they might drag him for this but i get his point
there's a balance. i remember older people were trying Toni for going "young" with The Heat ..when she departed from the ballad-laden albums that preceded it . accusing her of tryne be "hip!"
but i was like 15 thinkin this grown ass woman was singin my life story.
that album and specifically the single He Wasn't Man Enough is actually what drew me in as a lifelong stan
like jay said, she was telling a story and it still had some sense of maturity to it. even though she was riding Darkchild beats and ultimately competing with what was most "fresh" on the scene at the time.
overall, i think people can just sense when ur just chasing a trend and givin the gorls "im not a REGULAR auntie...im a COOL auntie
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as opposed to when ur actually delivering something that u feel from ur gut is ur chosen self expression at the time.
