Music producer Dallas Austin is in some hot water. Yesterday, someone posted a video clip of him dissing Joss Stone - and her work ethic. In the clip, Austin, who used to date Stone and worked on a few of her tracks for her new album, "Introducing Joss Stone," is seen telling the camera, "The serious artists like Ciara will do the work . . . The others like Joss Stone be f$$king for tracks. They f$$k you then leave before the work is done, they f$$k the producers for tracks." "It's not my problem that she was f$$king Novel and then she is f$$king Saadiq. You go in the studio and girls like Joss are just trying to get as much attention as they can from producers. The girls in studios and producers are known to have relationships. Austin's foul-mouthed outburst was removed from the net last night after the singer's people complained.
First, she made a terrifying Brit Awards cameo, speaking in a ludicrous American drawl. Then she went on the Radio 1 show and alienated her hard-working fans by moaning about life as a multi-millionairess. In another interview she admitted smoking cannabis. Then she got booed at a London gig after keeping fans waiting for more than two hours. Oh, and her dad and brother were booted out of the venue after her set for brawling. Joss’s PR disasters appear to have scared off her existing fans and sent any potential new ones running.
Mz. Stone left for America a few years ago as an innocent Devon schoolgirl — and returned a crazed Yankee diva with a dodgy red perm. Her Brits appearance made her a national laughing stock and now it looks like her meteoric fall from grace will be complete this weekend when she fails to make the Top Ten of the album charts. Her third album, Introducing Joss Stone, should have been called Exit Joss Stone — because British fans have shown her the door.The past month of her career should be bottled and sold to young music hopefuls as an example of how not to do it.
Source: PaulConroy (photo), TheSun
Joss Stone, who split from her boyfriend, Beau Dozier more than a year ago, and says she hasn't dated much since. "I'm really pissed off with men right now," she tells the UK edition of Harpers Bazaar in its April issue. "I don't think they can love me right. I'm going through a phase where I'm so depressed about blokes. It's horrible being a young girl looking for love in all the wrong places. It's a waste of time." The 19-year-old singer spent much of last year working on her new album in Barbados, where she found a new love – or really, rediscovered an old one. She says: "I had a realization in Barbados that I'm in love with music, and that it loves me back. No matter what mood I'm in, it'll make me feel better. For any guy, they're up against some tough opposition."
Just wanted to turn you on to Ms. Joss Stone:
