Video: Melanie Fiona - It Kills Me (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

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"Or should I be a lady, oh maybe, cuz I wanna have his babies." ++This Melanie Fiona video puts a new spin on the ol' woman done wrong lament. Drama! I wanna feel bad for this girl but seriously how bad can her personal predicament be when the hair is flawless? At least be sportin' some split ends, stray roots, a mustache, or something. Fiona's album, in which she samples The Zombies and Martha and the Vandellas, is getting much buzz . ++ [...]

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I was watching 106 and park the other day trying to put the whole work day that had just past behind me and Melanie Fiona's video called,"It Kills Me" came on and I was pretty mesmerized to say the least. Most "Urban" video's are so repetitive it's sickening. I really didn't expect something of this quality to be squeezed in between the redundant video's played on 106 and park. Melanie Fiona's voice is magnificent. The pain, love and truth in her tracks feels good. I'm really glad she's not dancing or shaking her ass. [...]

We have to admit that even though The Bridge by Melanie Fiona is one of our favorite albums of the entire year and the new song is on Urbanette , it's not one of our favorites. But, we are going to support her and it's not an entirely lackluster effort. And she looks fierce! Posted in Beats, Canuck, Clip Tagged: bridge, download, it kills me, leak, monday morning, new, the, video