― 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
― JasonD (JasonD), Saturday, 23 August 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link
― JasonD (JasonD), Saturday, 23 August 2003 04:50 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 13 November 2003 06:11 (twenty years ago) link
― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 07:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 09:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Monday, 8 August 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Wait, we are talking about Dynamix II, right?
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Monday, 8 August 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link
same chords/bassline
― noodle food, Monday, 8 August 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
One Love.
― Wolfe, Bryan D., Sunday, 26 February 2006 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― team jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 26 February 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
----this is the sound of me backing out the thread slowly.
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 02:43 (eighteen years ago) link
still great
― teeny, Sunday, 14 October 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
359. this is the only song i listened to the year i graduated from high school and is inextricably tied up in my mind with weeks on end being drunk with high school friends and having the best time of my entire life smoking metric tons of weed in my garage
― max, Sunday, 14 October 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
bump.i was just watching music videos on youtube and was reminded of this ,easily my favourite ever thread about music
― robin l, Monday, 22 October 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
This thread makes up for any Egyptian Lover-related beardiness twice over.
― The Reverend, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
A few years ago, on his blog, the white folk rocker John Darnielle declared his admiration for R. Kelly’s new R. & B. single “Ignition.” Thirty years ago, Darnielle might have attempted to imitate R. Kelly’s perverse and feather-light soul. Now he’s just a fan.
― da croupier, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^was gonna make this zing when i saw thread had been bumped
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Probably has the best example in music of rhyming a word with itself, specifically "lobby".
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
This is gonna be a highlight of future VH1 'I Love the 00's!' shows in the future
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
still the ultimate weekend song
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 9 May 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
This is my favorite ILM thread.
― magna cum lord (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
28. The good grammar: "Food everywhere / as if the party was catered"
― amateurist (amateurist)
Good grammar would be "food everywhere/as if the party were catered".
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
like "hey ya" or "crazy" this is another song that i love but really don't want to hear ever again
― triple-hater protection (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
also ruined by the amount of non-rap/r&b listeners who're all OMFG GREATEST SONG EVER R. KELLY LOVE THIS but don't want to dance to say.... "step in the name of love" - yeah it's an awesome song but let's move on
― triple-hater protection (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
let's step on
― s1ocki, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously tho this is a music snob thing that always kind of annoys me... why so mad at crossover hits and the people who like them? not being a rap/r&b listener isn't a character flaw, isn't it good that people who like other kinds of music have also get exposed to r&b through songs like this?
― s1ocki, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
it's a delicate balance between admitting that the strength of the crossover hit is that it just happens to be awesome & hating people who won't get down to the I Wish remix
but I didn't see a lotta ppl reppin for "You Saved Me" which was also awesome, so there are numerous circles of frontin to be unpacked
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
...
― numerous circle of frontin (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
lol forgot the "s"
― numerous circles of frontin (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
jordan s4rgent, weren't you just a year and a half ago all like "I like r&b singles but never would think to listen albums"
― numerous circles of frontin (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 May 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
genuine lol & genuine pride in having inspired this new screenname
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Saturday, 9 May 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
360. this coming on shuffle when you haven't heard it in a year, and you're just walking to a bar on a summer evening
― caek, Thursday, 18 June 2009 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
157. this thread made me download a whole bunch of R Kelley songs. the best part of all of them is in "I Wish" when he's talking about this guy who'll "always be his nigga" and he goes "radio don't take the 'nigga' out this song'
― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, June 16, 2003 1:47 PM (6 years ago)
― dat nigga kelmar (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 June 2009 05:22 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread made me put the 4 hours of R. Kelly shit in my iTunes library on shuffle and it's really putting me in a good mood
― from 'your house' to 'your pussy.' (some dude), Thursday, 18 June 2009 05:34 (fourteen years ago) link
159. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqO5iiPoog
― Dan Majerle and the Wailers (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 17 July 2009 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
160. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqO5iiPoog&
― trill ent. dudes get wiped down, totally (The Reverend), Friday, 17 July 2009 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
(I think that's worth at least two spots on this list)