KId Sister - Ultraviolet - Album Of The Year?

since i never heard control when it came out its my new favorite song. have i ever heard an amerikkkan rap album that was such a successul euro/u.s. cultural exchange? vince clarke-inspired eurorave synths living in perfect harmony with chicago juke? okay, not on the same song, but still...

wish i'd had this for the party i threw last week. i had to make due with old baltimore mixes and l'trimm.

Is this just "Dream Date" with a new title? I can't tell if the former was ever actually released.

Dream Date was never released. A lot of it remains for Ultraviolet, but she threw out a few things and added others (which of what things, I dunno). Happy it finally exists in a consumable form, though! YAY!

"Control" is indeed awesome.

Isn't there an "I LOVE DUMB BULLSHIT" board where you guys can post about crap records like this?

No thread is a good thread until Whiney crashes it!

(srsly, I think writing about 1000 albums this year has only made you hate most of everything)

haha OTM

from wiki:

Ultraviolet is the debut album by Chicago femcee Kid Sister, to be released November 17, 2009. It was initially to be titled Dream Date but was changed during the recording process, along with the removal of three tracks and addition of five new ones.

but i'd actually like to hear the songs that were removed.

"femcee"? srsly?

plus, and this is weird, in the press thingy i got they mention how great the song "down ass jawn" is and a track with "u.k. powerhouse" estelle called "first ladies" (an update of ladies first, duh) and neither of these songs is on the album i got! and they aren't on the track-listing.

i like this album. it's a lot of fun. my faves are: control, life on tv, and switch board.

"First Ladies" is now called "Step"

http://the-entertainment-fanatic.blogspot.com/2009/07/kid-sister-2-finally-release-debut.html

ah, okay.

this is awesome

Oh good, "Get Fresh" survived the cut. I love that song.

Just saw this thread! And I'd already moved the album up to my #1 spot yesterday, after playing it the first two times! After playing it a couple more times in the car today, though, I figure it slips to around #7 or so -- a couple places above, say, Lady Sovereign or the New Boyz. It kinda slows down in the middle to my ears, mainly in the cuts with collaborations. And I miss "Family Reunion" with David Banner, which was my favorite song on the Dream Date advance I've had for a year. Pretty sure the track that samples Yazoo and the freestyley one that goes "54321" make this version better overall, though. (Is that a sample, by the way? If so, of what song? It's great.) (As somebody mentioned above, there are other track changes, too, which I haven't yet mapped out on paper.) Part of the reason it probably won't be my #1 is that Kid Sister sort of lacks vocal presence, I think, until the last few tracks. Even the Yazoo cut ("Big and Bad" or whatever it's called, don't have the CD in front of me) kinda suffers for that. This has way more fun beats than Sovereign, but I'd say Sov's CD communicates more of her personality. Still prefer this overall, though. And the more I listen to it, the more of Kid Sister's personality I might hear. At least I hope so.

Still have to decide yet whether it's better than the Selena Gomez & the Scene album (which is more Go-Gos than J.J. Fadd) though. Right now, I'd say they're both excellent year-end top-ten candidates.

i just put it on again. man, i kinda wish i had thee dream date version to do a comparison. plus, i do want to hear the songs that were cut. though i'm sure they are easy enough to find online.

is the actual album gonna flow like a continuous mix like the one i got? cuz i think its genius if it does.

though i'm sure they are easy enough to find online

If you do, let me know. I've been looking for a while.

By the way, Scott, I would actually vote for this album as my favorite of the year if the year ended today, even though it's a best-of album. Partly it would be a stand-in for there being no atual albums of "new" music worthy of being called Album of The Year otherwise; partly I feel like it qualifies since I never heard of him before this year. Also, I don't actually own a copy so I've just been listening to it all year on Rhapsody. Regardless, I love it and I'm pretty sure that you would, too:

http://www.amazon.com/Amigo-Charly-Brown-Hits-gestern/dp/B001PDIRO2

http://p.dada.net/cspv/80-26-65-20-00-MetaPreview-Cover-JPEG256x256/benny/amigo-charly-brown-die-hits-von-gestern-und-auch-heut-.jpg

Other albums that might finish higher than Kid Sister if I were to vote today (unless I wind up deciding that she's better than any of these): Collin Raye; Uz Jsme Doma (technially out in '08 or maybe even '07 in Czechoslovokia, big whoop); Jono El Grande; Lady Gaga (technically late '08 but this was her year); K'Naan; Death (also old music, but other people will vote for it so I might as well, too); Brad Paisley.

Long-shot possibilities: DJ Quik and Kurupt; Faust; Buraka Som Sistema; Mac McAnally; Liechtenstein; Dirty Little Rabbits; Miranda Lambert.

Actually, if I was really honest, my top ten favorite albums of the year would probably be all reissues, but I don't think I have the guts to do that yet. I dunno, maybe when I'm 60 or something.

1. Benny – Amigo Charly Brown: Die Hits Von Gestern Und Auch Heut (Alaska reissue)
2. (Various Artists) – Fly Girls!: B-Boys Beware: Revenge Of The Super Female Rappers! (Soul Jazz reissue)
3. (Various Artists) – The Chiswick Story, Part 1 (Ace reissue ‘08)
4. The A’s – The A’s/Woman’s Got The Power (American Beat reissue)
5. The Fools – Sold Out/Heavy Mental (American Beat reissue)
6. Kentucky Headhunters – Live/Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio May 13 1990 (Mercury reissue)
7. Mondo Rock – Primal Park (Aztec Music reissue)
8. (Various Artists) – Ze Records 1979 – 2009 (Strut reissue)
9. Richard Thompson – Walking On A Wire Discs One And Two (Shout! Factory promo reissue)
10. The Scene Is Now – Tonight We Ride (Lexicon Devil reissue ’08)

ooh i'd like that chiswick thing. just got the first count bishops 7 inch the other day.

i've had two the scene is now albums over the years and i like them but i always feel like i should like them more than i do.

and now looking online i want the chiswick part two too. they should just come as one double disc though. or one triple disc.

i didn't know this album was finally coming out, i never saw this thread until now, i have no idea if it's going to have a UK release (probably not, this fucking country) and it doesn't appear to have leaked, but i just came in here to post the excellent video for "right hand hi" which remains one of my favourite trax of 09.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in-qOzOREz8

the kingdom remix is excellent too -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOClfXLD6Wo

obv totes hyped for the album as and when it emerges

dope song

Somehow missed this thread...very happy this is finally getting a proper release!

I do miss the old cover art though :(

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAzaqdMaL._SS500_.jpg vs http://www.netweed.com/prohiphop/graf/kidsisterdreamdate.jpg

so did "right hand hi" predate ciara's "pucker up"?

Apparently she's going to be performing on Late Night w/ Fallon in less than an hour. EXCITED! (I'm expecting "Right Hand Hi," but would flip out over "Get Fresh.")

ok, THAT WAS AWESOME

this album never fails to get me going/moving.

i had a night of live arty music here at the record store and at the end of an improvisational a capella vocal group jam i slowly turned up the stereo playing kid sister and everyone in the store started dancing wildly all over the furniture. great end to a lovely night.

haven't heard the album, whiney's twitter review seemed in line w/ my general impression. she comes off like, i dunno, a mom trying to be 'down' or something, i feel embarrassed when i hear her.

"haven't heard the album"

haven't heard the album, whiney's twitter review seemed in line w/ my general impression. she comes off like, i dunno, a mom trying to be 'down' or something, i feel embarrassed when i hear her.

― Kenny G. Saxgarden (some dude), Saturday, November 14, 2009 12:03 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

or like a nerdy kid sister?

that single is a mess -- sloppy

scott you should sell that story to kid sister's publicist.

I fux with "Pro Nails" but I could barely make it half a minute into "Right Hand Hi". "sloppy" otm, shit is a mess

quite some achievement to think of someone going by the name "kid sister" as someone's mother

she comes across as solange sans vicious streak to me

disagree that "right hand hi" is at all sloppy, its constituent parts fit together really well imo

I like both "Right Hand Hi" and "Pro Nails" fine, fwiw, but don't think either track rates as one of the best on the album. (Off hand, I'd probably take "Big n Bad," "Switch Board," "54321," "Get Fresh," "Control" and maybe "Life On TV" over either them, not to mention "Family Reunion" from Dream Date.) Totally don't comprehend Whiney's "Mom" complaint, either (and even if I did, Moms don't necessarily make bad music).

Oops, actually (duh), Whiney's not the one who mentioned Moms. (He says: "When the cool kids invite you to their party and turn out to be as boring and talentless as you suspected.#1.5") Still don't agree.

guys I just mean she sounds really square, like she's rapping a bunch of slang she learned last week in a 'rapper voice' she just made up, not that hard to comprehend

if you want i can keep it simple and just say she has no fuckin 'swag'

Whale > kid sister

to answer the questions supposed in thread topic: lol no

dig the kingdom remix, but i'm into his shit lately, been checking out his monthlies.

make this a kingdom thread.

hobo humpin' pro nails babe

Whale > kid sister

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:38 (18 minutes ago)

great point

Yeah but Whale > almost any band ever. (NB: this only applies to We Care; I love All Disco Dance Must End in Broken Bones but it was a clear step down and then they disappeared.)

Exactly! i mean this kid sister guy only has one album and it wasn't even prduced by Tricky nor does it feature lady Gaga as far as i know

lady gaga

the whale EP (pay for me) with darling nikki is my fave whale thing by far.

I have never heard of this before, "Pay For Me" is a dope track though. I am pretty sure that We Care will lead off the rotation for my upcoming road trip.

this thread is

http://brandimpact.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/fail-whale-tshirt.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2MgnWYj2Y

Attention every electro bandwagon-jumping MC in the UK. Listen to this record and take notes on how to do it properly.

Kanye's verse is probably the worst thing here. The 'Love On A Real Train' sample probably the best. This is all just so much fun. Stupidly enjoyable in the most route one, unchallenging way possible.

pete rock sampled 'love on a real train' earlier this year

other than the pfork review this seems to be pretty critically well received.

I like this OK. Still nothing as immediately great as "Control," which came out two years ago, but "Right Hand Hi" and "Life on TV" are pretty good.

is the actual commercial version of this album a continuous mix like my promo? cuz that's part of what i like about the album. does anyone know?

Kanye's verse is probably the worst thing here.

haven't heard the song in question but you can pretty much c+p that for everything kanye does now

the song kanye is on is reeeaally old and while matt's not wrong about his verse, it's not actually bad and way better than most stuff he does nowadays.

(this album is lots of fun, i like it a lot)

kid sister is one of the few performers around who's this goofy but still endearing to me

Also her record company are really stupid for not giving this a massive push over here. It's the one kind of rap that Britishes are immediately predisposed to like.

next march, apparently, sigh. idk "pro nails" and "beeper" never did anything commercially despite reasonable promo pushes.

yeah that performance is great, really suited to the song, which by the way is the most fun thing i've heard in forever. be great if everything started sounding like this soon.

is the actual commercial version of this album a continuous mix like my promo?

Yes.

I think I soured on this once I realized that there was no song on it that I liked enough to put on my nearly 80-track best of 2009 playlist. Except for "Control," but I already put that on my 2007 playlist.

we got the kids dj hero for wii and she's on it!

i want to see a lot more of kid sis in 2010

Finally getting around to hearing this, its a so-so album but I really fucking love "Switch Board".

Did you hear the Sound Opinions interview, Jon? She came off as really likable in that, I thought.

Its on my iPod, but I haven't listened to that episode yet. I'll probably hear it tomorrow.

her new track on an afrojack beat is pretty banging http://www.discobelle.net/2010/12/06/kiss-kiss-kiss/

new mixtape with your hero gucci mane on it

http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/kidsister/

haha she raps over ramadanman on this!!!!!

feeling it

Green Velvet as well? Awesome. Also Kid Sister + Nina Sky could be fantastic. Gucci less so.

lol @ whiney dissing kid sister upthread. dude you rep for kanye & jay-z.

it's a really really good look for kid sister to rap over high-bpm jacking club music like this anyway, the breathlessness of her flow and energy she brings to proceedings really works on it, far more than on hip-hop beats. it's like a workout.

the green velvet track's a proper collab (and not the only one they've done together to my knowledge)

Kinda predictable that Kid Sister works so much better over Ramadanan and Green Velvet than she does slowing things down for Gucci. Listened to Ultraviolet again the other day and it's still so much fun - Willow Smith could do worse than go down that path.

all up in the cut like persian rugs, persian rugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZMWC87oig

best thing ive heard her on although she still kind of pulls it off like shes barely hanging on. sort of a non-presence imo

http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/2011/10/07/flosstradamus-kid-sister-luuk-out-gurl/