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2.2 ( 13 total votes )
Melanie Amaro - Respect
Producer: Stargate
Album: None (Promo Single)
Label: Epic Records
Time for a history lesson, readers. In 1965, the great Otis Redding, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, wrote and recorded a song entitled Respect. Two years later, in 1967, the equally great Aretha Franklin (the first female inductee to the R&R HOF) scooped up the record, changed its theme from male reverence to female empowerment, switched up the title to R-E-S-P-E-C-T and earned herself two Grammy awards. Now almost 45 years later, the record that Redding created and Franklin popularized is back in the mainstream thanks to The X Factor (U.S. Season 1) winner Melanie Amaro. Set to appear in Pepsi’s Super Bowl advertisement this Sunday, Amaro’s Respect is an upbeat club-ready affair produced by Stargate, which shares its sonic stylings from fellow mainstream-appealing pop acts like Jennifer Lopez and LMFAO. There is no set release date for Amaro’s forthcoming Epic Records debut album, but we’d imagine that this re-imagined version of Redding’s classic could go along way toward helping the young singer earn the respect she and her impressive upper register vocals deserve.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 8792 |
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I am not a huge fan of turning a classic R&B record into a booty-shaking club jam, but man can Amaro sing. I am not going to compare her to Mariah or Whitney - like the judges did during her season on The X Factor - but with the right writing and production team around her she can be a huge star.
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 966 |
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I agree with Z on his post. This is def a club anthem though, and she does have a good voice.
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2012 |
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In rotation, love her voice, hate remakes
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2012 |
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I enjoyed this track very much. I guess it's mostly the love for the original, but this was a very tasteful remake without taking away from the original and not straight up copying it either. Good work.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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I cant give this more than a three partially because of the reasons stated above. This is an amazing song, an amazing remix, but I just don't really want a Respect Remix...
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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Do not like this at all!
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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I am very partial to the original, but man can this girl belt out a tune. There are very few people who could pull this off and I think she just did. This will never be anything close to the original but it's just about the best you could expect from a modern rendition.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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Resident DJ  Total Ratings: 3098 |
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The beat is ok, dance club music, but she shouts. Annoying!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2012 |
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Wow really smh
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2012 |
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Pretty lame. Shouting doesn't equivalate to singing. This is an insult to the legendary Aretha Franklin and her classic song. It's unlistenable.
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2012 |
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Pretty lame. Shouting doesn't equivalate to singing. This is an insult to the legendary Aretha Franklin and her classic song. It's unlistenable.
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 17, 2012 |
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Hate it.
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| Posted on Mar 31, 2012 |
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