RE: Do u like India.Arie new song ? -
03-08-2006, 11:00 AM
India has a unique voice but i'm getting a little tired of her 'you go girl' type of songs...it was cool with the first one about being yourself and that it's ok NOT to be a model and all....'I'm not my hair' sounds like the exact same Afro girl power anthem type of thing. It's beginning to sound a little defensive if you ask me....as in if you love yourself so much then why do you have to keep defending your features?
As much as i love India for her uniqueness and down to earthness, i saw something that caused me to pause...it was this MTV documentary where she goes to Kenya and Ashley Judd goes to Madagascar i think it was, i remember at some point she said that Kibera was 'gross' and 'disgusting' and how in the world can people live here!!!.
Yes Kibera ain't exactly prime real estate but i was shocked that she said that. You would think someone like India would be more sensitive.
But anyway she went ahead and hung out with the kids and hugged and touched them and fed them played guitar with them and all so in the end she redeemed herself.
My personal favorite is 'Brown Skin' ...and 'Strength courage and wisdom'. Especially Brown Skin....i dare anyone to find a song that makes Blackness so sexy and desirable....that song kills me everytime ...
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