The title track is poignant and contemplative, but resolutely unpretty too.
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They look genuine, which is to say they look intensely unpretty.
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That's where the songs "Unpretty" and "Dear Lie" came from: my poems.
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Or it could be an unpretty nightmare like the glass-backed iPhone 4.
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Watching The Sopranos in 2019, I was struck by how unpretty it is.
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Makkai is shrewd about the unpretty manner in which reality TV is made.
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His voice was grainy and unpretty, with a Florida drawl that he never hid.
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His voice was grainy and unpretty, with a Florida drawl that he proudly displayed.
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Cara credits Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" and TLC's "Unpretty" as sources of inspiration for the record.
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When "Mayerling" was new, ballet audiences had never seen duets of such sustained, unpretty sexual intensity.
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Its animation is soot-tinged and static, with the unpretty, distressed look of an alternative graphic novel.
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The romantic imagery collected in Dronescapes doesn't reflect the decidedly unpretty purposes to which most drones are put.
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In the 1948 classic "The Red Shoes" even the most unpretty parts of the process were made beautiful.
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"FATHER OF THE YEAR" opens with unpretty views of a trailer park and a grungy, longhaired David Spade slinking about.
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The video for "Unpretty," which won a Grammy in 2000, focuses on the ugliness of this kind of obsessive self-improvement.
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"It should feel ritualistic, but in a broken way," Mr. Nally said of the singing at one point — immaculate, yet unpretty.
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The year "Unpretty" was released, the number of cosmetic surgery procedures jumped 66% from the previous year to reach an all-time high.
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The visuals are distinctly unpretty, even if you're not one of the many players that turns down everything except draw distance for competitive reasons.
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Wouldn't it be wild if we were suddenly allowed to be unpretty, unglamorous, not-rich — in short, imperfect — and still be deemed interesting enough to read about?
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As certain victory in the courtroom slips further out of her grasp, a new trial takes shape in the media, one intent on convicting Marcia Clark of being unpretty.
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Darulaman Palace is a lot more than an unpretty face, a result of its last four dissolute decades: It encompasses the sweep of almost nine decades of Afghan history.
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Whether they are characters she's created or her own experiences she's re-telling, Olsen lets us see the sometimes unpretty and contradictory aspects of humanity, especially when it involves love.
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Before she started releasing a streak of No. 1 hits in South Korea, including "Star" and "Don't Know You," she competed on the TV show "Unpretty Rapstar 2" and finished a semifinalist.
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Just as Naomi Wolf's searing critique of sexist consumer culture, The Beauty Myth, seems as relevant today as it was when it debuted in 1990, the messages in "Unpretty" are all too prescient.
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The setting is modern Moscow and its environs, and much of the action takes place in the scrubby, unpretty half-world, neither town nor country, that Zvyagintsev has staked out as his patch.
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Her helpless whimper is downright brutal to hear as this girl, who already feels unpretty and unlike other girls her age, is being forced to lose yet another thing that helps her feel normal.
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The group behind "Unpretty" — the feminist anthem our generation still needs — was asked by comedian Paul F. Tompkins whether TLC had chilled on their disdain for scrubs since their song was released in 1999.
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Mr. Paxton's uncompromising and unpretty toughness, his stark objectivity about showing basic qualities and facts of movement in new lights, were fully as momentous as — and more haunting than — anything Mr. Baryshnikov showed that evening.
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I've tried different ways but it's all the sameAt the end of the day I have myself to blame"Unpretty" was the second single off TLC's third studio album, Fanmail, and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
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Sympathetic teenage girls who are angry and spiky and aggressively unpretty are rare enough in pop culture; for one to come along only to serve primarily as a symbol of the past along her dull male friend's path to enlightenment adds insult to injury.
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The story of Lee Israel is easily forgotten because it reminds us too much of the ugly truth: that women who are deemed unpretty or who live life in bigger bodies are often passed over, their talent and ideas ignored unless they are costumed in a glamorous alternative narrative.
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Singing about loving yourself the way that you are (the essence of "Unpretty") or demanding higher standards from men ("No Scrubs") stood in stark contrast to the underage boy-candy image of another newly minted pop star from that era: Britney Spears, who sparred with TLC on the charts that year.
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"Moonshadow" showed viewers a flip side — a human side, an unpretty side — to Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), who was wallowing in an alcohol-fueled spiral: He bloodied up Rebecca's bandmate/ex-boyfriend Ben (Sam Trammell) before her big gig, which Rebecca decided to cancel, especially after Ben had misread the situation and tried to kiss her moments before Jack arrived.
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TLC digs in:You can buy your hair if it don't growYou can fix your nose if he says soYou can buy all the makeup that MAC can makeBut if you can't look inside youFind out who am I tooBe in the position to make me feel soDamn unprettyI'll make you feel unpretty tooWhile the shilling of hair extensions, plastic surgery, and makeup contribute to the beauty industrial complex, the expectation to invest in these aesthetic tweaks also creates a significant economic handicap for women.
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Yuk Ji-dam ((), sometimes known as Jidam () or Yukji (); born March 10, 1997) is a South Korean rapper from Daegu. She gained popularity with her participation on the Hip Hop TV competitions Show Me The Money and Unpretty Rapstar. She returned to Unpretty Rapstar 3 as a contestant.
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Unpretty Rapstar 2 () is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. It is the second season of Unpretty Rapstar, which premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E. It is a spin-off of Show Me the Money.
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The song has been covered by many artists,"I Feel Pretty", SecondHandSongs.com, accessed February 12, 2016 including Annie Ross and Julie Andrews. Little Richard covered the song as part of the 1996 RCA Victor tribute album The Songs of West Side Story."The Songs Of West Side Story", Amazon, accessed March 25, 2017 The song was mashed up with the song "Unpretty" by TLC in a Glee episode to create "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty", a duet that attempts to show the irony in people feeling pretty on the outside but unpretty on the inside.
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From January to March 2015, Jessi was part of the first season of Unpretty Rapstar, a spin-off of the program Show Me The Money. Unpretty Rapstar is a female rapper survival program, where contestants compete for the chance to be featured on tracks in a compilation album. Jessi was chosen as the second-place winner of the show by audience vote. After her appearance on Unpretty Rapstar, Jessi was featured in JYP's single "Who's Your Mama?" and its music video, which were both released in April 2015.
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Unpretty Rapstar 3 () is a 2016 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. It is the third season of Unpretty Rapstar, which premiered in January 2015 on Mnet as a spin-off of Show Me the Money. The show was hosted by rapper and producer YDG, and the winner of it was Giant Pink.
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In early 2015, Shin was part of the variety show Unpretty Rapstar, a spin-off of Show Me The Money. Unpretty Rapstar is a female rappers survival program. The show consists of a single-elimination competition through rap performances. During the show, Shin released a few collaboration singles, such as "T4SA" with MC Meta and Nuck.
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Unpretty Rapstar (Hangul: 언프리티 랩스타) is a South Korean rap competition TV show, known as a female counterpart of Show Me The Money.
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Kim participated in the reality show Unpretty Rapstar 2 as a contestant starting with episode 6. Kim was also a contestant on The Unit.
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Jessi's first live performance in the US was held on October 16. She performed at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles with hip-hop duo Mighty Mouth as her opening act. When Unpretty Rapstar 2 aired, Jessi appeared in several episodes as a mentor. She and Cheetah, the winner of the previous season, were also featured in Unpretty Rapstar 2 tracks produced by Verbal Jint.
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In 2014, Cheetah released her first EP, called Cheetah Itself. The mini-album showcased her powerful rap and drew attention to her talent as a solo artist. The album aided in placing her on the contestant roster for the rap survival spin-off of Show Me The Money, Unpretty Rapstar. In early 2015, Cheetah was revealed to be one of the contestants on the TV show Unpretty Rapstar.
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"Unpretty" is a song by American recording group TLC. It was produced by Dallas Austin and co-written by Austin and TLC member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins for the band's third studio album FanMail (1999). Austin helped Watkins adapt the poem into an empowering song for their female fan base to overcome feelings of physical inadequacy after watching an episode of Ricki Lake. "Unpretty" was the second single released from FanMail.
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High School Rapper (Hangul: 고등래퍼) is a South Korean survival hip-hop TV show, known as a students of high school counterpart of Show Me The Money and Unpretty Rapstar.
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Sharon Carter Rogers is a pseudonym for Mike Nappa, an award-winning thriller novelist active in the Christian suspense genre of books. Nappa authored the critically acclaimed thrillers, Sinner, Unpretty, and Drift.
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In September 2015, it was announced that Yezi was part of the lineup of Mnet's Unpretty Rapstar 2. The show is the second season of the television series, Unpretty Rapstar, a competition for female rappers. She was initially disliked by viewers because she kept asking others to repeat themselves; it was later revealed she told Mnet staff her hearing is "not that good". She then criticized the show's producers in her freestyle rap, which was edited out and not broadcast.
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On September 24, 2015, it was revealed that Jiyoon will join Unpretty Rapstar Season 2. During Unpretty Rapstar, Jiyoon released a solo song featuring Jung Il-hoon called "This Ain’t Me" during the semifinals. On 13 June 2016, Cube Entertainment announced that 4Minute decided to disband and the members, excluding HyunA, were still in discussion on whether they will renew their contracts. On 15 June 2016, Cube Entertainment official announced that Jihyun, Gayoon, Jiyoon and Sohyun's contracts had expired and they decided not to renew their contracts.
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Jeon during Unpretty Rapstar in 2016. In January 2016, Jeon appeared as a representative trainee for Cube Entertainment in the first season of the girl group survival show, Produce 101. She remained a popular contestant throughout the show's run, peaking at 10th place on the fifth episode. However, she ranked at number 20 on the last episode and failed to become a member of the winning girl group, I.O.I. In July 2016, Jeon appeared as a contestant in the third season of the rap competition show Unpretty Rapstar.
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Started in 2012, hip hop audition programs such as Show Me the Money, Unpretty Rapstar, and High School Rapper became widely popular in Korea. SMTM is an audition program for amateur and professional rappers in which top 16 rappers divide into 4 teams and compete to be the final winner. Unpretty Rapstar is a female counterpart of SMTM and High school Rapper is a high school version of SMTM. As of June 2019, SMTM has had seven seasons and will be airing its eighth season in August 2019.
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After gaining recognition for her vocal performance in the episode, she appeared in various music videos for media artists, such as in TLC's "Unpretty". Villalon also had a small appearance as an extra in the movie Sorority Boys.
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Euna Kim (; born October 27, 1994), is a Korean American singer and rapper based in South Korea. She appeared as a contestant on the South Korean survival reality shows Superstar K 3 (2011), Unpretty Rapstar 3 (2016), and The Unit (2017).
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According to Amazon.com, Rogers first book, Sinner, was named a finalist in the National Best Books 2007 Awards. Rogers' second novel, Unpretty, reached an Amazon.com top 50 ranking in the Religious Fiction / Mystery category when it first released in September 2008.
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Kim Bo-mi (Korean: 김보미; born July 27, 1990), better known by her stage name, KittiB (Korean: 키디비), is a South Korean hip hop artist signed to Brand New Music. She was the first runner-up in TV music competition Unpretty Rapstar 2.
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Gil Mi-hyun (Hangul: 길미현, born April 10, 1983), known by the stage name Gilme (길미), is a South Korean singer and member of Clover. She was a contestant on Unpretty Rapstar 2. She released her debut album, Love Actually, on July 29, 2010.
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Peak chart positions for season 2 singles in Canada: "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty", "Born This Way", and "Somewhere Only We Know": It was followed by "Born This Way" and "Somewhere Only We Know", which debuted at number thirty-one and fifty-two on the charts, respectively.
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Kim So-yeon (born October 6, 1995), known by the stage name Kassy (케이시), is a South Korean singer. She debuted in 2015 and competed on the survival reality show Unpretty Rapstar 3 in 2016. She has since released the extended plays, I Want Love (2018) and Rewind (2019).
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Park Yun-ha (; born April 23, 1991), better known by her stage name Giant Pink, is a South Korean rapper. She was the winner of hip-hop competition show Unpretty Rapstar 3, and she is currently a member of the hip-hop label AIKM (All I Know Music) under SM Entertainment.
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Jo Hye-ryung (; born January 20, 1994), also known by her stage name Kisum (), is a South Korean rapper and actress. In 2015, Kisum competed on the first season of the variety show Unpretty Rapstar. She had previously competed in season three of variety show, Show Me the Money 3.
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Jang Da-hye (; born August 9, 1991), better known by her stage name Heize, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and composer currently signed to P Nation. After making her debut in 2014 with the EP Heize, she gained attention after appearing on the second season of South Korean reality show Unpretty Rapstar.
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In 2015, Unpretty Rapstar was released as a spin-off of Show Me the Money. This music competition focused on female rappers including Season 1 runner-up Jessi, who the following year starred in KBS 2TV Sister's Slam Dunk. It also featured Tymee who is known to be the fastest female rapper in Korea.
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Exy participated in the reality survival rap program, Unpretty Rapstar 2 in 2015. Exy collaborated with Crucial Star on the single "쓸어버려", released on September 1, 2015. She then released her first solo single "Gettin' Em" on November 10, 2015. Exy was cast in the television series The Flatterer, playing as Saerim in the series.
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All but "Barbra Streisand" were released as digital singles for the episode. "Somewhere Only We Know" was included on the series' seventh soundtrack, Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers, and "As If We Never Said Goodbye", "Born This Way" and "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty" were included on the series' eighth soundtrack, Glee: The Music, Volume 6.
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Kim Eun-young (born May 25, 1990), known by her stage name Cheetah (), is a South Korean rapper. Cheetah rose to fame as the winner on the TV competition Unpretty Rapstar. She debuted in 2010 with the song "Stop (Money Can't Buy Me Love)" as a part of the duo Blacklist and is currently signed under C9 Entertainment.
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In March 2015, Cheetah was reported as preparing for a new album, to be released later in the year. Cheetah released her first single since appearing on Unpretty Rapstar. The song My Number was released on August 2, 2015. In October 2015 Cheetah collaborated with Kim Junsu on his EP and featured in the track Midnight Show.
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She also studied Chinese for four years. In September 2014, she participated in the Cube Star World Audition in Thailand and came to Korea in 2015. On March 23, 2016, Minnie was revealed to the public though Cube trainee official Instagram. On November 5, she was featured in Jeon So-yeon's performance stage at Unpretty Rapstar 3 concert.
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Unpretty Rapstar 1 () is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. The show, a spin-off of Show Me the Money, premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E. In August 2015, it was confirmed that the show would begin airing its second season on September 11, 2015.
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The original album version samples the Donna Summer song "Love to Love You Baby". Later pressings of the album removed the sample, shortening the song's length by a minute. The song also used a sample by American funk band War's 1972 song "Slippin' Into Darkness". Lopes' rap verse was included in the uncut version of the "Unpretty" music video.
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Heize made her debut in 2014 with her EP Heize, which included a total of six songs. Heize took part in Mnet's reality rap show Unpretty Rapstar but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Nevertheless, her appearance brought her attention as a singer. Heize released her second EP And July in 2016, and it eventually peaked at 34 at the Gaon Music Chart.
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In August, Hyolyn was confirmed to join the second season of Unpretty Rapstar. On 1 August, Sistar performed in Los Angeles, California at 2015 KCON. On 14 August, they performed at The 70th Independence Day of the Republic of Korea, their home country. On 7 September, Hyolyn released a free single, "The Wall Destroyer" featuring one of Eluphant's member, Keebee.
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Hyolyn released her Unpretty Rapstar's semi finals track "My Love" featuring Basick on November 6, 2015. She finished the show in third place. On December 14, Hyolyn, Jooyoung, and Bumkey collaborated with producing team Da Internz on the song "Love Line". On December 16, she released an OST for the movie The Little Prince called "Turnaround", along with an accompanying music video.
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Several of the cover versions featured debuted on numerous musical charts. The show's rendition of "Born This Way" debuted at number forty-four on the Billboard Hot 100, on an issue dated for May 4, 2011. It sold 73,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release as a digitally downloadable single.Peak chart positions for season 2 singles in the United States: "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty", "As If We Never Said Goodbye", "Born This Way", and "Somewhere Only We Know" The mash-up of "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty" was the highest charted single featured in the episode, debuting at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number thirteen on the Digital 100 charts and sold 112,000 digital downloads in the United States in its first week of release.
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Lee Se-rin (born April 17, 1993), known by the stage name Kasper, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and YouTuber. She is best known as a contestant of Show Me the Money 4, Unpretty Rapstar 2, and as a former member of co-ed hip-hop group Play the Siren. She debuted as a solo artist with her debut single, "Lean on Me", in January 2017.
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In 2015 he appeared as a contestant on Mnet television rap contest Show Me the Money 4. He was eliminated in the preliminary round after forgetting his lyrics. In October 2015, Crucial Star's agency published a statement announcing that he and Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestant Heize were in a relationship. A week after this announcement, it was reported that they had broken up several months prior.
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Paul Hunter directed the music video for "Unpretty", which was filmed in June 1999 in Valencia, California, and cost over $1.6 million to make. The group's official YouTube channel contains a shortened version of the video, released to an all-ages audience (as "Children's Version"), that removes both Watkins and Lopes' solo storylines, due to some of the scenes being considered as too explicit.
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Lee Ye-ji (born August 26, 1994), better known by her stage name Yezi, is a South Korean rapper and singer. She debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Fiestar in 2012. Yezi was a semi-finalist on Unpretty Rapstar 2 in 2015, during which she released several singles. Her debut solo maxi single, Foresight Dream, was released on January 28, 2016.
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It was produced by Rhymer of Brand New Music and features San E, one of the judges on Unpretty Rapstar. Her debut maxi single, Foresight Dream, was released on January 28, 2016. It was produced by Rhymer and has four songs, including "Cider", which was promoted on various music shows. Another song, "Sse Sse Sse", features fellow contestants Gilme, KittiB and Ahn Soo-min.
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"Dear Lie" is a song by American group TLC. It was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and band member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins for the trio's third studio album FanMail (1999), featuring production by Edmonds. The song was released as the album's third and final single in November 1999 in the United States following "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty". "Dear Lie" is included on We Love TLC.
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The song consisted of a sneaking bassline, vocal stutters, and glitches similar to that of dial-up Internet. However, in contrast to the album's dominating technological sound, "Unpretty" is an alternative pop song that describes the insecurity caused by body-shaming. The song was inspired by a poem written by Watkins. "Communicate (Interlude)" establishes the connection between the thoughts and feelings of people nearby through technology.
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The musical performances and cover versions in the episode received generally positive commentary. Gonzalez stated that she loved the song choices, and Meghan Brown of The Atlantic felt that this episode carried the best selection of music of a Glee episode in a long time. Flandez commended that they are "tailored songs that carried emotional heft". Critics mostly reacted with acclaim for the mash-up of "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty".
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The competition notably included Lucky J member Jessi, k-pop girl group rapper AOA's Jimin, and other underground female rappers. In the show's finale, Cheetah was announced as the winner. Since her rise in popularity from her appearance and win on Unpretty Rapstar, Cheetah has also appeared in multiple endorsements and fashion spreads. The rapper also participated in designing and releasing a fashion line in collaboration with Push Button.
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Yezi was not well known as a member of Fiestar, and had significantly more public recognition after Unpretty Rapstar. She stated: "Before the show, people were like 'I think I saw her somewhere', but now people recognize me immediately, even if I'm not wearing my performance clothes." Her fans appreciated her "fierce" rapping style and "bad girl" image. Yezi pre-released a new version of "Crazy Dog" on December 11, 2015.
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In Ireland, two of the songs debuted on the Irish Singles Charts on an issue dated May 5, 2011. The mash-up peaked at number thirty-seven, while the cover version of "Somewhere Only We Know" trailed behind at number forty-seven. On May 6, three of the singles appeared on the Canadian Hot 100. The "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty" mash-up peaked the highest out of all the singles, debuting at twenty-eight.
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Shin Ji-min (; born January 8, 1991), better known mononymously as Jimin, is a South Korean former rapper and singer. She was the leader and main rapper of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment. In 2015, Jimin was a semi-finalist in the first season of Unpretty Rapstar. During the show, she released several successful collaboration singles, most notably "Good Start" (with Seulong) and "Puss" (with Iron).
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Follow-up single "Unpretty" also topped the Billboard Hot 100, spending three weeks at number one and placing at number 20 on the Year-End Hot 100. Originally, "Shout" was planned to be a single in the United States, while "Dear Lie" would be a single internationally, but only the latter would end up being released as a single with an accompanying music video. It peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Several artists joined Brand New Music in 2015, including Eluphant, MC Gree, Pretty Brown, and Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestant KittiB. Brand New Music released its fourth label collaboration, "Heat It Up" in December. The song featured San E, Verbal Jint, Bumkey, Hanhae, Kanto, Kang Min Hee, Yang Da Il and Candle. 2016 saw new additions to the label including the Esbee, Chancellor, and actor Yang Dong- geun who raps under the name YDG.
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Zico at KCON 2015 in Los Angeles On February 13, 2015, Zico released "Well Done", his second single, featuring Ja Mezz. In March, he provided the soundtrack for Beyond Closet's 2015 S/S runway at New York Fashion Week. He also graduated from the Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts with a bachelor's degree. February 2015 also saw Zico join the cast of the female rap competition show Unpretty Rapstar for the second episode, as a producer.
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KittiB debuted in 2012 with the single, "I'm Her," which featured R&B; singer Zion.T. In 2015, she appeared on TV rap competition Unpretty Rapstar 2, where she ultimately placed second overall. Following the show's finale, she signed a contract with hip hop label Brand New Music. In April 2016, she appeared as a producer on JTBC's rap competition show, Tribe of Hip Hop, which pairs rappers with non-rapper celebrities to teach them hip-hop.
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Its lyrical content is related to self-esteem and body-image concerns; the song received comparisons to "Beautiful" by American recording artist Christina Aguilera and "Unpretty" by American girl group TLC. "It Ain't Easy", the album's seventh track, is an electro and R&B; song backed by a guitar riff, drums and keys. It is reminiscent of that heard on "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode. Lyrically, "It Ain't Easy" is about the Sugababes as people and balancing their lives with their careers.
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Home Run first appears briefly on Misha B's debut mixtape Why Hello World which was released for free download on 27 April. which became BBC Radio 1Xtra's mixtape of the week, the following week. The mixtape features a collection of original material including samples of original songs – "Big Dreaming", "Last Forever" and "Home Run" (plus covers of "Rolling in the Deep", "Mirror", "Unpretty", "Run the World", "Crew Love" and "Climax"). The mixtape received positive reviews and gained over 16,000 downloads and 25,000 streams.
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In July 2016, she participated in Unpretty Rapstar 3, losing out to Giant Pink in the finals. In December 2016 NaDa released her first digital single "Seorae Village" (마을 마을), her latest release as a member of the group. In 2017 Sujin participated in dramas The Happy Loner as Park Yeon-hee, Introverted Boss as Mi Bae, and Lingerie Girls’ Generation as Kim Eon-Joo. On March 6, 2017 Nari made a participation in the song "Sorry cause I’m young", on 14th album from Yoo Se-yoon.
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The first season of SMTM began airing on June 22, 2012 and was hosted by Eun Ji-won of the K-pop group Sechs Kies. The season paired experienced rappers Double K, Verbal Jint, 45RPM, MC Sniper, Miryo, Hoony Hoon, Joosuc, and Garion with rookie rappers. Notable contestants included Cheetah, one of the show's few female rappers, who would later become the winner of the first season of SMTM spin-off, Unpretty Rapstar. Rookie rapper Loco, under the mentorship of Double K, won the competition and went on to sign with hip hop label AOMG.
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"Bella" peaked at number one for three weeks on the Hot Latin Songs, and also reached the top for seven weeks on the Latin Pop Songs. The original English version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States for two weeks behind "Unpretty" by TLC, and was listed at number fifty-two on the year-end chart of 1999. It was certified Gold for selling over 500,000 copies. "She's All I Ever Had" also peaked inside top ten in Canada, New Zealand and Finland.
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The album was re-released as a double vinyl LP in November 2019 with the following additional tracks, all of which are cover versions, # "The Book Of Right On" # "That's What You Get Girl" # "Unpretty" # "I Can Only Give You Everything" # "I Just Want Someone To Fall In Love With" Ged Babey of Louder Than War awarded the re-release 10/10 and wrote "I’d say that this is ‘re-issue of the year’, even though its only seven years old, it sounds better now than the day it came out".
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Unpretty Rapstar has had 3 seasons from 2015 and High School Rapper has had 3 seasons from 2017. These reality competition shows are produced by Mnet, Korea's largest cable music channel operated under CJ Entertainment & Media (CJ E&M;), an entertainment and media conglomerate. These TV shows changed the notion of underground and overground hip hop music in Korea. Before the show, musicians who signed with major labels and frequently appeared on TV were considered overground rappers while ones who performed on small stages and worked independently were recognized as underground rappers.
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American R&B; girl group TLC has released five studio albums, 13 compilation albums, six video albums, 25 singles (including four as a featured artist), 11 promotional singles, and 24 music videos. They have attained four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty". The group have certified shipping of 23 million albums and 6.5 million singles in the United States. In 2008, the group was inducted into the All Time Hot 100 Artist Hall of Fame by Billboard magazine at 56th place.
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As of March 2015, it remains the ninth best-selling Glee Cast recording in the show's history, having sold 413,000 copies in the United States. In Canada, the song made a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 12, selling 14,000 downloads. The song peaked at #35 on the UK Singles Chart, the first Glee recording to make the UK top 40 since "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty". Country musician David Nail recorded a cover of "Someone like You", which was posted on his YouTube account on 15 May 2012.
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TLC is an American girl group whose original line-up consisted of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Crystal Jones. Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991, the group enjoyed success during the 1990s. After the addition of Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, they scored nine top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number-one singles "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs", and "Unpretty". The group also recorded four multi-platinum albums, including CrazySexyCool (1994), which received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Titled FanMail, the album was released in February 1999, another critical and commercial success. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified six-time platinum by the RIAA for six million copies shipped in the United States; worldwide sales exceed 14 million copies. "No Scrubs" was released as the lead single and became a worldwide hit, topping the singles charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States. The album's second single, "Unpretty", became TLC's fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The first mission in all seasons of Unpretty Rapstar was contestants collaborating with judges, producers, and fellow contestants to create a music video for an original rap song. The video is mostly filmed in one unedited take, and the rappers must also write and arrange the song. After the filming of the music video for the song is complete, the rappers vote for who did the best and worst, in a fully disclosed process. The winner of the mission receives an advantage for the next challenge or the next part of the track missions.
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She became the rapper of the group, which debuted with an album entitled "Your Story" in March 2006. Brown Eyed Girls eventually achieved mainstream success in 2009 with their hit song Abracadabra, which was followed up by their equally acclaimed song "Sixth Sense" in 2011. In 2012, Miryo appeared as a producer on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money, and was the only female judge. During the show she mentored Cheetah, who went on to win the first season of Unpretty Rapstar three years later.
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Soyeon was a female trainee who represented Cube Entertainment in the survival show Produce 101, peaking at 10th place on the fifth episode. however, she did not become a member of the winning girl group, I.O.I. Soyeon also competed in the third season of the rap competition show Unpretty Rapstar, where she finished as the second runner-up. She later debuted as a soloist, releasing two digital singles: "Jelly" and "Idle Song". Miyeon had previously trained under YG Entertainment between 2010 and 2015, leaving the company after unknown complications regarding her debut.
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272x272px On January 13, it was revealed that Hyolyn was to join MBC's I Am a Singer Season 3 as the first idol singer to feature on the show. She was the first contestant eliminated from the show but still impressed viewers with her song choices, especially her emotional rendition of Lee Sun-hee's classic ballad "Fate", which brought the audience to tears. On April 2, Hyolyn teamed up with her bandmate Soyou to cover K.Will's song "Growing" as Starship Entertainment's cover project. On August 17, it was revealed that Hyolyn was to join Unpretty Rapstar Season 2.
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On May 11, 2016, MBK Entertainment confirmed that she and Jung Chae-yeon had re-joined DIA. She has changed her stage name from Cathy to her real name (Huihyeon) since rejoining the group. On August 17, it was announced that Ki would be collaborating with I.O.I members Choi Yoo-jung and Jeon So-mi for the digital single, "Flower, Wind and You", which was produced by Boi B. She is the current leader of the group, starting from the promotions of the mini album Spell. In 2016, she also appeared on Mnet's rap survival program Unpretty Rapstar 3 as a contestant.
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Mnet (acronym of Music Network) is a South Korean pay television music channel owned by CJ E&M;, a division of CJ ENM, part of CJ Group. The CJ E&M; Center Studio located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul is the broadcast and recording centre of many Mnet programs with a studio audience, namely the live weekly music show M Countdown. It is also the venue for live performances in survival shows such as Superstar K, Show Me The Money, Unpretty Rapstar, Produce 101 series, Queendom and Road to Kingdom. Other shows are filmed in CJ E&M; Studio in Ilsan.
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During dance rehearsals for the upcoming Nationals competition, New Directions glee club co-captain Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) accidentally breaks Rachel Berry's (Lea Michele) nose. Her doctor (George Wyner) recommends septoplasty and elective rhinoplasty; Rachel considers modelling her nose after Finn's current girlfriend Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron), and the two girls duet on the mash-up "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty". Both Finn and Puck (Mark Salling) oppose her planned transformation. Puck tries to help her accept her nose as part of her Jewish heritage, and recruits Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), who convinces her to look to her idol Barbra Streisand, who refused to succumb to pressure to alter her nose.
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Jeon So-yeon (; born August 26, 1998), better known mononymously as Soyeon, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer signed to Cube Entertainment. She gained attention for competing in the television shows Produce 101 and Unpretty Rapstar before her solo debut on November 5, 2017 and later becoming the leader of the girl group (G)I-dle, in which she participates in writing and producing the majority of their songs, in May 2018. She is also part of SM Station X girl group project Station Young, and has portrayed League of Legends character Akali in the virtual musical groups K/DA and True Damage.
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" Rebecca Twomey of Marie Claire deemed it a "silky smooth love song," while Chris Younie of 4Music said that the "emotionally-charged, touching ballad ... may not be a typical Girls Aloud pop-dance banger, but trust us when we say it's still amazing." A NME critic said the track "ain't bad", concluded that it occupies "a similar lyrical space to Sugababes' 'Unpretty' rewrite 'Ugly', and a similar space in the canon to "Too Much" by the Spice Girls." However, Douglas Wolk of Pitchfork Media stated the song, "just drag the album [Ten] down... in particular, belongs on the same icky-valentine shelf as James Blunt's "You're Beautiful".
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Whether addressing AIDS in "Waterfalls" or > the struggle for female self-esteem in "Unpretty", they showed themselves > able to take serious issues to the top of the pop charts. TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time, with 85 million records sold worldwide, along with being the second best selling girl group worldwide, after the Spice Girls. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), TLC is the best-selling female singing group in American music history, with 22 million certified albums. Along with the Dixie Chicks, TLC is one of two female ensembles to receive the RIAA diamond award, which indicates sales of 10,000,000 copies.
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In 2017, High School Rapper launched its first season and became a huge success, bringing many young amateur rappers to the stardom. Many of the successful participants in High School Rapper signed with major hip hop labels exemplified by Haon of h1gher Music, Ash Island of Ambition Musik and Young B of Indigo Music. Unpretty Rapstar and High School Rapper enabled hip hop music to become one of the most popular music genres in Korea, especially among the younger generation. In 2016, the Korea Foundation cited Korean hip hop as a new trend in the Korean Wave, the term commonly used to refer to the recent spread of Korean pop culture throughout the world.
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20 is a compilation album by American girl group TLC. It was released on October 15, 2013, by Epic and LaFace Records, marking both the group's 20-plus year legacy in entertainment business and the release of their biographical VH1 original film, CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, which largely inspired the track listing for 20. Many of their hits are featured, including their four number-one singles: "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs", and "Unpretty", as well as "Meant to Be", a new track co-written by singer Ne-Yo. Most of the tracks are featured in the original radio format, like on their previous compilation album Now and Forever: The Hits, and "No Scrubs" is featured in its original radio version with an accompanying rap of Left Eye.
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She argues that her inner beauty and adoration for her religion should be seen as just as beautiful as any other woman's. Within Hip-Hop Feminism, there are many hip hop songs from the 1990s that become hip-hop feminist anthems. Artists and groups such as Queen Latifah, TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and many other performers. TLC had a few songs that constitute as feminist hip-hop such as "Unpretty" which addresses unrealistic beauty standards within our society as well as "No Scrubs" essentially explaining to women that they do not need a man in their lives in order to be independent and happy, including lines such as these "I'm not going to let you get away with sleazy actions just because you are a man".
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Watkins decided to begin writing poetry to deal with her emotions after being in and out of hospital after contracting sickle cell disease. She took her collection of poems to Austin, who helped her adapt one into the song "Unpretty", while another was adapted by Babyface into "Dear Lie". While writing and recording "I'm Good at Being Bad" in Minneapolis, Watkins had been inspired by grunge band Nirvana's loud and soft dynamic shifts in their discography, and wanted to create a song in a similar style for TLC. Jam encouraged her to hum the melody while he played the beat in the recording booth, which was unlike her usual process of listening to the beat and writing out the lyrics.
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On February 1, 2017, it was announced that Nada had officially left the group following a dispute with the company, after her earnings from participating in "Unpretty Rapstar" were instead taken by the company and applied to her pre- debut debt. After Nada asked the company to terminate her contract, they refused, resulting in Nada filing a lawsuit to forcibly terminate her contract. The company announced that the group would be coming back as a quartet composed of Nari, Jiae, Woojoo and Sujin, but did not make any statement regarding Dain and Jinju, leading to speculation that they had left as well. On February 2, it was announced that Dain and Jinju had also filed lawsuits to terminate their contracts, to which the company revealed that the group as a whole were still 500 million won in pre-debut debt.
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For fellow closeted character Santana, "Born This Way" set up the final three episodes of the season, which will increase focus on her love for her best friend Brittany. The episode additionally marked the first appearance of guest star Dr. Shane, "a very smart, cool and kind psychiatrist" who may become a recurring character. Other characters seen in "Born This Way" include glee club members Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), Sam Evans and Lauren Zizes, Kurt's boyfriend Blaine Anderson, school bully Azimio (James Earl), Principal Figgins, and Karofsky's father, Paul (Daniel Roebuck). In addition to "Born This Way", the other songs covered in the episode were Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from the musical Sunset Boulevard, a mash-up of "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story and "Unpretty" by TLC, "I've Gotta Be Me" from the musical Golden Rainbow, and Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand".
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Lai Kuanlin debuted in Wanna One in August 2017, and will be promoting with the group until December 2018. Meanwhile, Jeon So-yeon who participated in the first season of Produce 101 and Unpretty Rapstar debuted as a soloist in November 2017 with her song "Jelly". Jo Kwon of ballad group 2AM signed as a solo artist under the label in the same month, after staying for 16 years in JYP Entertainment. On November 14, Cube Entertainment released their third quarter earnings, with revenue growth of 15 percent from the second quarter 22 percent, largely due to the success of BtoB, HyunA and the growth of Pentagon and Yoo Seon-ho, video contents and other additional businesses. The same month, D’Live Co., the third-largest cable TV service provider that is seeking to sell its stakes in entertainment units iHQ Inc and Cube Entertainment Inc. Currently, D’Live owns a 45 percent stake in iHQ and a 30 percent in Cube Entertainment.
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She performed several songs, including a duet (with Lea Michele as Rachel Berry) of "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story and TLC's "Unpretty". The Observer named this the best Glee cover, praising Agron's "soft and comforting vocals" and saying that as "a cult favorite of Glee fans in 2020, this one deserves all the hype even outside the show's kitschy walls." Rolling Stone Erica Futterman said that as "a great pop/theater mash-up [it] reminds us of what Glee is at its heart"; it has been highly praised by other outlets and was voted the best Glee number in a 2011 TVLine fan vote elimination bracket, beating even "Don't Stop Believin'". As a costume lover, Agron said that the episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" and the "Thriller" performance were her "favorite moments", though she was the cause for a brief delay in filming of the latter number when she became ill in December 2010.
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