAS MAKING FUN OF THOSE VAPID POPSTARS! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IRONIC!

 

[master_shake_05]

DAMMIT I JUST WASHED THIS PAIR

 

[Nick]

I love calling her "Nelly Furtardo". It makes me smile.

 

[Rocket Punch]

Intuition was a "concept album," not a sellout. YOU MISSED THE POINT! SHE WAS MAKING FUN OF THOSE VAPID POPSTARS! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IRONIC!

Yeah sure, it was meant to bomb too!

"Don't worry, it's only your career"

 

[Macam]

Remember Jewel? The slighty chunky Alaskan whose soft, folky acoustic music charmed the mid 90s crowd? Yeah.

With the exception of Intuition, which was supposed to be a concept album (whether it succeeded or failed is another story), all her albums have been fairly consistent. Her latest one is pretty much exactly what you described.

btw, that picture of Nelly Furtado pretty sums up why I think most guys here don't wear girls' jeans.

 

[Thai]

still an A-CUP. but..DAMN HOT

 

[Wafflecopter]

:lol Selling out. Please.

 

[jobber]

her 2nd album bombed...club shit is the only shit that sell. She's appealing to pop and urban markets.

the end.

 

[AgentOtaku]

:lol

OK, I've never really liked this woman's music, and I've pretty much ignored this "hip the hop" thing the kids keep talking about... but that statement right there is quite the pretentious, bullheaded, elitist claptrap.

Let the woman make her money.

fixed

 

[Wafflecopter]

fixed

Nice fix

 

[Xrenity]

"Maneater" is awesome. Yes, the performance was terrible on SNL, but that song jams.

No.

Why do all nice girl-singers suddenly turn into sluts?

 

[DamienIsBack]

her voice is not fit for hip-hop, it's horrible. She sounds like a screaming monkey

 

[AgentOtaku]

No.

Why do all nice girl-singers suddenly turn into sluts?

dunno

I me and my wife also grew up on older NoDoubt back in high school. Loved Tragic Kingom and Return of Saturn....but yeah, WTF with Gwen and her shit-streak also?

 

[Christopher]

DAMMIT I JUST WASHED THIS PAIR

I don't think anyone got that :lol

I would be on the Furtado wagon on calling her shit if her songs were actually shit but man she is pumping out some hot dance tunes on this CD.

 

[master_shake_05]

Who cares about the music with a body like that?

I didn't care for her early stuff, either, but I couldn't give a shit about it now. More TnA, please

 

[Gearharaden]

I think it's funny how she tries to copy Shakira's hip-swaying belly dancing in her music videos and fails miserably at it.

 

[DaMan121]

Remember Jewel? The slighty chunky Alaskan whose soft, folky acoustic music charmed the mid 90s crowd? Yeah.

Chunky? Are you mad? Shes a godess.

 

[Tact]

"Nelly Furtado imitates celine dion, alanis, avril lavigne and britney spears."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-1RFVRQT3Y

 

[ZeoVGM]

oh christ.

yeah its a little different and more mainstream/generic, but its still pop music. and its a good club song.

and it's also the #1 song in the US right now

 

[Shinobi]

every artist sold out soon as he/she decided to charge money for his music.

Its the truth.

Thank you. Bono said the same thing about people saying U2 had gone all corporate with the iPod ad. They've been signed with MCA since their debut album in 1979...based on that, they've ALWAYS been corporate. :lol

"Selling out" is one of the dumbest, idiotic, most pretentious terms on the planet. If I ruled the world I'd decree that anyone who uses it gets to swallow a box of razors.

I must've missed the memo. Seems every pop star is becoming a mum these days

:lol She had her baby just about 3 years ago, before it started becoming envouge.

i would just like to point out that fly like a bird song she had a while back was also shit.

:lol That song suffered from serious overplay...I can barely stand to listen to it now.

With the exception of Intuition, which was supposed to be a concept album (whether it succeeded or failed is another story), all her albums have been fairly consistent. Her latest one is pretty much exactly what you described.

I think his point is that Jewel was topping the charts with that stuff back in the day, while you couldn't find ten people on this forum who knows when her last CD came out, let alone what was on it.

I think it's funny how she tries to copy Shakira's hip-swaying belly dancing in her music videos and fails miserably at it.

To be fair, they ALL fail in that vein compared to Shakira (Jessica Simpson's attempt last year with her boney ass made me want to vomit. And BTW, where was the talk about her selling out with that video?). Having said that, Nelly Futardo is ****ing gorgeous. I saw her backstage at a K-OS concert last year (the father of her child is one of his dancers), and she's got one of the prettiest smiles I've ever seen. The fact that she waved to me means that she can do whatever the **** she wants as far as I'm concerned. :lol

 

[Gearharaden]

To be fair, they ALL fail in that vein compared to Shakira (Jessica Simpson's attempt last year with her boney ass made me want to vomit. And BTW, where was the talk about her selling out with that video?). Having said that, Nelly Futardo is ****ing gorgeous. I saw her backstage at a K-OS concert last year (the father of her child is one of his dancers), and she's got one of the prettiest smiles I've ever seen. The fact that she waved to me means that she can do whatever the **** she wants as far as I'm concerned. :lol

Pussy-whipped.

 

[Wafflecopter]

Jessica Simpson selling out? She's always done pop music.

 

[Twix]

Did anyone hear "All Good Things (Come to an End)" its a good song, but i didnt like her new style though.

 

[Shinobi]

Pussy-whipped.

If I was pussy-whipped by her, I wouldn't give a ****. Sadly I'm not nearly that lucky...in this case I'm merely smile/wave-whipped.

Jessica Simpson selling out? She's always done pop music.

Well yeah...but she did it with her clothes on. She looked beyond desperate in that car wash video, and like I said before it didn't even look attractive (a tip for the ladies: if you don't have an ass, don't shake your rear bone as if you do).

 

[deadhorse32]

When did pop music become pejorative ?
Why an artist can't change style during his/her career ?

It's like Dj Shadow/Gwen stefani/... all over again "OMG SELL OUT"

Good pop music is better than 90% of the indie rock/rap/electro/... BS music

you guys are more narrow-minded than a mussel

 

[Days like these...]

Never much cared for her older stuff. Now that that's out the way... Promiscous girl is fire!

Nelly Furtado > Shakira

yeah, I went there.

 

[Wafflecopter]

If I was pussy-whipped by her, I wouldn't give a ****. Sadly I'm not nearly that lucky...in this case I'm merely smile/wave-whipped.




Well yeah...but she did it with her clothes on. She looked beyond desperate in that car wash video, and like I said before it didn't even look attractive (a tip for the ladies: if you don't have an ass, don't shake your rear bone as if you do).

Uh....I saw an ass jiggling in that video :\. Nelly Furtado doesn't have tits, but I don't see you complaining about her tops in that video.


BTW I just jerked off to the Nelly Furtado video. Not bad.

 

[Christopher]

BTW I just jerked off to the Nelly Furtado video. Not bad.

ew

 

[Wafflecopter]

ew

Excuse me for saying what a lot of us were doing.

 

[Christopher]

:lol get out more then becuase it takes a lot more than seeing a random mtv hootch video to get me aroused...I need actual phsycial contact. Although dirrty by christina agularia got me hard once, but I didn't choke the member after that.

 

[Wafflecopter]

:lol get out more then becuase it takes a lot more than seeing a random mtv hootch video to get me aroused...I need actual phsycial contact. Although dirrty by christina agularia got me hard once, but I didn't choke the member after that.

Yeah well aren't you special. You get so much puss you don't need to spank it. Kekek. Thanks Mr. Superior. ROLLES EYES.













Let me touch you. <3

 

[Shinobi]

Never much cared for her older stuff. Now that that's out the way... Promiscous girl is fire!

Nelly Furtado > Shakira

yeah, I went there.

I think Shakira is sexier then Furtado.

I think Furtado is more beautiful then Shakria.

Either one would be fine with me.

Uh....I saw an ass jiggling in that video :\.

You saw bone, not ass.

Nelly's video gets no complaints from me cause her tits aren't being shoved into the camera, which is a far cry from Jessica's boney rump.

Plus I don't think the video is that big a deal anyway. It's just a chick with her clothes on, dancing in a club. You can see that in a TV commercial.

Shakira's videos sets the standard for complete and utter sex.

 

[Wafflecopter]

Shakira doesn't do it for me :\. Nice ass, but...I don't know.

 

[Christopher]

Yeah well aren't you special. You get so much puss you don't need to spank it. Kekek. Thanks Mr. Superior. ROLLES EYES.

Let Me Touch you. <3

:lol what the? Not really I'm not superior to no one I was just saying it should take more then Nelly's video to get your excited like that.

...and you can touch.

 

[Wafflecopter]

:lol what the? Not really I'm not superior to no one I was just saying it should take more then Nelly's video to get your excited like that.

...and you can touch.

Surely you can tell that I kid.

(about the superior part, not us becoming one in fantastic glory)

 

[pestul]

I don't really see this as new for Nelly given a lot of her previous collaborations. Sure, it's not exactly like her past records..

 

[Idioteque]

Every time an artist tries to change their sound, it always end in tears.

It worked for Radiohead.

 

[buck naked]

...

 

[Sweedishrodeo]

It worked for Radiohead.

qft! but i have to say the only album that doesn't "sound like radiohead" is pablo honey. that cd sucks anyways.

 

[nitewulf]

Good pop music is better than 90% of the indie rock/rap/electro/...

i'd consider a lot of that POP as well, thats what most of these kiddies dont get. pop is everything. good pop is good pop, period.
i think ppl think anything that's over produced and "clean" is pop, as opposed to whatever is "rough" is indie. which is wrong.

 

[Kevtones]

Chunky? Are you mad? Shes a godess.

Back in the mid 90s she was slightly plump and still hot as hell! She lost weight as her career extended and got much hotter. She's always been gorgeous though~

 

[Y2Kev]

Back in the mid 90s she was slightly plump and still hot as hell! She lost weight as her career extended and got much hotter. She's always been gorgeous though~

Aside from her teeth, which I think she fixed.

Listen to Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. While it still has some of the pop fusion, some of the tracks are classic (and excellent) Jewel. The title track is awesome.

 

[Instigator]

Wouldn't Nelly Furtado be really selling out if one of the latest hits featured some rising hip hop star rapping a dozen cliché lines?

 

[Doth Togo]

Class.

Nelly sucks.

 

[Logan Cano]

I just saw that SNL presentation on YouTube and it´s a disgrace. Not a big fan of her before, but this is definitely disgusting.

 

[MetalAlien]

She's the one that sings that love song, about not going down with this ship, surrender or something?

I saw her on SNL last night and was thinking "what happened?".. looks like the Black Eyed Peas now....

 

[jett]

Another popgirl turns into a whore for the sake of more green? I am Jack's total lack of surprise.