Damn so RCA took Tinashe's title track "Joyride" and gave it to Rihanna :mjcry: :damn:

[Hood Critic]

And the average R&B listener has no idea any of those magazines exist.

only on thecoli

Tinashe is marketed and packaged as a pop artist. Apparently you haven't being paying as much attention as you thought.

 

[CrimsonTider]

You're talking as if this chick got zero push. She's been on magazine covers, she's been given popular features as well as put on tours. Go look at her coming up tour dates, most of them are canceled.

This chick has gotten tons of push she just ain't cracking.

You can argue no up and coming Female R&B artist has had the push she has had. Not Elle, K michelle, Jhene, Seven No one.

She had a DJ mustard Lead single on her 1st album and a Drake remix. That is the only song that made any noise and it had very little to do with her.

For her second album she has had single with Young thug (flop), a single with Chris Brown (flop) and another single "Ride of your life" (flop)

Also, dont forget she was on the second biggest rap tour of 2015 (Nicki Minaj) and after that she was an opening act for Katy Perry overseas.

@tuckdog Its not that people wait until someone is popping to fukk with them. Its that a majority of people let music come to them. Most people aren't bothered with checking out up and coming artist,etc.

Tinashe won't start to make noise until she gets some feature work. Jhene being featured on "From Time" changed her entire career trajectory

 

[David_TheMan]

Who is she to think she would get preference over hit tracks. LOL
Maybe next time she should get shyt written by her own team, meaning she fronts the money to buy the tracks rights andt hat way she gets paid if the track goes to someone else, instead of crying about getting scraps from the table.

 

[Momentum]

 

[Big Blue]

So what? What's so interesting about Tinashe as an artist anyway?

Nothing when it comes to her label gigs. But her mixtapes wer dope. She was done at soon as her creative license was taken away.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Exactly. People question how Cole is selling out the Garden, and that's how: his fan base goes super hard for him, and it grows every day. Without fans, an artist is nothing. There's a reason why Drake, Kendrick and Cole are the top three. I mean, look no further than The Booth, there's Stan Wars every day on here between all three of them.

When you build your fan base first, you have so much power in your hands when you finally decide to take your talents to a label. It's a win-win for everybody because you're less likely to get a garbage deal (if you have lawyers with you, they'll make sure this never happens), and they're getting a potential cash flow out of you. Labels should only be considered when you're at a point where you need their platform or the resources that you don't have access to.

It also doesn't help that her music doesn't connect with people the way that it does. It doesn't help that her latest singles tend to be the generic formula of how a hit "should" be, and her videos are lackluster. Music videos should heighten the experience of a song. There needs to be a reason as to why people should watch it. That's the point in time where you should really be as creative as possible -- drive a point home. Entertain. Teach. inspire. Otherwise, you just wasted 4 minutes of that person's time. Michael Jackson taught me that.

Tinashe could've taken the Aquarius concept and multiplied that x10 and have it on some fortune teller shyt if she wanted to, where the album sounds mysterious, magical and otherworldly but still grounded enough to have a coherent theme. That could've been her thing. A lot of women are into horoscopes, so that could've drawn some of them in. Not to mention, that would've been incredibly unique and she'd stick out a whole lot. Add in the music videos where the concept can be brought home, and there you go. If that concept were executed perfectly, she'd be well on her way to super-stardom. If you're creative and talented enough, and you market yourself well, the right people will support you. It's that simple.

This is a great post and like @dora_da_destroyer always says about Tinashe her music doesn't connect with anyone.

Most of Tinashe fans on here view music in a technical sense anyway and have a checklist on how much they care for an artist. They don't understand the social aspect of music and why Tinashe keeps falling flat

 

[I love Latina women]

gotdamn, that's disrespectful as hell

 

[New Username]

She's not appealing

Her music isn't all that appealing either. There's nothing to gravitate to.

Tinashe is a cookie cutter singer

 

[jwonder]

The girl tries too hard and just isn't that talented. The song probably would've flopped with her.

 

[ryderldb]

Foul she doesn't get a writing credit for it, unless she didn't write it.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The girl tries too hard and just isn't that talented. The song probably would've flopped with her.

what?

 

[Atlrocafella]

She should just continue to chase the modeling route, maybe get into some acting. She's never going to be a Big music star.

 

[jadillac]

It also doesn't help that her music doesn't connect with people the way that it does. It doesn't help that her latest singles tend to be the generic formula of how a hit "should" be, and her videos are lackluster. Music videos should heighten the experience of a song. There needs to be a reason as to why people should watch it.

yeah, they're not giving her room to be herself.

She needs to go left of whats popular(like she did with her mixtapes) and just live with what happens.

I mean, if you wanna make a "2 On" for a single, cool.....but "do you" for the rest of the album

I keep saying, she needs to work with Jam & Lewis (the guys who made Janet's dope music), work with the Underdogs, work with Babyface....these are all people who still make good music that can be relevant. Just put together solid albums and do your 1-2 pop singles.

 

[Vonte3000]

Welcome to the music industry so what bytch is a nobody

If that bytch is a nobody what are oyu nikka?
No cape though, I just find it funny when regular joes call famous people nobodies

 

[reserved_one]

Exactly. People question how Cole is selling out the Garden, and that's how: his fan base goes super hard for him, and it grows every day. Without fans, an artist is nothing. There's a reason why Drake, Kendrick and Cole are the top three. I mean, look no further than The Booth, there's Stan Wars every day on here between all three of them.

When you build your fan base first, you have so much power in your hands when you finally decide to take your talents to a label. It's a win-win for everybody because you're less likely to get a garbage deal (if you have lawyers with you, they'll make sure this never happens), and they're getting a potential cash flow out of you. Labels should only be considered when you're at a point where you need their platform or the resources that you don't have access to.

It also doesn't help that her music doesn't connect with people the way that it does. It doesn't help that her latest singles tend to be the generic formula of how a hit "should" be, and her videos are lackluster. Music videos should heighten the experience of a song. There needs to be a reason as to why people should watch it. That's the point in time where you should really be as creative as possible -- drive a point home. Entertain. Teach. inspire. Otherwise, you just wasted 4 minutes of that person's time. Michael Jackson taught me that.

Tinashe could've taken the Aquarius concept and multiplied that x10 and have it on some fortune teller shyt if she wanted to, where the album sounds mysterious, magical and otherworldly but still grounded enough to have a coherent theme. That could've been her thing. A lot of women are into horoscopes, so that could've drawn some of them in. Not to mention, that would've been incredibly unique and she'd stick out a whole lot. Add in the music videos where the concept can be brought home, and there you go. If that concept were executed perfectly, she'd be well on her way to super-stardom. If you're creative and talented enough, and you market yourself well, the right people will support you. It's that simple.

That actually would've been a dope persona for her.... I actually thought that was the direction she was going in with Aquarius & Amethyst, but then she went in the opposite way and hop on the FKA Twigs wave..trying to be all gothic & oversexualized and shyt for no reason.

I mean this pic is .....but seriously....WTF is this? .

She then reverted back to making uninspired songs for the radio, which none has caught on like 2 On. Tinashe does have a decent following on the internet, but its grown very little. The outside public just think she's just a run of the mill urban pop artist making trendy songs because thats the kinda music she's been pushing since getting signed. Her ass shoulda stayed Indie and continued to build up her following. Continue to get better as an artist and add more mystique/uniqueness, strengthening her identity.

Oh well