preach

why does it always have to be a white black thing??

shit won’t load

I heard that version of Mandy Moore on the show “The Hills like last night….i like Mandy Moore’s version better.

I hate both of the songs! Mandy voice irks me, I had to turn it off. If I had to choose I would say Rihanna.

Mandy Moore sounds nice singing this song in her version. And Rhianna sounds nice singing it in her version. I just can’t enough of this song point blank!

I heard this on the Hills also. I was like who singin this song and sound worse than Rihanna (people say she can’t sing). Anyway Rihanna did it way better cause it fits her voice and Mandy voice is not that great. White people eat up non talent in their culture Mandy, Brittney, Jessica.

RIHANNAS VERSION IS BETTER

BUT I ALSO LIKE MANDYS…

# 4………….. I agree with you.

I don’t understand why it has to be a black white thing either…….good music is good music. Alot of black artist sample off of old school white song beats….especially Diddy….so i don’t see the problem.

Yeah totally listen able in a weird way…..I heard it was for Mary J. Blige first I wonder how she would have sounded singing it….

yea i agree i dont think this had anything to do with white or black…sheesh

but i like both they both serve different purposes and styles…and rhianna and mandy have completely diff voices

we use some of white ppl things too. so we can’t even hate and mandy moore is one of the good ones, cut her some slack.

I like the song from Mandy “Extraordinary” …..I really like that song for some reason…the editing they did on her voice is amazing….

ok….whatever….rihanna’s version still does it for me……
mandy’s make’s me wanna run outside with a summer dress on and twirl around in the rain on a cool summers night…with a daisy pinned up in my hair, holding my boo’s pick…..”hold me sweet jesus”

#9, I wasn’t making it a black/white issue. I just think that people should recognize that for a long time, white people have taken what black people have done and made it their own. rock ‘n roll is a prime example of that.

that’s why people were so enamored with people like elvis - he was a white man that sounded and moved like a black man, so it was acceptable for them to like that.

Like Ri’s version better but I don’t mind Mandy’s. I’ve always liked her.

RIHANNA…..

Rhianna because she made the lyrics adhere to her background besides that we all Umbrella Ay Ayed out.

OH MY GOSH!!! I HATE Mandy’s version! My goodness! Hers sounds like trash compared to Rihanna’s. (I never though I’d say that.)
Maybe if she sang better or something but this is garbage to me.

And what exactly do they mean by: Come in to me? Sounds kinda freaky… lol

Does anyone remember when she came out…”I missin you like Candaaayayeeeaaa!” LOL…I can’t lie…I used to hum that song in my head like every other hour…

i heard mandy moore’s version on the hills. i like her version and all other versions i’ve heard, but i don’t like the fact the rihanna had this smash hit and can’t get her shine alone. now everybody wants a piece of the pie.

Here we ago and how many times has Beyonce copied off of White artists???

EXACTLY so stop making everything into a Black White thing.

There are Plenty of Black artists that sample off of White ones.

Did You know ” I will always love you” was originall y sung by Dolly Parton and she wrote it too.

Anyway Mandy Moore and Jessica simpeson FLOPS ALL THE TIME. so I don’t know whast White people are eating up , but it is not them.

I like Mandy’s version better.

Don’t like the song no matter who sings it.

Brian, it’s a shame you have to defend YOUR own opinion. Geesh.

I too heard this version on the Hills and I was like who is this girl copying Rihanna’s song and to find out it’s Mandy Moore.Clearly,Mandy is the better singer and I really like this version.It’s really sweet.Mandy did sing it better but I still like Rihanna’s hard rock version over the soft rock version but very good Mandy.

the version on the hills isnt mandy moore its actually a girl off youtube if i can find the link ill post it.

24…i agree with ya…terrible…

AND U R SO RIGHT BRIAN, JIMI HENDRIX IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT!

#15 I understand what you are saying Brian, but in this instance Mandy is just covering a song and I doubt it will be popular.

A lot of Black folks do NOT like when other Black sing ROck music. But Black people created ROck N Roll

@BRIAN

A black man wrote all his songs but they killed the man before his fans found out…only a few people from the old school know….like my dad….lol…

CO SIGN BRIAN! JIMI HENDRIX IS A PRIME EXAMPLE……

I dont like Mandy Moore’s version. It sounds awful. And I’m not closed minded either, I have music tastes all across the spectrum but I do NOT like that version.

So this is the culprit that sung that song on ‘The Hills’- which I love by the way!

When I heard it on the show I was like that can’t be Rihanna. It was so watered down, I just knew it was a white girl. A white girl named Mandy. It had no soul at all.

@ # 24

most of us on here have to defend our own opinions when we post OUR opinions on here.

So what the hell are you talking about?

he posted his opinion , and i posted mine.

NEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Yeah Jimi was a prime example of the first Rock…then white people snatched and ran with it adding the “Roll” and “Acid Rock” “Metal” “Punk” all that bull is just variations of the same thing…I don’t like all that extraness either….I swear they just be like:”YOOOOOEEEEAARARRARAARAPOPOPOPOASSSSFFFFUFUUUCCKCKK”…basically nothing….crazy…

Wait damn did yall just change that pic or are my eyes decieving me?

I’ve heard Mandy Moore version out here in L.A on the radio also.

Someone needs to take Mandy Moore to the 18th Floor of a building and drop her butt off the roof. She sounds horrible………..she can’t touch Rihanna.

Did anyone see DreamGirls… I hate when White People take Black People Music.. Do you remeber when the Dreamgirls made the amazing song, and the radio would not play it.. Then the white boys (surfer dudes) took the song and made it a huge hit on American Bandstand! Duh! Elvis and others took our music…

Let Mandy Moore find her own music.

I hate that with a passion!

36 i thought the same thing….

Actually the version on the hills was sung by marie digby NOT mandy moore, but the songs has mass appeal so no point in hating on any race

LOL @ your blood pressure getting all high for nothing. Take a deep breath… it’s gonna be okay.

Smiles, Everyone

#35 ACTUALLY CHUCK BERRY WAS KNOW YOUR BLACK HISTORY. HE WAS THE FATHER OF ROCK N ROLL.
MARLON BRANDO SAID IT BEST.

“It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture; they had been singing that way for years before he came along, copied them and became a star.”

# 42 you sound dumb.
Kill ya self.

Rihanna just got Owned,

that 5head girl Rihanna cant sing,

#30 and Whitney Houston should have left “I will always love you” to Dolly Parton???

the song itself makes me wretch violently so I am medically prohibited from listening to it at all.

I find it sad that we as Black people don’t know that Chuck Berry and NOT Jimi Hendrix was the FATHER of ROCK N ROLL.

It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture; they had been singing that way for years before he came along, copied them and became a star.”

I”ve always like Marlon Brando.

But I can’t play the race card on everything Black artists use White artists samples and Like someone else said Dolly was the ORIGINAL singer of I will always love you.

Please!!! Mandy rendition is HORRIBLE!

SHYT…. WE CAN PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR FOR REAL THEN SINCE WE STARTED THE SHYT, LOL

Its funny because its Elvis week in Memphis right now and white people come as far as Australlia to praise that man. And Its been 30 years. How many black artists do we praise like that? 0. And its a shame.

Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry (born October 18, 1926 in Overland, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Chuck Berry is an immensely influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music. Cub Koda wrote, “Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.”[1] John Lennon was more succinct: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.”[2]

Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a “class” with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry[3]#5 on their list of The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[4] He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

I guess Im not the only one tuning in to The Hills, lol. When I heard the song being sung by someone else I was completely confused, like what’s going on. Thanks for clearing it up.

Mandy’s version sounded better.

i like both versions but there is something comforting to my ears with mandys…but i think the white black take over shit is old and crap..why does it gotta be base on some race..its a catchy song that alot of people like…thats it..

Marie Digby http://youtube.com/watch?...231783322987&index=44
actually singer from the Hills version

yeah we know that back in the days whites would take the black people’s music but when they did it they tried to take it has their own..like Whitney in “i will always love you” she credited Dolly numerous times for being the original singer as many Moore did in the pepsi Smash “Umbrella” rendition

I like Marie Digby’s rendtion instead of mandy moore..but Rihanna is better def not bc of her voice but bc of the beats and instruments

You are not the only 1 #53! I love the Hills. Hiedi Montag could have done a better job than Mandy!

Its not that bad but I perfer Rihanna’s version better because Its like the song was meant for her voice. But then again, the song needs to just go away. I’m sick of it already! I don’t give a damn if Patti Labelle covers it!!!

I dont think it has anything to do with BLACK or WHITE.. good music is good music, and Mandy Moore credited Rihanna for it being a good song.

Personally, I like Mandy’s better because it is very eclectic and chill.. Rihanna’s version gets me hype when I am in that mood.

People sample and cover other people’s music all the time and I dont think that the “RACE CARD” needs to be played so often.

Chuck Berry

http://www.youtube.com/re...k+Berry&search=Search

Chuck Berry was THE SHIT on a guitar.
It’s a shame Black don’t do Rock anymore I love Rock music.

Well #56. Marie needs to sit her cornball ass down because her version is so watered down. I take back what I said about Mandy! that was for Marie. Thanks for clearing that up #56 because I thought it was Mandy and I didn’t even bother listening to it.

I think I like Mandy’s version better cuz Rhianna can’t sing anyway. The soft ballad makes the song really meaningful to your boo. I actually took the words pretty deep!!!

we cant have nothing to ourselves…”they” always think they can out do us…..ugh*

# 50
we?
okay i doubt you had anything to do with it

# 58

Thanks i TOTALLY agree !!!!!!

People use the “race card” for everything!!!

I’m of mixed heritage im black & korean, so i cant stand when people do that, for a more serious matter YES THATS OKAY TO DO but for this it isnt that serious.

hmm im black but i do think that the white/black thing was kinda uncalled for brian :S as
proud i am to be a black i had to say this still.

Rihanna’s version is much better. Mandy’s sounds terrible depressing.

#62

wah wah wah
cry like a little bitch
again im sure you dont do shit to contribute to the world besides blogging and crying
your telling me black people dont borrow from whites.?
gimmie a fucking break man

Sorry Ri Ri but I like Mandys version better.

Unlike some Mandy gave credit to Rihanna.

#7 its not just white people that eat up that non talent shit…blacks, indians, mexicans, and everybody else are guilty of eating up non talented people people to….and im not just talking about the britneys, jessicas and mandys

lmao @# 63

So what Rihanna and Beyonce are pop but i don’t hear people saying they’re trying to appeal with the mass. and when White artists do it you guys would call them names. Dianna Ross was pop before transitioning to rnb when she first came out. Music is universal.

How are they eating up Mandy and Jessica, they always flop???

im sorry i hate mandy moore’s version…sounds like a complete rip off for her only chance back in the game…if her voice is so great why did she have to use one of the biggest summer smashes to come back out.

don’t hate. fab version. and i’m proud that black folks initiate, and white folks follow!!!

Brian, you are correct. But try to be patient with the others because they lack the history of such matters. And to prove that you are right, Brian, why would Mandy try to cover Rihanna’s version which just came out this summer? Because Mandy is trying to catch some of Rihanna’s success.

Music is universal. But the music “business” isn’t. Live and learn.

I wasn’t saying that Blacks don’t take from whites, I know they do.. how many Black videos are based on a White Movie??

I’m saying that back in the day like Marlon Brando said Whites took Rock nRoll from Blacks.

I agree, that has nothing to do with Mandy covering Umbrella though.

Chaka Khan also coverd Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful.

I like Rhianna version better. Mandy’s voice doesnt have any emotion in it to me. O and is RKJville3000 a dude?

#56 I agree 100%. Marie Digby did it better than both of them, it sounds so much better with an acoustic guitar, than it does with these broads wailing over the track.

#76 and Chaka Kahn Covered Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful when it became popular.

It’s NOT always a race thing.

Never liked it when RihRih sang it… sounds too commerical and childish personally…I am def not the biggest fan of her.. instead of a recording deal she should have gotten a modeling contract honestly….

I actually liked it better with Mandy.. but then again let my BF tell it.. I like songs with harps and birds chirpin and ish…lol… it sounds more official…

that is so true I heard it the other day on the show. I dont really like rihanna but umberella is still her song mandy mores version is definetly wack compared 2 rihanna’s. White people always swagger jackin!

I hope you guys realize that there are a lot of Blacks that cover White songs. SO do YOUR history before commenting.

Yeah,,umm Jimi Hendrix didn’t start Rock N Roll. Chuck Berry did…THAT JUST PROVES that a lot of you guys don’t know what you are talking about.

# 76 SHUT UP

Go KILL YA SELF ALSO, YOU MAKE NO SENSE.

I hope you guys know that UMBRELLA was ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR BRITNEY SPEARS she did not want it. So they passed it to Mary J, she didn’t want it so they gave it to Rihanna. Rihanan DID NOT WRITE THIS SONG.

Uhh..Mandy Moore’s version is Zzzzzz….sounds more like a country song. I dont like it at all. Rihanna’s version is much better even though I am tired of it.

MANDY MOORE CAN SING A LITTLE BIT BUT RIRI PUT HER ASS IN
THE DUST RIHANNA KILLED THAT SONG AND CAN’T NOBODY SING
THAT SONG BETTER THAN HER POINT BLANK!

# 76 SHUT UP

YOU MAKE NO SENSE.

Wow…Under my umberella ella ella..Aye..Aye…Aye..She sounded so dry! It was pretty at the begining but It work the baby up so..boo mandy…boo

sometimes we black folks pull the race card for no reason….

#89 YOU MAKE NO SENSE . WHY DONT YOU CARRY YOUR TIRED ASS TO ANOTHER POST . DUMBASS SITTING IN HERE RESPONDING TO FOLKS WHO DONT AGREE WITH YOUR STUPID ASS . GET A LIFE BITCH ..

ON TO THE TOPIC I GUESS IM USED TO RIHANNA’S VERSION . MANDY SOUND OKAY BUT I DONT REALLY LIKE HER VOICE.

i agree with #4

I check this site almost daily, due to liking hip-hop rnb etc. im from the uk and white.
When looking though this site now and then i see the white/black thing mentioned why?
I know its seems more so for the black community but if any news articles features anyone that is white, its as if your ashamed to have them on your site and even apologize to people for doing so.

Why do people feel the need to compare people due to skin color? they are individuals, like them for talent.

#75

“i’m proud that black folks initiate, and white folks follow”

why are you proud? To me me i dont give a shit if someone is following/copying a individual white or black.

I thought the whole proud to be black thing was done and thing of the past, stop going around with a chip on your shoulder.

who in the hell said that Rihanna wrote the damn the song? this ain’t no race issue, it’s a creative issue.

I LIKE MANDY MOORE VERSION BETTER I NEVER REALLY LIKES RHIANNA I JUST HEARD IT ON THE RADIO SO MUCH IT KINDA JUST GOT STUCK IN MY HEAD

i don’t usually comment but read comments but damn some of you are so damn ignorant.

Both versions are shit. People really get themselves worked up over silly things sometimes.

I Like both. Whats cool is that Riri versions sounds like its more of a guy -girl thing and Mandys version is like a best friend kinda thing. I heard Mandys version while watching the Hills a few nights ago and it fit well with what was going on.

Damn, people are just out of their minds. It’s a cover song. No one’s trying to pass it off as theirs. Hence the phrase: cover song. Ever been to a bar that has a band playing cover songs? Do you get offended if the band is white and they play a song by a black artist and vice versa? C’mon…it’s music.

BTW this shouldnt be a Black - White thing (thought this site was a little better than that).

Its music, which song have no color. Its all about they way you take it.

And let me say I hate “Umbrella” with a passion. It’s a ridiculous song, no matter who sings it. The lyrics are juvenile and ridiculous.

#97 Joro, you can say that again! Life is too short to stress the small, insignificant things.

Um, and excuse me but I am pretty sure that just as many black artists use white artists songs and beats in their songs as well. Can’t we just have anything to ourselves?? I love this website until I read your personal views and realize what a racist person your actually are.

Rihanna’s version is better, but I would love to hear JoJo sing Umbrella, I know she’ll kill it.

@79

YES IMA DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!WTF????????????????

I guess I don’t talk like the “stereotypical dude”….I’m very worldy….lol…..

Ehh. I don’t think the race card applies here either. Its not like Umbrella is a typical r&b song that got reworked, repackaged and fed to white people. If everybody thought this was Mandy Moore’s song, I would agree, but it seems that white people across the world are feeling Rihanna’s version enough.

I think I understand what Brian was hinting at, but in this case I don’t believe that his argument is relevant. The idea of whites stealing “black” music was onlly relevant when they were trying to pass it off as their own and when they were denying the talent of blacks. In this case, Mandy moore doesn’t appear to be doing that and Rihanna’s song was in the top ten for a while. I think it’s important to look at situations with a eye on race but in this case Brian it doesn’t fit.

RACE CARD - I hate this term because it undermines the way that race functions in our society and reduces it to a mere “trick”, the product of the Black imagination. We should really stop using it because it allows white people and ignorant blacks to minimize the way that racism functions in our society. Let’s read more people…

#92

UMMMMMMMMM People are saying the same thang i am saying.

The RACE CARD SHOULDVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THIS TOPIC.

SO AGAIN I SAY ….GO KILL YASELF.

Oh and i’m not A Bitch i’m THE BITCH.

BITCH

I heard this on the Hills the other night to. I thought it was just for the Hills soundtrack because thats the kind of vibe the Hills normally has. I didnt think she was like making a single or something. I could be wrong but some of you are acting like shes trying to make her way to the top of the charts with this song like its a new remixed single or something.

A Black artist may have recorded the song but you must remember Rhianna is not an R&B artist. If she was of another race, nobody would put her in that category. The majority of Rhianna’s songs are Pop. Umbrella was her first top 20 hit on the R&B charts. Her songs are hits on Pop radio.

Umbrella is one of those songs that is a combination of a bunch of genres so it’s not surprising that. Also, Umbrella was written for WHITE Britney Spears, not Rhianna.

I MEANT…………….. SHOULDNT OF*

bitch

I was pissed off when I heard this on The Hills. I mean, what the fuck?

I heard it last night while I was watching The Hills and I was like, wow…another version of this irritating song. Anyway, I never miss The Hills…love that show.

@93

“I thought the whole proud to be black thing was done and thing of the past, stop going around with a chip on your shoulder.”

Sweetheart, these two statements are not synonyms. Just because you are proud of your heritage doesn’t necessarily mean you have a chip on your shoulder. Personally, I could give a damn who is copying off of who, but the “proud to be black thing” will never be a thing of the past.

Thanks.

rhianna sang it better she sung it and gave it some flavor..mandy’s version is boring!!

i heard it on The Hills to while the credits were rolling and i was like what the fuck is this? It didnt sound BAD but i definitly like Rhianna’s version better, and i dont even care for her much…i guess it all depends on what kind of music you prefer

I will take Riri’s version anyday!

But my lil girl like’s Mandy Moore too!

And now with High School Musical 2 coming on tonight - Ima be all white folk musiced out…lol

10.

RKJville3000
Friday, August 17, 2007
Yeah totally listen able in a weird way…..I heard it was for Mary J. Blige first I wonder how she would have sounded singing it….

I am thinking Mary would have slaughtered that shit! Her voice is raspy and deep - I would have love that jawn!

Umbrella is one of those songs that is a combination of a bunch of genres so it’s not surprising that. Also, Umbrella was written for WHITE Britney Spears, not Rhianna.

___________________________________________________________

THIS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BRITNEY SPEARS NOT RIHANNA. THANK YOU

73.

Aisha
Friday, August 17, 2007
How are they eating up Mandy and Jessica, they always flop???

So true! They don’t co-sign bullshit just like we don’t. ‘get dat shit up outta here’…lol

i like both. mandy’s arrangement is exactly like rihanna’s– just like if i were to karaoke rihanna!!! she didn’t re-do the song, really. it’s not like whitney did with ‘i will alway’s love you’ where she made a different song!!! mandy didn’t really change it much!!

UMM YALL NEED TO READ THE COMMENTS MANDY DID NOT SING THE VERSION THAT WAS ON THE HILLS MARIE DIGBY DID.

113.

mika…
Friday, August 17, 2007
I heard it last night while I was watching The Hills and I was like, wow…another version of this irritating song. Anyway, I never miss The Hills…love that show.

Oh God if you can stomach that annoying ass LC, Heidi and Spencer that song should be a walk in the park…lol

My show was Laguna Beach - LC was boring as hell on there. How da hell she gonna get her on show? If anybody should have a had a show it should have been that wild ass Kristin!

i don’t think it was necessary for you (the writer) to put your personal view for such topic like covering song. I think you looked at it too deep. As Angela said on the video you guys are more of a journalists than a gossip bloggers but for this post you didn’t do that. Im a loyal Concreteloop reader though.

#118 IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR BRITNEY SHE DID NOT WANT TIT THEY PASSED IT TO MARY SHE DID NOT WANT IT SO THEY GAVE IT TO RIHANNA. RIHANNA SAID IT HERSELF>

Marie Digby http://youtube.com/watch?...231783322987&index=44
actually singer from the Hills version

Marie Digby
Sorry wrong url

http://youtube.com/watch?...231783322987&index=44

Actually her with guitar

http://www.youtube.com/wa...;mode=related&search=

I LIKE LC I DID NOT LIKE KRISTIN SHE WAS ANNOYING.

“However, I will say this. This just goes to show you that white folks will forever take something that black people have done before, throw some blonde hair on it and their people will go up for it. We can never have some stuff to ourselves.”

please stop…yes whites will still musical styles from us…but didnt rihanna steal her whole new “punk” or whatever she is calling it from madonna or damn anybody not from barbados….

smh @ letting mandy moore outsing you…

Mandy stole nothing from Rhianna!!!!!! she just got lucky and got a hit song from talented song writers!!
“Umbrella” was not initially meant as a love note from Rihanna to her man-friends. “Umbrella” scribe Terius Nash, aka the Dream, wrote it as a wartime lullaby, for his people who are stationed in Iraq. “Emotionally, I was tapped into what the world was goin through - the war. We losin a lot of those people over there. Most of those troops are from Georgia,” says the singer / songwriter, who resides in Atlanta.

“Rihanna wasn’t the first recipient in line for the song. “I wrote it for Britney Spears,” says Dream, who had penned “Me Behind the Music” for Spears and Madonna two years prior. “She was going through a lot at that particular point, especially with her kids. I wrote it from the perspective of how a mother would sing to her children whenever they’re going through something. And it actually transcended into meaning a lot for everybody.”

http://www.vibe.com/news/.../07/umbrella_secret_life/

Well, I will say that the song was meant to be hard. And Rihanna voice and the “rock” version works better. Mandy has a better voice, but I hate her version. Yeah I heard it on the “HILLS” too and I was asking the same question.

@7 rhi is no more talented than mandy, Britney or Jessica.

Rihannas version is waaaay better than Mandy & her slowed down version.

But I guess an individual can listen to either version depending on what mood they are in.

Most people like LC better than Kristin on Laguna Beach. During the first season LC narrated so it was mostly about her. The second season Kristin did. It started with LC and a LOT of people couldn’t stand Kristin ( including me) so that is why LC got her own show

I like both versions. I don’t hate on white folks unlike y’all. Fuckin’ racists. :rolls eyes:

Hating on whites and then having feelings for white chicks. Y’all ignorant bafoons. This is why white folks stereotype. Because of the ignorant ones like y’all, they have to hate on the caring and respectable ones…

This is funny:
Remember the movie Five Heartbeats, they had that song “ain’t got no money..ain’t got no fancy cars… don’t live the life of a millionair… or a movie star.
And their label gave the song to the Five Horsemen, and they sang the song all slow and “white”… well as much as I like Mandy Moore thats what this remind me of.

Jashawn Preach!!!

*****
MANDY MOORE DOES NOT SING THE VERSION FROM THE HILLS. YOUTUBE SINGER MARIE DIGBY DOES.
*****

lol mandy and marie has better voices than miss rihanna but i like the rihannas version better

Mandy Moore’s is acutally quite nice. You shouldn’t hate on it! Sounds like her singing has improved since she started out years ago.

LOL @ 123, I can’t stand Kristin, she was a skank on Laguna Beach! LC was always my favorite…she’s not wild like Kristin, but she keeps some drama going on.

Yall still on this black/white thing??? I understand the whole dilemma but good music is good music….point blank. I like Amy Winehouse…if she was black would I like her yeah….why not..she makes good music….I like Joss “Fuck For Tracks” Stone….if she was black would I still like her…yeah…I heard her on the radio for the first time and thought it was a black woman…AS LONG AS YOUR AN ARTIST I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT!!! People if your going to be an artist….write your own shit please…Cause if you don’t you’ll be reading these crazy racial comments!!! No one has said..”Rihanna stank for no writing the song herself”….”She should be ashamed for not having a writing credit on and of her 3 albums.”

134.

Keyshia
Friday, August 17, 2007
Most people like LC better than Kristin on Laguna Beach. During the first season LC narrated so it was mostly about her. The second season Kristin did. It started with LC and a LOT of people couldn’t stand Kristin ( including me) so that is why LC got her own show

LC was so damn boring to me. Running after Stephen - he was having her and Kristin when he wanted to but it was always Kristin fault. But Stephen was the one dogging her out. She is borderline undercover weak as hell.

rhianna ’s version is 10x better…..WTF are ya’ll talking about. Rhianna gives the song an edge and she makes it exciting where as mandy’s version puts you to sleep like in 2 seconds. Someone said rhianna cannot sing but mandy can but how come rhianna’s vocals are stronger on her version of the song……….

thought i was the only one digging Mandy’s version of umbrella.

LOL @ 123, I can’t stand Kristin, she was a skank on Laguna Beach! LC was always my favorite…she’s not wild like Kristin, but she keeps some drama going on.

She was an undercover hoochie. At least I knew what Kristin was. LC was laying it down everywhere but always getting her feeling hurt…lol How da hell dat happen? You crying after you just let Stephen hit…no boo don’t do it!

I like both versions.

yeah i heard that version on the hills…kinda weirded me out..didnt expect to hear that..really..i can pass on both of them..shits PLAYED OUT!

S*** u racist , like seriously

i wonder how rihanna feels about this.
id be pissed off if i was her.
i heard it on the hills and was like…
who the hell is this singing umbrella. ha.

Stephen was pimping both of them. Jason was a playa himself… him and that silly Jessica. Jessica had low self-esteem. LC and Jason was a weird couple. He still has to grow up some more before he can be any good for my girl, LC.

Wow, now think how the song would have done worldwide with a superstar BRITNEY! whoa, it would have gotten on my nerves for sure. I’m glad they settled with regular ol’ star Rihanna- phew!

rihanna sounds much better. what makes me laugh is noone wanted that song before rihanna made it a hit.

I like how some of yall who agree with this whole white - black music thing is like “yea, so i heard this while watching the hills (the show being targeted towards whites since their no black person in the down town!lol) and i was like blah blah blah”

Lets get serious please. Lets move forward!

BTW, I read on another blog that The Hills is scripted. I hope its not because I am a fan. Lastly, how pathetic was Spencer’s proposal to that horse face Heidi? (I dont even wanna start talking about Andrienna’s new boyfriend)

I’ve heard this song live sung by riri and it wasnt that great. Shes not a talents artist just a studio artist like most out these days. so no matter who sang it I think it wouldve been a hit.

I don’t know why it has to be a black white thing, the Rhianna one is the one that people love and Mandy’s version would be nothing without it’s success but it’s a nice cross over. Artists do it all the time, ride on someone else’s wave. Beyonce did it to 50, it’s just a cover and I actually quite like it, Rhianna’s one is a classic but the best form of flattery is to imitate or cover, no need to make it a black or white thing.

Maybe it was done to coincide with the anniversary of Elvis’ death . After all, he ripped off more blacks in the entertainment industry than anyone else, before or since… well, excluding P Diddy, that is.

Um Mandy Moore’s hair isn’t Blonde so your stereo-type/racist p.o.v is ridiculous…
Also just like most of the people in this field she probably had little to do with picking this song at all.
There are many cultures of white people some mentalities of some white people suck and some black people are just as close minded and prejudice as them.
Rhianna sang a song somebody else wrote and put her face on it. So did Mandy Moore hence it is only fair to call both of them hacks.
The producer sold that song to white people so thats really his bad.
He could have hung onto it and did a self release if he wanted to keep his work.
There are many white people that you don’t see and do you know why?
Because the media/gov’t/the “MAN” controls everything we see.
So basically you see more or less things that most white people don’t agree with/ like either.
That is why black people with grillz have taken precedence over people with skills who are artistic….Think about it. You have all been duped so unless you are listening to independent artists you have basically bought into to the societal decline.
Those people all pay for their awards as well as their airtime. Talent and intelligence take a back seat. So before you go talkin that smack about white people following and black people this and that realize they signed the paper so really what we have is a multicultural issue.
Slavery has not been isolated to black people just as more than jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust. (I believe that the number was 12 million died 6 million of which were jewish)
Every culture has issues and unfortunately in our country there is a small percentage of people that get to speak….Remember when you look at the tv and think why are they making black people look like this there is a white person thinking the same thing.
Both versions of the song umbrella are poor and the vocals are really more annoying on the Rhianna version.

Oh and by the way get off Elvis he did alot of good shit for black people and also never said he wasn’t inspired by black music…. SO before you go calling Elvis a thief recognize stealing is when people take something and the person that it was taken from don’t know about it….

I never thought I would say it, but I am going to go with Rihanna on this one. I nearly fell asleep on the mandy version.

Brian’s point is right. But artists cover music all the time, and being ORIGINAL is not a prereq for getting a record deal. And I seriously doubt Mandy’s version will get as much play, if any. Plus, it’s not like Ri Ri wrote the song. The only reason people are getting into a tizzy about this is because the post description put race to the forefront of the issue. Other posts comparing one track by two artists haven’t received such attention. I guess the popularity of the song and the coverage of anniversary of Elvis’ death got Black people heated.

Both versions can kick rocks.

Rihanna bcause Mandy’s version lacks passion. To me it’s flat. Mandy used to sing a lot better. Maybe if it was real country and not a country alike song it would have been better ?

Whether you guys like it or not it usually always is a Black and white thing-that is the world we live in.THEY make everyhting a Black /white thing. Just when you think they are looking at you like a human being, they go and offer you some chicken or something. AND stealing from blacks to make more money is not a thing of the past people ! It is ongoing-nothing is without politics i.e. racial, sexual, etc. It wasn’t just Elvis, it continues until this day, look at Eminem and Justin, and they even admit that they steal and mimic Blacks because they know they will profit from “blackfacing’. I guess it makes some people feel good to think that race is a non issue in most things—READ about the Jena 6 and then wake the heck up!

@142

Thank You!

Brian is such a reject for bringing up the whole “white people are stealing our music” nonsense. Nobody in the industry is doin that shit no more, I know Brian loves his copy of Dreamgirls but sorry boo boo, white people are doing their own thang with that pop music.

It’s just a dayum COVER SONG! Artists do that all the time, it’s never released as actual singles. For example: Nelly Furtado did an acoustic cover of Gnarl’s Barkley’s “Crazy” last year. Another example is: JoJo doing a cover of Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls.” They aren’t going to profit off the song with these covers because if they tried that their asses will get sued for millions, Beyonce learned that the hard way when she stole Des’ree’s song.

And one last thing…The song is straight trash anyway. Nobody bought the song for the lyrics or Rihanna’s terrible voice, they bought it for C. Tricky Stewart’s beat. Rihanna had absolutely no input on this album which would make her an “industry puppet” and she sure as hell had no input on this song. Jay-Z just handed it to her and told her “to sing the lyrics.”

im sorry but i luv mandy ’s version was so much better than rhianna’s!!! mandy’s was more emotional than foreheads was !!!!!!!!!!

@ 154

Heidi and Spence are the worst! I mean LC can be a little clingy…but did Heidi not see last season’s episodes where dude was playing her so bad. Why she joking about being brainwashed, it’s really not funny because she looks crazy. And Im still confused about that ring he gave her. Was that even a diamond???

mandy suga… u are wonderful at doin wat u do but this song ain’t for you

DON’T NOBODY WANNA COME UNDER YO UMBRELLA SOUNDING LIKE THAT

go rihanna!

wow! some of you guys are soooo iggie. who cares if a song is “black” or “white”. back in the day, yes it was an issue as we all are aware of, but it’s 2007 for goodness sake. when beyonce sang in spanish were you guys saying she was stealing from the latinos? when puffy did a cover of sting’s “every move you make” was he trying to be white? the double standard racism is sooooo wack! grow up people! brian you really dissapointed me with that comment.

p.s. i like mandy’s version.

I agree with #21 and Brian.

Just to make it clear: I agree with Brian’s overall point. I disagree with the Elvis part, however.

It hasn’t been a race issue for sometime its an economic issue……..
There are just as many poor struggling ass white people than black I will however agree and say that most of the money (I think it’s 14 % of the population has 85% of the money) is old money….Unless you count Oprah who has done what? Talked shit for billions of dollars…Oprah by herself could fix africa Look in yo own back yard and quit saying it’s about race thats a cop out its ecconomic

oh c’mon now. it’s not an issue of black and white. everybody’s been doing a cover of this song. it’s not like she’s releasing it to radio or anything. like everyone else, mandy liked the lyrics and melody and decided to sing it.

before you make comments about music history know your shit…..

more than half these comments about white singers immediately duplicating something that a black musician recently did are wrong. and you need a music history lesson.

and i feel black musician and people have a right to be upset because of what has happen in the past with our greats…..

and it’s obvious shit has not changed…..and you young folks need to recognize and be conscious of whats really going down and think about the out come of it all and not except everything.

yes whitney did a remake of that country hit…..but think> how many years between the remake….she just remade a classic thats all.

to me these current remakes are rude and insulting and i hope jay-z and RI are getting their royalties from this…..Note: which black music in the past had trouble with.

do we still need to wake up????

People always cover each other songs hell Joe did Carrie Underwood’s “Before he cheats”..thats why its called a cover song. Dag why does it have to be black and white?

WTF???!!!! I aint neva liked the song to begin wit, it was always a big ass joke to me but how the hell iz Mandy Moore’s country ass gon try to take that away from Rihanna??? I think Rhianna iz a big of a deal that everyone makes her out to be but at the same time I like her old shit and she did sing Umbrella betta.

This shit got me hot white folks been stealing for years and I wonder when the hell it’z gon stop cuz its sum straight up bull shit

i am so tired of hearing about the white and black thing on this blog. wtf. it really just pisses me off and offends me. good music is good music. yes, in the past some messed up shit went down with the example of elvis being one but if people keep making comments like that then the problem is never gonna go away. Why can’t artists just be artists…people just be people? I just feel as though I’m not “allowed” to be on this blog, loving and listening to the seem damn music ‘cuz i’m white. It’s not fair. I just wanna read about new music and read blind items…some comments on here just make it hard for me to keep reading this thing.

Yahoo got a whoooooooole section that each artist does another artist songs…its very interesting actually. You people are getting of da hook for no reason..Dayum!!:-(

RHIANNA’S IS WAAAAY BETTER. MANDY’S VERSION IS BORING..I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP.

Ok its true that black folks have sampled white music epsecially Diddy, but this iz more than jus a sample Mandy Moore sung the whole song but jus n a slower beat n I’m damn near biracial my damn self but I still feel like Mandy iz a theif shit at least wait till the song gets old. Motha fuckas iz still bumpin this shit. I aint got nuthin against her but she shoulda went bout this differently

Sorry Brian you’re an idiot! Of course white people steal from blacks and try to make certain things their own when its really not but in this particular case, you got it all wrong! Its a damn cover song for goodness sake! People do it all the time - sing their own version of hit songs. No big deal. And lets stop acting like Umbrella was meant for a black person anyway. On top of that, it’s not even a hip-hop song - it’s a pop song! Just cuz a rapper is on the track don’t neccesarily mean it’s a hip-hop song. Even so of course white people are gonna like the song and sing their own version of it. Bringing up race is just so stupid. And I will repeat its a fuckin cover song!!!! You think Rihanna was like “I hope white people don’t like this song because its meant for black people and if a white person sings it then I will be pissed.” Its a pop song so if white singers wanna cover it who the fuck cares. Whites stealing from blacks is not an issue on this particular case. Duh!!

Mandy Moore straight Pat Boone’d this song -_-……made it boring as hell.

@160, THAT’S FUNNY, YOU ALMOST FELL ASLEEP TOO?! LOL.

Shay wth you mean?! In this case it is…………..she straight white’d this song out…………..she killed it and not in a good way….she took w/e bounce and bass and umph the song had and added some boring ass guitars I mean it sucks.

lmao then sue the whole world because the whole world cover songs. sigh so pathetic

Brian is right I mean the issue don’t need to be made any deeper…..any comments he’s made are right……..I’ve said for a lot time black people can’t have sh-t…..don’t be delusional.

its NOT Mandy,its THIS chick singing!
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarieDigby

AND FOR THE LAST TIME, CUZ PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED IT A LOT ALREADY: THE UMBRELLA VERSION THAT WAS HEARD ON THE HILLS WAS NOT SUNG BY MANDY MOORE, IT WAS SUNG BY MARIE DIGBY!!

I mean damn, the mandy moore version and the one heard on The Hills sound 50 times different. Not all white people sound the same. And Marie’s version sound better cuz she can actually sing!

You people are so freaking racist. Calling white people racist all the time for any little thing they say, but sure, YOU can say anything you want, and its ok, right? Grow up. Its that kind of attitude that perpetuates racism. You’re giving us a reason to hate all of you–because you refuse to let go of your own anger and hate at people who did things that have nothign to do with us each as an individual. I wasnt racist, till I started reading stupid websites like CL and Mediatakeout.

Get the fucking chip off your shoulder. Grow up. Stop blaming white people for everything thats wrong in your life and for everything that sucks. In the time you spend whining about it, you could have got something done. Look in the mirror and start changing the lousy things about your ugly self before you hate on white people, hypocrites.

Ewww. This is awful. I never thought Mandy could sing, she was always just…… the other blonde!

I like the soft-rock version better than this…but I don’t know who sings it.

Even though I hate to say it, Rihanna sings it best!

Oh BTW The Hills is scripted, and that girl Heidi has a song on the radio w/ her boyfirend rapping on it!!!

That last paragraph was the dumbest thing i’ve read… I don’t get why it always has to be about race. SMH at brian

anyways, i agree with Nik / #58. I like Mandy’s cover!

When it comes to music, I’m color blind..Shawty can be green, and if the song is bumpin, I’m gonna play it in my truck.. Also, I think you are going to see more and more rappers do a “rock” album (i.e. Jay-z/Linkin Park Collabo).. I truly hope the Roots take that step.

First off, I don’t like the Umbrella song, and I do believe Rihanna is vocally challenged. Secondly, I do believe Mandy is a better singer but as far as the production, I would definitely give it up to Ri Ri’s Song.

Now, I just listened to Marie’s Youtube/The Hills version and personally I think it’s better than Ri’s and Mandy’s rendition.

Rihanna

Yea, since some people seem confused, this is all part of a thing they do on Yahoo called “Cover Art” where artists cover some of their favorite songs out right now. Mandy’s not jacking it, she just did her only little rendition. Dang some of y’all are mad as if the girl was releasing it on her album or something! Yikes. Anyway, I kind of find Mandy Moore’s voice soothing. It gives a different vibe to the song, which is cool. Makes me wonder why on earth Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears always got more attention (Christina, I understand, but not those two!)

Ok both sound stupid!

ok both versions suck ass fo real I just don’t like neither no matter what color u are, they both can sing but the song was not made for them

yo mama sang it best bitches

never liked umbrella to begin with

It’s not really about Black and White here.

Rihanna can’t sing as well as Mandy.

Umbrella and SOS were her best songs. Unfaithful is like her 3rd “best” song. But it suffered from the fact that the song is one big meandering mess that lacks a sufficient bridge and it doesn’t build up to a big ballad worthy note. It just stayed there, flat. U want and expect more and Rihanna’s voice is just incapable of delivering that.

BTW, everyone covers hot songs as an homage to the original. Mandy isn’t trying to take her shine and release this song as a single. She is currently working the 2nd single off her surprise folk rock hit “Wild Hope” and is doing mad promo for the song at all of the easy listening and lite fm type stations.

This song was a one off. Nothing more. It was all for fun in the studio.

Its really not that serious. She cant just take a song and sing it all willy nilly because she feels like it. She didnt wake up and decide she wanted to sing her own rendition of umbrella. There is all kinds of legal things and paperwork and permission they had to get for her to sing this song which I am pretty sure is strictly for the Hills soundtrack and not for the purpose of a single. Like seriously this got blown way out of proportion.

Times have changed and people NOW cant just steal music without risking legak suit against them…AND NO ONE WANTS THAT

****legal

i dont know why but mandy’s version makes me feel sucidal lol

Okay I’m a closet “The Hills” watcher………and I heard the slower version and I actually listed to the words without any of the extra Rihanna’s version had (not saying I didnt like her version) but it actually allowed me gain a new appreciation for the song.

i heard it on the hills and liked it but this sounds totally different. this is terrible, just bad..no wonder she always flops. i bought mandy moore’s album “coverage” a few years ago but could only get into one song called “i feel the earth move”. is she only doing cover songs now??

just curious but how come no one got this mad when chris brown wrote his own verse and chorus for this song?

now he even admits that was him on his own messing around in the studio

OOOHH! the one on the hills was marie digby, thank you for the link people! i love marie’s version, love it love it

I wasn’t jumping up and down when I first heard” Umbrella” (Rihanna’s version) but now- I like the song! As far as, Mandy Moore’s version- well….it’s not bad but it’s nothing I would want to hear a lot.

man, I use to hate this song……until I heard Mandy Moore sing it….she did a great job….and she CAN sing much better…..not that Ri. can’t (okay I kind of think that she can’t)….but Ri.’s voice urks the crap out of me….but that is not her fault (I guess)…her voice is more likely a product of where she is from….oh yeah Ri. reminds me of Sharika (their voices both annoy me, but at least you can understand what Ri. is saying)

@holly

when whites stop being racist then blacks can stop blaming them.

anyways back to the song. Mandys version is CRAP. Rihannas is 10X better.

I agree with # 2, why does this have to be a black/white thing? Anywayz, even though i like RiRi’s version better, i also like Mandy’s version, after all, she CAN sing.

no one wanted it, but now that it’s a hit everyone wants it. too late folks

riri song is better

RIHANNA`S .

I like Mandy’s more.
Her voice is kind of… comforting to me.

Spencer’s proposal on The Hills sucked.
And I’m mad that Heidi said yes.
And she screwed over Lauren.
Boooo.

i don’t like the song at all, but i can tolerate the mandy moore version. i’m sorry, y’all. rihanna just don’t do it for me……

(agrees w #2)
and why does it have to be a black/white thing?!?! really?

For my people that watch The Hills, does anyone know the rumor that Heidi started about LC???

like #2 says, why does is always have to be a black & white thing? I’m sure The Dream is stoked that he’ll be making oodles more money on publishing/song writing credits. Money doesn’t see color. why should we? A good song is a good song.

Some of you are pathetic for jumping on Brian for bringing up the black/white issue. If u dont think there’s an issue with it then good for you. But I’ve been saying forever, white or latina females are slowly replacing black FEMALES in the music industry as rnb/soul singers. And its going to happen slowly but surely. And it wont matter to the black people anyway b/c a lotta black people are quick as hell to big up something a white person does that a black person would do they’d hate on.

*that if a black person were to do

TO HOLLY, THE WHITE SITES ARE MORE RACIST THAN ANY BLACK SITE ON THE INTERNET!! I ACCIDENTALLY LOGGED ON TO ONE OF THEM AND READ TONS OF DEMEANING COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO MINORITIES. SOME WHITE PEOPLE KILL ME ACTING LIKE THEY ARE SOOO INNOCENT WHEN ANYBODY WITH GOOD SENSE KNOWS IT’S NOT TRUE!

This is from Yahoo! Pepsi Smash Cover Art, where they get artists of one genre to cover a song from another genre…. They had Joe do Carrie Underwood’s “before he cheats, MH do “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt… Rihanna herself did Bob Marley’s Redemption Song…..They did a rock version of Crazy In Love, weird to hear a bunch of rockers going Uhhh Oh Uhhh Oh….actually TRAGIC, But I dig it when other ARTIST covers other song especially when it’s raw music!!!!

RHI RHI IS VERY REMINISCENT OF A MODERN DAY WHITNEY HOUSTON. YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS GIRL CANNOT SING. I GET CHILLS HEARING HER ANGELIC VOICE. I’VE WITNESS TEARS BEING BROUGHT TO FOLKS EYES BECAUSE HER VOICE IS THAT POWERFUL. SHE HAS THE BEST SINGING VOICE IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY PERIOD! SHE DID NOT GET SIGNED FOR LOOKS SHE GOT SIGNED BECAUSE SHE CAN BLOW ANY SINGER AWAY, EVEN ON HER WORST DAY! RHIANA WILL GO FAR AND HER VOICE WILL PROVE IT. SHE CAN OUTSING BEYONCE, J-HUD, ALICIA KEYS, JILL SCOTT AND THA LIST GOES ON….

I DARE ONE OF YOU TO CHALLENGE THIS FACT!

I prefer Rihanna’s version, the song just doesn’t sound right slowed down like that under Mandy.

rihanna sounds better, the other one is too slow and boring i would fall asleep

lol @ 222 this person is hilarious…when she sings live she wants me to cover my ears..you guys need to be a bit mature 4 real how you going to call the guy an idiot…you guys seem to 4get we all have different minds no 1 thinks alike in every single subject..if thats not the case he should be calling you idiots for not agreeing with him…i dont see why the black white thing was rise but I aint going to calling the dude idiot..PEOPLE SMH

Honestly, I still dont like the song regardless of who is singing it
but Mandy’s version irks me a lot less.
Rihanna cant sing and the only way I will listen to Rihanna’s version
is if its just the instrumental.

wow #222… I sincerely hope you were joking. If not, let me suggest you put down the amy winehouse rocks.

#188 n 189 do me a fava and shut the fuck up y u so mad if it dont pertain to you? shit obviously u feel guilty u dumb ass shit I’m entitled to my fuckin opinion n #220 thank you!!!! shit the only reason y u mad cuz u kno itz true white people have been stealin shit for years regardless if this whole Mandy Moore/ Rhianna thing iz about racism or not and CL aint a dumb website if you don’t like what they sayin log da fuck off!!!!!

mandy must retire.

Rihanna believe it or not sounds better. I did hear it at the end of The Hills and was like WTF?

#227 - I agree, you have a right to your opinion. But please explain how the selling of the song to other artists (who in this case happen to be white) by whomever holds its publishing rights equates to those white artists stealing it.

mandy moores version sounds horrible!!!!!!!!

but marie digby’s version sounds nice…her voice is a lil too soft for this song tho i think…nothing special….

m used 2 rhianna version and so hers sounds waaaay better than that plus she be hittin all them high notes

i really dont hav a problem wit white folks remakin or doin ova black people songs (and vice versa) but atleast do it better or up to par than what the last person did.

i was in aeropostale jus the otha day wit my friends n i heard aaliyah song ” are you that somebody” n it wuz remade by sum white person. we wuz lik WTF?? plz turn da shit off cuz it sound a hot mess! jus down rite awful made me want to leav da damn store quik as hell.

i really aint feelin the umbrella version dat mandy moore got. idk jus dont sound good as a slow rock.

I like Rihanna’s version better, but I dont think that Mandy Moore did a good job. I dont think this should be turned into a race issue. Mandy Moore did the cover as part of a performance on Pepsi Smash. Different artists cover songs. Rihanna has done a performance on there also. Mandy said this is her favorite song right now. I dont think shes trying to steal Rihannas song or anything.

I meant to say I think Mandy did a good job.

Can’t we freakin hear a song without a remix to it??? first cb..then some acoustic singer..now mandy..

It was just part of a cover art performance. I think people are making this into a bigger issue than it is.

And I think it should have been posted along with the song that this was from a Pepsi smash cover art performance. Its not like she just stole her song.

The black/white comment was extremely unnecessary. Cover Art is a feature on Yahoo Music. They do it every month. Artists cover popular songs. It’s a compliment. Where was the outrage when Joe covered Carrie Underwood last month?

I read this comment on youtube regarding the marie or whatever her name remake:

“It kinda reminds of me when the song “Cadillac Car” gets remade in Dreamgirls”

They ain’t never lied!

to put it simple…i hate all 3 versions. The song in general is ugly as hell to me. ey ey ey…wtf?

this reminds me of dreamgirls when the white show remade the song that eddie n them had just come out with.

i mean dag how u gonna remake a song that basically JUST came out. and it IS a black white thing. u dont see any black people remaking the song.

but ya mandy and rihanna r both weak, but im gonna hav2 go with the original.

The lyrics sucks, and Rihanna can’t sing

BOTH VERSIONS CAN KISS MY A$$!!!! 1ST OF ALL IT HAS 2 DO WITH THAT NO-SINGING RIHANNA. SO WITH THAT SAID NO COMMENT FOR THE REST OF MY COMMENT 8HEADED ALIEN LOOKIN BITCH. HOW IS SHE FAMOUS?

I think this Mandy Moore version is pretty terrible. I like her as an actress but she should not have covered this song. It has no fire to it. Lovin Rihanna’s version though.

stop this white people copying black people bull. ARTISTS COPY EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. Mandy/Mary meant no harm. They were just both having fun with a POPULAR SUMMER HIT!

If it wasn’t for white people you wouldn’t have THIS BLOG and WE black people wouldn’t have the INTERNET.

Real World = College Hill
Total Request Live = 106 & Park
The Hills = Baldwin Hills
etc. etc.etc…the list goes on of popular things we recently copied from white folks. AND FOR THE RECORD, ELVIS ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH HE RESPECTED BLACK ARTISTS AND HOW THEY WERE HIS INSPIRATION AND ALL. LET HIM REST IN PEACE.

This is NONSENSE. Enjoy the music, pick your preference and STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you guys should check out ALANIS MORRISSETTE cover of FERGIE’s “my humps” on YOUTUBE. I’VE NEVER SEEN/HEARD ANYTHING FUNNIER. It’s GREAT!!!!

Check it out on youtube. Damn I love youtube!

i like it….i like it !!!!!!

Brian in the case of rock n roll you are right but it is completely our fault as to WHY we have not embraced rock as a culture anymore. We have cultural hangups.

Bloc Party, Lenny Kravitz, Jimi Hendrix, Sevendust, several punk groups featured in the documentary “Afro-Punk,” Hootie And The Blowfish….these were all groups/singers that chose to do rock and did a damned good version of it yet black Americans never catch on. Why? That sounds like a cultural problem.

Rock never stopped being ours, we just let it slip away. But I am here to tell you as a black rock chic, it’s still alive and well. You just have to look for it.

220-
im sure it was a “accident”

YouTube - Switchfoot - Crazy In Love [Beyonce cover]

To be honest… I like both versions.

I like both

Ermm… I love Rihanna’s version! Umbrella has to be my favorite single released all year. LOL

I see the approach Mandy was trying to take, but someone else with a more folksy/soft rock/pop (whatever) voice could’ve taken it to another level.

Oh, and leave my husband Brian alone! hehe

LMAO so this song was meant for BRITNEY SPEARS…OH WOW.

Rihanna wasn’t the first recipient in line for the song. “I wrote it for Britney Spears,” says Dream, who had penned “Me Behind the Music” for Spears and Madonna two years prior. “She was going through a lot at that particular point, especially with her kids. I wrote it from the perspective of how a mother would sing to her children whenever they’re going through something. And it actually transcended into meaning a lot for everybody.”

http://www.vibe.com/news/.../07/umbrella_secret_life/

OH WOWLMAO.

They need to do a tribute to Chuck Berry since many Black folks don’t know who he is.

Although, I respect your opinion Brian, I think youu jump the gun a bit on this one. As people said before this was for some yahoo thing, they do it all the time have other artists cover other artists. Joe Covered “Before He Cheats” NOW you should do a mash up of that.

My goodness did you people even watch the Mandy video? She credits Rihanna the entire friggin time, and she has Rihanna’s music video playing in the background. I think it’s great she did a more contemporary version of the song- not all us black folks like the same banger type sounding music all the time, Rih Rih’s would never have made a mature sound like this I LIKE IT so whatevs to all you haters.

I don’t Like Mandy Moore.. but she did a great Job

LOVE IT =)

NEXT!!!

I like Marie Digby’s version better, and she’s done some other good covers on Youtube. I’m sure Mandy Moore decided to do the cover also after watching Marie perform it on Carson Daley.

i think if someone listens to r&b/hip hop most of the time they’ll most likely hate mandy’s version. it’s not fair to compare such different versions

Rhianna rocked this song. Its so boring how Mandy M tried and I do say tried to sing it.

i like mandy’s better…just needs a new jay verse

agreed 261…of course youre not gonna like it if youre not even a fan of that type of music. i dig the digby (haha) version for what it is. i wish she would have kept that “-ella, -ella” part out though, but i even hate that part in rhi’s version.

and about The Hills….hell yea, i can understand the first season of heidi looking dumb as hell with spencer since she didnt know all the shit he was talking/doing, but after having a chance to see it and still want to be with him? and then her dumbass just couldnt understand why he was rushing her to move in. i agree w/ the person who said LC is undercover weak (lol). she does need to chill out, cus she’s starting to look like a jealous cockblock.

I dont like it i think so far the person who covered it the best is John West .. He is on my space just google in john west .

RIHANNA’S VERSION IS A WHOLE NOTCH BETTER. MANDY’S VERSION IS LIKE A LULLABY THAT PLAYS ON ONE OF THOSE BABY TOYS. IT JUST PUTS YOU TO SLEEP!

Really it doesn’t matter, it doesnt have to be a black or white thing. The song wasn’t originally rihanna’s anyway, i’ve heard MANY different versions of this song & originally it was song by a white person. So what if the white people said oh those blacks always gotta throw sum “flava” or whatever into there songs. The Luther Van Dros song Dont you remember you told me you loved me, was song originally by who?, a white person. It goes both ways in this situation, Rihanna DID NOT come up with the song, nor did she write it, so she has just become “big” this summer over a song that’s not even her’s

@ Mika, LC thinks Heidi & Spencer had something to do with the rumor going around that LC & Jason had a sex tape out.

@ 14 ebony lololol that was funny

i mean damn….the song not even a year old yet..and someone trying to get a piece of it already……..let my girl rihanna do her…by her damn self………thanks

Sorry yo.. But I’m not feelin’ Mandy’s version AT ALL!
Why she did it? I ain’t hatin’.. But I don’t see any reason!
Dayum.. “Umbrella” was a HIT.. So why don’t dey leave it like dat!
Why do all dem cover versions?!
She really messed it up.. Sorry!

after reading these comments i could care less about the songs i just am surprised so many black women watch them crazy shoes on mtv not a race thing but from an entertaining one i don’t see how y’all stomach watching them shows.

after reading these comments i could care less about the songs i just am surprised so many black women watch them crazy shows on mtv not a race thing but from an entertaining point of view i don’t see how y’all stomach watching them shows.

Straight Up Racism lol

“If it wasn’t for white people you wouldn’t have THIS BLOG and WE black people wouldn’t have the INTERNET.”
@ #245 you cannot prove that.

Paris respects black people too. did u know that?
now stfu.

You obviously didn’t READ THE COMMENTS. IT WAS FOR A PEPSI SMASH YAHOO THING THEY ALWAYS HAVE ARTISTS COVER OTHER PEOPLE SONGS
THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. MANDY CREDITED RIHANNA THE ENTIRE TIME SHE PERFORMED AS WELL AS OTHER ARTISTS
JOE COVERED CARRIE UNDERWOOD BEFORE HE CHEATS

THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR BRITNEY SPEARS>

PLEASE READ THE DAMN COMMENTS

I like the ballad style of Mandy’s version but the echoing background vocals sounded kinda off rhythm at times. sounded like two songs were playing…so imma vote for Rhianna

LOL, this is so crazy cause when I seen this post and heard Mandy Moore’s Version, I instantly thought of that scene in Dreamgirls… “Baught me a cadilac, cadilac, cadilac… baught me a cadilac car…” Now I have to say, I’m part white and I defenitly do not like mandy moore’s version. How the hell do you even TRY to change an uptempo song like Umbrella and SLOW it down to half speed, throw a guitar in the background and call it yours. I hope this was a joke…. Mandy Moore needs to go back to her “CANDY” days, she did sound ok on that song atleast. Rhianna sounds like an individual on Umbrella, but Mandy, sounds exactly like what she’s doin, being an copy cat. Man, I can’t stop thinkin about that part in dream girls… now I see it still goes on today. Some things will NEVER change…

Another Voice,
Andrew

u know what? most of y’all want to be tolerated, but u’re intolerant against everything, which does not fit into your opinion….

we’re living in the year 2007 and the only thing you can think about is black and white…

@ 268 I think LC is right bc in the preview when Jason & LC was having dinner did you hear Heidi say “prob they’re into some making movie action 2night”..even in the show it seemed like Spencer controls the relationship bc he told Heidi to step to LC

and rihanna’s version is better

i hope it’s ok that i like rihannas version, because i’m white

#278 You obviously didn’t READ THE COMMENTS. IT WAS FOR A PEPSI SMASH YAHOO THING THEY ALWAYS HAVE ARTISTS COVER OTHER PEOPLE SONGS
THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. MANDY CREDITED RIHANNA THE ENTIRE TIME SHE PERFORMED AS WELL AS OTHER ARTISTS
JOE COVERED CARRIE UNDERWOOD BEFORE HE CHEATS

THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR BRITNEY SPEARS>

PLEASE READ THE DAMN COMMENTS

PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS
THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BRITNEY SPEARS
THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BRITNEY SPEARS
THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BRITNEY SPEARS
MANDY DID IT FOR PEPSI SMASH
THEY ALWAYS HAVE ARTISTS COVER OTHER SONGS WHILE THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS VIDEO PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND
THEY HAD JOE SINGING BEFORE HE CHEATS BY CARRIE UNDERWOOD
PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE COMMENTING
SO YOU WON”T MAKE AN ASS OF YOUR SELF.

What irks me so much about this entire thread is the fact that Brian did make this a white and black issue when it didn’t need to be. Yes white people do steal from black people and try to act like its their own but in this particular case, why bring that up just because a white girl chose to sing a rendition of Umbrella? He’s acting like white people shouldn’t be singing Umbrella just cuz a black girl sung it first.

First off its a pop song so it will appeal to anyone. Second the song was meant for a white person regardless. If a white person wants to cover the song, then who cares? Music is universal, white people could sing it if they want. White people are singing the song all the time, so is that such a bad thing? And if a white person wants to post it on youtube singing the song, is that wrong too? Def Jam wants white people singing Umbrella. Heck they want white people, black people, spanish, asian and all sorts of people singing the song. Thats what makes a song a hit - if everyone likes it. Its like Brian is saying that white people shouldn’t be singing Umbrella or sing a cover of it just because a black person sung it first. And thats what pisses me off, because its racist. Its a pop song - anyone can sing it and sing their rendition of it if they want.

It doesn’t mean that Mandy Moore is stealing it from Rihanna. Heck I don’t even like Mandy Moore’s version of it but if she wants to cover it then why not? Especially since it was for a Yahoo thing that asks artists to sing a cover of songs that they like or is somewhat popular.

fuck mandy moore, its rihanna hands down!

Wow Marie Digby version is so good. I still prefer Rihanna and haven’t change my mind about Mandy (too bad).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-rIC0Mn_s

It took me a while to like the song when I first heard Rhianna sing it, especially the umbrella ella ella eh eh eh bit. Listened to Mandy’s version and felt it lacked something but then listened to Marie Digby’s version and I quite liked that too. But prefer Rhianna’s to be honest. In this instance I felt Brian’s comments were not applicable.

yo I hate this damn song its that ella ella ella part its annoying

This sounds like pur egarbage compared to Ri ri…and i love Mandy Moore. It reminds me of the time Alanis Morisette redid My Humps, like this can only be a joke cuz its not gud

with all that was said couldn’t manDy come up with some other shit though?
what’s the point of a cover song?
is she still making music?
is this supposedly her come back song?

when i hear this song i can’t help but think about the many Old White America that must love this song.

I also hated how madonna “covered” Marvin Gaye (I want you).
some songs should just be left alone plain and simple.

I happen to think Mandy Moores version sounds nice, certainly alot nicer than i anticipated.
. I certainly dont think she was singing with the hope that it will do better than Rhiana’s version. Just a cover of a song she likes and there is room for both just a matter of people’s preference

“If it wasn’t for white people you wouldn’t have THIS BLOG and WE black people wouldn’t have the INTERNET.”

WOOOW some of you are def in the mentality of everything a white person does we need to be grateful for and love..

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