Comments on: Ain’t no junk in her trunk

By: isaac

isaac — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:26:16 +0000

img src=”http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f341/eyekey/mmiiaa.jpg”

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:25:08 +0000

I do like her music. However, she is still a sell out.

By: isaac

isaac — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:22:38 +0000

i made this cuz i'm a hater like that.

By: BMW Exec

BMW Exec — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:00:21 +0000

Yo Honda must have felt like sheeet, coz BMW was on the lyrics. [/ghetto] like duh whatever [/blonde]

By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:19:53 +0000

i've got no problem with having music in an ad about a honda; i mean of all the things to work yourself up about, thats just not on the list.

but if we're reacting to the post put up, the justification put up was retarted (in my opinion)

worrying about someone "selling out" is retarted in the scenario
justifying an act like in the original post is, also retarted

By: Zoraster

Zoraster — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:58:11 +0000

It's not like she sold out to Hummer or Wal-Mart. Honda is a respectable company and they treat their workers really well. Also it's not a completely retarded commercial and the music plays well with it.

Good exposure for her music, most Americans have never heard of her still.

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:27:35 +0000

Did any of you cry “sellout” when Aerosmith licensed “Just Push Play” to Dodge for a large campaign? No, those ads rocked. I won’t buy a pickup, as I’m particularly Honda/Acura loyal, but bigups to Dodge for the ads.

Did anybody hate on Eminem, Jay-Z, or Puffy for creating a clothing line, hate on J. Lo or the new Mrs. McCartney for their perfumes? It’s simple diversification of what one’s name can pull in, revenue-wise. A smart artist will realize that they have precious limited years to rake in the cash, as very few have the staying power of a Sting or Paul Simon. HELL, even Aerosmith sold out and they’ve been around longer than some of the SM readers have been ALIVE. Props to the artists for having the business sense to secure a future for themselves and not blow up their first album advance on bling and crack and hos and beach houses… it’s all about being smart with the money. -Like MD said, sometime back, don’t knock selling out til you’ve tried it.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:56:10 +0000

franktank: what a crock of shit.

MIA is her own person and can do whatever the hell she wants. I personally think her music is whatevAH, but if she wants to sell out fine. But she's just as much a phony about it which is what gets people's ire. If you want to sell out, and represent something, forget it. Doesn't work.

I write my own music too. I've got a band in the UK. If some car company offered me cash for a song I wrote, I might very well sell it to them (probably not). I will NOT sell the idea that I'm out here with a shit childhood to hawk my beats nor call out the fact that my image of being edgy/against the MAN! or whatever lame excuse to sell myself as representing something and turn around and change my tune.

Judge the music by itself. If you like it great. If not then don't listen to it. I couldn't care less. MIA just seems like another attention seeker to me and I couldn't be bothered about her. Has she sold out? Probably. Should we care? Why bother? She's just another one of the many artists who use a gimmick to sell her music.

By: gatamala

gatamala — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:12:24 +0000

franktank —- thank you for calling people out. Who here is NOT chasin’ the almighty $? She’s a musician for Chrissake, people expect way too much from entertainers. I’m mean how many MDs & JDs don’t have loans to pay off?

By: BOON

BOON — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:40:13 +0000

"Outside the desi circle, shes an unknown commodity in the US."

She has one of the most diverse audienceds of any music act right now.