Malcolm Winters - The 21st Century Feminine Mis-Teeq: Girlicious... (Most Certainly)... But Are They Nutritious?

"COME TO THE BACK - VIP - DRINKS ON ME."

Wassup? I'm

Malcolm Winters. 

As you recall from my first appearance

here at Shady's Place a couple years ago,
I'm Neil's brother on the award winning
soap  daytime drama The Young and
The Restless. When it comes to the
ladies, Neil's a little shy and I'm fly.
Neil's buttoned up. I play it loose.
Neil's uptight. I'm clean outta sight.
See what I'm sayin'? As the most
prominent fashion and glamour
photog in Genoa City (I've done
lots of model shoots for Jabot
Cosmetics) I know my way
around a darkroom and

beautiful women. I also
know a thing or two about
music. Quick history lesson:

In the mid

 20th century...

girl groups looked

wholesome, acted

innocent and
sang songs...
"Sincerely."

Girl groups of the 21st century look hot,
act naughty and sing sexy songs.

Then there's my Baby Girl. She's in a class

all by her bad self... see what I'm sayin'?

 Baby Girl  (Penelope Garcia)  

In previous posts on Shady's Place and on the old site,
Shady Dell Music & Memories, Shady Seaweed, Meg Griffin,
AIDA, Riley Blue, Thea Queen, Barry Allen and other hosts
introduced some of the most popular brash and sassy female
recording acts of the millennium including the Pussycat Dolls,
a group from LA, and Sugababes, a group from the UK.
In 2019, I introduced Atomic Kitten.

Today I present two
more 21st century
girl groups, one
from the U.S. and
the other from
the UK. Both
groups have
sizzling hot
images with
recordings
and videos
to match.

They are

Girlicious,

another LA

group formed

by the

creator of

Pussycat

Dolls...

and

Mis-Teeq,

an exciting

London-based

R&B and

hip hop trio.

To beef up their

portfolios, I took

publicity shots

of both groups

and displayed

the pix for

U to C.

GIRLICIOUS

The 2008 reality TV series Pussycat

Dolls Present: Girlicious showcased
fifteen female singers and dancers
competing for spots in a new dance-
pop/R&B girl group to be named
"Girlicious." Chrystina Sayers,
Nichole Cordova, Natalie Mejia
and Tiffanie Anderson made the
final cut and became the original
members of Girlicious. Tiffanie
Anderson left the group in 2009
and the act continued on as a trio.

In their videos,

the gorgeous ladies
of Girlicious pull
no punches. They
get their sexy on!

Take for example the group's
second single. Released in

2008, "Stupid Shit" shot to

number one on the Much-

Music Countdown. The

official video, in which the

sirens prance around in

school girl uniforms and

eventually strip them off,

won the award for the

Most Watched Video
on that site. In short...
these Girlicious gals

make Britney Spears

look like the Singing Nun!

"Stupid Shit" - Girlicious

(Apr./May 2008, highest

chart position #1

Muchmusic.com,

#20 Canada)

"Maniac" was the second single released from Rebuilt, the second and last

Girlicious album recorded after the departure of member Tiffanie Anderson.

The music video for "Maniac" was shot in East LA at the Linda Vista

Community Hospital, a filming location for dozens of horror movies

and other band videos over the years. The Girlicious vid you are

about to watch was declared illegal in 51 states... but became

the most requested and viewed video ever on MTV Brazil!

"Maniac" - Girlicious

(Apr./May 2010, highest chart pos. #74 Canada,

#11 Serbian Top 50)

"Public Image" was the theme of Episode 9 of Pussycat Dolls Present:
Girlicious. In this clip from the show, Chrystina, Tiffanie, Natalie and
Nichole are joined by Charlye Nichols, who was later eliminated,
in a fine performance of the Pussycat Dolls' song "Buttons."

"Buttons" - Girlicious + Charlye Nichols

(2008, live perf. on Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious)

MIS-TEEQ

The British R&B and UK garage girl group Mis-teeq started out as a quartet.

By the time they hit their peak of fame in the early 2000s, they had been
reduced to a trio consisting of lead singer Sabrina Washington, rapper
and songwriter Alesha Dixon and singer Su-Elise Nash.

Mis-teeq enjoyed success in the UK and across Europe, racking up

two top 10 albums and seven top 10 singles in a row. Mis-teeq's

biggest seller of all is the 2003 international hit "Scandalous"

which made the top 3 on the U.S. Dance chart and was

featured, along with the group members, in a series

of television commercials for Coca-Cola.

"Scandalous" - Mis-Teeq

(Apr./May 2003, highest chart pos. #2 UK,

#2 U.S. Dance/#3 Ireland)

Released as a single from Mis-teeq's

debut album Lickin' on Both Sides,

the song "One Night Stand" has two

official music videos, one produced

for UK audiences and the other

released in the U.S. to promote

the album stateside.

"One Night Stand" - Mis-Teeq

(Nov./Dec. 2001, highest cht. pos.

#2 UK Dance & R&B/#5 UK,

#4 U.S. Dance Club)

Two other songs on Mis-teeq's debut Lickin' album, "Roll On" and

"This Is How We Do It," were released as a double A-single in 2002.

One music video was produced to include performances of both songs.

"Roll On"/"This Is How We Do It" - Mis-Teeq

(July/Aug. 2002, highest chart pos. #7 UK/#10 Belgium)

The 21st Century

Feminine Mis-Teeq:

Girlicious... (Most Certainly)...

But Are They Nutritious?

You tell me.

Thanks for joining me for my
second go-around as host here
at Shady's Place. I'm jazzed
to do this again. Even as we
speak my peeps are meeting
with Shady's peeps to see if
we can make that happen, so

stick around. For now this is
Malcolm Winters reminding
you to keep your cool. It's

my golden rule. Later!

My Role as a Social Media Influencer - I Take it Seriously..... So Should You.

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OMG! For a split second, you took me seriously,

dear friend. You shoulda seen the look on your face!

I hope you never make that mistake again. You should

know by now that the only thing I want to influence

you to buy is my brand of humor, and the only thing

I want to influence you to do is to sing, dance,

laugh and have fun. With that in mind, I'll

reveal the actual title of today's post: 

Let's All Play -

Name That Sample!

I can't tell you how many times per day,

(maybe 10 or more, maybe even a hundred!)

people come up to me on the street and

ask the following question:

"WHAT IS SAMPLING?"

Actually the number of times is zero. It's never
happened... but I'm gonna tell you anyway.

Sampling is the process of taking a portion of one sound recording
and making it part of another sound recording. Hip hop was the
first pop music genre based on the art of sampling. The craze
started in the 70s with deejays playing vinyl records on twin
turntables and, using a mixer, creatively combining them
to make new dance sounds. In today's post I bring you
five 21st century recordings that sample five hits of
the 20th century. Please listen to all five songs and
see if you can Name That Sample - name the old
recording sampled in the more recent recording.

SONG #1:

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS

ft. will.i.am

The Pussycat Dolls were a Los Angeles based girl group and dance troupe
that specialized in R&B, pop, hip hop and dance music. will.i.am is a

hip hop artist and producer also from LA. In 2006 the two acts
came together on the international hit single "Beep."

"Beep" - The Pussycat Dolls ft. will.i.am

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#2 UK,

#1 Australia & New Zealand, from Sept. 2005 album PCD)

SONG #2:

RIHANNA

Rihanna is a R&B and dance-pop singer from Barbados now

based in New York. In 2006 Rihanna topped the U.S. pop, dance

and top 40 charts with her international hit single "SOS."

"SOS" - Rihanna

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100,
#1 U.S. Dance Club Songs, #1 U.S. Mainstream Top 40,

#2 UK/#1 Australia, from Apr. 2006 album A Girl like Me)

SONG #3:

JOJO

She hails from Foxborough, Mass. Her real name is Joanna Noëlle
Blagden Levesque. Wisely the young pop/R&B singer chose "JoJo"
as her stage name. In 2007 JoJo reached the top 40 on the U.S.
Pop Songs chart and brushed the UK top 20 with "Anything."

"Anything" - JoJo

(May 2007, highest chart pos. #38 U.S. Pop Songs,
#21 UK, #18 Ireland, from Oct. 2006 album The High Road)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:45 MARK!

SONG #4:

MISSY ELLIOT

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot is a hip hop/R&B singer

from Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2006 Missy went

top 50 U.S., top 40 UK, top 25 in Australia

with the funky number "We Run This."

"We Run This" - Missy Elliot

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #48 Hot 100, #38 UK,
#23 Australia, from July 2005 album The Cookbook,
Sept. 2006 album Respect M.E. & OST of 2006 movie Stick It)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:10 MARK!

SONG #5:

MADONNA

In 2005/2006 Madonna, The Queen of Pop, topped charts

worldwide with the album Confessions on a Dance Floor,

a set of songs influenced by 1970s and 80s disco.

"Hung Up," the lead single from the album,

was also an international hit.

"Hung Up" - Madonna

("LaRCS" - "Live and Record Combined Stereo") 

(Oct. 2005, highest chart pos. #1 U.S. Dance Club Songs,
#1 UK, #1 in 18 other countries, from Nov. 2005

album Confessions On a Dance Floor)

How many samples were

you able to name?

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ANSWERS

SONG #1:

"Beep" by The Pussycat Dolls ft. will.i.am samples "Evil Woman,"
the 1975 hit by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

START PLAYING VIDEO AT 2:40

MARK TO HEAR THE SAMPLE!

SONG #2:

"SOS" by Rihanna samples "Tainted Love," the

1981/82 hit by the English synthpop duo Soft Cell.

SONG #3

"Anything" by JoJo samples "Africa,"

the 1982 hit by the American rock band Toto.

SONG #4

"We Run This" by Missy Elliot samples "Apache,"
the 1982 hit by The Sugarhill Gang

SONG #5

"Hung Up" by Madonna samples "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

(A Man After Midnight)," the 1979 hit by the

Swedish pop supergroup ABBA.

How many sampled songs were you

able to name? Check below to

determine your sampling I.Q.:

ALL 5 RIGHT:

Samply sensational!

3 OR 4 RIGHT:

Samply sufficient!

1 OR 2 RIGHT:

Samply seek some support.

0 RIGHT:

Sample Simon says

put on the dunce cap

and start studying!

Have a samply Shady Day!