office hours with kenya: if i aint say it why are you arguing....
Added 2025-02-25 20:28:55 +0000 UTC
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Selena’s husband produced diamonds I think he definitely has an ear based on how he talks about music
Danielle A
2025-04-11 21:15:53 +0000 UTC
The point of Ariana’s vocal potential, I feel like that about Chloe Bailey! Like why is she not singing how we KNOW she can!
Alissa Jadyn
2025-03-04 00:59:32 +0000 UTC
Like you lowkey right but omg??
Ifẹ
2025-03-03 19:56:55 +0000 UTC
I was having a lovely day walking to work listening to a pop culture savant break down music ear vs taste, and then all of a sudden Halo lashings ?!?!?
Ifẹ
2025-03-03 19:56:29 +0000 UTC
Also another case for Beyoncé’s ear: just listen to her ad libs my god
Danielle A
2025-03-03 14:49:42 +0000 UTC
“Ariana Grande hates her fans…. “
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂 she really do…. 😂😂😭😭
Amber Jokinen
2025-03-02 00:21:48 +0000 UTC
I’m a huge Ariana Grande fan and I would be so curious if you made a video of listening to all her albums and really breaking down what you think is good and bad and ranking the albums ( in general I adore your music industry and album break downs so to see you do this with any artist would be so interesting )
Marcus
2025-03-01 21:07:24 +0000 UTC
Incredibly excited for your Taylor video as I am also someone who has sooooooo many opinions on her career. If this became a regular series really getting into the weeds about different pop stars' careers and discographies I would live
Elijah Ritch
2025-03-01 04:50:39 +0000 UTC
Thank you for gagging the girls with that Whitney performance. They were comparing WHO to Rihanna????????????????
Elijah Ritch
2025-03-01 04:49:48 +0000 UTC
I second this notion. Kenya the people have spoken!!!!!
loveme4me
2025-02-27 20:56:40 +0000 UTC
Is it still there or completely deleted 👀
Tochi 👼 💌
2025-02-27 17:14:32 +0000 UTC
Like are there people here living better than me TELL ME!!!!
Danielle A
2025-02-27 15:13:49 +0000 UTC
NO DEADASS WHAT TIER IS IT SOMEBODY LET US KNOW
Adeline Lacroix
2025-02-27 14:48:13 +0000 UTC
Positions is my favorite AG album… Loved it since the beginning
Snazzy Jazzy
2025-02-27 14:08:43 +0000 UTC
i avoid talking abt artists i dont know shit abt but now that you’ve mentioned taylor….. she has terrible taste. i love her down. terrible terrible taste at times. i dont think she always makes great choices when it comes to singles……….. but i do think she is really brave! and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt which im fine with too. i love the ups and down
lorena
2025-02-27 09:39:18 +0000 UTC
I would loveeeee you to discuss Gaga at length bc u seem to have so many thoughts about her
Danielle A
2025-02-27 08:57:36 +0000 UTC
Oh wow I just got the art pop email I did not even realise there was levels to this Patreon with more content available😳let me go get my finances in order so I can see everything🤣
Chloé
2025-02-27 08:26:05 +0000 UTC
THANKS FOR TAKING US TO CLASS KENYA THAT WHITNEY PERFORMANCE. UGHHHHHH
Danielle A
2025-02-27 07:39:04 +0000 UTC
The very fact that Whitney made I Will Always Love You into what it was - EAR. EAR. EAR!!!!! It isn’t brilliant just because it’s a power ballad - it’s brilliant because of all the nuances it had in the fuckin verses OMFG
Danielle A
2025-02-27 07:38:33 +0000 UTC
Kenya did u watch Real Housewives of SLC??
Hamad & The Diamonds
2025-02-27 06:51:18 +0000 UTC
Your opinions are so worth knowing keep launching them Kenya
Danielle A
2025-02-27 06:17:53 +0000 UTC
To the girlies who have access to Kenya’s post about Gaga…. What tier are u on cus I cannot access her 😭😭😭
Danielle A
2025-02-27 06:17:10 +0000 UTC
You get me!! 😂
Stephanie Feagin
2025-02-27 05:38:12 +0000 UTC
I love Rhianna but comparing Whitney and Rhianna is CRAZY. Those ppl just wanted to argue. 😂😂
Bria Hall
2025-02-27 03:59:06 +0000 UTC
Uncalled for 😭
Sabdiel 𐚁
2025-02-27 02:14:30 +0000 UTC
Yes to all of this. And nah you can't die sis cause then I would too. 😂
Lilac S.
2025-02-27 00:45:53 +0000 UTC
Can we get a full long “Mariah Carey” and “Prince” video?? Maybe even “Brandy”?? Cuz I personally don’t get the hype behind Brandy
Korli Bridges
2025-02-27 00:44:20 +0000 UTC
she’s definitely both.
Meg
2025-02-26 23:04:17 +0000 UTC
Yess and I think noone gives credit to Janet on how she ushered a new form of black female sexuality in her music . She's sensual but not overtly sexual (not that there's anything wrong with that )
honeybee
2025-02-26 22:32:04 +0000 UTC
Oh I agree, I was just so appalled by hearing them back to back like that 🤣. And this is all in good fun.
germaninatlanta
2025-02-26 18:59:45 +0000 UTC
I think she was saying that being a hit maker doesn’t mean they have the best ear. Katy and Bruno are both hit makers, so it was an example
Valerie
2025-02-26 18:50:05 +0000 UTC
Based on her descriptions of both, I’d say taste
Valerie
2025-02-26 18:35:35 +0000 UTC
The devastating thing about Britney's pop stardom is we can't fully say since half of her discography into adulthood was attached to the conservatorship. I think In the Zone and the unreleased material before Blackout point to her at least having more artistry in songwriting and choice of collaborators.
LukeM
2025-02-26 16:59:00 +0000 UTC
i think Kenya is talking about vocals and not the actual music. like the yours truly 10th anniversary performances are better because she developed her vocal technique
Mina
2025-02-26 15:44:59 +0000 UTC
i wonder, do you think britney spears has taste or a good ear?
Nini
2025-02-26 14:57:10 +0000 UTC
I was completely with you on the first video and on the second UNTIL you names Katy and Bruno in the same sentence.... BRUNOOOO??? He's up on the mount Rushmore of pop. What do you meeaaaan 😭🤣 Also, we never tired of you talking about Bey.
germaninatlanta
2025-02-26 14:19:23 +0000 UTC
Now I LOVE Be Alive, but I really understand your point about it being tasteless😭😭😭
Trey Minter
2025-02-26 14:06:42 +0000 UTC
the halo whacking what the
𝐑꩜𝐄
2025-02-26 13:44:16 +0000 UTC
Omg the taylor swift thing is so true. It’s almost like she has great taste for her career path instead of her songs.
ale
2025-02-26 09:43:02 +0000 UTC
You ate
Anastasia
2025-02-26 08:03:35 +0000 UTC
The live performance is so beautiful too. I love the beginning with all the call and response and they are just like “city of Compton” “To Be Alivvvvvvveeeee”. Then the most beautiful parts is when she calls the strings and the chorus does this beautiful hook “After the rain, the pain, and the fight, imma leave footprints in the sky. Imma keep dreaming without closing my eyes” like honestly one of her most underrated performances.
Ola Ogun
2025-02-26 06:01:47 +0000 UTC
It is ! It’s the king Richard movie song and she did the Oscar all neon tennis match for it.
Ola Ogun
2025-02-26 05:54:04 +0000 UTC
Be Alive 😭😭😭
rubymorales
2025-02-26 05:01:31 +0000 UTC
Ooo the lover singles outside of the title track just....the archer is a chop. I was so happy when she cut it from the eras tour setlist😭
Kayla Sanders
2025-02-26 04:13:54 +0000 UTC
**boggles
Kayla Sanders
2025-02-26 03:37:00 +0000 UTC
Her singles and what she submits for Grammy categories boggled my mind sometimes😭
Kayla Sanders
2025-02-26 03:36:44 +0000 UTC
I love studying other people’s taste, cuz otherwise I don’t have much discernment. I don’t naturally have the ear for it. As long as songs have solid sing-alongability… Imma bee bop along.
Also please don’t stop putting your subtitles. They always make me laugh and get me excited to watch after work.
Sara
2025-02-26 03:35:57 +0000 UTC
Idk I felt fed with that Disney performance 🫢
JT
2025-02-26 03:16:50 +0000 UTC
imo I think taylor has great taste when it comes to other artists, she doesn’t have taste when it comes to herself, cus she’ll curate playlists of a bunch of artists she likes, some obscure and some not, like she was bumping doja cat before doja cat became hot, and I’ll tune in and I’m like hmmm this sound good, why can’t you do this for yourself lmaooooooo, like you can give her a list of her own songs that can potentially be hits and then she’ll pick the dud of the hits and then the best song will be the sleeper, that’s how we got ME! as the main single for Lover and Cruel Summer was the sleeper hit, nowadays she don’t do lead singles anymore (smart decision) and she just drops albums and whichever song runs up the charts is the one she’ll push (even if it’s not good)
ceeitrus
2025-02-26 02:23:33 +0000 UTC
Did I ever tell y’all that in high school, I met a girl who wrote her AP Lang persuasive essay on why Rihanna was better than Beyonce? I didn’t say nun at the time (we was in gym class chile I couldn’t breathe) but I knew that that essay was gonna be ass cause what evidence did she have
Imani Branch
2025-02-26 02:20:33 +0000 UTC
I was gagged when I learned most people don't even finish most of the video they start on YouTube. Worst they don't even make it past the first 15%. But they have the nerve to comment. Monkeys the lot of em.
Vic
2025-02-26 02:12:53 +0000 UTC
I NEED that Taylor swift video!
Lavender1495
2025-02-26 02:01:22 +0000 UTC
Yes on Ariana! She needs to ignore her fans and do her, like she hasn’t met her potential! Positions was so good and I’m so mad the fans got to her cuz the era would’ve been her best, she needs to stay in the rnb pop lane but lean more into rnb
Lavender1495
2025-02-26 02:00:35 +0000 UTC
Not be alive catching a stray 😭😭😭
Lavender1495
2025-02-26 01:48:45 +0000 UTC
i LOVE talk that talk!
Abisoye
2025-02-26 01:36:02 +0000 UTC
Rihanna knows how to give you a moment, an era, a concept. It was EVERYTHING about her, not just her music but her looks, her personality, and everything surrounding her. Rihanna was always THAT girl growing up, and she knew how to make a hit. That’s what we all loved about her. But you’re right in saying that a lot of the songs from her albums, besides the hits, are forgettable and people don’t talk about them. But because we know Rihanna as THAT girl, mixed with the fact that she hasn’t put out a body of work in almost a decade — I think people are wrapped up in nostalgia for just the Rihanna of it all. Pop princess absolutely, but she’s not like a musical genius or anything. Which is FINE. We don’t need that from everybody ALL the time. Cause imma still blast Yeah I Said It and have a good time (if that song has no fans, I’m dead 😂)
Stephanie Feagin
2025-02-26 01:35:44 +0000 UTC
You get it!! My biggest probably unpopular opinion is All For You and Damita Jo are her two best albums but for different reasons. AFY, to me, is Janet & Co. firing on ALL cylinders. The transitions, the themes, the production, the vocals... UGH. To me, TVR and AFY are two sides of the same coin and, to this day, i think TVR going into AFY is the most impressive era transition EVER. Damita Jo, i just ADORE because it is the epitome of "grown and sexy." I genuinely don't think anyone else could make an album like Damita Jo without it being mediocre/average. It may not be her most impressive album thematically/lyrically, but someone like Janet making an album 90% about just being in love and it still being GOOD is so camp and impressive to me
Davonte
2025-02-26 01:35:05 +0000 UTC
rose colored lenses, jaded, and river stans oh i found my people. Miley could’ve had such a better 2023 if that album had the proper singles roll out
Jayden Brown
2025-02-26 01:13:44 +0000 UTC
Yesss !! As someone who got into Janet Jackson's discography during the pandemic/lockdown, Janet's four album run ( Control, Rhythm Nation, Janet and Her Magnum Opus Velvet Rope) does solidify Janet as the most complex, dynamic artist of our times, even outweighing her brother Michael Jackson. Each era had its own distinctive looks, as well. I'm an album person myself so I definitely loved how Janet was able to take each song and weave it into a story. Her working with Jimmy Jam and Lewis is the perfect example of Janet having a great ear for music as well!
honeybee
2025-02-26 01:07:33 +0000 UTC
I said this in the now deleted post before but here it is again: musicians, filmmakers, writers: it sometimes takes a team to make something great, to collaborate & get ideas & to further your skill even more to be BETTER. Elevate yourself. Sometimes you can’t see something that someone else can & that’s why having a little help isn’t bad. Talented people can see & understand that they need to grow & wont be ashamed of asking for help when necessary.
Reyhan
2025-02-26 01:03:35 +0000 UTC
this turning into gay people music video night
Jayden Brown
2025-02-26 00:54:09 +0000 UTC
Ooh...there was a time when I was watching the Be Alive performance twice a day. I love the stacking of the harmonies and how they're so close together. any time I tried to sing the chorus I never found the note, and I think that's fun part for vocalists with great music theory knowledge
Leigh
2025-02-26 00:45:25 +0000 UTC
I absolutely disagree when you say that Ari should sound like Wicked all the time, I will say listening to her old stuff she definitely needed to develop her voice and be stronger in it, but what Ari does in Wicked isn’t really what she truly loves to do when it comes to music. It’s interesting and it’s fun as an exercise but Ari truly excels when she plays with heavy R&B and pop elements in her music.
Taylor Haynes
2025-02-26 00:36:39 +0000 UTC
I be at the gym watching that Oscars Be Alive performance REGULARLY
Kendall
2025-02-26 00:26:33 +0000 UTC
I actually have three Rihanna performances that I regularly rewatch: Love on the Brain at the BMAs (the green performance), Diamonds at the AMAs (when she won the icon award), and that medley she did with the dancehall vibes at the VMAs. Love all three of those performances DOWN, idc what people say about her not being a good singer.
Comfortably Plump
2025-02-26 00:09:56 +0000 UTC
i always come here to listen, don’t even read the title, Kenya made a new video i’m about to be entertained,
to hear ppl didn’t find the time to watch was shocking 😭😭
Bones of a Carrot
2025-02-25 23:50:41 +0000 UTC
This also makes me really appreciate Willow cause when she talked about the collaboration and the producing that went into her empathogen album. Truly a student of her craft.
I agree so much with Miley lol
KRYSTAL
2025-02-25 23:49:19 +0000 UTC
I miss pop culture tv and early Twitter sometimes
KRYSTAL
2025-02-25 23:45:00 +0000 UTC
the vocal trinity (Whitney, Mariah, and Celine) are nearly perfect examples of good ears. All of them got #1 covers of old music remodeled to a modern (at that time) sound.
As an Ariana stan, her taste got good during the sweetener era (got a lil shakey with thank u next era) then came back with positions and eternal sunshine. Her ear started improving during my everything, but didn’t get too strong till sweetener. Those live performances she’s using her voice in ways that very few of the pop girls in her cohort is doing. So yeah, sweetener changed the trajectory of Ari’s artistry lol
aj◇
2025-02-25 23:32:02 +0000 UTC
the general consensus about Rihanna for YEARS has always been yeah she has great eras, she’s undeniably one of the greatest pop stars of our generation, she’s undeniably a hit maker and a trendsetter, but when you listen to the full bodies of work the music don’t give, Rihanna has ALWAYS been a singles artists, ppl have such a warped perception of their own nostalgia that they’re trying to make Rihanna something she never was, Rihanna’s whole career has always been dependent on her running up the charts and turning out red carpet looks and that’s FINE, the fact Rihanna’s been able to have such longevity in her career DESPITE lacking the three basic components of being a superstar should be indicative enough of her greatness in itself, idk I just think the whole conversation around Rihanna’s career since she stopped making music has gotten completely unserious, cus ppl are just making up stuff that never existed about Rihanna to make her more appealing and interesting, when her appeal and interest is her taste for singles, style and personality, like focus on that instead of making up stuff, and then comparing her Beyoncé like don’t piss me off 😭
ceeitrus
2025-02-25 23:30:52 +0000 UTC
You saying sza reminded me of doja. I don’t always love everything but she’s got fantastic taste
dyacc
2025-02-25 23:28:51 +0000 UTC
Be Alive is my song like tears in my eyes when I listen to it
Taylor Haynes
2025-02-25 23:27:28 +0000 UTC
Now why Aaliyah in it 😭😭😭😭
Taylor Haynes
2025-02-25 23:27:01 +0000 UTC
me too...
Dani
2025-02-25 23:24:18 +0000 UTC
And I’d argue you need to have an Ear to create a great album, taste isn’t good enough and Rihanna’s proof.
dyacc
2025-02-25 23:19:11 +0000 UTC
Lmao - I wish I knew what be alive was. I don’t think this was the live performance for the tennis with Serena and the movie. Maybe it was
Alivia
2025-02-25 23:17:45 +0000 UTC
I think where Tyla is right now is comparable to Rihanna in her music of the Sun era - she had pon de replay Tyla has water both were really popular outside of the states
Alivia
2025-02-25 23:15:59 +0000 UTC
What you’re talking about is called “musicality”
Zuk
2025-02-25 23:13:59 +0000 UTC
Tyla has never had the succes Rihanna had regardless of the era.
nubiacoco
2025-02-25 23:13:15 +0000 UTC
This is such an amazing video! I really appreciate the breakdown of ear vs. taste and it really does help to put an artist's work into context. For me, an artist that is the epitome of excellent ear and taste is Janet Jackson (I haven't listened to Prince so I'm not including him). Call me crazy, but I truly don't think any other artist has had as strong/consistent of a discography, including Michael Jackson. Even moving away from the pure music: the aesthetics, the music videos, the choreography, the showmanship, etc.. Even looking at her concerts today, the way her music from the 80s and 90s is mixed and changed to STILL sound so fresh as with the choreo.
My Mount Rushmore of artists, first and foremost, have to be excellent album makers. There are plenty of artists who have put who great singles and bodies of work, but very few really treat these bodies as STORIES. I'm sorry but a collection of good songs doesn't super move the needle for me. I think it takes something rare to really make a collection of songs and arrange them in such a way that it creates a cohesive album. The most disappointing aspect of any artist for me is when they fail to really go that extra step -- Janet GETS that. It's the same thing that elevated Renaissance to the god-tier of albums.
Tbh (and I know imma get lashings for saying this) Lemonade was the first album from Beyoncé that really made me start engaging with her at a deeper level. Like sure, I always loved her singles and videos and she had been doing the visual albums for years already. But I never really had something to sink my teeth into. But watching/listening to the story she tells through Lemonade, the way the songs are ordered, opening with Pray You Catch Me, including her grandma's speech, ending with Formation (GAG BOOTS)... I was like, she GETS IT!! Then we obv see Renaissance and Cowboy Carter (interludes, yes!!! a dying freaking art).
This was a rant, but yeah! I also really enjoy going deep into music and it is very difficult to get into the weeds with most people tbh. But I would love to discuss if anyone has more thoughts!!
Davonte
2025-02-25 23:13:04 +0000 UTC
Whack them again! 😂 pop fans really need to understand the difference between taste and having a great ear. It’s probably harder to have great taste and charisma too
dyacc
2025-02-25 23:09:15 +0000 UTC
and/or taste
Kenya Moore
2025-02-25 22:58:02 +0000 UTC
i wonder what you think about Drake’s ear
Kenya Moore
2025-02-25 22:57:54 +0000 UTC
Thee Babyface spoke of SZA in the same regard. ✨
carly gill
2025-02-25 22:57:30 +0000 UTC
Omg I was just listening, nodding, and minding my business and then the Be alive slander come out of nowhere. Damnn where my pitch fork 😭
Ola Ogun
2025-02-25 22:49:55 +0000 UTC
I loved every moment of this emergency meeting!
carly gill
2025-02-25 22:47:45 +0000 UTC
I think Renaissance is a moment in music history that many people missed. I was living in Nashville music city - where all the publishing houses are and EVERYBODY on music row seems to have writers credits on Renaissance. Like that was a music row collab like I have never seen
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:40:43 +0000 UTC
A whole Taylor video… I’m scared 😭
Matt Joseph
2025-02-25 22:40:32 +0000 UTC
Hozier?!?
Jenna Jackson
2025-02-25 22:36:39 +0000 UTC
You should make a top 25 pop albums of all time
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:35:27 +0000 UTC
But Katy Perry and Bruno deserve their things…
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:34:17 +0000 UTC
THANK YOU. everything is pick a side. mind you all of these people are successful no one is true flop.
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:31:10 +0000 UTC
See I knew not to comment on that last video because I had nothing good to add 😭
B Ann
2025-02-25 22:30:28 +0000 UTC
Also the Selena Gomez vs. Rihanna vs. Miley in pop year by year is a whole think piece or video essay in terms of female perspectives on record
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:26:56 +0000 UTC
I like bringing Selena Gomez and other non- black pop girls into the conversation because it helps to craft the narrative of the trendsetting nature of Rihanna as an artist. I think that Selena Gomez was able to craft a specific lane for latinas in Americana and Rihanna was able to open and create a lane for black urban counter culture globally - I think what’s my name the music video glamorizing the urban market or man down telling a revenge story post rape filmed outside of America. Rude boy - glamorizing urban slang and talking back as a female. These were major themes in music that so many other genres has eaten off of, we don’t get sad girl music without disturbing expressing distress from a female perspective. We don’t get manic pixie dream girl without sos or shut up and drive. I feel like Rihanna took pop global in terms of references from so many non-American cultures
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:25:49 +0000 UTC
Folks really say anything when it comes to Beyoncé. It’s so weird.
Birdie Wolf
2025-02-25 22:25:23 +0000 UTC
i’m dead, taylor swift got a really beautiful gowns, beautiful gowns type of description 😭😭😭
Bones of a Carrot
2025-02-25 22:25:19 +0000 UTC
baby the best Whitney album is COMPILATION album there zero need to sit through them things there no hidden gems. and yep Aaliyah music outside of the singles are NO for me.
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:25:12 +0000 UTC
but hear me out, dead petz would be excellent as a 5 song ep w space boots, fweaky, bang me box, lighter, Cyrus skies, in that order
beeg
2025-02-25 22:24:52 +0000 UTC
Tinashe is interesting case where I think they have ear and taste but just like Charli XCX (until brat) they just can't seem to "get it" something is either too ahead of times or too dated. Tinashe just like Charli XCX(before brat) have NO CLUE how to market themselves
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:24:02 +0000 UTC
Btw Miley has a better ear than Rihanna but imma stay on point
Nikki
2025-02-25 22:23:32 +0000 UTC
Aaliyah did have a very strong start unlike Rihanna. It took her a bit to find the groove and to put out music that she also enjoyed. I'm glad that you are addressing people just flat out lying/make stuff up to argue about when it comes to your takes. And then they don't even make sense at that. This is not Twitter the bad faith discourse has its place and it ain't here. Carry on ❤️
Nikki
2025-02-25 22:22:06 +0000 UTC
Chile every artistic choice she made from Dead Petz up until She is Coming A MESS
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:21:02 +0000 UTC
I miss her so bad
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:19:55 +0000 UTC
Oop Well.. 😭😭
loveme4me
2025-02-25 22:19:26 +0000 UTC
I am singlehandedly leading the brigade to put Single Ladies back on tour setlist.
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:18:49 +0000 UTC
I actually like talk that talk the album a lot, I still listen to that
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:18:09 +0000 UTC
she be doing ANYTHING. being Miley Stan is ignoring half the shit she be doing
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:17:45 +0000 UTC
Ok I feel like I’m in this weird place where I personally know the fans of Rihanna’s first two albums. I had some classes with a girl who grew up in the Philippines and all throughout Asia and the Caribbean those first Rihanna albums when she was the good girl - people over there loved her initial stuff. Now she is banned from Malaysia for provocative performances I think
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:16:49 +0000 UTC
and we loved her for it. but like them albums is not gagging the house down. Rihanna has 2 whole albums better than her best
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:12:46 +0000 UTC
I dont think Cardi B is away from offset.
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:12:07 +0000 UTC
Hmm. I liked anti as an album for sure. When Rihanna hit the scene with the unfaithful and all of those songs her music was popular, she was like Tyla level popular back then. It important to remember her initial fan base was overseas similar to Tyla - good pop music in Barbados is uh- I don’t know how to judge that. But it was popping there I think
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:11:39 +0000 UTC
100% agree on the Aaliyah point and I’m sure you’ve spoken on this before but people put a lot of falsehoods on Aaliyah simply to spite people like Beyoncé, which is what that person’s comment was giving to me (especially since they accused you of stan behavior)
Like you said in both videos, time is a liar and it’s unfortunate that we can’t look at her career and give praises objectively. From her tragic passing to the time period (where people are automatically assigned legendary status), a lot of us look back on her career with rose-tinted glasses
Mariah L.
2025-02-25 22:11:14 +0000 UTC
AND YET!!!
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:10:44 +0000 UTC
like DON'T QUESTION HER EAR. She did acrobatics with that voice
kungfu
2025-02-25 22:08:46 +0000 UTC
Has anyone else seen got 2 b real - it has all the divas including Patti, Whitney, Rihanna, Mariah it kinda unpacks a lot of what Kenya is saying but in interview snippets slightly
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfKWL-GKl8DPdes_wsfIRinmtwTX5iSiN&si=qE0FXKPPd1cZSWlT
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:08:37 +0000 UTC
Gonna watch this during my workout, can’t wait 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Lavender1495
2025-02-25 22:05:01 +0000 UTC
hour long lashings is crazy, I feel like I’m in trouble and I ain’t even did anything 😭😭 hilarious that the rih vid had THE LONGEST IN DEPTH description you’ve posted in years plus an HOUR video and YET 😂
Dee
2025-02-25 22:04:32 +0000 UTC
Yeah, Whitney took a Dolly Parton hit and made it like 100x more popular
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:02:52 +0000 UTC
I agree Rihanna - Whitney comparison is wild. Very different artists. Mariah is Whitney’s daughter and even Mariah was tossing flowers.
Alivia
2025-02-25 22:01:17 +0000 UTC
Kenya, question about cardi b, do you think cardi being away from offset will help or hinder her taste?
loveme4me
2025-02-25 22:00:48 +0000 UTC
Aaliyah was a total aesthetic artist
Alivia
2025-02-25 21:57:42 +0000 UTC
I love the response via video
Alivia
2025-02-25 21:55:08 +0000 UTC
I feel like my momma wacking me when I hear Kenya talk cuz I’m the one who made the Aaliyah comment. 😭 lol. Kenya I love you! I didn’t mean any harm. I’m sorry girl. To be fair, I finished the video and I saw your point.
Gabriel Benton
2025-02-25 21:53:42 +0000 UTC
i mean, imagine losing your fav artist at 22? so much unseen potential😔but all we have is the music we were given
Delshon Knolton
2025-02-25 21:46:03 +0000 UTC
hate to see my motha aaliyah getting wacked but you are objectively right😭i think her self titled record is her first excellent album front to back, and had she had a career longer than 7 years the conversation would be very different, but unfortunately we didn’t get to see it pan out
Delshon Knolton
2025-02-25 21:45:09 +0000 UTC
Clock it
Treena Mathieu
2025-02-25 21:44:59 +0000 UTC
can we get a scores review like composer ears for tv and movies i'm a nicholas britell stan pls
crooks
2025-02-25 21:38:59 +0000 UTC
was not expecting be alive lashings….. i agree w you but i was not expecting it
aiyonna
2025-02-25 21:37:24 +0000 UTC
The title alone got me cracking up 🤣 lemme get home so I can relax n watch this one
Evette
2025-02-25 21:23:02 +0000 UTC
She’s just being Miley 😂. Did not expect our queen to get hit today but I hear you 😂😂😂
Amber Loveshe
2025-02-25 21:17:13 +0000 UTC
Halo is terrible… I’m so sorry. I never need to hear that song again. I can never take Single Ladies out to pasture because the bridge is elite. Halo has nothing.
Birdie Wolf
2025-02-25 21:16:58 +0000 UTC
Whitney had a disgusting amount of talent. Goosebumps EVERYTIME!
B.Darling
2025-02-25 21:16:35 +0000 UTC
I’m only half way through but I’d like to hear your thoughts on Miley’s lack of taste (& don’t confuse me for a hater I love Miley)
beeg
2025-02-25 21:12:44 +0000 UTC
Speaking of people who have all the elements of pop excellence but sometimes the ear be a lil off… my queen tinashe 😭 no slander to her EVER lets be clear but her not standing with the greats of today is insane to me
taylor
2025-02-25 21:11:45 +0000 UTC
See, this is where I go to vibe cause woooh I do not like Aaliyah music. And a point was made from last video, cause a long time ago I came a conclusion that I really loved Whitney's singles but had never heard an album so I said lemme take my ass to Tidal (they should cut you a recruiter fee cause youre the only reason I'm on there) and listen to an album. Baby, the end didn't see me. I said oof this can't be the Whitney who I'm gonna beg to sing to me when I make it past them gates. They got hits! But not albums.
B.Darling
2025-02-25 21:11:41 +0000 UTC
To be honest what you are describing is people bringing twitter mentality to patreon lol, like they defend rihanna against something that you didnt say. a twisting of words that happens a lot in twitter and is tiring!
LMAOO 22:28 dont fuck play with herrr!!
Mai
2025-02-25 21:11:08 +0000 UTC
I think this is a perfect example of discourse vs study/analysis cultures 😭 you came and presented a clear thesis and argument as someone who is a STUDENT of pop culture. Discourse culture has permeated so deeply bc of tiktok that i think people forgot not everything is meant to spiral into an issue or stan war…. And the commenting before finishing a video is a total marker of that, its the jump to a response video before hearing all the information and responding back in good faith. I always appreciate your thoughts, mind, and the great conversations in this community. I’m glad you brought this to the table 😌
taylor
2025-02-25 21:09:42 +0000 UTC
I think so many people’s opinions are based on surface value. People have opinions on artist they haven’t even indulged in and talk about them based on their singles and stuff that just made it to their desk and those are the people’s opinions i don’t respect. You cant compare two artist if you only know one artist’s music (including not only the singles, but actually did a deep dive) & not the other. People’s comments on that last video was just that I feel.
Tyy Li
2025-02-25 21:04:47 +0000 UTC
Sharing the live video!!!! Yes!!! Some people aren’t doing their homework!!!!!!!!!!!
Taylor
2025-02-25 21:02:31 +0000 UTC
ATBK is the smartest person on the internet I’ve always said this
beeg
2025-02-25 20:58:30 +0000 UTC
Its Like watching your troublesome sibling finally get their deserved ass whooping lol
B.Darling
2025-02-25 20:57:48 +0000 UTC
Another hour oh we don't deserve 😁
Mariah L.
2025-02-25 20:51:07 +0000 UTC
100% agree with you on Aaliyah
Sabdiel 𐚁
2025-02-25 20:49:31 +0000 UTC
The crash out at the Whitney scale... Is EVERYTHING!!!! 😂
Rele M
2025-02-25 20:48:36 +0000 UTC
the description box essentially being your throwaway/draft tweets and still getting the girls upset has me crying.
nanfuckit
2025-02-25 20:44:32 +0000 UTC
me as soon as i get home
Cris Rodriguez
2025-02-25 20:40:12 +0000 UTC
Haven’t clicked play yet but LET THEM KNOW
JordanTLS
2025-02-25 20:37:31 +0000 UTC
House Rule: watch the video in it’s entirety before commenting!! (i am aware of the irony of this lmao)
Mai
2025-02-25 20:36:33 +0000 UTC
JT
2025-02-25 20:35:33 +0000 UTC
my show is on
romcll
2025-02-25 20:33:32 +0000 UTC
baby we getting blesssed with vids on vids this month .it feels like vlogmas praise the lord
Judith Ben
2025-02-25 20:32:29 +0000 UTC
Let me get comfy for this one
onthono
2025-02-25 20:31:53 +0000 UTC
i love when you drop a podcast during work hours! i either get something fun to hear while i do my work or something for my commute home 😌