listening to this album on a plane while sitting beside an ugly man reading The Weekly Standard gives a new meaning to the term trans-continental stress
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
can someone give me a quick refresher as to "who" aeroplane is at this stage
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
"suit & tie" is much better aeroplaneised
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this remix is the shit
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
the four tet remix is pretty shit though
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! I haven't thought of Aeroplane since their Kathy Diamond collab.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Jordan: Aeroplane is the guy in the hat. The other one is how The Magician.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Is now*
thanks
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
i think every outro on this is fantastic
agreed
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
i think "blue ocean floor" is pretty zzzzzZzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzz
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
hey i finally finished listening to this
http://i.imgur.com/6BPIz62.gif
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
everything about this album makes 100% more sense when you imagine the girl is a stand-in for his audience
― katherine, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
the girl from I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry?
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
i love the four tet remix
― queeple qua queeple (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
lol sarge really buying into JT's "I'm from Memphis and Memphis soul is my primary influence" schtick
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
well i didn't say that
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno you said "Its sound is rooted both in Memphis soul and Timberlake/Timbaland's own forever-futuristic sonic experimentatio" as if that's 50% of the formula
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
i guess if you interpret "both" to mean "half this, half that"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
in any event i'm not even sure if that would be wrong. i don't know what shtick it is you're talking about, anyway.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
my first thought about those impulse reviews was the dizzying amount of frank ocean references which seems offtm in a way i can't exactly pinpoint
anyway someone should've hired rtc who is having the most reasonable reaction to this record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
there's a languidness to the album that is comparable to channel orange, but also a lot of other things
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno i just think "Memphis soul" is a pretty specific subgenre out of dozens of types of R&B that Justin may or may not draw from, and that it only gets mentioned, by him and other people, because he was born in Memphis, not because of anything you hear in the music. personal pet peeve of mine is all.
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
this aeroplane remix is a plate of ass but i'll probably listen to it again
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
Well it is Bootylicious
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
done. gonna go out clubbing with neil strauss now, chances are I'll be negged less
― katherine, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
"forever futuristic" REALLY j0rdan?
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
I think I've learned to love "Mirrors". It's "Losing My Way" Part 2.
― danzig, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
he def lost his way
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
Anybody know if Tim did this on his own? Or does he have a new Danja in his camp or something?
Def touches on pre-Danja Tim sounds and tricks more than anything he's done (or I've noticed!) in a bit.
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
Or does he have a new Danja in his camp or something?
seems like it was co-produced by a guy named j-roc
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i was using the term there as a descriptor, not necessarily as an indicator of quality.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
― 乒乓, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:11 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
imma 180 on this
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
what a shock
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i just needed something with cool value to post to my thisismyjam acct
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
tru
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 March 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
lol I posted it to mine too
― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
I realized watching him on SNL and Fallon this week that I think I like watching him perform better than just listening to him sing? I found the album kinda dull...it's okay, but not the wow I was expecting. but I really dig the songs I've seen him do live. It's weird, I've never really encountered that before.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
charisma/cuetness helps I guess
This album is mostly dope and only falls off in the last two songs. People be tripping.
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, even "Mirrors" sounded better here than in isolation.
Except for the last track none of the long-ass songs feel long-ass and I love the languid, cozy feel of the rest.
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 1:04 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
but it doesn't work as a descriptor. the album doesn't sound futuristic. timbaland hasn't sounded futuristic in over a decade.
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 07:48 (eleven years ago) link
PresentSex/LoveSounds
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 07:54 (eleven years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
FO is always on the outside while JT is generally on the inside of things?
Anyway, I think I like this album. Need to listen more though.
― longneck, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
Whew: Caramanica doesn't like it.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
He just wants to entertain. On “Saturday Night Live” recently he put his musical gifts to wide use, impersonating Elton John eulogizing Hugo Chávez in song, reprising his partnership with Andy Samberg as sensual early-’90s white R&B goons for a dating show sketch, and dressed up as a piece of tofu, hawking a vegan restaurant by singing health-friendly versions of Chic’s “Le Freak,” Trinidad James’s “All Gold Everything” and more.
He sounded more at home and vocally present in those moments than when singing his new songs, or almost anywhere on “The 20/20 Experience.” Forget the album; go see the show, or whatever else Mr. Timberlake applies his talents to. He’s learned how to be a musician who has no need to make records, the perfect solution to the modern economy.
thumbs up to pretty much every point in that review, inc re the one great song
The result is a smallness of purpose, with only slight variation throughout, like the deeply wholesome soul of “That Girl” or the drowsy “Blue Ocean Floor,” which had it been released two or three years ago, might have been called chillwave’s pop breakthrough. [...]Seven of the 10 songs are more than seven minutes. In an era of Frank Ocean soul meditation, this could pass for artistry, but really it’s a gesture of conservatism, an argument for the album as a whole over whatever abbreviated singles will eventually be shipped to radio. It also harks back to ’70s soul, Prince’s funk breakdowns and Michael Jackson’s hyper-ornate pop. It is Mr. Timberlake radiating seriousness, lest you think his music making is frivolous.
w/r/t this - He gets a tremendous amount of mileage just for being a cool guy who’s willing to hang out with regular folk - it's true, but he's a luxe brand at the same time...it's very canny positioning, this sort of bridge between the increasingly remote gilded-cage opulence of kanye and jay-z, and "ordinariness". aspirationalism as classic film comfort blanket, shorn of the weird hard cold edges and triumphalism of his friends.
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
also, he's white
― Darth Icky (DJP), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i meant to imply that with actual words rather than just in my mind, lol
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link