Why did the crowd Boo Whitney Houston
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Isn’t that the scene they keep playing in these movies? I think I’m Bobby Brown movie they didn’t say why.
But damn you see them nominations. All them can sing their ass off.
But damn you see them nominations. All them can sing their ass off.
I'm old enough to remember this period. Whitney was over-saturated on the radio at this time. People (especially Black people) were sick of her
That's what I remember. She was considered "Pop" not as much RnB.
The old stupid mindset that if someone is mainstream or in a commercial they are a sell out.
To be fair, the awards shows at that time had did a lot of fuck shit. Dissing rap, picking main stream white approved acts as best RnB while dissing true ethnic acts.
If you ask me, she was the best out of the category.
Too pop and not soulful like Anita back then. Wasn't until she got with hood ass Bobby Black folk really embraced her. Speaking of Anita she's a major bitch
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The best song won. "Giving You The Best That I've Got" is one of Anita's greatest, IMO.
Her second album she went more pop/crossover - ie: structured to grab a mainstream white audience. The biggest hits were "So Emotional" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Black crossover really peaked around '85 or '86. So, by the time these awards happened in 1989, crossover R&B as a genre was on its death bed. A distinctively funky, Black R&B sound was in style again with New Jack Swing and various British R&B acts like Soul II Soul, Loose Ends and Sade leading the way - not to mention rap music surging. There was also a Pro-Black consciousness/cultural renaissance that was starting that you could see reflected in hip-hop music, film (Spike Lee, Robert Townsend) and tv (A Different World, The Arsenio Hall Show).
So I could see how Whitney could have caught backlash in that environment- especially from younger music fans.
That makes sense. Whitney's first album was classic. I remember, at the time, I was really looking forward to some more bangin' R&B hits from her.
Her second album she went more pop/crossover - ie: structured to grab a mainstream white audience. The biggest hits were "So Emotional" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Black crossover really peaked around '85 or '86. So, by the time these awards happened in 1989, crossover R&B as a genre was on its death bed. A distinctively funky, Black R&B sound was in style again with New Jack Swing and various British R&B acts like Soul II Soul, Loose Ends and Sade leading the way - not to mention rap music surging. There was also a Pro-Black consciousness/cultural renaissance that was starting that you could see reflected in hip-hop music, film (Spike Lee, Robert Townsend) and tv (A Different World, The Arsenio Hall Show).
So I could see how Whitney could have caught backlash in that environment- especially from younger music fans.
Vocally yeah but for that category I can’t say that. Karen and Anita made better r&b.