Houston's Finest: Letoya Luckett; Mary J. Blige Got Ringtones Too!

At first when i heard the song i was like "its aiight". but then, i started catchin myself singing it and the i was like ...well..it aint all that bad lol
i wish her the best of luck and hopefully this album dont flop....i kno its mean but i hope she suceed so beyonce and them can look stupid lmao u go toya!!

but is it just me ...or did she get some plastic surgery? Her nose looks strange and it doesnt look like the same nose from writing on the wall....
but eh, maybe its just me

These females is comin from everywhere.It dont take shit to get a deal these days.I sure as hell dont mind lookin at da eye candy.

Ur not the first person that said that about her nose but who cares. At least she knows herself unlike Ms. Kelly Rowland who has nothing identifiable about herself and has definitely had a nose job since No,No,No.

Beyonce is shaking in her boots.

she deserves this more than that selfish beyonce.
...''beyonce's destiny'' (destiny's child) is breaking up anyway kelly better go solo hard time and michelle better just stop forever..
I like that southern shit letoya be doing with slim thuggggaaaaa and paul wall

@ RARASHAN
i wasn't trying to down Letoya but thats just how it seemed to me....To be honest, if u know who you are you dont need Plastic surgery....but maybe she didnt get a nose job..i can be wrong ....but like u said it doesnt matter...let's just hope the album is something worth buying.....

Letoya was actually on Wendy Williams last week and Wendy asked her if she had a nose job and breast implants. She said no to both. She said that she had contouring makeup on her nose and that back in the DC days in addition to running track in stilettos, they were taught how to do their own makeup for shows.

RARA...

Those negro noses don't fly in hollywood. Mainly for women. To get those roles and to sell those records you have to go sharp and pointy. Along with the skin bleaching.

Unfortunately, LeToya can't sell to white America like Beyonce can. LeToya is like a Lil Mo. And the reason Kelly can't sell, on top of not having a personality, is because her skin is too dark.

Caff-Whitney Houston was brown skinned and white people used to love her. But hey I do think she'd get more love if she were lighter.

I'm feeling LeToya and I think she'll do alright with the right promotion.

And Whitney also sang Celine Dion type songs that appealed to white people. Her music/voice/appearance was extremely versatile. Even country music artists remixed "I Will Always Love You".

The thing about Letoya is that she's singing to one demographic. A pie chart of who she is going to reach would show a little slice to white people.

"...in addition to running track in stilettos..."

Posted by: lisa at May 16, 2006 10:39 AM

That's crazy that them girls were running track in stilettos. If that ain't some pimp shit, I don't know waht is.

Beyonce's pop knows how to get em shape, huh?

Stop! If any R&B singer showed range, black people would hate and call them a sell out.

People do the same with hip hop.

Make up your mind.

NEWS FLASH: Beyonce and Letoya are friends!..there was an entire article in S2S about how they made up....how she missed the knowles family and everything....

AND there is also a video on youtube from January where Letoya and Tina(Beyonce's Mom) are talking about Toya's store in H-town....Letoya says in the interview that HOD(Beyonce's clothing line) is the number one selling item in her store and she cant keep the items in stock....

WHile you fools are here harboring hate against Beyonce, they are probably sipping margaritas in St Tropez....laughing at how stupid you are

Caff has a point about her demographic but a good party track solves that problem. I hope she blows cause Beyonce's mom and dad did them girls dirty. I personally always thought Toya prettier than Beyonce. And still think the other girls were kicked out cause they we're taking the attention off Beyonce. And who cares if she got a nose job or implants everyone here would still hit it!
Why bother mentioning Kelly
No one cares

I don't think anyone here is creating a false beef. Instead we're just shedding light on the obvious competition factor. Friends or not, records still have to be sold and someone has to fight for more air-time and tv coverage. Shit, that's the job.

They can sit and have margaritas all they want, but at the end of the day, it's still a fight to the top of the charts.

"I will always love you" was sung by a country artist-Dolly Parton before Whitney sung it...

Whitney definitely had mainstream america listening....Three of her albums are in the top 25 for the biggest selling albums of all time..

She still has the biggest debut album for a female---15 million

Only female to have 7 back to back number one singles...

Biggest selling soundtrack of all time--The Bodyguard with 19 million

I know for sure white ppl arent feeling Letoya---she just doesnt have the it factor to take her to next level

Its like..

Usher - Ginuwine
Beyonce-Christina Milian
Eminem - Bubba Sparxxx
Mary J. Blige- Faith Evans

Letoya will prob be on a Keyshia Cole type level--she wont be a Brooke Valentine or a Lumidee but she's not on a Ashanti and def not on a Beyonce level

Can we all get over the breakup of DC? It was like 7 years ago, people! Doesn't everyone have fall outs with some of there friends when they are like 17 or 18, the only thing different about these girls is that there was money involved. But let all the girls move on.

They are all talented. LeToya, Michelle, Kelly and Beyonce. And you all can hate on Beyonce as much as you want, but at the end of the day, she is still rich, she still has 9 grammies, and she is laughing all the way to the bank.

Dont hate on Kelly. Shes mad talented. She has more of a personality on stage than LeToya Luckett does but i still love'em both..
Unfortunately, i think Michelle is going to disappear of the face of the planet.

I'm so happy LeToya is finally doing the damn thing. She is doing a good job of seperating herself from Beyonce by releasing a slow jam that is not "man-haterish."
As for MJB getting on Mariah's level, I don't know about that. The only ringtones that matter to me are the ones Mariah writes and performs. I can't wait to people stop sleeping on

===www.hi-flitones.com===

i love their selection.

"I know for sure white ppl arent feeling Letoya---she just doesnt have the it factor to take her to next level"

Aston, have you done a poll of all white ppl in America? I've seen her perform live, and I thinks she does have it....a little more than Beyonce. Remember Beyonce tried to imply that she was tone deaf in the Vibe article. Well, we see that she's not tone deaf....so maybe there was another reason to kick her out of the group.

Since all the Beyonce lovers are quick to hate on Letoya, let's just wait til the album comes out and see the proof in the pudding!

SO FUCKING WHAT IF LETOYA DON'T APPEAL TO THE WHITE AUDIENCE WHO CARE'S U DONT KNOW ANYWAY WHAT THEY WILL LIKE THEY PEOPLE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TRUST THAT AINT GOIN MAKE OR BRAKE ANY OF US JUST LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS, THE DIXIE CHICKS,ROB THOMAS , U2 AND OTHERS DONT APPEAL TO OFTEN TO THE BLACK COMMUNITIES IT AINT GONNA MAKE OR BRAKE THEM AND LETOYA IS JUST COMING BACK TO THE MUSIC SCENE AND IF U HEARD THE TRACKS FROM THAT ALBUM, U WOULD KNOW THAT THAT ALBUM IS GONNA DO GOOD, AND LOOK AT DESTINY'S CHILD NOW BACK THEN IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO MAKE A HIT RECORD OFF THERE 1ST ALBUM THE ONLY HIT THEY HAD OFF THAT ALBUM WAS NO NO NO PART1 AND 2. THE OTHER 1's (WITH ME, GET ON THE BUS, AND KILLING TIME) AIN't DO SHIT BUT THEY EVOLVED IN TO WHAT THEY ARE 2DAY BEFORE BEYONCE WENT SOLO BEFORE THAT ALBUM THAT DID VERY WELL MUCH RESPECT TO HER THAT"S WHEN SHE BECAME BEYONCE NOT THE GIRL FROM DESTINY'S CHILD ANYMORE WHICH WAS WHAT SHE WAS REFFERED TO FROM THE "WHITE" AUDIENCE's AND HAD THAT ALBUM FLOPPED BEYONCE WOULD OF DIPPED BACK REAL QUICK WITH DESTINY'S CHILD BUT FATE HAPPENED GOOD FOR HER. PEOPLE DOWNED BEYONCE BEFORE HER ALBUM CAME OUT I KNOW I DID BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPEND TO HER MORE DOORS OPENED UP FOR HER WITH MOVIES AND PRODUCING SO AT THE END IT DID"NT MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BEYONCE LOOK AT HER, ALOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT KELLY COULD SING BETTER THAN BEYONCE AND THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE THE BREAK OUT STAR OF DESTINY'S CHILD AT THAT TIME SHE HAD THAT BIG HIT WITH NELLY, BUT BEYONCE DELEVERED SO NO MATTER WHAT YALLT THINK ABOUT LETOYA BELIEVE ME GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS SO DOWN HER IF U WANT. THE TABLES CAN TURN O SO QUICKLY.

Anyway...who wants to hear that out of tune, screaching voice of MJB as a ringtone on their phone? Certainly not me...I can't even listen to her CD without grabbing my ears in pain. Her voice was fucked up before the drugs and it still is!

Letoya is never going to be Beyonce. Beyonce is going to be Beyonce and LeToya is going to be LeToya. And hopefully, LeToya will be successful and hopefully Beyonce will continue to be successful. What I don't understand is why every single blog that has nothing to do with Beyonce (ie. LeToya's solo debut) has to be about Beyonce.

Beyonce is a selfish, conceited bitch. Like the other day when she was saying how hard it was for her to be that gorgeous.

I hope LeToya takes her spot. I'm sick of B.

I think she is going to be a huge success. You don't have to be light-skinned to appeal to a broad audience and I am shocked that yall think that. Mary is not light skinned. Latoya is not Lil Mo either. Lil Mo is ugly for one thing. So I say lets just keep an eye on her becuase we don't know what is going to happen.

Letoya is cool, I like the just blaze track on her album, I love confident people, which she has alot of. Great personality to down to earth, cool, none of that shy girl stuff,that everyone else try to sell you. She'll do well, and I believe she would also, appreciate people seperating her from DC and B. Thats in the past, its time to move on. She deveres a chance at being a solo artist without being compared to B and them. I wish her well!

Aston, good look on Whitney but I think you need to check your facts. Whitney was at one time the highest selling but if you check the current stats, I believe its now Mariah.

As for Letoya, Im feeling the single and Im looking forward to the album. Its not about beefing, but we all know what the business is about. If people on here werent bringing it up, you can guarantee the media will on some level.

I do agree with Caff doe on the audience. I dont know if it has anything to do with her complexion - I'd say not - but its true in regard to her style. She's str8 R&B and look how long Mary has been in the game and how long it took her to really get airplay on the non-traditionally black stations. But Mary broadened her audience by doing the non-tradionally black outlets, fucking wit groups like U2 and showing her versatility. But who's to say Letoya wont do that in the future? We all know that to get where you going you gotta start at home. So she's cool doing what she's doing right now cause she gotta get her "core" audience behind her first.

At the end of the day, its all good.

I'm gonna ruin someone's day with this...

Latoya sounds like BEYONCE!!!!!!!!

Seen that video for 'Torn' the other day, and she sounds like B. Ad-libs and everything.

And of COURSE, Soul Man had to mention Kelly Rowland...AGAIN.

LeToya is the shit right now. I agree with the people who say she's confident, down to earth, and cool. Not to mention funny, sweet, kindhearted, and beautiful inside and out. I don't know why people hate on her. Now, I don't use the hatin word that much because everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it's the people who say "She'll neva be as big as Beyonce" or "She'll just be a one hit wonder."

First of all, LeToya is her own person. She has her own identity and is far from Beyonce. I could see if LeToya tried to shake her ass to a club banger onstage and have a sexy image that appealed to men. But she doesn't. She's doing her own thing and has her own style of music. She's a great songwriter and singer. I see no one here is mentioning she can't sing live like they were before because LeToya just proved she could on yahoo music performance. She sounds exactly the same as she does on the single. She's improving mistakes quickly (like people said she made in the past onstage) and that's smart.

And about that whole appealing to white people. Have ya'll noticed that pop stations not only play all the latest hip-hop tracks, but real R&B tracks. They play songs by Chris Brown, of course Ne-Yo even that non-talented bitch Ashanti. White people are listening to R&B shit like that more and it's because of how Ne-Yo and Chris even Ashanti are promoted on MTV and that's what LeToya is scheduled to do according to her official site. Torn is R&B, but popular and catchy to any race of girl. That's why she has a chance being in pop culture as an R&B artist.

Nowhere did I mention the biggest selling femal artist of all time....I said Whitney has 3 Albums in the top 25 of biggest selling albums....the only other black artist to have an album in the top 25 is Michael Jackson...

To me Letoya sounds very similar to Kelly, everytime I hear her song It reminds me of Kelly...None of the top 40(white) stations where I live play Letoya's single--and only one of the urban stations do, ---I think her Torn song is just too R&B...but I do think if she released "Gangsta Grillz" the white stations would pick it up........

Its Beyonce's world all the others are just squrril looking for a nut
Lotoya ablum just cater to urban audience who dont buy records anyway

Black mosses shut the fuck up! You know damn well you white, just trying to use the word black in your name so we won't think your comment was racist! Or you one of them dumbass black racists! If black people didn't buy albums, why the success for Mary J's cuz you know we were the first and mostly the only ones to go cop her CD! Beyonce needs to move the fuck over. She can't run the musci world for long!

To that idiot who dissed mary's voice. I as well as millions of her fans around the world, including England where I am representing would buy her ringtones and music and love her voice more than aqny other singers. She cannot be compared to mariah because she is of a higher level. Mariah voice is nice and sweet, but with mary you feel her soul and pain. Mariah is too polished and can't sing like she used to and all that brethy stuff she has been doing for the past few years are wack. whilst mary's voice keeps on getting better and better. She is the soul hiphop queen so you can hate but she will keep reigning.

Letoya Luckett is beautiful, but I really want to see that dark-skinned DS member with the big ass titties!

Mary J Blidge is so fucking overrated. For those calling Beyonce conceited, take a look at MJB. She has the ultimate diva syndrome. Vibe put her on the cover and gave her an award to commemorate her success and what did MJB do? Bitched about the editors removing her scar.

K!!!!!!!!!

Mary is the queen alright...the queen of bad runs and out of pitch vocals! She is the queen of sucking up to whatever rapper is hot at the time so she can ride a hip-hop coat tail. She is the queen of looking screw-faced. She is the queen of Ashantis and Olivias...in other words, chiks who can't really sing but got hot beats and street cred. Mary is not all that people make of her. I once went to a Mary show and really wanted my money back (and I didn't even pay for the ticket). She sucks live and she's not that good on wax. Autotune can't even fix that hot mess of a voice she has. How dare you even mention her in the same breath as Mariah...how dare you!

letoya is the ish.

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LOL, ya'll is real funny. Okay, this is how I feel. I agree with some of you about Mary having a very strong voice and agree with some of you about Mary sounding like she's screaming. Mary has a very mature voice because she is an older women. When she sings, you can feel and see her pain. Her voice is very powerful, but again it does sound like she over does it at times. Sometimes it sounds like she's in pain and has been smoking cigarettes or has a scratchy voice. But, at the same time she hits all the right notes. I think it's more of the tone of her voice that is debatable. Like, with Fantasia, I hate the tone of her voice so much!!! But I'll admit she hits the right notes.
Anybody feel what I'm saying.

As for LeToya, her single right now is hot and she's very beautiful with a lovely voice.

WATS WITH ALL THIS SHIT ABOUT SKIN COLOR??????? IF ITS YOUR DESTINY TO MAKE IT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ITS YOUR DESTINY - NUFF SAID.

Letoya is one of the artists that's bringing back REAL R&B. One main element of r&b is TRUE EMOTION when it comes to vocals. Unlike artists like Christina M., Mya, Ashanti, I could go on. And when it comes to MJB the undeniable queen...Now's she's the truth some ppl don't understand her voice b/c it's has some ugly in it but that's not a bad thing that's why rappers are always checkin' for her b/c they know life's not always pretty and if you want real soulful gritty vocals Mary the woman to get. If you haven't been through anything tramatic in ur life than you probably wouldn't understand Mary's voice or her music. As far as Kelly Rowland she can kick bricks all I care(don't get me wrong, her voice is aiight)but um that's as far as it goes, she's gonna talk some fake shit on her album. She puts on this goody 2 shoes persona she's a lame ass corn ball. She's almost as corny as the chick "Sara" from Puffy's 1st Making The Band. I think Kelly should become Beyonce's Hype woman. Oh my badd she already does that.:)

Um i don't have a clue where dis skin color topic came from, but wateva. Letoya's song iz real good, and I hope she do well. She don't need ppl tryna compare her to Beyonce, eventhough its bound to happen. Beyonce and Kelly iz coo, but let Letoya shine fo a minute a two.

Stop! If any R&B singer showed range, black people would hate and call them a sell out.

People do the same with hip hop.

Make up your mind.

Posted by: Da_Watcher at May 16, 2006 11:18 AM

Its good that Be & Letoya are friends now, but I STILL root hard for her because I feel like they got played by the Knowles'. And I dont even dislike Be, she does her thing, but I always felt like Letoya was too much of a threat aesthetically, in the group.

Lets be honest, Be didnt become the hottest member of DC until Letoya left. Everyone deserves a second chance, and i hope hers works out.

Caff_you hit the NAIL on the head about skin color & demographics. Im always pleasantly surprised when I see a woman of color in entertainment DARE to wear black hair. On the other hand it irritates me that we're always so willing to 'claim' people who just want to straddle the line. i.e. Christian Milian, Jennifer Lopez.

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will u ppl stop with the blonde hair shit!!!!! just stop...

How does the color of your hair determine your level of blackness...im sick of hearing this shit, dreads,afros,and braids does not make you look any more black than the black girl who has blonde hair...

when will black ppl stop being so self conscious about their appearance and stop devaluing those who choose to do a look that works best for them....trust me if every black girl had black hair and looked the same, i would move over to whites...

If Beyonce wants her hair blond..so fucking what, if she wants to wear extensions so fucking what..stop trying to make everyone do what YOU believe is best for THEIR life...get your own shit together...

BTW many of my family members have blond hair and green, and grey eyes..does that make them not black....fuck no

THANK YOU ASTON. These people are sick on this blog. They hate so much it's sickening. Who wants to walk around with a damn fro and dreads all the time. And Beyonce is far from conceited or fake, she is mad talented and that's why she is always compared to everyone under the sun. Everyone is on Letoya's bandwagon, b/c she is new and they feel sorry for her. That will sooon die down, then next you will say she is overrated. Just shut the fuck up!!! with this overrated. You say Beyonce is overrated but then you say you want to see Toya were she is, make up your freakin mind. And Letoya aint bringing back no Real R&B with that bubble gum shit. Gangsta Grillz and All Eyez on Me what in the fuck is real about that. She is coming just like Shanti did with her solo debut. And Bey has always been the hottest in the group. Most people didn't even remember the other members.

LeToya is OFFICIALLY tone deaf, listen to this LIVE performance of "Torn":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AEbBBcFrk&search=LeToya

I can see why her ass was kicked out the group. Its sad too, because I actually like her, but these kind of Ashanti-level performances will not carry her very far.

No you shut the fuck up. Stop beign so negative because everyone is starting to like LeToya betta than Beyonce. Beyonce aint that damn talented. She's mostly known for just shaking her ass and touching herself in her videos like baby boy naughty girl and crazy in love. All of that ass shaking and bending her ass over onstage and on camera is sick and not necessary! Her voice isn't all that. She always sounds like she's having sex when singing and sounds so damn manly and deep when she's trying so hard to sing onstage. LeToya is trying to make a name for herself and aint worried about Beyonce, even though they are cool. But, LeToya is determined and all that hate ya'll got against her is very stupid and you all will feel right dumb when she succeeds. No one here is expecting LeToya to be as big as Hoyonce! As long as she has her music and has plenty of fans and multi-platinum selling albums, she's good. Not everyone is gonna be big like Hoyonce and that's not a bad thing. She's the publicty ho every year. Aint nobody feelin sorry for her. LeToya is a grown ass women who can make it on her own and she shows that in her interviews. And bitch Toya aint toned def, everyone has an iight or not so good performance, especially when new or nervous. Cuz ya dumbass need to go over to yahoo music and see her performance because she sounds the same as her CD. Toya can sing, so shut up.

NEW?!? Toya grew up as a performer and in Destiny's Child. She then joined a defunct group and when that fell through she started recording solo tracks and shopping deals. There is no excuse for her to sound as bad as she does here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AEbBBcFrk&search=LeToya

LOL @ her saying "Oh My God!" right in the middle of the song. HAHAHAHA!!!

Not even comparing her to Beyonce, she will not last long if she continues to perform like this.

And that shit on yahoo music is hardly any better... 1.) she is singing over the track during a lot of parts, 2.) you can tell from the editing and the fact that there's no live audience that it took more than one take for her to get it together...

like i said, she gotta step it up. that song really aint that hot (its way too reliant on the sample) and her performance game is trash.