Crystal Kay and Beni have a friendly wig snatch on stage at J-Melo

Crystal Kay and Beni have been friends for a long time, but have never collaborated or sung live together...UNTIL NOW!! The two J-R&B starlets hit the stage together at J-Melo to perform a duet. A cover of Carole King's song "You've got a friend", made popular by James Taylor's cover released in 1971. If this doesn't ring any bells, then I'm sure it will once you hear the song after the jump. If you're not too up on 70's classics of Pop history, but are a fan of 90's TV, you may recall the song being sung by James Taylor himself in The Simpsons episode where Homer goes to space.

Crystal's tone. I don't know what happened to CK in-between switching labels, but her tone has switched up in a big way. She is so much more comfrtable going lower and digging for those notes and it adds so much to her voice. I love that she shitted on Beni with it in this performance. (Sorry Beni). Beni sounded alright, but she's sounded better. I don't know whether she was nervous, or not caring because she was sharing the stage with her home girl. But Beni sounded as though she was trying too hard to hit notes perfect. Meanwhile Crystal was taking a walk in the park and hitting notes with ease. It was nice to see and hear both of these ladies sing together given how close they are as friends. But I didn't like the way they covered the song and their voices didn't mesh all that well together. And Beni just seemed awkward to me, which made me feel awkward.

CK reviews: All yours | Color change! | Flash | Spin the music | Forever | Vivid
Beni reviews: Bitter & sweet | Jewel | Fortune