Errr... he's not even white.

To pick on Bruno Mars, of all artists, is a bit ridiculous. At least he has a great voice and is a great live performer, which is much more than can be said of a lot of pop stars.

shiiiit. sure everything is stitched together. that's the modern digital audio workstation (DAW).
What folks don't realize is that Anteres Autotune is THE standard in the studio. Every pop star and song gets their dose.
That, ultra compression on everything and ultra repetition in production, gone are the days of creamy analog bliss by good musicians, performing a well-written song actually written by the artists.
Now everything is done post-production, and Autotune is 'the sound' of today's pop. The writing is done by teams of "producers" who have mastered today's pop sound and format.

And then LAWYERS.
For hip hop, in the 2000's lawyers began suing the shit out of anyone who sampled old stuff. Today, an artist can use samples, but they must PAY quite a bit. So, only artists with labels behind them can AFFORD to sample. Hence, Bruno Mars can sample everything, and steal everything, then autotune the shit out of it. And wha-laa - he's got a super-produced, money-backed hit where his producers just copy the shit out of everyone.
And in the end, Bruno Mars is the P.F. Changs of music - white appropriation all-dressed up, pre-packaged and sold.

*promote Bruno Mars day job?

how did he not mention midnight star - "midas touch"?! i don't know anything about midnight star or bruno mars but 24K is clearly influenced by midas touch.


https://youtu.be/Hkp9f_CjEL4

A Bruno Mars collaboration would be divine! Never heard of Haim either. Thanks for the quality Newt

Who is "the Haim"? Never heard of them.
I wanna see Morris sing with Bruno Mars' band, they already sound quite a bit like the Time, and Bruno's backup singers definitely dance better than these.
Side note, did the hype man forget the cape, or is he saving it for the encore? What gives? At least he brought the mirror.
Totally reminds me of seeing Purple Rain at a theater in Oakland...the most appropriate place to see it, even though I was the only white boy in the audience (or maybe because).
*quality

Barack Obama - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) has been added as a related post - related requested by PlayhousePals on that post.

I can't stand Bruno Mars - no talent hack.
...but I like this one song because it targets the lazy in all of us.

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Where are the comments?

Because there are no words to describe the awesomeness of Leonard Nimoy! Just watch!