Who remembers when Paula Abdul was Rihanna status?

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

From like 89-92 she was really big pop star. Less talented singer, but arguably prettier and far better performer. I was never into her music, but as a kid a always watched them videos . Especially the one with the cat
Friday Night videos was Paula Abdul central




Aside from a couple cases Hip-hop then wasn't mixing with r&b and pop artists like today...could you imagine Paula & Kane/LL/Rakim/Cube/P.E. collabos

 

[Waterproof]

Yeah being a former Lakergirl set her up nice, but Pebbles came in and stole some of her shine

 

[Bugsmoran]

 

[DoomzdayzV]

she couldnt sing a lick.........maybe the worst of all famous female vocalists.

 

[WaveGang]

Didn't she renounce her blackness

 

[Bugsmoran]

Didn't she renounce her blackness

The big thing back then was people didn't know if she was white, black, Latina, mixed or what

 

[R-Typ3]

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Willie D was huntin early

 

[Greenhornet]

She's wild attractive

 

[JMD]

She was like of a bootleg version of Janet for a few years... she's aged well

 

[Taadow]

This a nice thread and imma let you finish...BUT WE AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS RIHANNA CHIT BEFORE.

She's gonna be the most successful artist ever at the rate she's going.

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

This a nice thread and imma let you finish...BUT WE AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS RIHANNA CHIT BEFORE.

She's gonna be the most successful artist ever at the rate she's going.

Sure Ri-Ri has far surpassed her in longevity and accumulated stardom, but for a moment in time Paula was on fire without the 24/7 social media/internet boost

First album did 7,000,000 US & 12,000,000 worldwide
Remix album did 1,000,000
2nd album did 3,000,000 US (don't know what it did worldwide)

Then she was bushes status

 

[straightcash]

Sure Ri-Ri has far surpassed her in longevity and accumulated stardom, but for a moment in time Paula was on fire without the 24/7 social media/internet boost

First album did 7,000,000 US & 12,000,000 worldwide
Remix album did 1,000,000
2nd album did 3,000,000 US (don't know what it did worldwide)

Then she was bushes status

She had a nice run judging on America Idol in the early 2000s iirc.

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

This a nice thread and imma let you finish...BUT WE AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS RIHANNA CHIT BEFORE.

She's gonna be the most successful artist ever at the rate she's going.

yeah rihanna dominance is so crazy

every song goes no 1 and she has like 6 hits on every album

imagine if she never took that break from 2012 to 2016

but her singles be lasting like a full year so its like she never left

 

[really tho]

This bytch said she was abducted by aliens.

Black Diamond Social Club

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Less talented singer, but prettier and far better performer.

Paula Abdul is not prettier than Rihanna.