"supervillain" is a masterpiece so there's hope
― blobas, Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I've always been pretty willing to believe the narrative that ER brought a lot of their own personality/topics/opinions to their album,
eh what's the big deal? No snark intended, but these gals are only as good as their material.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
but again, how can you make that call based one album done w/ all the same production team.
― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't agree that they're only as good as their material, but good production and writing > wack production and writing
― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
those statements both essentially mean nothing, though
― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
huh? i'm just saying that i think the girls are super talented but i'd rather not take a chance with lame producers (as spotty as tricky/dream have been lately)
― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
"good production is better than bad production" isn't the same thing as "known quantity is better than unknown quantity"
― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
dream & tricky are having a great year
― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
well, idk what tricky has done actually -- terius is having a great year tho
interesting article with sarah rosete - http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2010/06/sarah-rosete-interview/ - inc. some behind-the-scenes management stuff on how the electrik red project got going and how it's going to keep going given what they sold.
i wonder what she's referring to with this:
A lot of decisions were made without any kind of confirmation from us. They were made just because they had to be made. That really hurt our image and Shakir wouldn’t have let any of that go down — he would have made sure everything was perfection before it was put out. We know now more than ever how great your first impression has to be. Anything less than a great first impression means that success isn’t guaranteed, so you really have to go hard or go home.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
b-b-but their first impression was one of the best albums of all time
― teflon donk (samosa gibreel), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh i'm not sure how else they could've been marketed either...
― gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the reason why they didn't "hit" is that the Prince-sound aesthetic might be on the way out in r&b. Maybe the kids were getting tired of the lin-drum sound. I personally loved it because it reminded me of Vanity 6 and Jill Jones. But I guess only a few people can remember those acts as a reference to Electrik Red.
― lilsoulbrother, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
9 to 5 soundin so good
― so sick of the fucking V8 commercials (surm), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
has this been posted anywhere?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dX0sqeYiU
― just sayin, Thursday, 28 October 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I posted in the R&B thread the other day, forgot about this thread. I don't know much about Midi Mafia.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 October 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah im not really feelin it, i prefer when they sound a bit more decadent rather than stripped back
― just sayin, Thursday, 28 October 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i think it's fun
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Thursday, 28 October 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Could really do with these girls returning ASAP
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/LesleyER/status/45365257694224384
!!!!!!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
well shit
― swag the dog (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 10 March 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
we're all !!!!!ing at the background of that twitter, right?
because !!!!!
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Thursday, 10 March 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
he loves electrik red, i found out about this album through him - can't imagine how hyped he was to meet her
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 13 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/BinkieER/status/57857485188509696
BinkieER Swag low ill build ya up knees weak ill stand you up RED LIPS RED DRESS like em like a fire truck. #redlipandabadattitude 9 minutes ago via ÜberSocial
please let these be new ER lyrics
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously please I CAN HEAR THEM IN MY HEAD, i want this song NOW
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
#redpandabadattitude
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vdI2KXwkaoc/R8FuGikUO1I/AAAAAAAADAw/OcxfonUd-UQ/s320/Red+Panda.jpg
― absolutely steen hooses (some dude), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
red panda!!!!
also ugh never mind i just googled and they're from a chris brown song
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
lol u got breezyrolled
― absolutely steen hooses (some dude), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
loooool
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoever it was who decided to blast "We Fuck You" over the PA in the student union hall today, you are a fucking hero.
― KIP malone (The Reverend), Friday, 29 April 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― hong does your geirden gro (some dude), Friday, 29 April 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
have we discussed the female empowerment angle?
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:06 PM (1 year ago)
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 April 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
^ one of my alltime fave ilm posts 4reals
― r|t|c, Friday, 29 April 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yeah it cracks me up every time i open this thread
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 April 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
UHHHH
http://twitter.com/kkingdomm/status/67689308089368576
epic studio session last night w/ Naomi Allen of @ElectrikRed! stay tuned for her vox on Away With Me (formerly Okay to Dance) 12 minutes ago via web
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!
― lurking off (lou), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
everytime I think about Kingdom and Electrik Red together I feel the sun shines a little brighter
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!!!
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
and yea, though foul necromancers may keep their forms wretchedly animate like those of cassie and nina sky, only the sad moonlight of our memories shall truly make the marble tomb of electrik red gleam just as their lives once did so very long ago.
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
whatever, i'm stoked
― spätzle logic (donna rouge), Monday, 9 May 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
belated lol at r|t|c
― Tim F, Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i just listened to this entire album by accident when i was meant to be doing something else very time-sensitive and ended up basically singing along to every line
this fucking album!
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 13 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeaaaaah
― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
transcribing my interview w/naomi from last week, most notable offcut that won't make it in - there will be new stuff in the next few weeks or so, i think remixes of songs they like, and there will be a How To Be A Lady Vol 1.5 mixtape before Vol 2. they're still signed to def jam and sorting things out for the second album atm.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
Any Terius involvement?
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
i gather both sides want to make it happen but nothing's definite yet, it's schedule-dependent
don't get the impression it'll be solely terius-helmed
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that seemed unlikely. Good to hear it's a possibility though
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
lex!
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 2 August 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
lex = our hero!
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link