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What happened to Toni Braxton?

batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
edited May 2008 in Strut Central
She was a BIG seller in the early 90's, went bankrupt, had kids, wasnt promoted right, and hasnt been able to maintain her shine.Voice - checkLooks - CheckI know she a bit too glossy for some of yall, but she ran w/ Anita Baker's tones,and was gettin mad love on Black Radio.He last couple of albums have been trash, but i dont see how she cant "resurrect" her shit.

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  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    she's getting vegas money.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    1) Age- Can she compete with these young girls?

    I think this was the problem. She tried to run w/ the new gazelles.

    BUT if she can sing I dont see why she cant be repackaged.
  • cascas 1,484 Posts
    but i dont see how she cant "resurrect" her shit.

    might be her belly button.

    jokes. i actually have always liked her.
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    she's getting vegas money.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    might be her belly button.

    Looks like a baby punching its way out.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    1) Age- Can she compete with these young girls?

    2) Broadway- Atleast she was there for awhile.

    3) She tried to sue Jay z. -That's a no no.

    4) Let's face facts, the R&B market can be fickle and can cut off a good artist in their prime. Maybe Toni's time was just up. You may as well ask what happened to Karyn White, Chante Moore, etc..
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    4) Let's face facts, the R&B market can be fickle and can cut off a good artist in their prime. Maybe Toni's time was just up. You may as well ask what happened to Karyn White, Chante Moore,Tamia,Shanice,Blu Cantrell,Me'Lisa Morgan,Regina Bell,Coko,etc....

  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    4) Let's face facts, the R&B market can be fickle and can cut off a good artist in their prime. Maybe Toni's time was just up. You may as well ask what happened to Karyn White, Chante Moore,Tamia,Shanice,Blu Cantrell,Me'Lisa Morgan,Regina Bell,Coko,etc....


    The Truth Hurts, doughnit?
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
    She's probably still paying off her record company. Doesnt she owe millions?
  • cardovacardova 743 Posts
    WP:

    "Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas announced that Braxton will replace Wayne Newton as the casino???s new headlining act starting August 3, 2006. The show, "Toni Braxton: Revealed", will be performed six nights a week and run through March 2007. Later she confirmed that she was extending her show through August 2007. The show has become the first headlining show from an African American performer in Vegas to enter the top 10 Vegas show's charting. Due to the success of the show, it has been reported that Toni will extend her show through August 2008."

    "As of August 2007 rumors surfaced that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Toni stated to Access Hollywood that the breast cancer rumors were false and that her health is in great condition.

    On April 8, 2008, Flamingo Hotel-Casino spokeswoman Deanna Pettit says the 40-year-old singer had been hospitalized in Las Vegas with an undisclosed ailment that isn't life-threatening. Braxton was taken to a hospital Monday night. Pettit says she expects Braxton to be released Tuesday afternoon. Pettit says she doesn't know the nature of Braxton's ailment or where she was when she became ill. Braxton is currently performing at the Flamingo hotel. According to several news reports, Braxton's gigs for April 2008 have been cancelled. Since her hospitalization, gigs for the month of May 2008 have also been cancelled. She is expected to return June 6, 2008 depending on her condition. Her two year run at the hotel officially ends August 23rd, when Donny & Marie Osmond will take over in September."
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    "I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi"
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    "I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi"

    dude had lines for days. RIP.
  • rocco2nrrocco2nr 530 Posts
    "I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi"

    "So guess relaxing is a weekend with Toni Braxton"
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    It's hardly likely to be a major shock, but there's been stories of heavyweight diva tendencies and suchlike for some time now. She's also had a few management/record company problems which may or may not have led to the money troubles that forced her into the arms of Vegas. I heard one story about how, whenever she visited the offices of her label in New York, she'd have a luxury limo on permanent call, which she'd use to ferry her back and forth to her favourite department store. Across the street. Seems she didn't realise that such expenses were fully-recoupable.

    All that aside, she's a fine singer who's made at least a couple of bonafide "ladies choice" modern r&b/soul classics, and "Take This Ring", the Rich Harrison joint off her most recent album, deserved a lot more shine than it got in the wake of "Crazy In Love" and "1 Thing". It was bootlegged to fuck in the UK, any road. I also seem to remember that her decision to do a semi-nude cheesecake photospread for a Vibe cover in the 90s seriously backfired, when a big chunk of her female fanbase reacted badly to it, saying that it made her look slutty and trashy. And in that game, when you lose the ladies, you're done.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    i actually have always liked her.

    I will not deny that I got many plays out of Secrets bitd.
  • keithvanhornkeithvanhorn 3,855 Posts
    i liker her music and her legs. jason kidd and jim jackson knew what time it was.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I also seem to remember that her decision to do a semi-nude cheesecake photospread for a Vibe cover in the 90s seriously backfired, when a big chunk of her female fanbase reacted badly to it, saying that it made her look slutty and trashy. And in that game, when you lose the ladies, you're done.

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    might be her belly button.

    YEAH, she's rockin' outies in a marketplace filled with innie's.

    Nonetheless, if Mariah Carey can extend her warranty, so can Miss Braxton.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    I also seem to remember that her decision to do a semi-nude cheesecake photospread for a Vibe cover in the 90s seriously backfired, when a big chunk of her female fanbase reacted badly to it, saying that it made her look slutty and trashy. And in that game, when you lose the ladies, you're done.


    The funny thing about that one is that she immediately claimed that the photos were not shot nude, and that the photo was airbrushed so that you couldn't see her panties or bra or something. The funny thing is, this was only a few years ago and she got SHATE from that. It's hard to say what was worse, her catering to a younger audience or her refusing to keep creating music for her fanbase. Wasn't there a documentary where she was in a phone conversation that showed her getting dropped from LaFace or something, and that forced her to figure out what she had to do next?

    The "nude" photo think for Vibe hasn't hurt Keyshia Cole:


    Even though she's doing cruise ships, Chante Moore is still working and getting a bit of airplay on smooth jazz radio, which is arguably more airplay than what Braxton received from that off-tune tabla album Libra[/b]
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Toni had a problem when one of her breast implants ruptured, isn't that right?
  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    After her battle with Laface she was pretty much done....Took her four years to release another cd (way too long for a r&b artist).... "The Heat" (her 3rd cd) was average and every cd after that sucked ass... she should have stuck with her girl next door look/image...instead she was trying too hard to be a sex symbol alienating her fanbase.......not to mention health issues,marriage and babies......but she's making vegas paper now so her bank account should be good....
  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    Allow me to stressdollar-fy this:

    1) Age- Can she compete with these young WHITE AND LATINA[/b] girls?

    2) Broadway- Atleast she was there for awhile. DANCING FOR THE WHITE MAN AND HOMOS[/b]

    3) She tried to sue Jay z. -That's a no no.BLACK ON BLACK HATRED Y'ALL WHITE DUDES MUST LOVE THAT[/b]
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    DANCING FOR THE WHITE MAN AND HOMOS[/b]

    I found your new location!
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Toni had a problem when one of her breast implants ruptured, isn't that right?

    I heard something about it, but I have no idea.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    dont sleep

    shit is ripe for a remix/jeep/break/etc.....
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