I don't know if I can agree with you guys painting the "miami sound" as cool and breezy - where does "i'm so hood" fit in? "the boss"? "we takin over"? hell, "drifter" is pretty intense - and isn't shawty redd from atl?
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
just cuz it comes from MIA doesnt mean it has to fit this sound we're talking about
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
guyz, it is hella snowing all of a sudden
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
but you referenced the runners as one of the creators of this sound and they produced 2 of those songs
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
where does "i'm so hood" fit in? "the boss"? "we takin over"?
yeah, this is the stuff I'm thinking of as "the Miami sound". That epic Runners/Cool & Dre sweep.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
well an i'm so hood/the boss etc are straight rap, whereas lollipop/im so high/shone are not. i wouldn't lump the ross album in with those, though that has a distinct miami sounds, but it's distinct miami rap
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
it's an actual trend that is emerging, I think, but it's not like you go to miami and all you hear is "I'm So High" or anything...that's all part of it, Rick Ross is on the remix, his album sounds like all this stuff, its a movement not a genre,it encompasses different styles
also add "All That Money" to miami sound
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
polow/dream/atl has way more of a back catalog to look at as far as r&b contemp r&b songs than does miami, which i'm only referencing as the three i brought up already
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
yea matrix otm re: all that money
yeah but they've shifted along with Shawty Redd to a more vibey sound, I mean SHawty Redd went from Jeezy's first album to "Sensual Seduction"!!! there's clearly something goin on there...
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
xp about the runners
whats "all that money"?
and I'm going to have to check out rick ross' album
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
all that money: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076BFf7Ekgs
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
it's great! xp trilla
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
one of my fave songs of the year-- i've been telling people it sounds like sensual seduction-- it just has that same vibe, really light and breezy (no vocoder though)
lots of xps: yeah, but that Miami rap sound carries over to stuff like "Lollipop" (haha I forgot T-Pain was on there, good calling me out you fucker) and "Love In the Club", not so much something like "I'm So High" (which seems to take its cues from "Sensual Seduction") and let's pretend there's some huge impenetrable barrier between rap & r&b, ffs.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah trilla is actually really good-- idk why people are hating on it so much esp. after his last album got the "dont wanna like this but i do" treatment
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I should add "Driter" in too when I say "Sensual Seduction".
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
at least we can all agree that everything mentioned in this thread is better than 'american boy'
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
woah @ this dro song, damn.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm going to have to hear the Rick Ross album now, too.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
yea I think the confusion is that Miami blew up as a RAP crew ie: Khaled tracks
but there is also something else going on that may or may not be influencing that rap crew
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
except for "Love in This Club" : D : D : D
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
oops, wrong quote.
one mo gain
-- J0rdan S., Friday, March 28, 2008 2:06 PM (Friday, March 28, 2008 2:06 PM) Bookmark Link
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
drove around LA all last week with nothing but Trilla, a Johnny Thunders comp and citizen Steely Dan disc 4...Trilla got some serious burn
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
HELLA snowing
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah trilla is gonna be rap album of the summer for me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
oh wau "All That Money". Seems the beat is probably more Miami Bass than anything else we've been talking about.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess there's some of that in the "Drifter"-through-"I'm So High" strain.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
if dro releases "all that money" as a single its going top 10
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I would politely disagree with that, but I'll be hoping you're right cuz dro is my ninja
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah its wishful thinking but it should be number one summer jam imo, and he has name recognition at least
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
have you guys heard the "touch my body" remix with ross and the-dream? it's massive.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
StayGDUp109 (5 days ago) +10 Reply | Spam u shoulda put a pic of mariah carey not rick ross fat ass lol
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm kinda tempted to agree with whoever said the trance influence is > than the snap/crunk in R&B upthread even if those two are on the remix, because I have no been feeling this Mariah song....is it a club song?? I don't get it...
dl'ing the remix now though
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
walruses are hawt
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
ok crazy trance synths on this but with a weird snap-ish beat...definitely hadn't given this a proper listen
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
'touch my body' is probably my favorite single of the year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
mine too
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
xps: It's not that snap&b is bad, but that "Touch My Body" isn't exactly a shining standard for it.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
taking sides: snap&b vs. trancecrunk
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
or we could just talk about Estelle "American Boy"
lol we totally derailed this thread.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
rolling "Miami sound"
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
cassie - thirsty
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
BW: as if the Brits hadn't already completely derailed it.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
true.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
-- The Brainwasher, Friday, March 28, 2008 4:29 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
somebody send a smoke signal tape store's way
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
That Cassie song is quite alright.
xp:hahaha
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link