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But Chante's vocal embodiment of church-lady side-eye is a natural evolution of Whitney's "racial androgyny" (soft enough for a white woman

Strong enough for a black). But where Whitney was at the time a liberatory (if limited) potentiality for black women...

Chante is gloriously regressive. She's Lynn Whitfield in every movie before she goes crazy. Not a hair out of place. Nice nasty.

But as far as matching vocal technique to a "character" or vocal personality, she is actually one of the greats.

Oh my god. The pre-chorus in "bitter." Epitome of nice nasty. God level. Chante is one of the best to ever do it.

And when she tries to be uplifting and positive and celebratory she is like a sleepy knockoff of Toni Braxton's upper register.

And when she is a polite, coy RUDE AF MOTHERFUCKER she is revolutionary.

The best part is, she is always in on the joke. The laugh at the end of bitter. The girl's voice on the line in Chante's Got A Man.