Jamie Foxx Blasts Music Critics

Jamie Foxx Blasts Music Critics
December 18, 2005, 10:27:17

JAMIE FOXX: 'MY MUSIC IS NOT A VANITY EXERCISE'

Actor-turned-singer JAMIE FOXX has hit out critics who have blasted his
singing career as insincere and self-promoting, claiming he is a serious
musician.

Kris Baker...

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting tired of HIM quickly.

grapheme...

He might be serious, but he is annoying as hell. "You cannot sing, Jamie.
Give it up."

The RAY star will release album UNPREDICTABLE in America later this month
(DEC05) but is adamant he is not merely cashing in on his Hollywood success.

He says, "Nobody's looking at it that way. I never brought 'Jamie Foxx with
an Oscar' into the room. I just brought the humble, starving artist not

Wild Monkshood...

Jamie Foxx is starving? That's sad. I must say that he is adept at
hiding it. Poor guy. Donations, any one?

Wild Monkshood

trying to force anything.

Calla...

Okay, he lost all credibility with this statement.

On the other hand - I heard him sing a song on Oprah about loving his
girl even when she was fat and pregnant, and I hate to admit it, but I
found it touching. ;)

Kris Baker...

Let's wait to see if he sings about his girl when she's "fat" AFTER
being pregnant.

Kris
The quality of music isn't that it's "touching"

grapheme...

For sure.

CliffB...

I'm breathlessly awaiting his new protest ditty, The Ballad Of Hattie
McTookie.

"If it's successful, that's great. If not, you go back to the drawing board.
Or you leave it alone."

But Foxx admits the recording process was more challenging than he first
thought.

He says, "Hats off to the people who do this every single day. The record
business is tough. But as long as I got my mojo, I can get out there and do
whatever.