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05-29-2002, 12:30 AM
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"J.Lo"....Is anyone else fed up? I now have a newfound respect for Gloria Estefan
Even though I have never been a fan of Latin music (which my wife loves), it has taken me several years to see that w/ Gloria Estefan, it was all about the music. "J. Lo" is no musician. She is a commercialized product that makes money from people's fascination w/ her big posterior. She can't sing, and she can't act. I put her on the same level as Destiny's Child - a passing phase that will hopefully be over w/ soon. I am so sick of seeing her name and face plastered everywhere, and all of the senseless hype surrounding everything that if my wife ever sways my interest to Latin music, I will take my time to explore everything about Gloria Estefan - who I consider to be the real queen of Latin pop music.
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05-29-2002, 12:41 AM
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This post could have just as easily been about the vast majority of the musicians on the Billboard chart.
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05-29-2002, 01:04 AM
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She can't sing, but she can act. She's one of my favorite actresses, an underappreciated talent in spite of her success.
Her music is blah, but what it has to do with latin music is beyond me. It sounds like every other crappy pop/r&b out there.
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05-29-2002, 07:00 AM
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Unfortunately, the quality of current pop stars' music leaves a lot to be desired. I go into Best Buy and walk by the wall of current popular titles, and it sickens me to see the state of music. Aaron Carter looks like he is 13, and he has CDs plastered all over stores. It's really, really sad. It's time for the record labels to stop blaming CD recorders and MP3s as the only reasons why CD sales are down. The record labels are putting out far too much crap. Just my opinion.
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05-29-2002, 08:17 AM
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She can't sing, but she can act. She's one of my favorite actresses, an underappreciated talent in spite of her success.
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Agreed.
And I have always had a great deal of respect for Gloria Estefan. The only latin music I listen to though is the stuff played on my locaal radio station WPFW which is far from pop.
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05-29-2002, 09:41 AM
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Lopez (I refuse to use that horrid nickname) is actually a decent actress. Not great, not bad.
Most importantly, I think she really is gorgeous, possibly the sexiest celebrity around.
Musically, yeah, she stinks, but no more or less so than the scores of other pop tarts floating around out there.
Lopez' success is based on a very interesting phenomenon: the celebration of mediocrity. The difference between her and other celebrities is that she has managed to excel at being mediocre in many different ways. An average actress, a barely passable singer when the proper studio vocal enhancement techniques are applied, and a poor dancer from which her wonderful figure distracts us, surrounded by song writers and an entourage that keep her entrenched in the grey world of shallow success and vapid dullness. She even comes complete with a musically insulting boyfriend whose Big Criminal Act was, well, mediocre (a gun at a nightclub? lame).
The only reason her music is considered Latin is because she is of Latin heritage, not because of the music. It's the same like other pop singers- if you're white, you're "pop," but if you're black, you're "R&B," a term that has lost all its meaning anyway.
Feh, pop music, who needs it.
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05-29-2002, 10:52 AM
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I actually liked Destiny's Child.
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05-29-2002, 12:31 PM
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I fell for her in "Out of Sight", and thought she was great. She has likable a persona. Likable people singing simple music has always been popular and always will be. I don't buy it, but it doesn't make me sick or anything.
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05-29-2002, 04:15 PM
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Jennifer Lopez sings and happens to be latino. I'd hardly say she's a latin musician. The latin influence is stronger in Estefan's music, but again, calling her the "Queen of Latin Pop Music" is a label that would only be applied by an English speaking audience. The 'Crossover Queen of Latin Pop Music' would be more accurate.
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05-30-2002, 05:19 PM
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As an actor, she reminds me of another underrated actor: Sandra Bullock.
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05-30-2002, 10:33 PM
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Im not a fan of the word underrated. In Hollywood, even a modicum of celebrity is hyped up. If an actor/actress doesn't get good critical review, and doesn't get a lot of work, they most likely suck.
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