No auto tune. No screaming, no embellishing the vocal line to impress how many notes they can sing.
Bloody marvelous.
Thanks
Pauly
To me it's more than technical embellishing, every vocal today seems like an affectation and the worst part it's always a variation of the same affectation. That rihanna Beyonce warble thing.
Like 7-10 years ago, a friend was showing me his 8 year old daughter's voice. It was great I thought, but what's that weird warble? I didn't realize it was everywhere. You can't watch a talent show audition or listen to pop without it, except if Coldplay is on. My kids play this pop, makes my skin crawl. Faker than fake generic sprawl. Or maybe I'm just getting old (darn kids).
Aja is the opposite, endlessly creative. Not a bad moment. I thought it was hilarious when I heard black cow being sampled in hip hop.