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Title: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Dee on March 27, 2026, 05:10:36 PM
Faith Evans DOWN.

This definitely could've been on Faithfully

Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: BetterAngels on March 27, 2026, 05:17:55 PM
I wore this one out


 :loose2when:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 27, 2026, 05:19:39 PM
oh bitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmkdfhJDFE
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Lazarus on March 27, 2026, 05:20:18 PM
Her debut >>>>>>
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Young on March 27, 2026, 05:29:32 PM
*This a a Blu Cantrell stan account.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Ulysses on March 27, 2026, 05:37:42 PM
Incredible voice, bad material.

But the few good songs she has she KILLED
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: klappa. on March 27, 2026, 06:58:50 PM
Quote from: Dee on March 27, 2026, 05:10:36 PMFaith Evans DOWN.

This definitely could've been on Faithfully


my messss
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: L0NZ. on March 27, 2026, 07:39:32 PM
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Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on March 28, 2026, 12:28:17 PM
Girl please, girl please, girl PLEASE :roflmao:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 01:20:29 PM
Absolutely loved her. Bought both albums
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: RAY7 on March 28, 2026, 02:42:24 PM
Quote from: Dee on March 27, 2026, 05:10:36 PMFaith Evans DOWN.

This definitely could've been on Faithfully

well damn. She imitated the hell out of Faith here
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 02:46:17 PM
she was way too close to Faith at the time
and we weren't really in need of two Faith Evans on the scene

not sure if that was intentional from the label

Hit Em Up Style was refreshing and fun but after that i'm not surprised she kinda faded

Bad Boy was kinda running shit and Faith was with Bad Boy

Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 02:54:41 PM
Quote from: ATLien on March 27, 2026, 05:19:39 PMoh bitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmkdfhJDFE
the fact that we never got a performance of this is crazy
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 03:02:35 PM
I think blu fucked up when she sat down with Wendy williams and was talmbout jay z. She ain't been seen since. She was ACTUALLY talented and could sing so it's unfortunate she didnt stay around a lil longer
It didn't help that she had the beyonce aesthetic.  Tell me this ain't Beyonce?  :dead:

https://youtu.be/1YihIRmEAHs
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 03:08:18 PM
SING BLU!!!!!!! She is KILLING THIS VOCAL :gorlonfire:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 03:09:51 PM
Also I thought it was so funny that blu expressed a like for Jay Z (did she say they messed around? I cant remember) and beyonce and Jay came and named their damn child Blue :omf:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: bby ddy on March 28, 2026, 03:32:04 PM
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: L0NZ. on March 28, 2026, 03:39:16 PM
Quote from: L0NZ. on March 27, 2026, 07:39:32 PM(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/05/a6/7605a6b6141fcfab4252609695d3cf60.gif)
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: RAY7 on March 28, 2026, 05:15:06 PM
Quote from: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 02:46:17 PMshe was way too close to Faith at the time
and we weren't really in need of two Faith Evans on the scene

not sure if that was intentional from the label

Hit Em Up Style was refreshing and fun but after that i'm not surprised she kinda faded

Bad Boy was kinda running shit and Faith was with Bad Boy


yep. I remember arguing my sister down that it was Blu on Wake Up Everybody. You can't have 2 of basically the same artist. Especially not when one is already a veteran in the game and the other used to sing background for the main one
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Young on March 28, 2026, 05:39:14 PM
Queen Blu was next

(https://i.postimg.cc/KvN9QTnh/IMG-9647.png)
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Dee on March 28, 2026, 06:26:37 PM
I think the minute Faith got a whiff of Blu, she immediately understood how Mary felt.

Faith wasn't exactly marketed and introduced as an original gorl herself
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 07:18:30 PM
Faith and blu Cantrell are nothing alike imo.  They have similar sounding voices but make COMPLETELY different music. Blu is lowkey a jazz vocalist tbh.  I feel like Blu is a much RAWER singer as well
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 07:38:15 PM
they def aren't clones of one another especially artistically and vocally

but i can see why Blu was a great fit as a background singer for Faith

Faith does a lot of jazz "scatting" type vocals as well although I wouldn't say she's a "jazz artist"

plus they could pass as sisters

for the average viewer/listener who isn't looking into nuances, it's easy to see why many people kinda put them in the same box

and that especially rings true when we're talking about mainstream back then...cuz a lot mainstream is always driven by the younger crowd who ain't really gonna sit down and pick things apart. the gorls just wanna shimmy, bop and keep it moving. Faith saw a lot of mainstream success.

def doesn't mean they're actually just alike though. just alike enough for people to think they are.

sfsffsffssfsffssfsff
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on March 28, 2026, 07:45:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfNPWdo5LY
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 07:46:40 PM
U know what, faith has been jazzy at times. Overall i do think faith is a better singer but I used to feel like Blu was so RAW with her vocal and i dont necessarily feel that about faith. This last 40 secs :gorlonfire:
https://youtu.be/-_5Xsvvde8g

Blu does that thing sometimes where she's hinging on sounding kinda WILD vocally and I fckn love it.  It never gets too outta hand, just unhinged enough to feel like raw emotion
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 07:53:16 PM
!!!

i def remember Faith dipping into scatting here and there in that "Faithfully" alber that I played tf out

sfnjnfsjnsfjnsfjnsfjnsf

i loved when she got into that bag

u can tell she loved doing it but she knew not to OVERDO it. it was so nicely sprinkled over the alber
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: klappa. on March 28, 2026, 08:32:49 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 07:46:40 PMU know what, faith has been jazzy at times. Overall i do think faith is a better singer but I used to feel like Blu was so RAW with her vocal and i dont necessarily feel that about faith. This last 40 secs :gorlonfire:
https://youtu.be/-_5Xsvvde8g

Blu does that thing sometimes where she's hinging on sounding kinda WILD vocally and I fckn love it.  It never gets too outta hand, just unhinged enough to feel like raw emotion

latrelle! quee sang backup for everybody. ugh she deserved more
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:07:30 PM
Quote from: Dee on March 27, 2026, 05:10:36 PMFaith Evans DOWN.

This definitely could've been on Faithfully


Omg from 2:10 - 3:00 is so Faith  :plzstop: 
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:08:29 PM
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on March 28, 2026, 07:45:53 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfNPWdo5LY

This is awful.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:11:36 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:08:29 PM
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on March 28, 2026, 07:45:53 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfNPWdo5LY

This is awful.
:plzstop:  :plzstop:  :plzstop:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:12:47 PM
Yea, dont really know why that was posted :ermm:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 09:15:13 PM
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girls kissin girls! let's mess!

blu gor
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:21:01 PM
Ddhdhddd

But yeah, amazing singer. But i think she got into drugs after her second album and it kinda fucked with her voice, although she sounds decent in that shit that was posted.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:22:52 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:21:01 PMDdhdhddd

But yeah, amazing singer. But i think she got into drugs after her second album and it kinda fucked with her voice, although she sounds decent in that shit that was posted.
I never knew but I always suspected SOMETHING. There's no way she shouldn't have done more if she were in her right mind.  She was a very good singer. The way she looks like she left skid row to perform Breathe in that performance  :omf:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: ATLien on March 28, 2026, 09:24:18 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:12:47 PMYea, dont really know why that was posted :ermm:
squiddy just bein a mess as usual

this video has me crying
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: saveme on March 28, 2026, 09:32:33 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 03:02:35 PMI think blu fucked up when she sat down with Wendy williams and was talmbout jay z. She ain't been seen since. She was ACTUALLY talented and could sing so it's unfortunate she didnt stay around a lil longer
It didn't help that she had the beyonce aesthetic.  Tell me this ain't Beyonce?  :dead:

https://youtu.be/1YihIRmEAHs

I was getting more so Mariah Carey, not in a bad way at all, like Mariah's rebellious, hood daughter.

BUT OMG she brought a slight tear to my eye..that was a home run
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: bby ddy on March 28, 2026, 09:38:53 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 07:18:30 PMFaith and blu Cantrell are nothing alike imo.  They have similar sounding voices but make COMPLETELY different music. Blu is lowkey a jazz vocalist tbh.  I feel like Blu is a much RAWER singer as well

Yup. Their tones were similar but Faith Clark-Sheard was more gospel, pretty and refined.

If I recall correctly Blu's mother was a jazz singer. 
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:42:55 PM
Quote from: bby ddy on March 28, 2026, 09:38:53 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 07:18:30 PMFaith and blu Cantrell are nothing alike imo.  They have similar sounding voices but make COMPLETELY different music. Blu is lowkey a jazz vocalist tbh.  I feel like Blu is a much RAWER singer as well

Yup. Their tones were similar but Faith Clark-Sheard was more gospel, pretty and refined.

If I recall correctly Blu's mother was a jazz singer. 
Yea I believe so and her father was in the NBA
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:43:24 PM
Quote from: saveme on March 28, 2026, 09:32:33 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 03:02:35 PMI think blu fucked up when she sat down with Wendy williams and was talmbout jay z. She ain't been seen since. She was ACTUALLY talented and could sing so it's unfortunate she didnt stay around a lil longer
It didn't help that she had the beyonce aesthetic.  Tell me this ain't Beyonce?  :dead:

https://youtu.be/1YihIRmEAHs

I was getting more so Mariah Carey, not in a bad way at all, like Mariah's rebellious, hood daughter.

BUT OMG she brought a slight tear to my eye..that was a home run
you got Mariah from THIS performance?
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:44:12 PM
Oh do u mean look wise? I feel like her look is Beyoncé all day
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:57:16 PM
This I'll Find a Way performance  :stressed:

She's dramatic as fuck but she's singing down lol.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: saveme on March 28, 2026, 09:57:54 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:44:12 PMOh do u mean look wise? I feel like her look is Beyoncé all day

Yeah, the look very Rainbow era-ish/Glitter tease. The performance too brought me kinda 'Through the Rain'/Can't take that away elements..
But, NOT exactly Mariah..just her hood booger daughter. Like she studied Mariah and I can tell she admired her.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Lazarus on March 28, 2026, 09:59:54 PM
Blu had so much potential to go further than what she did.

An amazing talent/singer. I hope she's doing better.🙏🏽


I still go back and listen to this.
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 10:01:21 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on March 28, 2026, 09:57:16 PMThis I'll Fly as Way performance  :stressed:

She's dramatic as fuck but she's singing down lol.
DRAMATIC ASL BUT ITS SO GOOD :gorlonfire:
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 10:09:15 PM
Quote from: saveme on March 28, 2026, 09:57:54 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:44:12 PMOh do u mean look wise? I feel like her look is Beyoncé all day

Yeah, the look very Rainbow era-ish/Glitter tease. The performance too brought me kinda 'Through the Rain'/Can't take that away elements..
But, NOT exactly Mariah..just her hood booger daughter. Like she studied Mariah and I can tell she admired her.
I just looked again and I guess I can see moo a lil bit.  They both got white mommas so they basically the same. Blu is just cuter lolz
Title: Re: I wish we got more of Blu Cantrell
Post by: RAY7 on March 28, 2026, 10:23:11 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 28, 2026, 09:12:47 PMYea, dont really know why that was posted :ermm:
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