Mariah Carey was on Larry King last night. No, not on Larry King (gross!) but on his show. She explains what a “diva” is (the term originated in reference to opera singers and Mariah should know, being the daughter of an opera-singing mother) and also that belting all the time would be boring, as in it is her choice not to sing as strongly as she used to. I love the part where she sniffs her own cleve. Jezebel has the clips.
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Mariah says “diva” has lost its meaning; totally misses irony.
Foxy Brown still picking on Lil’ Kim like it’s the 90s.
Speaking of things that need to stay their asses in the 90s, how about this? Foxy Brown (1) has a new song called “Off The Muscle” and (2) makes a desperate, unfunny reference to Lil’ Kim’s DWTS stint. We’re past the point of giving a shit who’s better. I mean, if forced to choose between a bat turd and a bunny turd, which one do you think we’d pick? Is either less turdly? Exactly! And no, I don’t feel any sympathy towards either of them for Hip-Hop being male-dominated. They’ve both made ridiculous personal and professional choices and have yet to satisfactorily follow-up their debut albums from over 10 years ago. 10 YEARS! I can’t with these brawds. More here…
Pop’s Dissociative Identity Disorder
Much has been written about a disturbing trend in Pop music where a singer adopts an alter-ego that is a little more fearless, a little more sexy and completely without boundaries. This is the sort of thing that plays directly into the hands of fans that love to attach epic mythologies to their divas where none before existed. For the rest of us, it’s at best pure comedy and at worst completely tiresome. Seems Lola didn’t get the memo.