I think my biggest problem with this isn't that its all downtempo moody haze ambience but that she does nothing interesting with her voice at all. Like, compared to all the personality on Aquarius' big moments - 2 On, All Hands On Deck, Feels Like Vegas - this is so inconsequential.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 09:51 (seven years ago) link
Good to hear The-Dream back on his game
I like Superlove but it's such a collection of 2010-11 Terius songwriting tics that it feels like something he could have written in literally minutes.
No interest in the mixtape at all really.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 10:09 (seven years ago) link
have a cynical suspicion that that only ever got greenlit cos of the running man challenge
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 10:29 (seven years ago) link
Sevyn w/Terius >>> Tinashe w/Terius
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 10:37 (seven years ago) link
this is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the terius that accompanies the "End of R&B in Music" - 2016
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 10:55 (seven years ago) link
Tinashe really needs a forward thinking pop producer - 2 On was peak Mustard, but bringing Terius back just isn't the way to go. What's becoming painfully obvious is that she only knows how to write two songs: the one where she's waiting for something to happen and the one where she's excited that it's kind of happening or trying to make it happen.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 11:29 (seven years ago) link
have a cynical suspicion that that only ever got greenlit cos of the running man challenge― r|t|c, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3:29 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― r|t|c, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3:29 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
def
― Spottie, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
nobody wants to hear songs about things that did happen
― j., Tuesday, 8 November 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
yeah that post rly is premier water torture arguing
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
i just stared at it for a while like whuh... buh...
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
qualified exception for songs about things that didn't happen
― j., Tuesday, 8 November 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
but not from tinashe!!!!
you want a song about stuff that happened? maybe you should check out a little tune called "we didn't start the fire"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
If you like super love you'll love tink - wet aquafina
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
Let me rephrase that. A huge chunk of her songs are either about trying to get off in some way, impatience at not getting there fast enough or flat out frustration when it doesn't happen. It's all there on Aquarius from the great "get ratchet, go dumb then go more dumb then / we can keep it lit, let's roll" until the album ends with an orgasmic thunderstorm. But as her career's been stalling the sense of inertia and frustration has become all the more pervasive, and on Nightride her "and I know how to get there, don't follow me" lines just sound less convincing, with no release in sight.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Thread is way underrating Nightride imo. It sounds beautiful and really opens up and reveals itself after a few listens.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
The Terius "Mr. Yeah" coda tacked onto the end of "Company" is pretty unncessary
― Evan R, Thursday, 10 November 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/827251204681986048
fundraising for the aclu
<3
― j., Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
don't know if it's just finally seeing the video which really brings it to life but I had grossly underestimated how great "Company" is
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 4 February 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
I mean, it's fine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eB4EGjusrc
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 March 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
i think she prob needs to break up w/ her label and skip to the part where she's the next carly rae jepsen.
She tried taking Jordan's advice but did it wrong :(
This is dire
― Evan R, Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
yes do not listen to this : /
― j., Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
seriously ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
hahahaha wow this is completely nondescript
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 16 March 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
I feel like this was originally written for Jordin Sparks or something
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 16 March 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
The secret to appropriating 80s pop is you need to sound like you enjoy 80s pop. She did not get that memo.
― Evan R, Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
The video embed is dead, but I assume this revive was about Flame?
I'm just now listening to it, and I mostly agree with the lukewarm assessment, but that low end is riiiiiich.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 29 July 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
I can't remember if I even listened to that^ but the new one is...not bad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAh7jTAkCKc
― rob, Sunday, 21 January 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
youtube telling me that "up next" is Cassie with the message "Don't Play It Safe" is pretty lol
― rob, Sunday, 21 January 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
wow i am actually wearing my tinashe shirt rn, what a serendipitous treat
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
this one is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS2MW3YIJew
They really need to pin down a date for an album release though. The false starts are becoming extremely tiresome.
― monotony, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that's the first one I've liked in a while. If it's a hit, they'll go with it, I guess. If not, false start.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 09:53 (six years ago) link
A release date. Still no tracklist but I can't imagine "Flame" actually being on this thing
The wait is over. JOYRIDE 4•13 pic.twitter.com/js2huaHp9k— TINASHE (@Tinashe) March 16, 2018
― Evan R, Friday, 16 March 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
that cover art is stunning
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
midnight!
― j., Friday, 13 April 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
i am apprehensive
it's...fine. the little dragon collaboration is nice
― monotony, Friday, 13 April 2018 03:00 (six years ago) link
fine is not fine
― j., Friday, 13 April 2018 03:07 (six years ago) link
Fine is never fine.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 13 April 2018 06:35 (six years ago) link
Wonder if anybody recognized the irony in naming an album so mechanical and pleasureless Joyride. That effortless airlessness of Aquarius is completely gone; these tracks are all so severe and unflattering. Kind of impressive that she as uncomfortable on the album's forced pop numbers as she does on the overbearing arty stuff, though.
― Evan R, Friday, 13 April 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
"Salt" is the one song she truly claims as her own, but it just kind of highlights how awkward everything else is.
― Evan R, Friday, 13 April 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
lol this album is 35 minutes long
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
almost 37!
but that includes 2:43 worth of intro and interlude filler
i don't know if i can bring myself to listen to it again
― j., Monday, 16 April 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
At her album release party in New York City, Tinashe performed four songs—all of which had already been released, including “2 On” and “All Hands On Deck,” another single from 2014’s Aquarius. There was little pause between songs; at the end, she said into the microphone, “My album drops at midnight, so go buy that shit.” No further commentary or deeper insight into the album’s creation, despite the fact that the first teaser for the album was released in September of 2015, and those who have stuck by her side have anxiously awaited it.She recently promoted the album with a performance of “No Drama” on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, where she received a standing ovation. Still, first week sales projections for Joyride are hovering around 20,000 units. Unfortunately for everyone who is still rooting for Tinashe, it appears her time has passed—we can’t wait around forever.
She recently promoted the album with a performance of “No Drama” on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, where she received a standing ovation. Still, first week sales projections for Joyride are hovering around 20,000 units. Unfortunately for everyone who is still rooting for Tinashe, it appears her time has passed—we can’t wait around forever.
http://www.complex.com/music/2018/04/where-did-tinashe-go-wrong
― Evan R, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
No further commentary or deeper insight into the album’s creation, despite the fact that the first teaser for the album was released in September of 2015, and those who have stuck by her side have anxiously awaited it.
i loathe sentences like this
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
that sentence is a mess, but I think the point that she doesn't seem especially passionate about her own album holds
I almost respect her honesty—no point pretending the album was a passion project and the record she'd always dreamed of making when it clearly wasn't—but it's like if she isn't excited about the work how is anybody else supposed to be
― Evan R, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
Her response to the piece was graceful and personable, but I think the lack of a defense of the music itself speaks volumes
I’m healthy, my bills are paid, my family is happy. Still booking shows, still making art, still minding my business, still hating Donald Trump.... I’m thriving 🙌🏽— TINASHE (@Tinashe) April 26, 2018
― Evan R, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
Aquarius is so amazing
― Ross, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
Some serious bullshit in this thread about what tinashe needs to be etc, scrub it
― Ross, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
What else is good other than this? New to her music
― No angel came (Ross), Friday, 20 July 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link