Cassie: The new Ciara?

i doubt they missed out anything, it's pretty exhaustive right? i just don't think much post-2008 really needed to be included

^^^ what lex said. they didn't miss tons but the 12 track comp we put together a track list for in 2008/2009 hits most of the highlights.

Skydiver and Stamina are both pretty perfect, and Balcony and King of Hearts are enjoyable, and I'm never going to complain about /more/ Cassie, but I listen to it more often as a distilled single album.

new single with ross coming out soon

the same appears to be true of ciara

with Rick Ross? lol.

Rick Ross, saviour of all the neglected R&B women.

a.k.a. DEAR MAYBACH MUSIC WHEN ARE WE GETTING THAT NEW TEEDRA ALBUM

ha Ross rescuing R&B albums like Drake rescues Ross albums

http://www.datpiff.com/Cassie-RockaByeBaby-mixtape.465275.html

^^ no talk at all about this? haven't heard it yet, but 'numb' and 'paradise' refrain my expectations about it...

*presses play*

well that was a predictable intro

of all the r&b second-tier starlets i find cassie to be the most blank-slate. i'm still trying to find out what this mixtape is about. the only impression i get halfway in is a clumsy attempt at doing bad-bitch-by-numbers.

i get the fascination with her - she has great... potential? but has she really made any career moves that haven't been horribly clumsy and awkward?

it has been a chore listening to this one half of the mixtape and i'm not optimistic for the next half :/

"i make music to numb your brain" probs not the best advised lyric

i think she thinks she's pandering to the watching-the-party-thru-smoke vibes crew w/that line

the mixtape did surprise me in that most of it is trying to bite that riri #phuckeverything swag but it's not a great fit overall

will listen. as for tiers, casseie's blankness is obviously what makes her first tier, and i think the better question is has she made any moves that HAVE been clumsy and awkward? i dunno, i haven't heard a lot by her that isn't perfect. been bumpin balcony on repeat lately.

it's an inherently sweet blankness though, at its best. the 'pour it up' style nihilism this tape flirts with is above her paygrade

i like how the guests aren't listed on this soundcloud, makes a much funner game of bingo when you don't know when to expect jeremih's whinnying

her royal blankness

oh no, now i'm nervous :(

the song with jeremih is good

i just find her work to be disparate and unfocused. like she's trying to find a lil r&b niche and fill it. i hadn't heard balcony yet but the first youtube comment was pretty otm with the jhene aiko comparison. balcony isn't even a bad song or anything. but jhene has already carved out her niche. now cassie is just jumping from hazy sex to NINO CARTER in the span of a few months, and that's genre hopping from an artist w/o the pedigree to get away with it

i say second tier in terms of mainstream success. most regular music fans i know perceive her as a forgettable one hit wonder. i know she has the cult following but by definition cult following =/= most definitions of first tier

wait a minute jhene's niche is ENTIRELY based on biting cassie

like i remember the first time i heard jhene just thinking "does the #cassiefanclub own a laboratory now and did they create this girl in it"

at the same time, not achieving mainstream success doesn't mean you are not a first-rate musician. her cult following has happened bc she did in fact fill a niche. to this day i can't think of anyone else i could put on when i am in the mood for that vibe. she has a very particular voice, and the precision of it, along with cleanliness of her production is what makes her anything but disparate and unfocused.

xxp

feel pleased never to have spent time cultivating any semblance of an opinion on jhene

'ditto' will always be cassie's signature tune in my eyes i think

"is it you?" is one i've been thinking of recently, an avenue that was closed off too swiftly

*summer charm* will definitely be blowin up my crib this summer

Pusha T definitely just blatantly lifted 2 recent MC references in an otherwise OK song (take care of me baby is spooky enough to sound like cassie)

eww Do My Dance <--> Bad Bitches is some keri hilson gone bad shit, v uninspiring

lol @ the cassie review in pfork today, he wont be getting his membership in the club revoked

What’s clear now is that Cassie’s no longer just competing in the R&B game anymore.

What’s clear now is that Cassie’s just no longer competing in the R&B game anymore.

Fixed

mixtape is pretty eh

Me & U is currently perched in the top 25 on iTunes U.S. ...it's also the most downloaded R&B track in the UK right now?!

it's featured on the itunes front page in both countries. in the us it's listed on both the 'hot tracks' and '69¢ songs' sections, both of which are known to give sizeable boosts to both new and old songs.

presumably this is all part of bad boy's promo for its apple music-exclusive movie which has taken up all the banners on the front page. three other bad boy tracks are on the 'hot tracks' front page along w/ "me & u", and if you check you'll notice all of those are also high on the itunes charts now.

thanks! I was quite shocked. still quite impressive, I wonder why they picked that of all the possible older Bad Boy tracks?! (and justice for Official Girl and Must Be Love!) but I mean clearly it worked and it's not like I'm denying it's a certified classic by now, I watched that Bad Boy doc and Cassie herself is only in it for a couple seconds though... a pretty good (mostly Diddy-centered) documentary by the way.

That...is so weird. On multiple levels, not the least of which being that it popped up on my iPod twice this week after not hearing it in years. It's a jam.

Oh hey never mind, I was thinking of the JoJo song because I'm an idiot (I think K-Ci and JoJo almost certainly figured into my confusion).

So weird...I was compiling songs for an assembly this week where kids who get certain awards parade around the gym to music and high-fives. I needed about 25 songs, half current stuff the kids like, half songs that the staff--okay, I--like. I included "Me & U" as sort of a bridge; sounds current but isn't. When I went onto the iTunes chart for other ideas, there it was. I felt psychic but was baffled. Is it sampled on something current?

Jesus christ, I totally was thinking of Cassie after all. Delete me from thred, pls.

posted this in r&b too, but icymi there:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5cEwQsdQjSF9ZbZ6ctpuST

Pretty smooth, I dig it although the rap was unneeded. Hopefully she actually drops another project this time around.

new non-g-eazy track is exactly what I wanted the Jessie Ware album to be

(it isn't out officially yet but it's leaked https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cassie-returns-on-the-kaytranada-laced-dont-play-it-safe-new-song.1976724.html

Absolutely love it! Just release the album, Casandra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFr11MdK5wk

I had totally forgotten about her (and her great album) but Spotify showed me she has just released a single and I found out she's actually released many over the last couple of years (like a EP worth of material).
After a first listen they all sound pretty good.
Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??
She's not yet in Gunsn'Roses / MBV territory but for a rnb/popstar that's a crazy long time !

Huh ? Why is this thread NSFW ??

She's got a song called 'Don't Play It Safe'.

(I have no idea.)

Going back to her album + "Official Girl" reminds me how great she was.
She should have been a huge star.

'Skydiver' is like the most amazing song ever.