― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:52 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:55 (twenty years ago) link
*Jess beats Ned down*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:56 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:16 (twenty years ago) link
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― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:26 (twenty years ago) link
134. I haven't heard this song in a few weeks (I want to listen to it now!) but reading through this thread brings the whole beautiful thing back. (Also, as someone who's only recently started listening to Top 40 radio again, that's how I knew it was a good song: after I heard it once, it was in my head all the damn time.)
135. I was just singing it a few minutes ago with a 21-year-old African-American girl I work with. She sang most of it; I did some bass harmony on "after party" and "hotel lobby."
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:26 (twenty years ago) link
Sheesh - the wit, wonder and wisdom of R Kelly?
Please..........
― russ t, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:28 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:28 (twenty years ago) link
138. (oh alright then). Dan he means (I think) those periodic beefy snare rolls that, as well as giving an exciting lift at various points, also serve to fill in the gap between 'and' and 'somebody' on the last line of the last verse).
― David (David), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:30 (twenty years ago) link
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― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link
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― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:44 (twenty years ago) link
Oh dear......
― russ t, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link
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― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 16 June 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
btw: The "murder she wrote" line requires reference to the dancehall original. Chaka Demus and Pliers sing 'bout hot gal wit di angel face and di devil heart. Dem gal act "flirty flirty" when dem "character dutty."
I think this is the kind of chick Mr. Kelly is talkin' about.
Oh, and that lazy fall into the chorus. Heavenly.
I don't, however, really feel the dancehall here...it's WAY too slow and lazy. It's got more of that Club Med reggae vibe. If it was over something like the diwali (see Wayne Marshall's "No Letting Go"), I might be willing to agree. Even then, dancehall deejays are anything but lazy and that's the charm of this tune.
― cybele (cybele), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:52 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Brian Bruxvoort, Monday, 16 June 2003 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― NA. (Nick A.), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
162. But the song holds up despite the bad parody.
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 16 June 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― cis (cis), Monday, 16 June 2003 21:31 (twenty years ago) link
164. Ain't/no/half/steppin'
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 11:13 (twenty years ago) link