Must See: Tamar Braxton Performs US National Anthem

Published: Friday 25th Apr 2014 by Sam
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R&B belter Tamar Braxton was tapped to live up her billing last night at the Atlanta Hawks vs Indiana Pacers NBA game in Atlanta.

For, the Grammy-nominee was drafted in to kick off the action with a live rendition of the US national anthem, the ‘Star Spangled Banner’.

The likes of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey have helped transform the iconic song into a benchmark of sorts for “singers-singers”.

So how did “She, Me, Her” fair? You be the judge after the jump…

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  1. Molly April 25, 2014

    Yes Tamar serving real vocals not lip syncing like Bey or singing offkey like Rihanna and Lana.

    • How Many Drinks (Miguels Wife) April 25, 2014

      And yet all of them vocally>>>>> Whisperara

      • Molly April 25, 2014

        Why are they better singers then Ciara because their louder? Lmao Ciara actually sings on key unlike Rihanna & Lana and she doesn’t lip sync like Beyonce so biitch bam Also Ciara doesn’t body slam poor audience members either.

      • How Many Drinks (Miguels Wife) April 25, 2014

        No its not because they sing THEY’RE louder. They all have better vocal technique than Ciara even Rihanna has more range than her. Ciara sounds a flat a pancake even on the simplest of songs.

      • Simone April 25, 2014

        TAMAR SOUNDED A HOLLERING HOT ASS MESS!!!!

    • Knowles Carter April 25, 2014

      Why must you constantly shade them? Did they p*** in your cereal b****? Are you mad because Ciara will never be able to catch up to their success? Why havent any of her last three albums crossed the 200k mark?

    • The truth hurts April 25, 2014

      Rihanna and Lana are both better than ciara vocally. Your delusion is astounding. There is a reason why every professional review of Lana’s tour dates praise her vocals and why she was named queen of coachella along with being billboards best female performer.

  2. Mark April 25, 2014

    She is coming in to her own. What a force she is as a singer.

  3. Navy nick April 25, 2014

    Yes mam

  4. How Many Drinks (Miguels Wife) April 25, 2014

    Something about her voice doesn’t do it for me.

  5. Knowles Carter April 25, 2014

    I hate the way she sings! She does that weird mumble thing that Toni does, but Toni’s is much sexier and gives her voice more character. Don’t get me started with that screaming she did! Tamar needs to work with a vocal coach and practice her craft everyday because at this rate, she will be voiceless a la Mariah in two years!!! Ew!!

    • IStanForYourFav April 25, 2014

      Child stop. At least she’s not playing a dry prerecorded track… stop shading b**** and find that rope strong enough to hold your fat ass up and hang yourself.

      • Knowles Carter April 25, 2014

        Maybe she should f** and she wouldn’t sound so pitchy. This isn’t as prestigious as the Super Bowl anyway where MOST artists prerecord the national anthem. You tried, a** now stop stalking me

      • Dirty Laundry April 25, 2014

        This b**** stan for Goatkira and got the nerve to come for vocals. i cant

      • Knowles Carter April 25, 2014

        @dirty laundry ain’t these b****** delusional? She keeps shading the queen who shits on Mariah, Shakira and Tamar effortlessly tf. Girl get off of that cloud and step back into reality

    • Someone April 26, 2014

      Beyoncé doesn’t s*** on MC. U tried.

  6. Ciara “The New Has-Been” April 25, 2014

    Tamar is overrated as f***!
    This was ok,I’ve seen better anthems at high school games..To each his own though

  7. pat April 25, 2014

    she can be pitchy but that tone is 90’s 10 million selling soundtrack realness

  8. anonymous April 25, 2014

    Slaying with them vocals again. Loved it.

  9. coolness April 25, 2014

    I don’t like the way she sings. Too much flourishing without proper technique.

  10. anonymous April 25, 2014

    In more good news. Her first solo tour dates have sold out and she’s now adding more dates. Congrats Tamar you deserve your success.

  11. cocobutta April 25, 2014

    Bit over cooked in parts but some great tone sounds also.
    Tamar still needs to fully control herself.

    She’s a type of singer who has so much in her locker that she feels she got to do it all but less is more with her tone

    • SHE did that April 25, 2014

      Says a Yodelling Monica stan

      • Monica Fan April 25, 2014

        For the record, Monica is very soulful…there was never a disappointment with her singing the National Anthem…..What if Monica want to yodels….Le Ann Rimes does it too.

        Monica have sang the National Anthem many times and have done #JUSTICE……Peep that below.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBh5BPhGuW8

  12. Stephy April 25, 2014

    Tamar’s voice is T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E!

    Atleast, she can still sing unlike others tho…

    • Dirty Laundry April 25, 2014

      You mean like Mariah (who can’t sing anymore)

      • IStanForYourFav April 25, 2014

        I bet you that people will still vote Mariah on a top voice list before they vote Beyoncé’s lip singing off key background dancer.

      • Dirty Laundry April 25, 2014

        And this coming from a Goatkira stan? girl sit yo ass down didn’t Shakira upset the voice fans because she lip syncing?

  13. IStanForYourFav April 25, 2014

    I hear you Tamar… She has a very pretty range but can’t control it. She had some parts where she pushed it. Great rendition nonetheless. She must be already working with a vocal coach because this performanceover of her All the Way Home perfoperformancs. I wonder if her throat healed because I know she busted blood vessels. Good luck Tamar on your tour. Happy to hear it’s sold out.

  14. Yea ok April 25, 2014

    Umm. There is no denying Tamar can sANG!! Some of those runs were everything. I love the direction she went. Loved it. I see she has been working on her vocals cuz last year she was all over the place.

  15. Sarah April 25, 2014

    She definitely has great vocals..HOWEVER, she needs to work on a better arrangement..this seemed to be all over the place..Nonetheless, Tamar’s vocal ability is top notch…

  16. Rosie April 25, 2014

    Why do the Z-Squad stay using stale shade against Bey/Rih/Lana/everyone else more successful than their fave? Maybe if they spent as much time at Target trying to buy their fave’s music as they do on this blog trying to “drag” they wouldn’t be doing more than Tegan & Sara first week.

  17. Realest April 25, 2014

    Anyone who has negative comments about This performance is truly just a singer.. She SANG! she hit all her notes, executed all her runs and made the song HER OWN. The only other popular black female singer who could do the Star Spangled Banner justice IN THIS FASHION is beyonce. Not Ciara.. Not Rihanna. Not Lana.. Not gAga (although she could prolly do a cute rendition), not Katy or any of the other chicks people stan for on this site. She sings… Point blank PERIOD!

  18. credits April 25, 2014

    i love it when she sings “the bombs!!!.” that grunt with the run. And she does it again at 0:51-0:52

  19. Teddy April 25, 2014

    Yoooo, she KILT it !

  20. Teddy April 25, 2014

    Good job Tamar. Nice LIVE rendition.

  21. Teddy April 25, 2014

    No, WHITNEY slays them all…..

    But Tamar did it good. And TAMAR’S vocals slay Bey’s, all day long………………..! Al Bey does is shout, grunt and yodel with that terrible vibrato..

    • Simone April 25, 2014

      TAMAR SOUNDED LIKE A CAT GOING IN AND OUT. YODELLLLLL

  22. norma April 27, 2014

    All artist put their own little spin to a songs. Tamar Braxton is no different. She did her thing nicely, and knew all the words. Stop all the comparing of the artist. Tamar can sing her b*** off, and she has one of the best voice vocally in the business.

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