Oh Mariah … You’re Too Good For Auto-tune

The first single off of Mariah Carey’s next album, “Obsessed,” was released yesterday. “Obsessed” would be a perfectly fine song for a lesser singer. A Rihanna perhaps. A Keri Hilson. Or at last resort, a Cassie. The song is on some Britney Spears level material. And while crazy Britney may be one of my guilty pleasures, [...]

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Just Go

He’s made more than 155 guest appearances and more than 20 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He’s been nominated for four Grammy awards. His name is Akon, and he’s a marginally talented “singer” who wails badly on songs and somehow keeps making hits. Like Soulja Boy, Akon is another artist I’ve been waiting to go away [...]

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You’re Too Good for This, Rescinded

When I first saw Phylicia Rashad doing Jenny Craig commercials, I thought, “You don’t have to do this Phylicia!” Why? You’ve aged well — what’s the problem? She looked fine to me. Everybody gains a little weight from time to time. So what? But then I saw her new Jenny commercial after she lost 18 pounds. [...]

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