― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 26 May 2005 09:14 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 10 July 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Sunday, 10 July 2005 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 July 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 10 July 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gavin, Monday, 11 July 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link
no its not new, its not on the 1st album but it was on the single (sorry to answer so late)
― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Sunday, 31 July 2005 10:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I generally don't like this style of stuff at all, but I dig this.
However, I hate when they pitch samples up and down like on this song; that's a pet peeve of mine. The strings are so out of tune with the guitar hits (when the strings come in at 1:57 they clash with the guitar chord sample; lasts for like 10 seconds---annoys the fuck out of me). Perhaps it was intentional, but it all goes back to my pet peeve of just shifting sampled guitar chords up and down.
The drums are really cool though, but it's a really commonly sampled Meters break. Everyone uses this one.
My favorite moment: that one time in the song when Amerie's vocal is double the octave below with some sort of pitch shifter effect (the line at 1:49, that cool pitch shifting double---and it only happens once in the song; that's really cool).
The production on her voice is great; there are some nice doublings and stereo layouts.
― Salvador (Salvador), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Mr. Snrub (mistersnru...), May 15th, 2005.
Indeed. Clasic!
Here's an old school Meters rap break tune:
Big Daddy Kane_(1988) Long Live The Kane_01. Long Live The Kane.mp3
― Salvador (Salvador), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link
It's weird, it's like it's single-handedly reminded me how to feel certain rhythms I have been feeling much for a while, or feeling like feeling.
It is a little retro though in a way, no?
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link
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― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:25 (eighteen years ago) link
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― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 04:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 19 January 2006 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 19 January 2006 06:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 19 January 2006 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 19 January 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago) link
was 'man up' on the american version of the album? it's listed as a bonus track on my copy and is probably my favourite non-single.
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 19 January 2006 08:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 19 January 2006 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I am amazed that I'm not annoyed by the breathy spoken part near the end of the song. It could have been just some sex kitten sort of thing, but it comes off more like there's really a subject behind it, with an inner life.
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Thursday, 19 January 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
It's better in some ways...
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
(xpost "Take This Ring" is my shit)
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link
redman - watch yo nuggets
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Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy, "Say I"
All the obvious reasons as to why it couldn't possibly be as jaw-droppingly revelatory as "1 Thing" (Cool & Dre instead of Rich Harrison, CM instead of Amerie, Jeezy instead of blissful silence) absolutely apply, but it's been my go-to track when I want to hear a sample set ablaze like a Viking funeral ship.
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 02:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Tha Rayne's "Didn't Ya Know" is fabulous too.
Also try Mya's "Fallen (Zone 4 Remix)"
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 06:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― -+-++-++-, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 10:59 (eighteen years ago) link
super obvious answer = amerie 'talkin about' off the same album, hot as hell but too close to 1 thing to ever get some shine; or even better yet 'loves off the chain', a stupendous unreleased classic tacked onto the 'touch' promo, and with its own weird danny krivit re-edit 12. u can trawl thru the lost richcraft archives all day long for similar kicks, janet jackson - 'pops up', mary j blige's 'out my head'... jennifer lopez 'whatever u wanna do' as well, shadowing 'get right'....
non richcrafts to greater / lesser xtent
lil mo - dem boyznicole wray - if i was your girlfriendrihanna - let meyummy bingham from tha rayne/ jadakiss - 'come and get it' (sorta)
ummmm
― rtcotm (mwah), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:06 (eighteen years ago) link
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― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link
'pimpin all over the world' as well, awesome! whatever will finney say
― rtcotm (mwah), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
it's kind of a bummer that "Jiggle It" might cross over outside of Baltimore, I guess Young Leek is the new B. Rich.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
ohh ok i didnt know that wz chucky thompson. yeah, his and faith evans 'mesmerized' cd fit in here too at a pinch, i'm not sure what else
― rtcotm (mwah), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Young Leek got signed last year after having that one song out for like a month, so people around here are pretty mad about it. but the producer of that track, Blaq Starr, has done a ton of Baltimore club hits.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Basically, it sounds kinda like "1 Thing", but less minimal and less good, but you probably already guessed that. Of course, there's a lot of room between "1 Thing" and "bad", and this falls somewhere in there. Rich Harrison is Rich Harrison, (or someone else is Rich Harrison, that's been happening a lot lately) big horns, extraneous percussion, etc. I like the dark surf guitar and the use of the male background vocals. (That whole pre-chorus section is a nice build.) Amerie's singing is more soul shouter-ly than usual (which in my book is a plus, though I realize a lot of ILMers don't like soul shouters, but boo to them). The best moment is at the begining of the second verse. "I gotta tell you how much I love it/ When you kiss my neck in public/ I try my best not to blush" and totally sings that last line with a blush. The song needs more a hook though.
― Rodney is a group! (R. J. Greene), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link