<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