Great track, heard it via (IIRC) Lex & Al's EOY lists & wished it had a dedicated thread to garner more support.
Feels like a really classic/obvious sample being used - anyone know much about the production?
― etc, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
i heard this a couple of months ago and liked it a lot
― surm, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn, I didn't know about this song. Great stuff. Also curious about the sample.
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 21:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
have looked around for prod and/or sample info and have yet to find any
― some dude, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also, apparently the label just changed her from 'Brianna' to 'Brianna Perry' not sure why, but it's changed on iTunes and everywhere else.
Hmph.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 03:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
probably because when you say it it sounds like rihanna and that's weird for people in their minds
― surm, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 03:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i was gonna say, i'd started to see her full name pop up more and more. probably a good thing, it's hard to be a mononym with a fairly common name.
― some dude, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 04:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i cosign this thread and this video, glad to see it's getting a push - way too good not to
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 10:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah so the guy who produced "marilyn monroe" is called cainon lamb and his past credits are basically "countdown" and "need u bad"
think that merits a one-to-watch stamp
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i think alex in montreal had pointed out that he also did "countdown," crazy to realize the same producer had 2 songs in my top 10 last year and i had no idea. didn't know about "need u bad," though, nice.
― some former lust object you've shamefully forgotten (some dude), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's a co-production credit w/missy
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
he did a couple of monica singles too but i closed the tab accidentally and can't remember which ones
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
is the best easter egg on this the bit where she goes "i'm goin' blonde, i think i'm marilyn / so i bought more, maryland" cuz with her drawl "bought more" sounds like "baltimore"
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha i obviously caught that on the first listen so it never occurred to me that it could be a slow burner
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
WHOA.
Mind. Blown.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
for ages i thought it was a lazy line b/c she rhymed "marilyn" with "marilyn" for no reason, i only got it because when you rap along the "bought" shapes itself into "balt" and then i went ohhhhhhhhh duhhhhhhh
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm going to be talking about this song on the guardian podcast tomorrow and wondering how excruciating it will be if i try to explain that easter egg in a british accent, to people who might not get it
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha
i still hear this on the radio now again and am like damn this song still needs to blow up. or she needs to drop a worthy follow-up.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i finally got round to the most recent mixtape, it's pretty good too. has it actually charted? the video's on the atlantic youtube account so i assume she has a major label deal and is concentrating on finishing her album.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm going to be talking about this song on the guardian podcast tomorrow and wondering how excruciating it will be if i try to explain that easter egg in a british accent,
^would download
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's a post face-off mixtape?
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
no, face off is the one i meant
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
what was the whole elaborate charade with people pretending not to know the sample all about upthread
that... is what you were all doing right
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not pretending. Slow brain. Illuminate for us...
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
hopefully soi-disant "drum nerd" and salaam remi/nas fan al shipz will find that video especially enlightening
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
heh oh yeah i remember seeing that before
"Marilyn Monroe" charted in lower reaches of the R&B chart, months and months ago, before the video dropped
― some dude, Thursday, 19 April 2012 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh duh
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 April 2012 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys i have been trying so hard to make this song happen in my real life and so far nobody but one of my sisters has bitten. the other one hates it btw. ;_;
― horseshoe, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp Lamb has been Missy Elliot's co-producer for a while now...
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok, so like, what songs of these did he do besides "need u bad": Missy without Timbo: singles, features, and songwriting/production credits
― some dude, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"holding you down," (actually, all of Missy's productions for Jazmine), "everything to me," a lot of stuff for Fantasia, Keyshia Cole's "Let It Go"... basically, most productions attributed to Missy in the last few years were co-produced by Lamb.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg omg omg
"LIL BRIANNA" IS BRIANNA WHEN SHE WAS 9!!
― r|t|c, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://youknowigotsoul.com/?p=17193
big interview here
― r|t|c, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha i think lex dropped that bomb on another thread (xpost)
― some dude, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
bah now i cant think of her as smashable and she's just the kid off the terrible track i skipped every time doing a yung la impression
too much knowledge is a dangerous thing
― r|t|c, Thursday, 19 April 2012 01:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
rtc - I didn't mean the drum loop - I meant those horns, which I thought were a sample but maybe not... Sorry for the confusion.
I got all excited and thought you had placed where they came from.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 19 April 2012 02:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
The horns are "Amen, Brother" too
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 April 2012 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
from
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 April 2012 03:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
love this song and those cute angular sunglasses
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Thursday, 19 April 2012 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn it feels good to see people like horseshoe and abbbottt up on it
― some dude, Thursday, 19 April 2012 03:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
"all the kids at school call me baby trina" is still one of the more o_0 lines on that album. like given what trina's MO was/is, how does that even happen. and was lil brianna even allowed to listen to the album she was on.
i just gave that new swv album a spin yesterday, we should probably talk about it in the r&b thread at some point but i don't have enough thoughts on it yet to do it myself.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 April 2012 07:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys i have been trying so hard to make this song happen in my real life and so far nobody but one of my sisters has bitten.
i've DJed it out twice in the past month and both times people came up to ask what it was. we can do this!
lol @ people missing the amen sample (it is slowed down a ton, but still)
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:26 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes! i should just get new friends tbh. also i like that new swv album!
― horseshoe, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow listening back this is actually even worse than i thought it was at the time
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.datpiff.com/Brianna-Perry-Symphony-No-9-The-Collection-mixtape.462363.html
new tape
only just stuck it on, she appears to be doing a shyne impression on the intro
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 March 2013 20:09 (2 months ago) Permalink
ahahaha dead @ track 3, i won't spoil it
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 March 2013 20:13 (2 months ago) Permalink
noooo this mixtape is just a bunch of snippets -_-
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 16:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
um no? unless you mean in like uh, creative terms
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:06 (2 months ago) Permalink
oh ugh i think i downloaded an old version of it which is all snippets except for like 4 full songs
*kills everything*
*downloads again*
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
there was a different "Symphony #9" mixtape out in November that WAS mostly half-song snippets, this new one appears to be a complete other release with basically the same title.
― some dude, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
she's already in my bad books for fucking up my id tags by adding her surname AFTER i'd played "marilyn monroe" a million times
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
this tape is pretty b-grade tbh, fun enough but far too beholden to its guests after all the self-possessed character 'marilyn monroe' had
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
ANYWAY
"take my breath away" giving me that ruff sqwad "died in ur arms" realness
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
really thought she'd use "marilyn monroe" as more of a springboard
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
xp heh spoken like a true night slugger
it's more like a dipset heatmakerz nod (as was the rsqwad) only er, without the heat made. nicki can pull off that kinda prom dressantino vibe really well somehow, brianna kinda but not so much imo
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
find the mmts cut really hilarious for some reason, just him and that beat together
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:33 (2 months ago) Permalink
finished it and would agree with rtc's assessment, but it's still pretty fun - she works so well on uptempo beats that really knock, am feeling "red cup", "get it girl", "top notch" on first listen
pretty much functions how tiding-over mixtapes should
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 18:04 (2 months ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Monday, March 11, 2013 10:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed :-/
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:59 (2 months ago) Permalink