Jamie Foxx on IDOL

[CukorLover]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:15pm

WTF was that? A number one song??? You could barely hear him, hardly any lyrics, and just plain awful. And HE was the mentor this week? The finalists should have mentored him. Natalie Cole didn't fare much better i must say. The number "singing" one show in America and THIS is what they present?

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:19pm

It was terrible.

But that is the popular mainstream trend.

What did you expect?

[Here I Am]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:34pm

I can't express in words how much I despise Jamie Foxx and his arrogant, egotistical, racist self. And as for being a mentor?? That's just a joke! He didn't even sing! It sounded like a computerized voice the entire time! Ugh! Gross.

[Jon]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:37pm

He was on for one reason only - to try and drum up interest in his movie that bombed over the weekend.

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:42pm

"He didn't even sing! It sounded like a computerized voice the entire time!"

Technically, it IS his voice. It is called Auto-Tune. lots of rappers & pop artists use it. it NOT the same thing that Britney and other "vocalists" do (using a computer to digitally clean/alter any flat or sharp notes).

it more of a hip hop/rap/r&b trend, to add a new electronic feel & sound. it is very popular.

Perfect auto-tuning on the spot is extremely hard (done with a keyboard and computer) so I'm not sure he was singing live for the first half of that song.

But my point is... he technically was singing. It isn't fake or digitally created. It is just distorted with auto-tune.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:08am

Well it sucked, but it was still better than Taylor Hicks.

[MimiJudith]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 8:52am

I actually thought Taylor Hicks sounded excellent.

And what was with Jamie Foxx's "black girls" comment?

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 2:35pm

I can't get past his dorky dancing and facial contortions.