Was Alicia Keys marrying Swizz a bad business move?

[blackrain]

Alicia demonized herself the minute she went public with Swizz.

She isolated the fuck out of her fanbase when she did that.

You can't be all about girl power and female comradery and then sneak behind your labelmate's back with her husband in the public eye.

And all of that aside, have you heard homegirl's voice? Sound like she been sucking on gravel lozenges. All of that screaming and pushing her voice killed her instrument. Can't go platinum sounding like you've been calling bingo numbers all night.

As I Am and The Element of Freedom both sold well and she was with Swizz when those came out. Hell The Element of Freedom sold over 4 million world wide and that was at the height of the drama about Swizz/Mashonda/Alicia Keys

As I Am was released November 2007.

Mashonda wrote that open letter to Alicia in September 2009. Up until that letter came out, Alicia/Swizz's relationship was a rumor.

Element of Freedom was released December 2009, two months after Mashonda wrote that letter. It sold half as much (1.5mil) in the States as As I Am did (3mil). It still did well internationally (4mil), but not nearly as well as her other albums did in the US. We know who Mashonda is in the States, she's not well known around the world. Alicia's sales didn't take as big of a hit in international markets because the scandal wasn't that big of a deal in other countries.

Empire State of Mind pushed Alicia far with Element of Freedom, too. An NY artist can go plat just off of NY sales alone.

Empire State of Mind, the version that was a hit, was on Blueprint 3. Alicia Key's solo version was only on the album and wasn't a hit at all. Unthinakble was the only real hit off "Element of Freedom" that was released. Yeah her album sales took a dip but in this day and age album sales aren't really the best measure of how successful an artist is and the fact that her last tour and current tour (an arena tour) are both doing very well domestically despite the decline in the quality of her music shows the Swizz situation didn't really do much.

 

[Shizlansky]

Girl on fire was played everywhere.

 

[5th Letter]

She married a nigga that probably has more money than her. i'm just saying.

 

[1of1]

R&B and Alternatives thread. And of woman posters are making megaposts I'm going to assume they aren't filled with praise and well wishes.

 

[georgia boi]

Skyler dropped some bullshit, as well as the people that have a problem with a person that is separated seeing other people.

Separated =/= divorced. Separated does not give married people the right of passage to see/date other people. That's not what it's for. Separated means "I need time to myself a part from my spouse to figure out whether I want to stay in the marriage or get a divorce". It's not a time to pursue another relationship.

At some point though, you decide whether or not to get divorced...being that the process can drag out at times, Swizz and Mashonda were apart for over a year according to Mashonda, how long should 2 people who are separated wait to start seeing other people when you know you not getting back together with your spouse?

When they are officially divorced, then they start seeing other people. If they know that the relationship is beyond reconciliation, that's when they get the divorce. Dating while seaparated would still be adultery and it could be used against the person that's dating. Dating while separated also gets people into trouble because they are jumping out of one failed relationship into a brand new one. If they haven't taken the necessary to analyze their marriage (which is what separation is for), they are more likely to get themselves into another failed relationship.

 

[hoezondeckcom]

out with the old bitch in with a new bitch

 

[Darth Sidious]

Was Alicia Keys marrying Swizz a bad business move? No.

I had a chance to think about it last night and you all made some awfully persuasive arguments so I would like to recast my vote and say yes, I think it's a terrible business move to marry the Swiss man.

 

[DarcSkies]

FALLING was fucking awesome...

DAIRY was the shit (especially on UNPLUGGED)

NO ONE was cool...

GIRL ON FIRE was horrid....

...its not the person it's the music. It's been getting worse. NOt unbearably worse. But worse.

 

[atribecalledgabi]

that new song with Maxwell is fire tho...but with Maxwell attached it's to be expected

 

[Hyde Parke]

Her personal life has nothing to do with her record sales or lack there of. If that held logic were true, most artists woulda been out of business. Everybody has done some shit in life that other people might not agree with.

 

[StoneColdMikey]

no cuz i see her having more endorsements

 

[Undefeatable]

I think the biggest difference between Alicia and Beyonce can be quickly summed up in just four letters: Jay-Z.