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Originally Posted by voltron
Also, nowhere did I say that I think Mariah is better that Hikki (though I do, and it terms of vocal talent there's no contest as to who's better). I was just stating the facts. A bad Mariah album will sell better than a good Hikki one because she doesn't have a huge fanbase like Mariah. Also, LA Reid is personally working with Mariah on the new album--LA Reid is in charge of IDJ. His career is riding on Mariah's new album, because he needs to prove to the world that the collapse of arista wasn't his fault. So all of IDJ's resources are going into Mariah's album. Whereas Hikki's album is mediocre at best, so of course they're not going to go completely out of their way for her. For her to gain their attention the album would have to be superb, which it isn't, plain and simple. Just because you don't want to hear the truth as to why IDJ is putting her on the back burner, you don't need to start criticizing me for just saying it sucked, it's not like I made a huge post about how horrible it is. It was one small comment.
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Oh lordy where do I begin? First of all, where did I say that you stated that Mariah Carey is better than Utada? (Yea Mariah used to have an amazing voice although i'm really not sure anymore if her vocal chops are as great as they used to be. And don't even get me started on the actual craptacular melodies and the skank-factor. And lets not forget her awsome movie career).
Anyway, you're post shows that you don't get Exodus. Yea the vocal preformance is questionable but for the most part, it gets the job done. But hikki's vocals were never her strongest point or the "meat" of her songs and it's very much the case in this album. It's all in the arrangements. All the gewing and gawing electronic sounds. The synthy mess that is The Workout or the bleeps and beeps of Animato all manage to somehow fit together and create something that is truly different from what's out there and enjoyable. The singing is just like....icing on cake. Grant it, it's sloppy icing but it's still icing. If you fail to see that, which you have, and not get it, then you're missing out and good stuff.
I'm not here to force anyone to like Exodus. But you can't make a general statement like "they probebly realized that it sucks so they're not putting time into it". Just cause you don't like it, it sucks? Who are you to decide that? If it's just not your cup of tea or just not you're style then that's fine. But don't put it down just cause you fail to see it's good points.
Also what's all this rambling about LA ried and how he has his neck on the line and etc. ? So what? It's hikki's fault that LA may not know how to run a company? So what does that mean, just because some big shot guy in charge screwed up royally, everyone else on the label has to create safe and unadventurous, cookie-cutter crap? It's SALES that mean nothing when we're talking about quality of music. People are so easy to brainwash, they'll buy whatever MTV feeds them. If something sold well it mainly means that MTV & VH1 chose to support it.
By the way, just let you in on a little forum etiquette, try not to double post.