i leave you alone for one day and look what travesties ensue

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Poptimists. We need to talk.

You really let me down yesterday.

Ciara’s ‘Goodies’ is a poptimist touchstone, and Miss Ciara Princess Harris a poptimist heroine on a par with Kelis, Britney, Xtina, Aaliyah, Rachel and Kylie. Yet you did not give her the respect she deserved as the first lady of crunk’n’b. To add insult to injury, she appears to have been beaten by both past-it Chemical Brothers and dreadful indie Killers.

I’m disappointed in you.

Explain yourselves please.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think the post-soul singing style of R&B was always a sticking point.

Timbaland's productions may have used a similar palette but they were nearly always much less rough and aggressive.

I think Grime failed to cross-over for a similar reason - hostile-sounding music very rarely reaches a massive audience.