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Campus Features
Shakira is
far from
Latin pop
princess
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The Model United
CLASSIFIEDS
□ Shakira a la
Britney? Hardly.
She’s got talent,
she’s not into com
promising.
Lynda-Marih Taurasi
Music Columnist
1 have to admit, in 1999 I
was digging the Latin explo
sion, but after awhile even
Ricky Martin got tiresome.
Critics were bashing the
explosion by
saying that it
was a fad.
Even Jennifer
Lopez took the
hint and ran
under Hip-
Hop’s umbrel-
Musrc la-changing
Columnist her image and
Lynda-Marie even
Taurasi her name
to J. Lo.
When you thought it was
over, Shakira enters--Colum-
bia’s recent export who is surf
ing over the Latin explosion to
a pop/rock outlet nearest you.
This bilingual 24-year-old pur
posely waited until the Latin
phenomena lost its hype and
until her English was perfected
before making her debut. She
was so pt5pular in Latin Ameri
ca and Europe that before her
album came out in the states,
Pepsi Cola offered her an
endorsement. Before you saw
her on MTV, you saw her
appearing in TV spots.
Her video and single, “When
ever, Wherever” from her
American debut. Laundry Ser
vice, is beginning to be in
heavy to moderate rotation.
In her country, she was
called the Latin Madonna; in
the United Slates she is com
pared 10 Madonna
and Alanis Morissette.
Shakira refers to herself as
a fusion; She combines differ
ent cultures and music,
enabling her to cross over and
unite diiferent kinds of music
fan.s. Her music and style are
the child of a rock/pop and
international music (Arabic
and Latin) marriage.
Her belly dance routine puts
Britney Spears’ “Slave For
You” choreography back to a
beginner’s class and her assets
will make all men and comedi
ans alike forget about J. who?
Ladies will love the fact that
this chick can rock Just as hard
as any guy while staying
true to her femininity.
Although she is already
courting the corporate spon
sors, Shakira writes her own
music and lyrics. She does not
rely on an image coordinator to
create a new change, and she
actually has talent.
She does not compromise
her talent or sexuality for plat
inum albums. They just come
naturally. Laundry Servict
debuted at number 3 on the
Billboard Chart just
below Britney.
I don’t foresee this rocker
succumbing to the falsity and
shallowness of--dare 1 say...
well you should know who
I mean by now.
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