Jay-Z Called 'Overrated': Who Is the Most Overrated Music Star?
SLIDESHOW: Who Is the Most Overrated Music Star?
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z
It hasn't been a good week for Jay-Z. First, he lost Rolling Stone's "King of Hip-Hop" title to Eminem. Then, pop singer Sabrina said he was "overrated."
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Beyonce
Beyonce is both beautiful and talented … but comparing her to Michael Jackson is a stretch.
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Lady Gaga
Gaga is definitely original and she really can sing, but some critics say she's just a weirder version of Madonna.
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Rihanna
Rihanna is the queen of auto-tune, and sometimes it does sound like a robot is singing her songs.
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Jennifer Lopez
We love looking at J-Lo, but who decided she was a talented enough singer to judge "American Idol"?
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Taylor Swift
Critics have slammed Swift's live performances, including her duet with Stevie Nicks at the 2010 Grammys. However, we think she -- and her songs -- are very cute.
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Katy Perry
Perry knows how to have fun with a pop song, but sometimes we want to blow our brains out after listening to "California Gurls."
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Justin Bieber
The big question: Will Bieber still be popular when he's not a "Baby" anymore?
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1,297 votes
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First, he lost Rolling Stone's "King of Hip-Hop" title to Eminem. Then, pop singer Sabrina said he was "overrated."
(Full disclosure: We've never even heard of Sabrina, but apparently she wrote a song called "I Want to Shoot Lady Gaga.")
"I can tell you who I think is overrated," Sabrina told SOHH.com. "Jay-Z. Definitely. My fiance is a huge fan and he quotes lyrics and I'm just like, 'Dude, that's not even smart.'
"I miss his old stuff," she continued. "[I saw] videos of him when he was just starting, when he wasn't really well-known and he can really rap. I didn't realize he could. He always sings off beat, you know? He can really rap but I just wish he could go back to that style that he first started out with. That was hot. What he does now, I don't feel it at all -- I really don't feel him at all."
Whoa -- she really didn't mince words.
But Jay-Z is not the only music mogul who seems a bit, well, over-hyped lately. The rapper recently compared his wife, Beyonce, to the late Michael Jackson, which had some people crying foul.
Click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most overrated music star?
Top Opinion
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lawlerskates 2011/08/18 18:16:24Beyonce
+16I'm so over Beyonce and her "girl power" bull crap. Her marriage to Jay-Z was a complete and utter business decision. That video is the worst music I've ever seen....whoever produced that or thought it was good is a fool.
Gaga is just a publicity-seeking attention whore, she sings with multiple pre-recorded vocal tracks at the same time, and writes horrible, shallow, unintelligent lyrics that are irrelivent. OR she rips off madonna and gets credited as 'original, eccentric, and revolutionary'.
Metal for life \m/
Like who?
And it's not generic.
She does NOT sound the same as Justin Bieber, Rihanna or Taylor Swift.
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She's the modern day madonna.
And, am I the only one that notices the influences in her music videos and music?
She uses a ton of House, Electronic, SOME goth influence (mostly in videos like Alejandro). I haven't seen Taylor Swift do that.
And I can totally tell the difference between Rihanna and Lady Gaga on the radio, the music is really different.
Then again, people don't seem to get bored. I wish I had known it were that easy to be a popular musician before.
Lady Gaga at least has a bit of integrity.
Beyonce and Taylor Swift would have to be closer to the bottom.
I listen to Indie Rock. So I'm actually a pretentious prick who thinks all of these are over rated. Too Mainstream for me.
BLERGH KESHA...she is soooooooooooooooo hideous! I hate her and her music...
I can't stand Beyonce...she think's she's all that....gah...she ain't...she's a fake wannabe
JACK VIDGEN IS THE MOST OVERATED PIECE OF CRAP EVER....he is a justin beiber wannabe and he sings like a girl...
this kid...ewww
I'm sick of her.....
I agree with you about Rihanna's fashion sense...she is just bloody awful. I also really really hate that song from :
I HATE THIS GUY SO MUCH...i'm sick of hearing his music and his Rude lyrics...ick....