i passed on covering natalie la rose for the french montana/jeremih record for my column but i feel like the latter just has a nice menacing darkness to it which is refreshing in the ratchet milieu
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 12 January 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
la rose's mannishly dorky "in the cluuhhh like wuuhhh goin duhhh like wuhhh" bit is a relatively unexpected treat, for a leona lewis lookalike at least
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 10:35 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0mjP09Idg
;_;
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
that la rose song is great, we touched on it in the pop thread. lol-obv whitney interpolation but it works a lot better than "don't tell em" imo
the jazmine album is so, so well sequenced, albeit it feels like its narrative starts at "mascara" and ends at "masterpiece" (with "if you dare" feeling like a victory lap bonus track)
― lex pretend, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
pshhhhhhh pop thread. no conviction sops to the moribund
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
http://saintheron.com/featured/devonte-hynes-reviews-jazmine-sullivans-reality-show-album/
Dev Hynes reviews the album
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
I did too: http://www.spin.com/reviews/jazmine-sullivan-reality-show/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
new ciara single out of nowhere ... prod by harmony samuels, co-written w/ some fool from rock city who's really taking the success of "i don't mind" as license to do his fake migos ad libs all over the place
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6436671/ciara-i-bet-exclusive-song-premiere
i'm.... willing to give this the benefit of the doubt. i guess i have a soft spot for songs that sound like fake ne-yo songs written by stargate
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:30 (nine years ago) link
imagine they're gonna need a new single to really get an album in motion but this is decent gossip fodder at least
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
These faux-Future ad-libs are hilarious.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
Song would be good without those adlibs
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 06:28 (nine years ago) link
album's gonna be called jackie apparently, no release date given
song's aight, might grow on me
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
Rock City must be stopped
― some dude, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:41 (nine years ago) link
well this is embarrassing
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:36 (nine years ago) link
this new ne-yo single is kinda nice but the chorus is pretty underwritten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lao5NnhhEVE
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Timothy Bloom's new song is '60s soulman meets Prince plus 808s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOaph8MAlI#t=61
― Evan R, Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
that Ne-Yo single is much better than Jessie J.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
*er, the Juicy J collab
lol i was gonna say, not a very high bar to clear
― dyl, Thursday, 15 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
http://highlineballroom.com/show/2015/02/25/luke-james-bj-the-chicago-kid/
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/5rQ0tsWmY41jKw4bNmllLN
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
ty
― Spottie, Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
np. let's see if I can keep this up!
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
The new Ne-Yo album is really great, glad he's mostly jettisoned EDM (and in the moments that it's used, it makes sense within the context of the songs)
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
well that's an exciting report
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
21 tracks huh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Mine has 19, but yeah, it's kinda long so it fizzles out a bit near the end and "She Knows" is reallyyyy jarring within the context of this album, like they should have made it a bonus track or left it off entirely
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
"coming with you" is very "down on my luck"!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
LOL @ the moment "she knows" comes in, i think murgatroid's warning made it less jarring than it probably is.
yeah, i'm enjoying this so far. "integrity" was quite striking
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
"story time" is striking in a bad way o_0
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
ne-yo protesting too much in it
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
new jodeci!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTkHE7Zyes
― maura, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
I want to believe Ne-Yo will be good again but YOTG sounds like his last will and testament.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
This Jodeci!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
speaking of nineties comebacks: the new Johnny Gill track has him doing a credible Pharrell imitation.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:45 (nine years ago) link
I literally turned off everything in my room to play that Jodeci
― 龜, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
I'm sitting here in darkness and my computer is off and I have no idea how I'm posting or listening to Jodeci rn but I am
"Story Time," wft?
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
so wtf i can't even type wtf correctly
enjoying this track by (i guess) a relatively new singer named alexandria: https://soundcloud.com/supernaturaltracks/a-l-e-x-a-n-d-r-i-a-treat-me-bad-bad-ep-2015
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 08:46 (nine years ago) link
i like that
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
is jazmine sullivan really going to not push "stupid girl" and "stanley" as singles
honestly, making songs as good as those then just sitting on them
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
Stupid Girl should be huge. The problem is that they seem kinda intent on hiding her from view since she's gained weight, cf. the album cover.
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:09 (nine years ago) link
comparing how jazmine and adele's careers have been managed is infuriating
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
"stupid girl" is a great song but i do think it's probably hamstrung by the winehouse-lite production
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Well I kinda agree but tbh I think the song and her performance are cathartic enough to break through the barrier. The if you're like me - you'll be a stupid girl trope is goose bump inducing.
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
I created a playlist in which a Sullivan and Dawn Richard song alternate.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
i love both those records but that sounds like a terrible way to listen to them
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
WIGGING OUT over the Jazmine Sullivan album omg, I snagged this on a whim and it is really exciting me.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
this teefli song w/ snoop & quik is pretty nice http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/teeflii-addicted-snoop-dogg-dj-quik
quik's verse is kind of a masterpiece
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 January 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
One last one on the way out:https://soundcloud.com/seramic/people-say
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link