BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:26:32 -0400 (EDT)
Its not just the hair its the whole aura.....where the video is set er
mannerisms in the video. Its all Lauryn Hill. Please dont go to one blk
woman blah blah. there many black woman that wear the hair like Lauryn
hill, but dont necessarily remind you of Lauryn Hill. The fact o fthe
matter is, whitney houston has one of the greatest voices ever, but she is
still unoriginal, arrogant and uncreative, so I lose respect for her.
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 Neosoulman@aol.com wrote:
> I think Lauryn Hill has a beatiful look but it's not especially distinctive.
> There is no rule that another black woman cannot wear her hair in that way,
> or even rock a jeans jacket to great effect in the same way. Whitney is also
> a beautiful woman. Sure she's biting, but her biting is bigger than the
> Lauryn Hill-thing. She's got all these Darkchild tracks on her album, Wyclef
> is on it, Missy Elliot is on it. She has tried very deliberately to change
> her perception. Some of the songs work. I am not sure about some of the
> other ones. I am not hating her for wanting to make a change, but I think
> she has held back vocally on the album. THAT to me is more of a cop out to
> cross over or co-opt than how she rocks her hair.
>
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