xp kinda like giving sneaker pimps five stars cos u wanna get on board with speed garage
― r|t|c, Friday, 26 July 2013 09:42 (ten years ago) link
there's at least one interview where aluna or george (I forget which one) admits the montell jordan cover was a joke, fwiw
― katherine, Friday, 26 July 2013 10:22 (ten years ago) link
found it! http://blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/?p=9680
― katherine, Friday, 26 July 2013 10:24 (ten years ago) link
i like the new version of "diver" a lot
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 July 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
i don't really get "hysterically bad" or anything from this. it sounds, uh, like a bunch of alunageorge songs lined up in a row, which predictably kinda dulls the entire enterprise
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 July 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
"Diver" is great, but hearing it in the context of the album, after six lesser variations of the same idea, tempers its impact a lot
― Evan R, Monday, 29 July 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
one alunageorge song in a row is enough to dull the entire enterprise
― lex pretend, Monday, 29 July 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
i REALLY don't know why americans care about them
it depends on what your definition of americans is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 July 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
wow http://gawker.com/the-best-r-b-album-of-2013-is-here-977204236
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
I don't know what the best r&b of the year will be, but if it's this then lock the doors and hop the bus r&b...you're done.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
had to watch this again to cleanse my palatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_Gvbn2pFs
― pr0n tsar (cozen), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
adios richjuz, it was nice knowing you
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
I love reading a full-blown fanboy love letter to a new album.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
It's a beaut.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
a shiny coin of no currency
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
I like pretty much all of the singles but the rest of the album is zzzzz-grade filler. The one new track I enjoyed on first listen was "Bad Idea".
― if you tolerate this, your children will be sexting (seandalai), Thursday, 1 August 2013 12:08 (ten years ago) link
This isn't the car crash I expected from reading this thread. It's not great by any stretch, but it's amazing how you get more used to - accepting, even - of her voice the more boring his production becomes. She has interesting voice, but she doesn't know how to use it properly, what with her inconsistent garbles and stutters and his failed experiments in vocal science. It doesn't help that there at a lot of real lyrical clunkers and a whiff of Songwriting For Dummies about it.
Remember Hudson Mohawke's production for Nadsroic? What this album seems to be aiming for could be done really well and I'd love to hear it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCBuyVNBoYE
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
not listened to the album but 'lost and found' is sounding great on the latest DJ Q mix
― Benny B, Friday, 23 August 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
yes i thought so too
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 August 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
I take it that its a standout on the album then? Folks here are sayin the production is boring but this sparkles.
― Benny B, Friday, 23 August 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
their collab with zhu? i know i like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dya3o2HjAY
― davey, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
I've gotten to like the album a lot, mostly via remixes. (I generally do still like some of the remixes more.) These songs are packed with hooks and it's almost like I needed to hear some of those hooks in isolation before appreciating them as much in their original settings.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 14 April 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
"I'm In Control" is great, a really good fake "Lean On"
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 14 April 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
this new album is a huge improvement on the debut. Her voice isn't nearly as grating and he seems to have learned a lot more tricks.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 17 November 2016 09:51 (seven years ago) link