🎵 2022-04-20 14:28:00 - Paris/France.
KwiNombolo enye, ndiphonononga yonke enye #1 kwimbali ye Ibhilibhodi I-Hot 100, iqala phezulu kwitshathi ngo-1958 kwaye isebenza yonke indlela ukubuya ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
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Umculo wepop umalunga nesondo. Oku kugqithiswa ngokubanzi, kodwa mhlawumbi kukho iingoma ezininzi zepop malunga nesondo kunaso nasiphi na esinye isifundo. (Kukwakho intaphane yeengoma zothando, kodwa uninzi lwezo ngoma zothando ngokwenene ziingoma zesini ezifihlakeleyo.) Kodwa phezu kwazo nje zonke izigidi nezigidi zeengoma ezithetha ngesini, kunzima ukubhala ngesini. Enhle. Uninzi lwexesha abantu ababhala iingoma ngesondo banokuvakala njengeempondo ezoyikisayo okanye njengoSteve Carrell Intombi eneminyaka engama-40 ubudala besithi amabele afana “neengxowa zesanti”.
Ukuba uyathanda, khawucinge ngesi sivakalisi: “Ndiza kuhlala ndicinga ngawe kwiingcinga zam zangasese / ndinokucinga ukuba uchukumisa amalungu am angasese.” » Ngumgca wobudenge lowo! Kuyahlekisa ephepheni! Kunzima kakhulu ukucinga nabani na osebenzisa lo mgca njengoza ngokunyanisekileyo. Lo umbi kakhulu: "Andikwazi ukukulahla / ndicinga ukuba ndinokuthi ndixakeke / Ukucinga nje kwakho kundenza ndifune ukuthatha iingubo zam." » Kodwa umxholo uyinto yonke. Ukuba unokufumana umculi ochanekileyo, kunye nemigca yesini esisisiyatha inokusebenza.
UToni Braxton wayeyimvumi elungileyo. Le migca mibini yobudenge ivela kwi "You're Makin 'Me High," i-Braxton yokuqala yeNombolo ye-1, kwaye uBraxton wayithengisa. UToni Braxton wakhulela kwintsapho enokholo olunzulu kwaye wayengafuni ngokwenene ukucula ngesondo, kodwa bon kuye. U-Braxton wayenokwenza zonke iingoma ze-fluttery melisma ezazidume kakhulu kwi-'90s R&B, kodwa wazinikezela ngokusebeza okunzulu, okunomqala we-alto. Wayesoloko ebonakala ezithembile kwaye esazi. Wayebonakala ngathi une-shit yakhe kunye, yiyo loo nto iingoma zakhe ezingokutshatyalaliswa kwezothando zazichukumisa. Kodwa uBraxton unokujika nayo nayiphi na into ibe yingoma yetotshi, kwaye kukho umdlalo omnandi we-arched-brow ngendlela awahambisa ngayo "Undenzela phezulu." Yayingeyiyo le nto uToni Braxton wayecula ngayo; wayeyicula ngolo hlobo.
UToni Braxton wayengoyena mdala kubantakwabo abathandathu kusapho olungqongqo lwamaWesile kwidolophu yaseSevern, eMaryland. I-Severn ayikho iBaltimore, kodwa isondele ngokwaneleyo. U-Tupac Shakur uchithe iminyaka emine e-Baltimore njengomntwana, kodwa andizange ndibe nethuba lokubhala malunga nenzalelwane yaseBaltimore kule kholamu ukususela ekubeni uBilly Griffin wathatha indawo kaSmokey Robinson njengemvumi ekhokelayo yeMimangaliso kwaye wathatha iqela kwinombolo yokuqala ngo-1. "Love Machine (Icandelo 1976)." Egameni ledolophu yakowethu, ndiya kumamkela ngovuyo uToni Braxton njengomnye wethu. (Xa uBraxton wazalwa, ingoma ye-#1 eMelika yayiyi "Letter" yi-Box Tops.)
Abazali bakaBraxton babengabefundisi bobabini. Utata wabo wayesebenza kwinkampani yombane kwaye umama wabo wayeqeqeshelwe ukuba yimvumi yeopera. UToni wayeyithanda iR&B, kodwa abazali bakhe babengawamkeli umculo wehlabathi, kwaye wayefumana iziqendu zawo kuphela Uloliwe womphefumlo xa abazali bakhe bengekho ekhaya. UToni kunye noodade bakhe abancinci abane bavumelana ecaweni kwaye, kamva, kwisekethe yokubonisa italente yasekuhlaleni. UToni waya kwiYunivesithi yaseBlack Bowie State eMaryland, apho wafundela khona ukuba ngutitshala womculo. Wayeka isikolo xa wadibana nombhali weengoma uBill Pettaway, owayemva ecula waza wafuna ukumbhalela. IPettaway yaya kuBraxton ngembono ngelixa wayempompa irhasi kwisikhululo segesi saseAnnapolis apho iPettaway yayisebenza khona. Okumangalisayo kukuba, oku akuzange kumoyike uBraxton.
UBill Pettaway usenokuba wayesebenza kwisikhululo segesi, kodwa wayekwalilungu leNumarx, iqela lasekuhlaleni leR&B. UPettaway wabhala kunye waza wavelisa ingoma eyodwa yeNumarx ethi "Intombazana, Uyazi ukuba Yinyani", eyayiqala ukuvela eYurophu. Kungekudala emva koko, uMilli Vanilli wagubungela "Intombazana, Uyazi ukuba Yinyaniso", kwaye inguqu yabo ekugqibeleni yaba yiNombolo ye-2 e-United States. (Inguqulo ye-Milli Vanilli yi-8.) U-Braxton waqala ukurekhoda iidemos kunye nePettaway. Yena kunye noodade bakhe benza iqela elibizwa ngokuba yi-Braxtons, kwaye batyikitya no-Arista ngo-1989. Ingoma yokuqala yokuqala ye-Braxtons ethi "Ubomi Obulungileyo" yadilika, i-skimming rock bottom. Ibhilibhodi Itshathi yeR&B kwaye iphoswe ngokupheleleyo yiHot 100. Phantse kwangoko, uArista walilahla iqela.
"Ubomi Obulungileyo" inokuba ayizange ibethe, kodwa uToni Braxton waqatshelwa nguBabyface kunye ne-LA Reid, ababesandula ukusungula ileyibhile yabo yeLaFace ngokubambisana no-Arista. U-Babyface kunye noReid babengenamdla kwi-Braxtons njengeqela, kodwa bacinga ukuba uToni unokuba ngumculi wedwa kwaye bamjonga. Babyface kuFred Bronson Incwadi yeBillboard yeNombolo ye-1 Hits: “Kwakunzima ukwenza oko kuba wayekunye noodadewabo, kodwa sasicinga ukuba iya kuba yeyona nto ilungileyo. Le ntsapho yaqhuba kakuhle. "Khawufane ucinge que incoko.
ELaFace, uToni Braxton waqala ukucula iidemos. UBabyface uqambe isandi sefilimu ka-1992 ka-Eddie Murphy Boomerang, kwaye ezo nzame ziya kuvelisa i-Boyz II Men mega-smash “End Of The Road.” UToni Braxton ucule iinguqulelo zedemo ezimbini Boomerang iingoma, "Uthando Lufanele Ukukuzisa Ekhaya" kunye nedawo ye-Babyface ethi "Give U My Heart," eyayiphiwe u-Anita Baker, ukumkanikazi we-R&B edlala emva ekupheleni kweminyaka yee-'80s. Ukunika Eyona nto ingcono kakhulu endiyifumeneyo" iphakame kwi-# 1988. Leyo yi-3.) Ngokuxhomekeke kubani na obuzayo, u-Anita Baker wayengenakukwazi ukurekhoda ezi ngoma ngenxa yokuba wayekhulelwe okanye ngenxa yokuba ileyibhile yakhe yavala ukubonakala kwengoma, kunye neenguqulelo zeBraxton zombini. iingoma ngoko zavela kwi Boomerang ingoma yesandi. "Uthando kufuneka lukubuyisela umva" yaba ngowokuqala kaBraxton, kwaye yafikelela kwinani lama-33 kwi-Hot 100.
UToni Braxton wakhulula icwecwe lakhe lokuqala elinesihloko esilibizayo ehlotyeni lika-1993. U-Babyface kunye ne-LA Reid bavelisa uninzi lwe-LP, kwaye yaba yimpumelelo enkulu, ewela kweso saqhwithi esimnandi esithe cwaka ekuqaleni '90s. Ngendlela , Toni Braxton wafika kwindawo yenkcubeko u-Anita Baker awayekuyo kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ecula uhlobo lweebhaladi zeR&B ezipholileyo ezinokudlalwa nakunomathotholo wabantu abadala. Toni Braxton ukoyisa i Ibhilibhodi Ii-albhamu ngeveki ekuqaleni kuka-1994, kwaye ekugqibeleni yathengisa iikopi ezizigidi ezisibhozo eUnited States. Iingoma ezintathu ze-LP zenza i-10 ephezulu, kwaye inkulu kubo, i-ballad ekhangayo ye-Babyface-penned "Breathe Again", yafikelela kwinani lesithathu. (Ngu6.)
okufihliweyo, Icwecwe lika-Toni Braxton sika-1996 sophomore, wayenolindelo olukhulu. I-Braxton idibene kunye neqela lababhali beenkwenkwezi ezinkulu kunye nabavelisi kwi-LP, kodwa u-Babyface uphinde waphatha ubuninzi bemveliso. Ngomnye okhokelayo othi "Uyandiphakamisa," u-Babyface wabambisana nombhali-mbhali kunye nomvelisi oncedisayo uBryce Wilson. UWilson wenza i-start yakhe ngo-1990, emva kokuba i-rapper yokuqala u-MC Tee eshiye iqela le-electro-funk uMantronix. UWilson, ozibiza ngokuba ngu-MC Luvah, wajoyina uMantronix ethatha indawo ka-Tee ngo-1989, kwaye wabhala kunye "Got To Have Your Love", ekuphela kwengoma ye-Mantronix eyake yatshati kwi-Hot 100. (Iphakame kwindawo ye-82.)
UMantronix waqhekeka ngo-1991, kwaye uBryce Wilson wadibana no-Amel Larrieux, imvumi eyayisebenza njengomamkeli kwinkampani yokushicilela umculo, ukuze benze i-R&B entsha ebizwa ngokuba yiGroove Theory. I-Groove Theory ikhuphe i-albhamu enye kuphela, kodwa ukuba i-LP ye-1995 i-self-titled LP yayinesinye, isilayidi esimnandi esithi "Ndixelele," esiye sahamba ngegolide kwaye safikelela kwiNombolo yesi-5. (Ngu 7.)
UBryce Wilson weza nenguqulelo yokuqala ethi "Akukho nto Kuwe" kwaye wayithumela kuBabyface. UWilson wabhala ngomculo wengoma kwaye uDallas Austin wabhala amazwi, kodwa uBabyface akazange awathande la mazwi. U-Babyface wazisa uBryce Wilson kwaye bobabini babhala kwakhona umzila, bawuguqulela ekubeni "Undenzela phezulu." Andazi ukuba u-Babyface okanye u-Bryce Wilson wabhala "Ndinokucinga ukuba uchukumisa amalungu am angasese", kodwa kumnandi ukucinga ukuba omnye wabo uzingele phezu kwencwadana kwaye enze que.
U-Babyface wayegqibe kwelokuba uToni Braxton kufuneka acule iingoma zesini. UBraxton ngokwakhe wayengaqinisekanga kangako. Kwincwadi kaBronson, uBabyface uthi, “Wayesilwa kancinci. Wayengazi ukuba makathethe izinto ezinjalo na. Wayengafuni kukhubekisa mntu. Kwakungacwangciswanga, kodwa ekugqibeleni kwasebenza. Mna ngokwam ngendingenaxhala lokukhubekisa nabani na. Endaweni yoko, bendiya kuba nexhala malunga nokuvakala kwetshizi njengesihogo. Mhlawumbi i-corniness ayikho nakwi-radar kaToni Braxton. Mhlawumbi ufumanisa indlela yokususa yonke into acula ngayo.
Ezandleni zikaToni Braxton, "You're Makin 'Me High" ayivakali itshizi. Amazwi abubudenge, kodwa uyawadlala phantsi, ewahambisa ngohlobo lokusebeza okunzulu okukunyanzela ukuba ugxile kakhulu kumazwi kunamagama ngokwawo. "UnguMakin 'Me High" akusiyo i-ballad; ngumdlalo omnandi we-midtempo. UBryce Wilson wacwangcisa amagubu emzileni, uBabyface wadlala isiginci, kwaye bobabini badlala iikeyboards. Yingoma epholileyo, edlalwayo enentwana ye-G-funk yokulila kwi-synths kunye namazwi athile anamandla okongeza imvakalelo engaqondakaliyo yekamva. U-Babyface udlala isiginkci nje ngaphandle kwe-beat, wongeza ezi zikhothwayo zincinci zigxininisa ukutyibilika. Kwaye uToni Braxton uyeka nje ilizwi lakhe ukuba lidada phezu kwesi singqi njengengabangaba kuhlaziyo.
Kwi-"You're Makin' My High," u-Toni Braxton ufumana ingqiqo efanelekileyo yokusebenzisana neqela lazo zonke iimvumi ezixhasayo. U-Braxton wongeza iingoma zakhe ezilandelelwe kaninzi ku-"You're Makin' Me High," kwaye wabelana ngeengoma zokulondoloza kunye no-Babyface, u-Chanté Moore, u-Jakkai Butler kunye nowayesakuba lilungu le-Boyz II Men uMarc Nelson. (I-Chanté Moore's top-charting single, 1999's "Chanté's Got A Man," yafikelela kwiNombolo ye-10. I-7. Njengelungu le-Az Sekunjalo, uMarc Nelson wangena kwi-8 kunye ne-1997 cover of Chicago's "Hard To". Ndithi." mUxolo." Ngu-5.) U-Braxton kunye neemvumi ezixhasayo baseka isingqisho esincinci esimnandi sokutyhala kwikhorasi. UBraxton ucula malunga nokucinga ngomntu othile, kodwa akukho mvakalelo ininzi kakhulu yelizwi lakhe. Kunoko, ubonakala ephantse wazala. Akazikhathazi ngeminqweno enganelisiyo. UnguToni Braxton, ngoko ke nantoni na ayifunayo yinto eqinisekileyo.
“Uyandiphakamisa” ayisiyiyo ingoma kaToni Braxton eluncedo okanye engalibalekiyo, kodwa ngumboniso omncinci wento anokuyenza. Kushushu, kuheleza umoya, kwaye kuyonwabisa, kwaye kubonisa amazwi kaBraxton njengento encomekayo. Njengakwingoma ezininzi zee-'90s ze-R&B, amazwi agcinayo abamba ingoma ephambili ngelixa u-Braxton ebonisa iinkokeli zakhe, evumela elo lizwi ukuba linyuke kwaye lintywile. Kodwa uBraxton akaze enze ingxolo eninzi "Undenza phezulu." Kunoko, ugcina yonke into ilungelelene. Owona mzuzu ulungileyo ka "You're Makin' Me High" yibhulorho, apho amazwi erobhothi anelizwi ayonakalisa yonke into kancinane kwaye uBraxton kunye neemvumi ezixhasayo bachitha imizuzwana embalwa bekhwaza kwaye bebetha ngaphezulu kwesingqi. Yingoma emalunga nomnqweno wesondo obetha njengeziyobisi, kwaye kula maxesha umzila ufumana inqanaba layo le-psychedelia enomdla.
Ngokobuchwephesha, i-Braxton yokuqala ye-1 hit i-double-side single. I-LaFace idityaniswe "Undenzela phezulu" kunye no "Mayihambe," ingoma kaToni Braxton evela kwiqela elenziwe nguBabyface. Linda ukuphelelwa lixesha ingoma yesandi. "Mayihambe" yayisele ifumene umdlalo werediyo ngaphambi kokukhululwa komntu omnye, ngoko ke uLaFace wenza isigqibo esifanelekileyo sokusebenzisa le ngoma ukunceda ukwakha ulindelo lweBraxton. okufihliweyo icwecwe. Umoya wonomathotholo wazo zombini iingoma uncede ukuqhubela phambili "You're Makin' Me High" ukuya kwiNombolo yoku-1 kwiveki enye...
SOURCE: Uphonononga Iindaba
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