Who remembers when Paula Abdul was Rihanna status?

[daboywonder2002]

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

we still don't.

 

[TrebleMan]

we still don't.

She's 100% Jewish I think.

edit: Syrian-Jewish.

 

[Wacky D]

This explains a lot about you all of a sudden. O thought you were like 27.

this is refreshing. a lot of people on here tend to assume that I'm about 40.

I'm 32.

 

[R-Typ3]

better looking too

no she didn't. Pebbles had nothing to do with it. her first album was great. all dance pop tracks. She messed up with the second album Going away from a great formula trying to come out with Rush Rush. That was the only hit the album had.

That album was tough and the sound changed because The Family Stand did production and sang back up all over it..and oh yeah this cat called ecinrP put his touch on a song too

Rush Rush
Blowing Kisses
Promise Of A New Day

 

[Pop123]

She was my first crush. I think the "Crazy Cool" video is the first time I ever nutted, I apologize for sharing that but it's a fact

 

[YourMumsRoom]

But I never said she wasn't wild successful, so what do you think you proved?

It's on you to prove Paula WASN'T wildly successful, and you can't.
Make it brief son, half short and twice strong

P relax damn...

Me nor no one else in this thread would or has ever doubted how successful of artist you were. But you're getting blunted off of revisionist history. You barely made it into the 90's with any hits baby?

 

[R-Typ3]

that's actually my favorite paula track but she didn't blow up until forever your girl.

Naw Straight Up was the one that set it off and she's still known for it today...You can bet Cole had to come up off them royalties just for usin that hook

 

[Alpha Male]

this video back in the day

 

[TrebleMan]

Yeah. She choreographed some of Janet's dance routines for her videos too.



shyt, she was in the What Have You Done For Me Lately video.

She started off as a choreographer for other artists, getting real big when she assisted with Janet's choreography for songs off Control.

further edit (from wiki):

Abdul was discovered by The Jacksons, after a few of the band members had watched her while attending a Los Angeles Lakers game.[10] She was signed to do the choreography for the video to their single "Torture".[11] "My only problem was how to tell the Jacksons how to dance," Abdul later recalled. "Imagine me telling them what routines to do. I was young, I was scared. I'm not quite sure how I got through that."[12] The success of the choreography in the video led to Abdul's career of choreographer in music videos.[13] It was also due to the success of the video that Abdul was chosen to be the choreographer for the Jacksons' Victory tour.[13]

Abdul choreographed videos for several singers throughout the 1980s, including many videos for Janet Jackson during her Control era. In 1995, Abdul released a dance workout video entitled Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance! (re-released on DVD in 2003), a fast-paced, hip-hop style workout.[citation needed] In 1998, she released a second video called Cardio Dance (re-released on DVD in 2000). In December 2005, Abdul launched a cheerleading/fitness/dance DVD series called Cardio Cheer, which is marketed to children and teenage girls involved with cheerleading and dance.

In film, Abdul choreographed sequences for the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks's character in Big. Other credits include appearances in Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty, Can't Buy Me Love, and Oliver Stone's The Doors.[14] Her television appearances include The Tracey Ullman Show, American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, and several commercials, such as The King's touchdown celebration, as seen in a string of popular Burger King television commercials that aired during the 2005–06 NFL season.[14]

 

[I love Latina women]

She started off as a choreographer for other artists, getting real big when she assisted with Janet's choreography for songs off Control.

Plus she was LA Lakers cheerleader.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Paula Abdul was responsible for giving me my 1st Bones so she'll always be an Ace in my book.

 

[Pop123]

this video back in the day

Legendary shyt, finger in the mouth scene turned me into an animal

 

[daboywonder2002]

That album was tough and the sound changed because The Family Stand did production and sang back up all over it..and oh yeah this cat called ecinrP put his touch on a song too

Rush Rush
Blowing Kisses
Promise Of A New Day

I hated Promise of a new day lol

 

[smokeurobinson]

Wait a second. ..

There IS no this generations Michael Jackson. No one gets excited for Beyonce music but females and gays, while MJ had every single demographic of all ages locked. Beyonce does not cause the pandemonium of the GOAT. Everything shut down when new MJ music and videos dropped

But she is the closest thing to an MJ.


I said it way before Jay Z confirmed it..

 

[smokeurobinson]

Naw bruh, Peebles was more edgier and black, and was 3 light skinned sisters on the scene

You said she took Paulas shine....i dont remember any of this. Pebbles was a BET fixture. Paula and Vanessa were MTV.

if u talking musically thats something different but the only one who i remember coming close to Paula during her reign was Janet Jackson with Rhythm Nation...thats it

if Rihanna was Paula, Pebbles was Tinashe