the song in the new zune commercial is a new one from the record and it kinda sounds like ass
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
their 'classic' phase is their cheap period.
then again i think they just like that cheapo sound. the saxes on everybody nose sound really cheap and plastic.
― mr x, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"Spaz"? The beat is kind of weird
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
the saxophone sounds like a saxophone!
― Jordan, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
the thing is i like the part that goes ALL THE GIRLS WAITING IN THE LINE FOR THE BATHROOM with that stomping kick drum but the rest is just a mess in every sense of the word
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
remix is kewl tho
lol, neptunes going drum & bass in '08: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hqFTVi7QU
― Jordan, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
it sounds like a SNL blues brothers sax.
and the D&B thing is fucking played.
― mr x, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
it's just two notes?
but yeah, everybody nose is annoying and i had totally forgotten about it, except i like the chopped-up acoustic bass.
― Jordan, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
They've sounded cheap at most points in their career, the only difference being that they used to sound cheap and inspired and now they, for the most part, sound cheap and tired. Not all their new stuff is bad, though. I love "Til the Morning" from the new MJB album.
― rev, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"Spazz" is pretty dope. people were feeling the new NERD stuff at the Glow In The Dark and Pharrell had the whole place chanting ALL THE GIRLS etc which was funny
― chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I will blindly follow Pharrell basically forever though...I might not LOVE everything he does or think it's all genius but he is that Dude
― chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
he is definintely that ingratiating self-fellating dude.
― mr x, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
so you're saying that his ability to fellate himself is endearing to you in some way??? not following here mr x gotta tell ya
― chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
well, to link this with the blackout thread, "why should I be sad" is great. I also like the tracks on "american gangster". and as crazy as it sounds, I also like some of the tracks they did on the latest madonna album ! so, to me, they're not over...
― AleXTC, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I kinda like that Kenna single.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:11 (sixteen years ago) link
which track ?
― AleXTC, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"Say Goodbye to Love"
― baaderonixx, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
here i was thinkin these guys have fallen off but then i realized, nah, me and the whole club were singin along with "all the girls standing in the line for the bathroom" just last week. and even if they don't have like 10 songs in the top 40 at the same time any more, well, they've been around for a decade already. it's ok for them to be not AS popular as they used to be, hell even just having one good bangin club track out after so long is respectable.
i mention this cause i'm listening to that new twista w/pharrell song (give it up) right now, which is dope even if it sounds very very neptunes... i think i kinda like the direction they seem to have taken in their careers lately - they don't really realease loads of songs any more, and what they do release seems to always be pretty edgy and cool. and yes they stick with their formula, but it's such GOOD formula
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
also, "I decided" is a gorgeous song !
― AleXTC, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i've been shouting that they fell off i guess since Blueprint 2? but nah really over the years i've gotten to the point where even if their hit/miss ratio is really bad, they still do occasionally make a track I really dig. here's a vague list of my favorites from 2004 to present:
Cee-Lo - "The Art of Noise"NERD - "Maybe"Jay-Z - "Allure"Talib Kweli - "Broken Glass"Snoop Dogg f/ Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson - "Signs"The Clipse f/ Pharrell - "Stuntin' Y'all"Twista f/ Pharrell - "Lavish"Omarion - "Touch"T.I. f/ Pharrell and Common - "Goodlife"John Legend f/ Kanye West - "It's Over"NERD - "You Know What"Common - "Announcement"Jadakiss - "Stress Ya"
― born mindless and driven by the heat pulsing in his tiny body (some dude), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Twista's "Give It Up" is from 2 years ago, btw.
I was listening to "She Likes To Move" the other day thanks to The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and I think that song encapsulates pretty much everything I love about the NERD aesthetic, almost to the point where I don't think I ever need to hear another NERD track.
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
spoken like a true RHCP fan
― born mindless and driven by the heat pulsing in his tiny body (some dude), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
oh my sides
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
xxxposts
yeah, "announcement" is great. I also really like "wamp wamp" with clipse.
― AleXTC, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
give it up was 2 years ago? huh, and i just realized they didn't produce all those cool tracks on "we got it for cheap vol 2" either (though half of them sound like they did). maybe they *are* falling off! they do anything worth noting in the last year besides the nerd album?
n.e.r.d. recently scheduled then cancelled a show in jakarta too, which kinda pisses me off.
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 28 May 2009 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
stuff they did last year besides NERD: the whole Common album, half the Madonna album, half the Ashlee Simpson album, songs by Solange, John Legend, Snoop.
― gabb nebula (some dude), Thursday, 28 May 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's the tentative tracklist for my Neptunes no-bullshit singles collection 1998-2004 CD-R.
Anything I'm totally missing, goons?
1. N.O.R.E. - "Superthug"2. Ma$e - "Lookin' At Me"3. Mystikal - "Shake Ya Ass"4. Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality"5. Jay-Z - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"6. Tha Liks - "Best U Can"7. Kelis - "Young, Fresh N' New"8. Jadakiss - "Knock Yourself Out"9. Fabolous - "Holla Back (Young'n)"10. Mystikal - "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)"11. Lil' Bow Wow - "Take Ya Home"12. N.O.R.E. - "Grimey"13. N.O.R.E. - "Nothin'"14. Busta Rhymes - "Call The Ambulance"15. Clipse - "When The Last Time"16. Baby ft. Clipse - "What Happened To That Boy?"17. Busta Rhymes - "Light Your Ass On Fire"18. Fabolous - "Tit 4 Tat"19. Snoop Dogg - "Drop It Like It's Hot"
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
"luv u better"
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
^^
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
not having grindin is p contrarian tbh
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
that isn't nearly softbatch enough
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
you're missing
luv u bettergirls dem sugar <-- essential frontinsigns
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
^those j0rd songs are all R&B-tinged, and while all great songs, I wouldn't classify any of them as "bangers" in the context of this rap-heavy mix
"Grindin'" and "Got Your Money" are dope imo, but I don't like em as much as these other 19...
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
Plus "When The Last Time" > "Grindin'" any day
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
"Tit 4 Tat" and "Lookin' At Me" are the weakest songs on this list imo. Should prolly replace one with "Grindin'," but they're both pet faves o mine
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
"cross the border".
― Tim F, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'm very partial to "pass the courvoisier part 2" but that'd be too much busta.
― Tim F, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, me too!
That one just missed the cut alongside Fam-Lay's "Rock & Roll"
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
also, the "cross the border" chorus is so bad
no way cross the border is awesome
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
i think when girls call dudes papa its weird as fuck tbh
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
"popular thug" is enough of a banger to be on here and also is lifechanging.
― Tim F, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
i feel you, i still think they're some of his best songs tho
also i'll throw in a vote for "i'm serious" as an underrated neptunes banger
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
i swear i feel like this is missing something (even within the context of "bangers instead of r&b") but i can't for the life of me remember what it is.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
i've also been partial to "diddy" & "danger" over "shake ya ass"
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
"i'm serious" just missed the cut too! Definitely room for a Volume 2!
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
I think what pains me the most is to leave off my beloved "Lapdance" since it doesn't really flow with the vibe of the others
― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha i was just about to post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gul0ZDtnGzI
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link