If you look inside your India Arie CD cover you find that song Video has acknowledged that it contains an adaptation of the song 'Fun'. I can appreciate India's music, but she is not on the old school level no different than the other neo -soul artists except for a few. India will get another chance if she puts out another good album. The Grammy awards are just following suit. The music business has always been like that. Clive did the same when Whitney hit the airwaves. The music critics were already waiting on Alicia debut. No fanfare and a late surge to get nominations. India came from nowhere, no big names endorsing her. Alicia Keys record company is ran by Clive Davis, not to mention that they had been announcing her long anticipated arrival on the music scence before one song was released. While popularity is a big reason folks win awards, it isn't the reason why India got shut out. I like India's music, but I see her music being no different than Cherokee, Amel Larrieaux, and others that have this different approach to music. So all this so called Neo-Soul is nothing but a cheap copy of the old school. I think we are so caught up in this Neo -Soul crap. To me she was far more talented than India Arie will ever be. I knew Aaliyah was going to get some sympathy votes at the NAACP award. I mean the Commodores and other R&B groups lost to EWF alot because it was just too many good groups then. I think India just came out the wrong year. Guest Artist, Vocals, Featured Artist, Primary Artist Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Vocals, Featured Artist, Primary Artist Guest Artist, Vocals, Composer, Primary Artist

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