Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - The Block Party

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For no apparent reason this song just popped into my head.



What a MESS. It's strange to me that she essentially released a children's song as her lead single. I wonder if in today's more permissive musical landscape she could have done stuff that was more akin to what Nicki Minaj does now.
 
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Wonderful, and a decade ahead of its time. It still sounds completely fresh
 
Someone was discussing her on my Facebook and I've entered into a Lisa Left Eye loop. This video is still so amazing - and I love how so many of the youtube comments are in agreement about how forward-thinking the song and video were.
 
LOL @ the forum chosen. I dunno about it but it was memorable at least.
 
It's naff, cheery and iconic. Many a night out were started with this being drunkenly chanted back in the day.
 
This is not what I expected a Left Eye solo release to sound like.

Same. I remember being disappointed by this even though I kind of liked it too.

She had such potential as a solo star though. Kind of like what Minaj is doing now
 
Wonderful, and a decade ahead of its time. It still sounds completely fresh

Someone was discussing her on my Facebook and I've entered into a Lisa Left Eye loop. This video is still so amazing - and I love how so many of the youtube comments are in agreement about how forward-thinking the song and video were.
Came in here to post this but 2012-me got there first.

2025 and STILL ahead of its time.

One of the greatest songs of all time

 
I'm sorry

I have a lot of respect for Left-Eye and obviously taken too soon and all of the usual

But a huge NO to this. There's a point where experimental crosses into IRRITATING NOISE, and this is it.
 
I think it's great, but it's definitely not without its problems.

It runs out of steam with those "What's your name? LISA!" bits which just... END. And the video does it no favours whatsoever.
 

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