my nikka, breh!!
she makes house records, that would have uk permeation.
yet, I am not sure if world music will permeate in the same manner it did when backstreet made it a blockbuster draw.
so, I really don't see her having much permeation in the us.
if she made more actual rap records,..maybe..
till, she makes more actual credible rap records..
I don't see much happening for her.
you have to at least fool the public and stoke the flames and build a culturally minded or street/urban fanbase.
way before you sell way the fukk out and make actual house records.
banks, is trying to bypass all that.
then, fold it into a urban pop draw and it usually does not happen when it is so far progressed in the house genre, off top.
you have to gradually build to the house shyt.
even, latifah single wise built to welcome to my house.
she ain't pop out on some lame shyt like craig g and make a house record without making a mark with her other culturally enriched smash singles , first.
nor, did latifah go to far into the house realm originally.
banks is so far into the realm, of no return.
I don't think she can cultivate a following using the cultural base of rap.
mixed with the non-cultural base of house, predominately dominating the bulk of her material.
on top of the fact,..her only actual rap song of note is the jim jones diss.
which can and I believe was perceived after all it was said and done as a pander to the underground move.
that did not resonate in the maner a diss of that level should have.
so, afer that,...
I really don't see her making much domestic noise as a credible draw, stateside.
I could be wrong and maybe someone pushes the rolling pr ball of steam.
that triumphantly pushes an artist into being a superstar.
yet, that is more payola and deception/bait&switch, and not really a draw.
that we are expecting and will credibly give credit to banks for building.
art barr
art barr
...but he locked up and got a better chance to blow up...sure you don't wanna let this go
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