I've not heard this yet, but I revisited FS/LS over the weekend, and "Timberlake and Timbaland do digital <i>Voodoo</i> for 2013" sounds pretty good, to me.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
Damn html eejit.
'no outros' edit of the album: http://ahouseoflies.com/post/46218344075/justin-timberlake-the-15-20-experience
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
Are the outros predominantly instrumental?
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
at least, unlike half of 20/20, it has a melody at all
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:36 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
this is a pretty dumb criticism. giving a piece of music credit for having something even if that something sucks is pretty damn limiting.
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Monday, March 25, 2013 3:34 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it wasn't really a criticism so much as a throwaway line in lieu of "i think you're completely wrong about the halo melody and also you didn't read the bit where i said it worked despite all these legitimate criticisms of it"
also complaining about the aimlessness of 20/20 tracks IS NOT THE SAME as whining that it isn't full of 3-min radio bangers! FFS
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
not really, usually there some refrains and vamping (xp)
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
Refrains and vamping is fine and dandy by me. Will probably pick this up when I get paid.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
the thing with "halo" is that all the criticisms of it as trite hackwork are not off the mark, but there's a point at which you crumble - usually hearing it with someone else or in a communal setting - and once you crumble you can't really go back
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
those walls you built etc
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
i nearly referenced that line but thought it might be taking the corniness too far
i really love B's vocal performance on "halo" regardless, esp the low notes. she really sells it.
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 25 March 2013 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
helps that it's something of an anomaly in her discography, too
I agree with lex on "halo". Esp. the low notes, and the phrasing of "down".
Although maybe it's just that I heard "Stop and Stare" so much everywhere that it was like I was stuck on a boat in The Voyage of the RyanTedder until one day I just fell off the edge of the world and into some weird zone where... I don't viscerally object to his ploys??? Which is objectively wrong I know.
― Tim F, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
ya lex otm that's why i said "i might not be the one pressing play on it" in the quoted bit; 'halo' is not really a tune you'll ever bust out on your own but the way some people slam it you'd think they only live in their lil itunes bubble
― r|t|c, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:13 (23 minutes ago) Bookmark
btw if this dude is contactable someone get him to re-up, would be mildly interested in hearing this
― r|t|c, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
that was a good thread where we chopped it up about tedder, just reread
― r|t|c, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
k i asked him (xp)
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
Halo is awesome fuiud.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 March 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
there's also an "edits only EP" version of the album which sounds great to me
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
ya seriously
― teledyldonix, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
it's kinda weird/sad that "Halo" is her most recent big multi-platinum pop crossover hit, and is now 4 years old, though
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like the disconnect between album sales and single performance has been as profound recently as it's ever been so it will be really interesting to see what beyonce's numbers look like. with her cultural relevance at an all time high, will she do big album sales numbers without a crossover pop hit? seems pretty possible.
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
i think B/Jay/Kanye/a few others have proven at this point that they will never sell less than a million of an album, unless they go into a major commercial decline unlike any of the bumps in the road they've experienced so far. their brand is stronger than any song, just like Flo Rida's brand is so weak that he can have 4 massive pop hits on an album that will never go gold.
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
I have this sinking feeling that B's entering the Dionne and Friends phase of her career.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://the2020experience.bandcamp.com/album/the-20-20-experience-no-bullshit
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
haha yeah he might have wanted to be juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit less conspicuous with that
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Suit and Tie Shit (Tie SHIT) 04:50
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
by Not Justin Timberlake
― cunnilingus ah um (The Reverend), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
lol yeah am linking it now cause who knows how long it'll last. the OTHER person who responded to my request for outro-less edit on twitter kept putting it on mediafire and rapidshare or w/e, where it'd get pulled immediately.
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
playing this for the first time, man those strings that open "Pusher Lover Girl" are overbearing and stupid
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
not scanning through this whole thread, you guys talked about the massive Prince pastiche going on here right
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
when i first listened to the record i thought they were a bad omen. now i think they're enjoyably stupid
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 25 March 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
"pusher love girl" doesn't recall prince exactly to me but i guess the contorted guitars are "darling nikki"-ish
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
"Pusher Love Girl" is by far my favorite song, and also the one most hindered by the outro. really hope it becomes a radio single and i eventually forget what it sounds like after the 5 minute mark.
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
i only like the outros on this record really
― schlump, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
also timbo sounds real old rapping on one of the bonus tracks
like seventy years old
kinda like if kendrick's dad was rapping on the answerphone skits on that record
agree pusher love is the best. love the strings
― flopson, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
On my first couple of listens I wanted to compare it to Around the World in a Day but couldn't place the referents; it was just a vibe I got.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i def get a chilled-out prince vibe
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
kinda like if kendrick's dad was rapping on the answerphone skits on that record― schlump
man this is so sadly otm but may apply to his entire career
― i petted a bodega cat today. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
The whole arrangement and performance is very "Prince smacks you with a bomb-ass ballad on track 3", particularly with the vocal phrasing and the guitar riffs. There are shades of "Darling Nikki", "Adore", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", "Shh", and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" in there, among other things; not so much that you could say "oh, this is [specific Prince song] Part 2" but there is a strong nod to the way Prince used to write ballads going on here
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
idk i got the feeling of like swirling curtis mayfield ballads, particularly with the heavy moving strings, but it's not like that wouldn't also be a layered prince reference
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
I am definitely more familiar with Prince than Curtis Mayfield
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Forget it, Jake. It's indie R&B.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
― i petted a bodega cat today. (forksclovetofu), Monday, March 25, 2013 4:06 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha idk i like a lot of his rapping but there's a verse with this kinda ad-lib chuckle that is just the voice of age, it's like a guest verse by johnny cash
― schlump, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
as he is now
everything being pastiched in the song is things Prince also pastiched as opposed to things Prince invented imo; it's like saying some standard '70s arena rock pastiche was "so Guided By Voices" or something.
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
some dude, can you put out a call for a similar edit to MBDTF? would love a version of that w/o the bullshit.
― alpine static, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
that would end up being just be 5 minutes of music and remove most of the point of MBDTF
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol someone else will have to put up the batsignal to polish that turd (xp)
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
My Beautifully Brief And Now Insignificant Fantasies
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link