Why must modern pop culture constantly bombard me with a never ending supply of skinny blond girls who sound black?

I don't know, but I'm going to go out on a limb and assume it has to do something with money.

It's true.

Fergie, Lady Gaga. I'm sure there's others, but I simply just don't listen to that crap.

That's the gist of it. It's worth noting that they're very talented to begin with. The specific packaging is the final step.

I know one of the girls who you're probably thinking about, and her background (both musically and educationally) is nothing like you'd guess by watching her videos.

I don't think that Lady Gaga is skinny and doesnt sound black

She's a fully built woman and has a style of singing that isn't like your typical "black" singing

what up wigga!

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Lady GaGa got bof parts!

how about this wrote:

I don't think that Lady Gaga is skinny and doesnt sound black

She's a fully built woman and has a style of singing that isn't like your typical "black" singing

800 dude wrote:

That's the gist of it. It's worth noting that they're very talented to begin with.

Talented at being young and hot, nothing more.

In general, I see the OP's point, but my guess is the rest of the Black Eye Peas are happy to have Fergie, who can actually sing and...you knows...helps sell music.

are you out of your mind?these dumb blondes are NOT talented.and I couldn't care less about their "backgrounds (both musically and educationally)".WTF??

800 dude wrote:

That's the gist of it. It's worth noting that they're very talented to begin with. The specific packaging is the final step.

I know one of the girls who you're probably thinking about, and her background (both musically and educationally) is nothing like you'd guess by watching her videos.

Would you prefer a steady deluge of fat black girls who sound blonde?

friendly guy wrote:

are you out of your mind?

these dumb blondes are NOT talented.

and I couldn't care less about their "backgrounds (both musically and educationally)".

WTF??

lady gaga and fergie can both sing well. doesnt that equal talent? lady gaga can even play piano while she sings and has an art degree

sugar crash wrote:

I do my best to ignore it, but damn. They all look the same...blond, skinny, barbie doll clones, but when they sing they sound like a hardcore ghetto black women.

I think the music industry finds hot blond chicks and sends them to some secret school where they learn how to act black and sing in ebonics.

It's simple really. They are succumbing to the fact that black artists, better yet, black influenced music rule the entertainment scene and they want to cash in on it. Another wild theory is that they grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B and actually like it so much that they sing it. That said, I used the term "black music" due to the context of this thread, but in truth, there is no color to music. There's just this thing called race awareness/racism that people like you can't seem to get past. The sort of thing that probably has you equating black to ghetto with ease. Maybe you should just switch to something else if you don't enjoy it?

yeah having white performers sing like black folks is completely new.

The OP must be referring to Dusty Springfield.

They can't sing well. The true measure of whether someone can sing well is how they perform when they step out of the studio (with the autotune/other vocal processors and audio engineers working their magic). Neither of them are any good when they sing al naturale. You can throw Rihanna into that group as well.

I hate you wrote:

They can't sing well. The true measure of whether someone can sing well is how they perform when they step out of the studio (with the autotune/other vocal processors and audio engineers working their magic). Neither of them are any good when they sing al naturale. You can throw Rihanna into that group as well.

you've never listened to them sing out of the studio then