"cheater" is perhaps the one song that works really strongly as a video in isolation but jars in mixtape context - i love the second half of it though, the way she carries the mc lyte track and the crystal waters track and the soulful loveliness of "wish" through to triumph
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 08:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
is "speakher" a pun? idgi
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, November 14, 2011 3:01 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
what
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 November 2011 08:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
of course it's a pun! it's a pun on "speaker", which is how you listen to music. and also nikkiya -- her -- is speaking to us, through the music. which is coming from a speaker.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 November 2011 08:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
It reminds me of exam topics when I was 14: "History: His-Story or Her-Story?"
― Tim F, Monday, 14 November 2011 09:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
How could you not get speakher?
I felt bad that I didn't get Buck Cherry for like 5 years though, or Miles Prower from Sonic the Hedgehog for like 20 years
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 November 2011 12:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
But "speaker sex" doesn't make sense either! "Speak her sex" makes more sense
I don't get "buck cherry" or "miles prower" either
It also took me nine years to get "ebeneezer goode"
I disapprove of puns as a subset of comedy tbh
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 12:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
speaker sex = surround sound sex = overwhelming yr senses
well duh. puns are the flatulence of wordplay.
― Tim F, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh audiophile nick southall sex then? Hmm
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 12:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also Lex just so you know "Lick The Cat" is about cunnilingus.
― Tim F, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Or maybe Yelawolf literally enjoys licking cats, I dunno.
Maybe it's the licks made by jazz cats.
― Tim F, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Old soul vibes:
http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=299742
― The Pseudo Carp Walks Among Us (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 12 January 2012 06:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice!
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 January 2012 09:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
wonder if anyone upthread turned around on this? I initially only liked "When I Was High" but deleting "Love Machine" and "Cheater" made me like the whole thing a lot more.
― rob, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Miles Prower from Sonic the Hedgehog for like 20 years
ohhhhh, i get it now
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
"buck cherry" is a spoonerism for "chuck berry" though there's probably some sex pun I'm missing. I had to wikipedia Mile Prower.
it's too bad that nick southall will probably not click on this thread
― rob, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
so i'm guessing the 20 march release for this speakher overload thing never happened? :(
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 14 April 2012 09:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh? i dl'd this record a couple months ago. or is it a mixtape?
― cock chirea, Saturday, 14 April 2012 09:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
speakher was her mixtape last year, in feb she released "hold on me" as a trailer for something called speakher overload that was gonna be on itunes on 20 march. it's not on uk itunes and when you google the only references are to its future release so i'm assuming it never happened
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3<3<3 this. Occasionally I bump it in outloud. I just heard the original for the first time like, 5 minutes ago...
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Better late than never; you can stream and download the deluxe edition here:
http://www.djbooth.net/index/mixtapes/entry/nikkiya-speakher-overload/
― Evan R, Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
ALL the new tracks are damn great imo
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
as well as the fuller-sounding "i like what you're doin"
no really, these bonus tracks are so great. i love how "alibi", "dui" and "let's fly" triangulate nikkiya's dreamy bohemian air with an incredibly strong melodic sensibility and almost this...grown-woman version of the my boo/swing my way summer-crush aesthetic. love the way she switches into voicebox mode for the second half of "let's fly". "reasonable" does that thing of being massively corny but inexplicably also massively moving and uhhh inspiring i guess? it's a really nice way of looking at life.
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm trying to upload these to youtube and none of the mp3-to-youtube sites are letting me. i don't understand technology. it's worked fine before.
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
did ANYONE apart from evan and i download this?
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 21:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think this probably speaks to the silliness of a "deluxe edition" mixtape more than anything else. The new songs are great, but people would have been much more likely to hear them if they'd been bundled as their own EP. Also, charging people for a mixtape they downloaded for free is asking a lot, too
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 22:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
ilx's noted anti-NIKKIYA bias continues unabated
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 June 2012 22:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
zzzzzz chicks, man, wake me up when a dude R&B singer does something
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 22:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah Evan otm. If I had loved every single track on the mixtape, I would have gotten this quickly, but there were enough duds for me that I've just been keeping this thread bookmarked as a reminder but haven't actually bothered to get it for weeks.
― rob, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
i paid up readily because i'm happy to spend money on up-and-coming artists who've given me excellent music for free, it was kind of like a belated opportunity to pay her for something i listened to loads. but, here are the new songs
http://soundcloud.com/supahotbeats/alibi-written-by-nikkiya
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
Man Nikkiya is great but my laptop is unfortunately down for the time being :\
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:30 (11 months ago) Permalink