: MediaTakeOut.com is hearing whispers that Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston may sing a duet at next year's Grammy Awards. Word going around is that both Alicia and Whitney's people are working hard behind the scenes to make the duet happen.
But there is a small hiccup in the plans. MediaTakeOut.com is hearing that while Alicia is extremely excited about singing with Whitney, Whitney's not too keen about sharing the stage with the younger superstar.
We'll let you know as soon as we hear anything else....
arista/j is not gonna let go of whit that easy. way 2 much $$$ involved. clive aint havin it. shes heavy protected under that man. but she's a wrap though. the being bobby brown reality show was the worst thing that ever could've happen to her. i expect to see more of a backlash than there already is against her.
it's funny to see how everyone is seeming to HATE on Whitney, but they don't seem to realize that if it wasn't for her (along with other prominent women like Aretha F. and Anita B.) then the road would not have been paved. yes, Alicia can sing. i'm not taking anything away from her, but please give credit where credit is due. she ain't hitting notes like Whitney (use to) and she ain't making the ends like Whitney (use to). just because she had her stint with drugs, she can still be respected as a singer. looks at the millions R. Kels still brings in...and this dude did something way worse than getting high. like *ohnoyoudidnit said, alicia is hot "right now". but whit was hot from the first time america heard her voice. i know some ppl might disagree with me, but that's life. can't always have a fan club.
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WHITNEY, YOU DO YOU..YEAH MAYBE THE DRUGS DID BRING YOUR VOICE DOWN BUT EVERYBODY DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE...(Her voice used to give me chills back in tha day)
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY WHITNEY WOULDNT WANNA SHARE THE STAGE WITH ALICIA..
CAUSE IF I WAS NEAR MID 40'S AND MY VOICE WAS HALF GONE..LETS JUST SAY IF SHE DONT HAVE IT TOGETHER IT WILL BE LIKE WATCHING RIHANNA AND CIARA IN A DANCE-OFF!!!
@HANDSOME954 U STUPID! LMAO! WHITNEY USE TO BE THE S*** BACK IN THE DAY! FOR WHAT SHE BOUGHT TO MUSIC BACK IN THE DAY I FEEL SHE AT LEAST DESERVES ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY AND MAKE A COMEBACK!! ALICIA KEYS IS HOT AS FISH GREASE RIGHT NOW, SO IF SHE CANT COMEBACK WITH ALICIA, THEN I THINK IT'S A WRAP FOR MS WHITNEY!!
y should the great whitney despite all her faults have to share the stage with some 2 bit none talented only makin off her supposseded good looks mullato biiiitch. WHITNEY IS THE REAL DEAL AND I DONT CARE HOW MUCH WHITE PEOPL HAVE GIVEN ALICIE KEYS A PASS SHE IS NOT ON KALIBER WIHT NO WHITNEY. PLEASE. ALICIA *** WELL SHOULD BE HONORED THAT WHITNEY HAS EVEN CONSIDERED HE NO TALENT HALF WHITE AZZ. BOY ALL MUSIC WITH THE ECEPTION OF PEOPL LIKE INDIA, MARY J AN DLIFE JENNINGS, HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF DISASTER AFTER 1999. NEARLY ALL SO CALLED ARTIS OUT TODAY ARENT WORTH ***
AND BY THE WAY TO ALL U IDIOTS OUT THERE ALICIA KEYS IS SO *** OVERATED. THIS WOMAN IS ONLY A MEDIOCORE ARTIS. SHE IS MAKIN IT OFF OF LOOKS. SHE CANT COMPARE TO TRUE ARTIST, GENIUSES LIKE NO DIANE WARREN, LAURYN HILL, DONNY HATAWAY, ARETHA FRANKLIN, SWV, BRWONSTONE, KELLY PRICE, SHIRLY MURDOCK, MARIAH CAREY, TONIE BRAXTON JUST TO NAME A FEW GREAT LYRICIST AND SINGERS. THE BIIIITCH IS JUST NOT THAT GOOD. HER SUCCESS IS BASED MOSTLY OFF THE WAY SHE LOOK. BOTTOM LINE. PERIOD.
I hope that this will be it for Whitney and she can make a successful comeback but if its true she doesnt want to come back with Alicia on the stage. Thats insane. Alicia is awesome! (Her newest album rocks by the way) and you never hear anything bad about her so if you want to be seen in a positive light than who better to be on stage with.
And to Lonnydan's comment, why are you always like this with your posts. You know my little girl is bi-racial and I dont expect her to make it further in the world based on her looks I expect her to make it based on the positive morals and strong values I teach her. Alicia has many talents and is getting paid for all of them and it just doesnt hurt that she gorgeous as well same as if you were out there with your talents if they delivered you would be getting paid too.
Whitney's career is over! Just like Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Lauren Hill, Jill Scott, Lil Kim, Michael Jackson, New Edition, Keith Sweat, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Dru Hill, Jodeci there is way more I cannot think of right now. However once you fall off and stay gone for awhile its hard to make a comeback. Just by the grace of god Alicia Keys saved hers. But I hate that song she sings about no being here or whatever. Very morbid. The only chick in the game that has staying power is Mary J. Blige.
I don't blame whitney for tripping, she's a legend , she don't need to do a duet with Alicia to blow up....by the way I love Alicia's song "Like you'll never See me Again" ...I just lost someone close to me and that song touches my heart, however I can do without that song "No One...can get in the way of what I'm feeling"...No truth to that, people shape our thoughts everyday...
PLEASE!! Even with her vocal chords on some crack trauma she can still out do Alicia
I mean I am a fan of Alicia and really respect her as a force in the music industry now but she is straining her voice trying to hit some soprano notes her alto azz cant hit. She needs to stick to her deeper, smokier sound. Whitney however is a chick with range.. Whitney's voice is seamless, she has perfect pitch and has nothing to worry about with Alicia. Only if dhe tried doing a piano duet with Alicia would she come into problems
Alicia is "THE FRANCHISE PLAYER NOW"!!! If its true and that Whitney dont want to sing with AK88, Someone should tell her buy a time machine, rewind the time back to when she met Bobby, and when he asked her out, she should have said NO! And NO To CRACK!!! LOL! Alicia is one of the future players in this game. Whitney was yestersday!
@redbone
Check this out sis I'm 42 years old and been out of high school for 25 years. I don't listen to Beyonce or whoever else you said my 9 year old listens to that soda pop music. I'm too grown for that. Secondly if you read my post which obviously you didn't I said its hard to make a comeback after you fell of for awhile. So before you call yourself trying to comeback at somebody get your facts straight little girl.....
YALL MUST BE OUT OF YALL MIND SAYING SHE LUCKY TO PERFORM WITH ALCIA YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVEN AFTER CRACK AND ALL NOT TO MANY SINGERS CAN FU*K WITH WHITNEYS VOICE!!!! I LIKE ALCIA BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE VOICE LIKE WHITNEY!!!ALL WHITNEY NEED IS A GOOD SONG SHE WILL BE OK!!!
PS LET THE CRACK SH*T GO EVER TIME WHITNEY IS IN THE NEWS YALL WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT SH*T WE KNOW THA DEAL AND DAT SH*T IS SO OLD NOW
AND I DOUBT THIS STORY
@Skyy..I agree with you 100%. I do not understand why would they make it seem like Whitney should be honored to perform with Alicia when Alicia was running around on the Cosby Show as a little girl when Whitney was just coming out!!! I just do not understand that..
I love alicia but her voice does not have anything on Whitney's!!
All this is, is TALK! Just Like Ne-Yo saying how he gonna make Whitney's Comeback bigger than Mariah's? IT ALL SOUNDS GOOD ON PAPER, BUT THATS IT! NO ONE HATES WHITNEY BUT COME ON YA'LL HAVE TO LET IT GO! THIS AINT 92 AND THE BODYGAURD SOUNDTRACK, IF YOU HAVENT NOTICED, SINCE THEN HER PERFORMANCES HAVE NOT BEEN SO *** CLASSIC!!! DOES THE BET AWARDS & THE WINTER OLYMPICS RING A BELL? MEANWHILE, DURING WHITNEY'S ABSENTS, ALICIA HAS BECOME CLIVE BIG TIME PLAYER AND THE FACE OF J RECORDS! AND THE GRAMMYS IS HER EVENT, SHE HAS 9 OF THEM! SO GET THE *** OUT THE PAST, AND STOP TRYING REALLY *** ON AK88!!!
@redbone
Neva said she couldn't sing. And true she "had" a fanbase, mostly whites. All, I said was she will not make a comeback and be the multi-selling singer she once was its not going to happen...Comparing her to Alecia Keys is like comparing Apples to oranges. They are from different singing eras. Alicia is modern day pop/rnb Whitney is from the late 80's early 90's era. Back when we use to wear two tone jeans... And if you guys can recall she did do a album a couple of years ago that was a flop. I'm just glad she got away from her DEMONS...
Just stay clean and sober Whitney let that be your new beginning...
whitney is royalty..she *** have to share the stage with anyone..Alicia isnt icon status yet..maybe in 10 years..but if Whitney is going to share a stage, it should be with someone on her level..a present icon, not a future icon..yes whitney had her issues but she has been in the game for over 20 years and is still one of the most talented singers of all time..and I agree with what someone said earlier..this is going to be a corny duet..its going to be so fake too..they are two very different artists so I dont see there being much chemistry or magic..now whitney and Mariah's grammy duet was classic..they are divas on the same status..and while I admire and love Alicias music, I havent been feelin her new songs lately..whitney needs to come out on stage SOLO and do what she does best..be the main DIVA..she can pull it off..when all is said and done, she still has a legacy and power to make people believe in her again
Gigi2007
If Celine Dion can do a duet with Destiny's Child!!! And If Mariah can do collabo's with Jadakiss, Freeway, Busta, DJ Clue and Jay-Z!!! WTF Make Witney so special that she can share the stage with Alicia!!! For *** sake, She did a show and a duet on stage with Bobby Brown!!! She performed with Kelly Price, Faith Evens and Brandy! Where are they today? OK She's a legend but please take the golden crown out her ***! At this point, she's is in position to say otherwise!
It's beleivable- the grammy's have been on the whole "duet" biz for a minute, If it is true I'm not looking foward to it. I'm probably not even gonna watch it this year , recently thier shows have been boring, and i'm tired of fliping back and forth between channels to avoid all the performances from the Country singers--
Even if Whitney has lost some of her chops, I still wonder if ALicia can hang with her. Alicia has gotten by for a long time, and has sung songs that lucky work for her voice (smart move). HOwever, if she sings with Whitney, you know it's gonna have to be some big anthem type song where you really got to blow. Wonder why she didnt chose to sing a duet w/someone of her caliber -Beyonce, Fantasia and some of the other gifted singers. yeah, this should be interesting.
yall need 2 leave whitney alone. atleast she left that trifiling ***!gga bobby and crack alone 4 the long time.i used 2 love whitney when i was a kid but when i heard she was smoking some rocks,i felt sorry 4 her but right now,im happy 4 her 2 comeback like she was a talented singer.
whitney,keep doing ur thing and *** the crack and bobby and i luv u!
Alicia is not on Whitneys level..point blank..she may get there some day, but baby girl aint there yet..the girl is talented as hell but Ive been following Whitneys career since 1984, and the woman has earned her spot as a legend..this is her comeback, how the hell can you do a comeback if youre standing on the same stage as someone who is currently popular? it doesnt make good business sense..C, when Whitney did her collabos, she was on top of the game..when she did Heart Break Hotel, her album was platinum..Faith and Kelly Price were very .popular when they did that song with her but since Whitney was on top of her game, she stood out..now, shes not on top and the young bucks dont know too much about her..so when they see Alicia Keys, their ears are gonna perk up and theyre gonna root for her and tune Whitney out..to young people, whitney is an old hag and a has-been..this is the age where fool *** mother fckers like Soulja Boy have hit records..the industry is in a decline and in desperate need of a make-over.. we need to bring it back to the glamour and talent of super stars that have earned their spot as platinum selling artists..Whitney has the voice, charisma and stage presence to stand on her own..she doenst need Alicia to boost a *** thing..she just needs to go on stage, perform her best and remind people of who the hell she is and why shes an icon
all collabos are done with a purpose in mind, to cross over into another market..Celine Dion and Destinys child are two different genres, but if they can get black folks to buy a Celine Dion CD and for white folks to pump Destinys CHild, thats a marketing goldmine..no one does it to boost someone elses career, they do it to boost their own..Mariah wanted to get away from being a pop artist and wanted more r&b credibility and she wanted to tap into the black market, thats where Jada, Busta and all those rappers she did songs with came in..its all a game to make money by crossing markets..Whitney doesnt need Alicia to make money for her, sorry but Alicia doesnt have that much pull..yes she sells records and people tend to like her, but dont give her that much credit..honestly, I get nervous for Alicia when she performs because her voice is always raspy and she cant always hit those notes..so I would rather her not perform with Whitney..if whitney is gonna f*ck up, let it be on her own, not because she was competing with Alicia
ask young people about whitney..a lot of people on this post are saying that whitney needs to be glad that alicia wants to perform with her..that goes to show how music has ***..older heads like me, know what whitney has and what shes capable of doing..we were there when whitney was in her prime and blew all the other women out the game..the people who are pumpin soulja boy and chris brown dont give 2 fcks about whitney..please..when whitney did "being bobby brown", she did it for bobby..he was trying to make a comeback and that was her husband..she was clearly out of it at that time and was dealing with the death of her father..she really didnt want to be bothered with it, but she did it for him..and were talking about a comeback, so you cant dig up the past..a comeback is about rejuvnation, taking the foundation you have and working with it..whitney looks great, its obvious shes in a better place now..so shes good to go..whitney and mariah are one of the few women who can make a comeback so I have total faith in whitney..4 years ago, people would have suggested that mariah do a song with Alicia to boost her career..mariah said HELL NO, Im coming back on my own..and look, she had a smash hit comeback..she got it like that..just like whitney
"mariah said HELL NO, Im coming back on my own..and look, she had a smash hit comeback..she got it like that..just like whitney"
Well Maybe when Whitney Album Drops and we see some Huge Results then maybe??? Like I said Gigi, In this Day and Age Mariah has Proven herself again, When Whitney makes a We Belong Together or Another I Wanna Run To You, then she will silence everyone but "What has she done latley except bad performances"???
what did mariah do before she came back but a couple of wack *** collabos with some rappers?..thats why her comeback was such a surprise because homegirl wasnt doing anything but whispering hooks on songs for Busta and Jada..I actually felt sad for her and I was hoping she would stop that bs and come back on her own..and she did, and she *** down all of the people who doubted her..whitney has the power to do it..whitney is on that same mariah status..mariah is a terrible stage performer..shes boring as hell to watch..BUT she has that voice and those song writing skills that put her above the rest..mariah even lost her voice for a while..and had many bad performances..I can remember an American Music awards performace she did that was so embarassing, her voice was ***..but she worked hard and came back strong..whitneys gonna do the same..she has the talent, experience and all-star team to get her to the top again
gigi2007
LOL True but still, the song with Busta was a hit and even before that, She did a song with ODB & Jay-Z, When she was on top!!! Thats why to me she will always be the better Diva then Whitney! Whitney aint that great of a stage performer either IMO!!! All I'm sayin is either do the duet with AK or Wait until after her Album drop!!!
the song was a hit for Busta but it didnt do a *** thing for mariahs career..lol..Mariah was on top from 1990 until 1997..after Butterfly, she fell the hell off and started doing collabos just to keep her name out there..I remember shaking my head in disappointment when she did that Jada song..it was a good song..but Mariah was too good to sing hooks on a rappers record..I love Jada..but Mariah clearly was desperate to be on the radio and on tv again..whitney never resorted to that..she just disappeared..granted she was busy smoking crack..lol..Im supporting whitney all the way! go whitney!
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I'm really hoping she can make a comeback, we need her in the biz today. She only fell off cause of her drug habit (and Bobby's wack ***) so now since they are BOTH outta her life, she should be good. She is one of the FEW,and I mean FEW, singers who can send chills thru your body with her voice. These young *** just dont do it.
Awwww Hell naw, Whitney's voice has been ravaged by MANY, MANY years "hard livin"!!!! I hate to be on a negative note...but WAKE UP YA DUMB MOFO'S, WHITNEY IS SO DONE...stick a fork in that s/h/i/t already. Face it, the chick's voice is GONE. If she still had it, her so called comeback CD would have already dropped by now & she would be able to stand ALONE and bring it.
LOL... MTO.. YALL NEED TO QUIT!!!!
YALL KNOW THAT SECOND PART IS NOT TRUE AT ALL. WHITNEY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH A. KEYS... YALL WAWNTED TO GET YALL RATINGS AND DRAMA METER UP AGAIN BY HAVING ME COME IN HERE AND LAME ALL THOSE NOBODIES OUT... THEY ARE NOT WORTH THE TIME OR EFFORT.. THESE LAMES ARE THE NEW CLASS AND FAIL TO SET THE STANDARD....
WHITNEY IS THE BEST SELLING FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL TIME... SHE CAN SAY AND DO THAT!!!!!!!!
she just got off of crack not too long ago..she needs time to rehabilitate and train her voice back and get back into the flow of performing..she cant put out a CD a week after rehab! she needs time to get herself together before she does her comeback..like Mariah, she got into therapy, worked on herself, got her voice back on track, and she killed it..had the best comeback of any artist in YEARS..sorry to disappoint the youngins but Whitney has star power and more people will be ineterested in seeing her on stage making a comeback than seeing Alicia jump and prance behind a piano for the 100th time..even if they tune in for curiosity, they will tune in to see what Whitneys got
and by youngins, I mean people who were born after 1984 when Whitney first came out..because there no way you can really appreciate what a talent she is unless you were around to see her perform and hear her music when she was at her prime..its not enough to hear other people say shes great, you have to have experienced it..luckily when she comes back you will see it for yourselves..
IF I WAS WHITNEY, AND THI WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY BIG COMEBACK, I WOULDNT WANT TO DO A DUET W/ ALICIA KEYS CAUSE... I MEAN FOR REAL, THIS *** CAN NOT SING. IS SHE A TALENTED PIANIST, YES. BUT AS FAR AS VOCALIZING GOES, I WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO RIHANNA BECAUSE ALICIA'S VOICE IS SCRATCHY, SHE JUST YELLS OUT HER NOTES AND THERE IS NO FINESE AT ALL TO THE WAY SHE SINGS A SONG. I KNOW ITS ALOT OF PEOPLE RIDING ALICIA TIP NOW DAYS, BUT WHEN I HEARD ALICIA AND WHITNEY I THOUGHT OH NO! THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD COMBINATION. BUT THEN AGAIN THESE ARE TWO OF CLIVES PETS & HE WANTS TO SEE THEM SHINE THE BRIGHTEST IN THE R&B GAME. BUT ON THE REAL, IF WHITNEY WOULDA STOPPED *** WIT BOBBY & THAT CRACK YEARS AGO, SHE WOULD BE BEING NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING THIS YEAR. SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE GENUINELY WANTS TO DO A COMEBACK NOW, BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL HER VOICE ALLOW IT CAUSE SHE JUST ABOUT SMOKED OUT THAT VOICE BOX...ITS ALL CLOUDY AND HAZY & *** IN THERE LOL
Leave it to Clive Davis to come up with the incredible ideas. This is why they begged him to take his job back, because he's a visionary. I absolutely love this idea. If this is true, Alicia is just the spirtual shoulder Whitney needs.
LOVE YOU WHITNEY!!! AND SO DIDN'T STEVIE JENKINS, GOD REST HIS SOUL!!! HE ALWAYS SAID GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU AND BOBBY, ALWAYS!!!
Can't wait!!!
I'M NOT TO SURE I WOULD BE HAPPY EITHER IF I HAD TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH ALICIA. I DON'T THINK ALICIA IS ON WHITNEY'S LEVEL VOCAL WISE. IF IT WAS SOMEONE LIKE TAMIA OR BEYONCE, I COULD SEE THAT BUT ALICIA YELLS WHEN SHE SINGS MOST OF THE TIME AND HER RANGE IS NO WHERE NEAR WHITNEY'S,(WELL AT LEAST THE OLD WHITNEY!)LOL
TO ALL THOSE THAT KEEP TRYING TO BRING WHITNEY DOWN, YOU ARE NOTHING!!!!!
YALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT CRACK WHEN SHE HAS GOTTEN HERSELF TOGETHER....
NO, THE VOICE IS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE OLD DAYS, BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE OLD DAYS!!!!!!!
HOP ON OR OFF... EITHER WAY, SHE IS RICH, FAMOUS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEEST ARTIST TO EVER BREATHE AIR ON EARTH..... WHO ARE YALL?????
I HOPE THIS IS NOT TRUE. WHITNEY AND ALICIA VOICES DON'T EVEN GO TOGETHER SOUNDS LIKE A TOTAL MESS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IF THIS IS THE CASE. WHITNEY USE TO BE MY FAV. BACK IN THE DAY EVEN THEN I USE TO CROSS MY FINGERS EVERYTIME SHE PERFORM, I CAN ONLY COUNT 5 PERFORMANCES THAT WERE ACTUALLY GOOD. SHE WAS A DRUG HEAD FROM THE GET GO AND ALICIA HAS MUCH AS I LIKE HER, SHE IS NO VOCALIST JUST SINGS WITH ALOT OF SOUL BUT SHE STILL SOUNDS LIKE A BOY..TO HOARSE SOUNDING WOMEN WHO CRACKS ALL THE TIME JUST TERRIBLE COMBO GOING HAVE TO PROVE ME WRONG.
