Ryan Leslie, c/d, s/d

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He's a genius, yes?

Tape Store, Sunday, 11 November 2007 19:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

WHY AM I JUST NOW HEARING "DIAMOND GIRL"?

IT IS SO AMAZING.

The Brainwasher, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

HOLY SHIT. I MIGHT POST THIS ON CASSIE THREAD, TOO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nRO-M2p6IA

Tape Store, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

some talk about it in the r&b thread

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

s:

used 2 be ft fabolous
just right
promise not 2 call
valentine
r u coming back
wanna be good to you
megan rochell - my mistake
donell jones - hands on you
the cassie stuff

his album could be good but there's some really rub stuff too. hopefully he won't botch it.

dbs, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

Addiction is great but like most Leslie stuff, it seems it woudl work better if it was just a solo Cassie type thing. Dude should stay behind the deck

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 13:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

i've been listening to "addiction" for months now but I heard it on a great soundystem the other day and now I can't stop playing it.. it's so MASSIVE and dark and awesome. That big bass stab in crazy.

The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 07:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

i hope his album actually comes out this time.. sept 16th. should be a great day, jazmine sullivan AND this.

The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 07:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah def looking forward to this

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 August 2008 07:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

is it coming out in the UK?

mmmm, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 08:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Chanel Iman

Tape Store, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol, not sure about this rumor...maybe it's personal? or maybe it's just for a video? he's all obsessed with the black issue of italian vogue.

Tape Store, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

instant classic amirite?

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

cant stop wont stop listening to "gibberish"

k3vin k., Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

He reminds me of Bernard Wright.

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

On one listen, "Quicksand" and "Gibberish" def seem to be the highlights. I still can't get over the feeling dude is a really poor singer, even if it isn't as apparent on most of the album tracks as on the singles.

The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

i like how he seemed to give up on trying to take some kind of magic cover photo that would make him look handsome and just went for the most awkward posture possible

n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha yeah its like 'ugh when is this shoot going to be done hang on let me itch my ass' *CLICK* whoops last roll of film 'ILL TAKE IT'

k3vin k., Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Gibberish" is good but it's not a highlight imo.. "Out Of The Blue," You're Fly", "I-R-I-N-A," "Valentine", "Diamond Girl" (I still can't get over this song)..... It sucks that a lot of these songs have been around forever so the album doesn't feel particularly "fresh", but I can't wait to hear what he comes with next. And I have no problems with his voice... it's kind of nasally and he doesn;'t have much range but I don't ever find myself thinking "this would be better if someone else were singing it"... though someone on another forum said that they could hear Bilal doing these songs and I definitely hear that... "Just Right" wouldn't be out of place on Love For Sale

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

weird that after 2 perfectly good and popular singles it's "How It Was Supposed To Be" that they ended up launching the album release with...the first few times I heard that song I thought Mario was bravely carrying on his recording career after some kind of debilitating throat ailment.

n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

the first few times I heard that song I thought Mario was bravely carrying on his recording career after some kind of debilitating throat ailment.

― n00bian princess (some dude)

lol

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

I dunno, his singing just seems kinda half-assed most of the time, like in the way Pharrells do, but not quite as annoying as that.

haha ship

The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah...the falsetto on "Addiction" is very Pharrell, but less obnoxious.

n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Were "Diamond Girl" and "Addiction" actual hits? I haven't heard them other than of my volition at all.

The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

they were medium-sized hits on the R&B charts... both peaked at #25 I think. They got 106&Park play too....

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

not big hits but i would say they were definitely hits, heard them both on the radio (particularly the latter) quite a lot.

xpost

n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Bass & guitar by Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk"

Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Keyboard by David Sancious"

Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

Some guitar IS by Brent Paschke (Spymob, NERD)

Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

Umm... is there some greater meaning to those posts (other than the last one) that I am missing?

The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Two names I did not expect to see in the credits.

Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ah, I should have googled them instead of acting a Finn.

The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

we talked about this a bit on the r&b thread too

my other favorite neptunes throwback is that ricky blaze / ron browz joint

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

ricky blaze has a song with ron brownz

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

????

De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

i feel free vs. quicksand

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

drums on that are way too fresh for it to be a neptunes throwback but ugh autotune hell

n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

u are a certified nu-browz hater though

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

quicksand definitely sounds MORE N.E.R.D.-ish

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

find it kinda weird ships is all browz-furrowed given the latter owes 10000 x more to swizz beatz than he does t-pain autowhatever imo

r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

also that hook is str8 linkin park, what's to hate

r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

^what the fuck

your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

anyway "valentine" is my shit right now - i think in this weird way his amateurism works wonders for the album, like he can't really sing and the arrangements often aren't anything spectacular so it leaves his writing right out in the forefront but the dude can reeeeally write hooks

your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

i like how he seemed to give up on trying to take some kind of magic cover photo that would make him look handsome and just went for the most awkward posture possible

― n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha yeah its like 'ugh when is this shoot going to be done hang on let me itch my ass' *CLICK* whoops last roll of film 'ILL TAKE IT'

― k3vin k., Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:31 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

lol yeah also he didn't even iron his shirt all the way

your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

find it kinda weird ships is all browz-furrowed given the latter owes 10000 x more to swizz beatz than he does t-pain autowhatever imo

― r|t|c, Thursday, February 5, 2009 6:32 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

real talk, if browz did most of these same exact joints w/ zero autotune they probably would be more on some swizzy shit and i probably would like it. but he didn't and they don't, so i don't.

some dude, Monday, 9 February 2009 04:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

so are we all liking this? 'gibberish' still kills me and the rest are solid and growing on me

jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Monday, 9 February 2009 04:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm all liking the idea of buying the CD when it comes out on tuesday.

some dude, Monday, 9 February 2009 04:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm suprised how much I like the album, considering I kinda hate R-Les.

I cut my hand on a low-hanging disco ball (The Reverend), Monday, 9 February 2009 04:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

im arguing that maxwell combines the carefully thought out compositional approach of ryan leslie w/ a more 'felt'/improvised follow-yr-inner-voice appeal of the-dream very naturally so it seems v. natural

ice cr?m hand job (deej), Monday, 23 November 2009 23:52 (9 months ago) Permalink

lol naturally so its natural -- you get what im saying

ice cr?m hand job (deej), Monday, 23 November 2009 23:53 (9 months ago) Permalink

I dig both this dude's albums to extents, but his talent-to-personality ratio is way out of whack.

i and iiiijjjj (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 08:53 (9 months ago) Permalink

y'know every time I listen to the Maxwell album I certainly think "this like Ryan Leslie meets The-Dream"

turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 12:28 (9 months ago) Permalink

I think deej's comparison is more about songwriting approaches than actual sound.

Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 14:01 (9 months ago) Permalink

if that's the case then we can just put every auteur from every genre ever on some vague precision vs. ballsy spectrum

some dude, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 14:10 (9 months ago) Permalink

okay this might just be because i was listening to their best of a lot around the time i was listening to his first album, but does anyone else get a weirdly "Carpenters"-ey vibe off the production to this?

plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 19:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

if that's the case then we can just put every auteur from every genre ever on some vague precision vs. ballsy spectrum

― some dude, Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:10 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i guess you could, my point was that the-dream & leslie seem to have fairly opposite songwriting approaches/personalities. i dont think im reading that much into it.

The Maxwell comparison is a bit different -- its not like he splits the difference or something -- I'm just saying that he just feels like he covers more bases.

ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 20:30 (9 months ago) Permalink

"Never Gonna Break Up" is a dream for fans of creamy synthesizer tones.

Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 20:37 (9 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

listening to transition a lot lately, and ive tried saying it a few times but never really got at why i really like this guy and why i think his personality works is that it is a really great equiv for his whole aesthetic. I think its important that he is the producer as well on these tracks bc he makes them sound like a tasteful/tacky expensive bachelor pad where his sortof-an-asshole yuppie dude'll show you his big tv and put the moves on you, and i think he has a great way of just suggesting his sleazy-slick intentions in the fancy upholstery r smthng

plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 29 January 2010 23:23 (7 months ago) Permalink

^^^yah good post

average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Saturday, 30 January 2010 03:30 (7 months ago) Permalink

this could be kinda like j0rdan said about "Blame It" in the ilx poll, where the sound is the actual sound of the subject matter, and you respond to the artfulness of that creation even if you don't necessarily like getting your drink on in pricey joints, or sleazy assholes

zvookster, Saturday, 30 January 2010 03:41 (7 months ago) Permalink

yeah that's a good post tiarnan

Goon's Anatomy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 January 2010 03:43 (7 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

kind of was lukewarm to this guy at first but i find myself coming back to both of the albums from last year

po-mo da don (tpp), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:15 (4 months ago) Permalink

2nd one is incredible & mad slept on

The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Saturday, 17 April 2010 00:11 (4 months ago) Permalink

i dunno, besides "never gonna break up" and "sunday night" the second one kind of came and went with me, he left some great leaks off of it ("ice cold", "luv this luv", etc.)... I definitely thought the first album was a lot better, but maybe I should revisit it.

The Brainwasher, Saturday, 17 April 2010 00:31 (4 months ago) Permalink

'rescue u'

The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Saturday, 17 April 2010 00:56 (4 months ago) Permalink

i dunno i cannot get this album (transition) out of my head. i catch myself humming 'all my love' at least one a week at the moment. incredible song.

pollos da don (tpp), Sunday, 25 April 2010 18:11 (4 months ago) Permalink

i think the reason i found his personality jarring for so long is cos it rings really true. outright swagging + boasting never annoys me. but he is like so many guys i've known in real life who play at being this slick sensitive 'i create music' dude.

pollos da don (tpp), Sunday, 25 April 2010 18:17 (4 months ago) Permalink

ha otm

it ain't trickin if yo gotti (The Reverend), Monday, 26 April 2010 01:41 (4 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 27 June 2010 03:34 (2 months ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

transition is def a classic album

should've been on my pazz and jop

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:26 (1 month ago) Permalink

he is a really terrible rapper tho

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:32 (1 month ago) Permalink

there's a grocery bag line on "sunday night"

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:49 (1 month ago) Permalink

he is a really terrible rapper tho

― de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Monday, July 19, 2010 3:32 PM (1 hour ago)

BEEN TELLING YOU

terry squad (k3vin k.), Monday, 19 July 2010 21:00 (1 month ago) Permalink

I still have this nagging feeling that his self-titled is better than Transition.

altered boners (rennavate), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:49 (1 month ago) Permalink

Less clunkers lyrically. But it's not about the lyrics with dude, I know.

altered boners (rennavate), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:49 (1 month ago) Permalink

i still prefer the self-titled. it's a bit less....all-around competent than transition i guess, but way more distinctly ryan leslie

BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:01 (1 month ago) Permalink

like, i actually disagree and think the debut is way more clunky, but ryan is an awkward dude! a ryan leslie album should be awkward sometimes.

BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:02 (1 month ago) Permalink

i don't think leslie is very distinct tbh

'transition' is a bit more lush, just better composed all around -- i think it's homogeneity works in its favor

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:04 (1 month ago) Permalink

i never really warmed to Transition. it's not bad, but it doesn't have the 2 minor classic singles and the deep cuts I got attached to that the self-titled has.

magic ksh (some dude), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:05 (1 month ago) Permalink

the first album's cover almost insists on its awkwardness, it's like he kinda must know that's his essence

magic ksh (some dude), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:06 (1 month ago) Permalink

the two are really close for me, but my favorite songs of his are on the self-titled ("valentine", "gibberish") so i usually go with that one

xp disagree that he's not distinctive - at the very least he's got (well had) a decently recognizable production style

terry squad (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:07 (1 month ago) Permalink

i don't think being "distinctive" really has that much bearing on whether or not he's great, but it's not like you can draw connections between many of the songs on the debut -- transition is a different story but it's that way purposefully

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:09 (1 month ago) Permalink

"Valentine" is so fucking good

magic ksh (some dude), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:09 (1 month ago) Permalink

yeah man that's the one that kept growing on me and that i now love the most

terry squad (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:11 (1 month ago) Permalink

i wish dude had enough buzz to do more rap beats, love his stuff on the last Fab album

magic ksh (some dude), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:11 (1 month ago) Permalink

yeah that song is really awesome

valentine, irina & gibberish are the best deep cuts off the first one

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:12 (1 month ago) Permalink

i wish dude had enough buzz to do more rap beats, love his stuff on the last Fab album

― magic ksh (some dude), Monday, July 19, 2010 9:11 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark

yes -- also "something that i like" off transition

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:13 (1 month ago) Permalink

man this is getting me all nostalgic, s/t was the first record i reviewed for my college paper

terry squad (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:20 (1 month ago) Permalink

Nostalgic For 18 Months Ago: The Memoir of K3vin K3ller

magic ksh (some dude), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:30 (1 month ago) Permalink

haha

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 01:56 (1 month ago) Permalink

this one is dope too

blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:02 (1 month ago) Permalink

idk i thought the 2nd one sounded way more interested in songwriting & less abt sounding like the neptunes

blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:02 (1 month ago) Permalink

idk about sounding like the neptunes, but i agree that the second one def has better songwriting

de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 02:04 (1 month ago) Permalink

i know i didn't listen to it as much but i barely remember any of the songs off the 2nd

BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 06:31 (1 month ago) Permalink

he produced a joint on the new fab EP

J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:29 (1 month ago) Permalink

ryan and fab are a very good team

aborted based fetus (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:39 (1 month ago) Permalink

my shit

aborted based fetus (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:40 (1 month ago) Permalink

also enjoy this fab/ryan collabo

pearsonic, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 03:33 (1 month ago) Permalink


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