I know this fukked Whitney up for minute

[Booker T Garvey]

Hold up, for all you dudes talking about revisionist history - explain this image from the documentary WHITNEY (on HULU now) :

but here she talks about it go to 7:22 (it won't let me time stamp)


but in the documentary, she said this bothered her a lot, her own AUNT said it and Bobby said it

A lot of people forget her FIRST ever song was "How will I know" that was 2 years before "I wanna dance w/somebody" these were white pop songs, not R&B at all.

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

It ain’t got nothing to do with looks at all. At the time Whitney was one of the biggest stars in the world. Vanessa Williams wasn’t on that level

I get it now. It's more of a style of music thing.

Is it kind of like how black people hate Kevin Hart now?

 

[Booker T Garvey]

I'll take anyone who's from that era's word for it.

I just wanted to know because sometimes dudes have this weird "black people are out to get me!!" shyt they like to force into everything.

But I believe you. What made people change their minds about her?

the music, by her 3rd album she was being produced by babyface and LA reid, dropping songs like My Name is not Susan a complete departure from her earlier songs

and her being married to bobby brown didn't hurt.

 

[Zero]

I see facts fukk up the whole vibe for some :dayum:

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I get it now. It's more of a style of music thing.

Is it kind of like how black people hate Kevin Hart now?

Basically this but in reverse. People are getting 80s Whitney confused with 90s Whitney. Once she came home she had our undying support

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Hold up, for all you dudes talking about revisionist history - explain this image from the documentary WHITNEY (on HULU now) :

but here she talks about it go to 7:22 (it won't let me time stamp)


but in the documentary, she said this bothered her a lot, her own AUNT said it and Bobby said it

A lot of people forget her FIRST ever song was "How will I know" that was 2 years before "I wanna dance w/somebody" these were white pop songs, not R&B at all.

Wasn’t Fat Al on the mafias payroll during this time period? The Tariq of the 80s

 

[Booker T Garvey]

But it's kinda weird because Vanessa Williams got cheered

Whitney Looks WAAAAAAAY more black than her.

Vanessa Williams had a few quiet storm staples around this time though, especially "dreamin'" that was a HUUUGE song on urban radio

 

[Booker T Garvey]

Wasn’t Fat Al on the mafias payroll during this time period? The Tariq of the 80s

all facts, he would hitch to any wave that was popular among black folks until the wheels fell off not really giving a damn the whole time

hell, he wound up speaking at her funeral

 

[Zero]

Its whole videos of this heffa gettin booed by nikkas and y'all on the ground having temper tantrums like it didn't happen

Yes it did...and she became better for it

 

[semicko82]

That staccato technique

Damn shame Babyface doesn’t get the props nowadays for being a dope producer

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

James Ingram with the fakeout

Karyn White got robbed

Song got way more radioplay years later than the other songs. She floated on it too


She made sure the breakfast and coffee was on point

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Its whole videos of this heffa gettin booed by nikkas and y'all on the ground having temper tantrums like it didn't happen

Yes it did...and she became better for it

I challenge all the nikkas doubting this to put on I Wanna Dance With Somebody at the next cookout and get back to us on how that went

 

[Booker T Garvey]

I challenge all the nikkas doubting this to put on I Wanna Dance With Somebody at the next cookout and get back to us on how that went

 

[Zero]

I challenge all the nikkas doubting this to put on I Wanna Dance With Somebody at the next cookout and get back to us on how that went

Perfect weather for one too...one of y'all go head and try it out

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

But who gonna play Jazzy elevator music at a cookout though?