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Old 20-02-2012, 09:48
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I'm a fan of Kelly, but her inconsistency as a vocalist has always bugged the hell out of me. She'd be widely regarded as one of the best singers in the industry, if she always performed to her potential.

On her good days, she's a better vocalist than Beyonce. Her tone is beautiful, she'll hit all the right notes without any speed bumps. When she's on, I put her up there with some of the best. But she's also off a fair bit.

This past week has been a good example of that. Kelly covered "Fantasy" in tribute to Mariah Carey at the BET awards. Then she also covered "The Greatest Love Of All" in tribute to Whitney.

And she was basically excellent on both songs. Obviously she's not going to outdo Whitney on a song like that, but she wasn't dodging high notes or anything. It was a commendable effort. And she sounded great on Fantasy.
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Old 20-02-2012, 10:01
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I wish she was consistent too. She truly has a great voice but she mucks it up with some of her live numbers.

Her 2nd album Ms Kelly shows what a beautiful voice she has (This Is Love, Better Without You & Love Again)
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Old 20-02-2012, 10:09
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Nobody could top Ashanti's tribute..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzEuaaWR_bY

"we will always love schu"
*shudder*
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Old 20-02-2012, 11:29
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I thought her Mariah performance was awful. She sang about 10 words.
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Old 20-02-2012, 22:11
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I thought her Mariah performance was awful. She sang about 10 words.
It was too short for my liking. The Reakwon rap didn't help.

But Kelly's tone was absolutely stunning in what she did sing. Actually Mariah-esque...I actually don't think Mariah today is capable of producing such a great tone as Kelly did, but she could have in her prime.

I do wish Kelly did a version with less ad-libs, shout-outs and without a rap break.

Kelly could have done a full version of Fantasy easily, imho. The Greatest Love Of All is a far more vocally challenging song than Fantasy, and she did the whole thing.
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Old 20-02-2012, 22:53
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On her good days shes a better vocallist than beyonce????????? LMFAO omfg what will you come out with next you really have no idea what youre talking about
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Old 20-02-2012, 23:09
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Stole was my favourite song for about four years when it came out.
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Old 20-02-2012, 23:26
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On her good days shes a better vocallist than beyonce????????? LMFAO omfg what will you come out with next you really have no idea what youre talking about
Who are you again?

Oh yes, the joker who thinks Christina Aguilera, one of the most respected vocalists of all time (certainly more respected for singing than Beyonce) can't sing.

If you are going to talk about not knowing what you are talking about...just look in the mirror. Nobody takes you and your "I'm a wikipedia vocal expert" rubbish seriously.

As for Kelly, when she gives a great vocal (and she can), I think her voice is better than Beyonce. That's not even a controversial opinion....people used to say it all the time when they were in Destiny's Child. Beyonce is more consistent, but Kelly has a far more beautiful and interesting tone.
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Old 21-02-2012, 01:18
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Kelly Rowland has never in her life given a better vocal performance than Beyonce. If you can give me a link to a performance proving that Kelly has, then I'd love to see it!!
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Old 21-02-2012, 03:10
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Tbf Kelly rarely if ever sings ballads. She usually raps for lack of better word due to the songs she has released.

Beyonce may shade but kelly is more than a capable vocalist

Also stfu sofreshandsoclean, gheez.
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Old 21-02-2012, 03:14
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[quote=Harry Redknapp;56691316]Tbf Kelly rarely if ever sings ballads. She usually raps for lack of better word due to the songs she has released.

Beyonce may shade but kelly is more than a capable vocalist. The only thing I don't like is that she hypes more than b.

Michelle >>>>to both.
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Old 21-02-2012, 05:51
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Who are you again?

Oh yes, the joker who thinks Christina Aguilera, one of the most respected vocalists of all time (certainly more respected for singing than Beyonce) can't sing.

If you are going to talk about not knowing what you are talking about...just look in the mirror. Nobody takes you and your "I'm a wikipedia vocal expert" rubbish seriously.

As for Kelly, when she gives a great vocal (and she can), I think her voice is better than Beyonce. That's not even a controversial opinion....people used to say it all the time when they were in Destiny's Child. Beyonce is more consistent, but Kelly has a far more beautiful and interesting tone.
Well noone takes anything you say seriously when you spout crap like christina is better than mariah and kelly is better than Beyonce. Its nothing to do with consistency and everything to do with her voice and singing. Kelly comes NOWHERE near. at all. EVER!
She can barely sing a sentence without going off key and taking multiple breaths. And tone wise her tone is muffled and weak because of her appauling breath control. You don't half chat some utter bull!
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Old 21-02-2012, 06:02
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Kelly was ACE
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Old 21-02-2012, 17:27
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Kelly has a decent enough voice but I didn't like her version of Fantasy. She hardly sang, the arrangement was awful and the rap was bad. Kelly's version comes nowhere near Mariah's original version. The more challenging Hero was left to Queen Patty.
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Old 21-02-2012, 17:31
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Kelly has a decent enough voice but I didn't like her version of Fantasy. She hardly sang, the arrangement was awful and the rap was bad. Kelly's version comes nowhere near Mariah's original version. The more challenging Hero was left to Queen Patty.
and Patti failed on that. I have no idea how.
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