it's an inherently sweet blankness though, at its best. the 'pour it up' style nihilism this tape flirts with is above her paygrade
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
i like how the guests aren't listed on this soundcloud, makes a much funner game of bingo when you don't know when to expect jeremih's whinnying
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
her royal blankness
oh no, now i'm nervous :(
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
the song with jeremih is good
― sisilafami, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
i just find her work to be disparate and unfocused. like she's trying to find a lil r&b niche and fill it. i hadn't heard balcony yet but the first youtube comment was pretty otm with the jhene aiko comparison. balcony isn't even a bad song or anything. but jhene has already carved out her niche. now cassie is just jumping from hazy sex to NINO CARTER in the span of a few months, and that's genre hopping from an artist w/o the pedigree to get away with it
i say second tier in terms of mainstream success. most regular music fans i know perceive her as a forgettable one hit wonder. i know she has the cult following but by definition cult following =/= most definitions of first tier
― cocktail onion (fennel cartwright), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
wait a minute jhene's niche is ENTIRELY based on biting cassie
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
like i remember the first time i heard jhene just thinking "does the #cassiefanclub own a laboratory now and did they create this girl in it"
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
at the same time, not achieving mainstream success doesn't mean you are not a first-rate musician. her cult following has happened bc she did in fact fill a niche. to this day i can't think of anyone else i could put on when i am in the mood for that vibe. she has a very particular voice, and the precision of it, along with cleanliness of her production is what makes her anything but disparate and unfocused.
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
xxp
feel pleased never to have spent time cultivating any semblance of an opinion on jhene
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
'ditto' will always be cassie's signature tune in my eyes i think
"is it you?" is one i've been thinking of recently, an avenue that was closed off too swiftly
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
*summer charm* will definitely be blowin up my crib this summer
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Pusha T definitely just blatantly lifted 2 recent MC references in an otherwise OK song (take care of me baby is spooky enough to sound like cassie)
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
eww Do My Dance <--> Bad Bitches is some keri hilson gone bad shit, v uninspiring
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ the cassie review in pfork today, he wont be getting his membership in the club revoked
― just sayin, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
What’s clear now is that Cassie’s no longer just competing in the R&B game anymore.
― r|t|c, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
What’s clear now is that Cassie’s just no longer competing in the R&B game anymore.
Fixed
― Tim F, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
mixtape is pretty eh
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Me & U is currently perched in the top 25 on iTunes U.S. ...it's also the most downloaded R&B track in the UK right now?!
― all the way down, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
it's featured on the itunes front page in both countries. in the us it's listed on both the 'hot tracks' and '69¢ songs' sections, both of which are known to give sizeable boosts to both new and old songs.
presumably this is all part of bad boy's promo for its apple music-exclusive movie which has taken up all the banners on the front page. three other bad boy tracks are on the 'hot tracks' front page along w/ "me & u", and if you check you'll notice all of those are also high on the itunes charts now.
― dyl, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
thanks! I was quite shocked. still quite impressive, I wonder why they picked that of all the possible older Bad Boy tracks?! (and justice for Official Girl and Must Be Love!) but I mean clearly it worked and it's not like I'm denying it's a certified classic by now, I watched that Bad Boy doc and Cassie herself is only in it for a couple seconds though... a pretty good (mostly Diddy-centered) documentary by the way.
― all the way down, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
That...is so weird. On multiple levels, not the least of which being that it popped up on my iPod twice this week after not hearing it in years. It's a jam.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
Oh hey never mind, I was thinking of the JoJo song because I'm an idiot (I think K-Ci and JoJo almost certainly figured into my confusion).
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
So weird...I was compiling songs for an assembly this week where kids who get certain awards parade around the gym to music and high-fives. I needed about 25 songs, half current stuff the kids like, half songs that the staff--okay, I--like. I included "Me & U" as sort of a bridge; sounds current but isn't. When I went onto the iTunes chart for other ideas, there it was. I felt psychic but was baffled. Is it sampled on something current?
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:48 (six years ago) link
Jesus christ, I totally was thinking of Cassie after all. Delete me from thred, pls.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 June 2017 03:04 (six years ago) link
posted this in r&b too, but icymi there:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5cEwQsdQjSF9ZbZ6ctpuST
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
Pretty smooth, I dig it although the rap was unneeded. Hopefully she actually drops another project this time around.
― all the way down, Saturday, 5 August 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
new non-g-eazy track is exactly what I wanted the Jessie Ware album to be
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
(it isn't out officially yet but it's leaked https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cassie-returns-on-the-kaytranada-laced-dont-play-it-safe-new-song.1976724.html
Absolutely love it! Just release the album, Casandra.
― all the way down, Monday, 25 December 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFr11MdK5wk
― maura, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
I had totally forgotten about her (and her great album) but Spotify showed me she has just released a single and I found out she's actually released many over the last couple of years (like a EP worth of material).After a first listen they all sound pretty good.Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??She's not yet in Gunsn'Roses / MBV territory but for a rnb/popstar that's a crazy long time !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:40 (four years ago) link
Huh ? Why is this thread NSFW ??
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
She's got a song called 'Don't Play It Safe'.
(I have no idea.)
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:48 (four years ago) link
Going back to her album + "Official Girl" reminds me how great she was.She should have been a huge star.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
'Skydiver' is like the most amazing song ever.
― Nourry, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
errr what's that song ?? It's not even in her discography on wikipedia !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:45 (four years ago) link
It's one of the many songs that showed up on the internet around 10 years ago, maybe?
It's here the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLIbtbd32jI
― Nourry, Friday, 19 July 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??
This thread pretty much tells the story tbf - i.e. too many good tracks leaked; too many less good tracks selected as trailers for a potential new LP; found domestic bliss; soon to be a mother, I believe; music now just a hobby?
I just listened to the last 3 released cuts on Spotify. I see they are linked by similar cover art, so this may indeed become an EP or something more soon. All 3 songs are OK, but no better than the weakest of the late 2000's leaks. The latest, "Speaking Of" is probably the pick of the bunch.
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 July 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
back by way of South African house:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNmOQUJNBMBlack Coffee ft. Cassie • Time
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
that is really lovely as usual
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
cassie...don't hear that name round these parts much these days...
― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link