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Sep 5 07 10:53 PM

I guess no one here read the Rolling Stone interview where she said she was going for a sound that was like "Janis Joplin singing Aretha", or something to that effect. Given that piece of information, I think it's pretty obvious that the hoarseness was intentional. I hope she doesn't drag that sound throughout the entire album, though. I can take Janis only in small doses.