It's amazing how subjective music is.. Vocally, Melanie Fiona is better than 90% of all the other female singers on the horizon, of all races. She is consistently solid in her execution and is not one to have to hide behind the smoke and mirrors of digital recording. Y'all go insane over some gimmicky pop singer, singing about nothing, but call music with real subject matter "average" or "mediocre".... Ridiculous.. Y'all should go and actually experience life and then comeback and LISTEN to lyrics and stop searching for your next club song with an accompanying dance for you to do.