*Stephanie Mills has established her reputation on hard work and a truly unique path, hitting both the theater stage and the recording booth.
She’s become a very well respected R&B artist and advocate for social issues.
The multi-talented woman is on a mission all her own. The singer is working on a new tribute album and a children’s book called “Little Joseph.”
During an interview with The Huffington Post, the Grammy Award winning artist talked about several topics, including desperate veteran artists.
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On Brian McKnight’s latest sexually explicit song, she said it was a desperate grab for attention.
“I found that song disrespectful. I just don’t think you have to go that far to get attention. And I think sometimes the older artists — because he is older now — the older artists are so starved for attention that they’ll just about do anything. And I come from the school of when they taught you how to sit and do interviews and taught you how to walk into a room.
“There was so much training during the time that I came through that we would never think of doing anything like that. So I think it took away from all of the classiness and the great stuff that he has done before.
It’s just like when Erykah Badu took off all of her clothes. I was like, ‘It’s just so unnecessary to do that!’ I love Erykah Badu, but I think sometimes they want to do the shock value thing, but I don’t think it always works for black artists the way that it works for white artists.”
Read more of the interview here.
I agree with her 100%
Stephanie is so right! What works for white artist, is not the same for black artist. They (older entertainers) should know by now; black entertainers are not judged under the same standards
Music has gone to the dogs. I’ll stick with my old school, Maze, Marvin, the Temps…
You’re right Stephanie, all gimmicky, machine sounding voices, and not a bit of talent between them . .ain’t no school like “‘ol skool”