Cassie: The new Ciara?

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Tim: Do yourself a favor and listen on headphones/anything where you can get a good stereo effect. It becomes 10 times better. Each sound is isolated in its own little pocket, never interacting with anything else in the song. It's like piling on a couple more bagfulls of ice.

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Every time I download it it's 20 minutes of skips and whistles :-(

I'm hoping to be given the CD single to review when it finally comes out here.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

I like this song a lot, but then I've only heard it in the liquor store. Its playing literally every time I go shopping for beer. So maybe my reaction is pavlovian.

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

This is way better than "Don cha"

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Could someone with a leaked / promo version of the LP post a tracklisting? Love everything I've got so far although "Just Friends" is my summer jam (a year old and all).

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

Yes I agree with that. "Don't Cha" isn't even the best Pussycat Dolls single.

I think this is maybe the most severe psuedo-crunk R&B track - "Oh" is its only challenger, and I think this sounds even emptier than that, though "Oh" does have some raw blemished grunt in its favour.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Deej did you get my e-mail?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

No i didnt! i wonder if it was spam filtered?

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

No I think I had some general problems with e-mail that day (this was about two/three weeks ago maybe?) - I will e-mail again.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

17) that cassie "me & you" video is so sexy i can't even handle it.
-- jaxon (jaso...), August 1st, 2006 4:05 PM. (jaxon) (admin) (userip)

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

AMG in knowing something else about black music shocka!

― Luis Skank Bloc Polonia (Andy_K), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Luis. No "Just Friends." I cry now.

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

This song has majorly grown on me over the last couple months. I love singing along to "tell me if you like it!"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 August 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

>For those who don't have a good copy

(No idea if I'm doing the html right.)

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 3 August 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

Let's try again.

>For those who don't have a good copy

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 3 August 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

That one worked.

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 3 August 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and mod-people, that isn't a direct link.

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 3 August 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Cassie's the new Amerie. like duh. they even look alike

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 3 August 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

Amerie was/is the old/new LeToya.

― Luis Skank Bloc Polonia (Andy_K), Friday, 4 August 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Cherish was the new Ciara

― moriarty (moriarty), Friday, 4 August 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, that Cherish song is so horrible ("Do It To It").

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 4 August 2006 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

I like "Do It To It".

― It's Rodney, assume the position! (R. J. Greene), Friday, 4 August 2006 04:25 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Cherish was the new Ciara

how do professional musicians keep up the pace?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 4 August 2006 04:55 (nineteen years ago)

Here's the proper tracklist:

Cassie-Cassie-(Retail)-2006-H3X

01. Me & U 3:12
02. Long Way 2 Go 3:40
03. About Time 3:33
04. Kiss Me 4:07
05. Call U Out 3:32
06. Just One Nite 4:06
07. Hope You're Behaving (Interlude) 0:36
08. Not With You 3:17
09. Ditto 3:34
10. What Do U Want 3:13
11. Miss Your Touch 2:33

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 4 August 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

'long way 2 go' is so good; she's so detached it's virtually spoken word.

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 4 August 2006 07:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.showbizz.net/uploads/films/letoya.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Amerie02.jpg/230px-Amerie02.jpg

― Luis Skank Bloc Polonia (Andy_K), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:46 (nineteen years ago)

that Do It To It song is a complete rip of Ciara's "Oh". i thought it was some Target commercial at first.

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 4 August 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

"Do It To It" is like the '00s version of "Land of a Thousand Dances." They're both pretty annoying.

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Friday, 4 August 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

I find it kind of intriguing to note that my three favourite songs this year are "In White Rooms", "Me & U" and "Silent Shout", which are united by a verging-on-severe chill formalism - total pop degree zero.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 5 August 2006 06:58 (nineteen years ago)

It's a chilly year, Tim!

― Catherine Ryan (and so this is catherine), Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:06 (nineteen years ago)

Catherine, I was pleased to note you've been listening to The Blue Nile!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:24 (nineteen years ago)

Who are also a rather shimmery, frosty bunch, I feel.

(I've been listening to Luomo, also, while we're on the topic of icy pleasure.)

― Catherine Ryan (and so this is catherine), Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

New Luomo album soon! I'm excited. Catherine did you like that Vladislav Delay remix of Rhythm & Sound's "Truly" on that comp I gave you. Delay and Luomo are the same person if you didn't already know.

(sorry everyone else, this is wandering off topic)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

I can kind of picture Paul Buchanan's voice working over "Me & You"'s icy backdrop

― gaseous (gaseous), Saturday, 5 August 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, no, his voice has too much presence..

― gaseous (gaseous), Saturday, 5 August 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

I may never understand what it is people like about this kind of flat disengagement.

I also may never understand how an artist or songwriter goes about deciding whether a song will be a "You" track or a "U" track. I really wish people would stop doing the latter.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 5 August 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Ur no fun.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

"I can kind of picture Paul Buchanan's voice working over "Me & You"'s icy backdrop"

Surely it's only a matter of time before Junior Boys release a cover of "Me & U".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

"I also may never understand how an artist or songwriter goes about deciding whether a song will be a "You" track or a "U" track."

I think it gets sent to a special committee. It's tried out in various focus groups. And then they just pull one out of a hat and go with it.

― Catherine Ryan (and so this is catherine), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

For those of you who are interested in such details, the real simple falling down blip line in "Me & U" is in the clave rhythm.

This track is good - very good; stunning, in fact - but it doesn't move me as much as "Oh." Neither does Ciara's "Get Up" for that matter, though that's a good track too. My problem with each is that when the vocals coalesce into melody it's what I call "standard '00s r&b melody" (which I can't explain any better than that) (and "Get Up" does go into interesting pastorale moods, it's a fascinating song in a lot of ways, just doesn't make my heart disintegrate); and I'm just not a fan of "standard '00s r&b melody." I'll have to give more thought as to why. I think "Me & U" needs even more chill, and the tune even less melody.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

There's a question: how near can you approach to complete stillness (or dead silence) and still be a pop record?

― moriarty (moriarty), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

Frank I know what you mean I think - the intersection b/w the arrangement and the vocal on "Oh" is definitely more startling and unusual. But I quite like the way the vocal melody on "Me & U" speeds up for the chorus (alongside that insistent itchy percussion), as if it's falling forward inevitably, like the body stirring and responding to stimuli.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 6 August 2006 03:33 (nineteen years ago)

Was just listening to Pink's "Is It Love," a slow sing-song chant from '99 (and one of the most intense things she's ever recorded), and was thinking that that was the kind of melody I'd want "Me & U," something as insistent and repetitive as the accompaniment. Obviously, Pink doesn't do iciness, but I think her type of singing could work very well on this (though it'd be very different).

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 6 August 2006 04:01 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't heard this yet, but reading all the "Oh" comparisons makes me realize that I absolutely must hear it immediately.

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Sunday, 6 August 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

Frank I love "Is It Love". When I first heard that Missundaztood was going to be kinda confessional, I imagined a whole album like that. But it's still something of a one-of-a-kind.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 6 August 2006 09:55 (nineteen years ago)

frank totally otm with the crunk-pastorale thing on 'get up' (which is exactly why that song makes my heart disintegrate)

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 6 August 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

Even with my reservations about the vocals, I'm switching over to the majority here: "Me & U" is monstrously, megalithically powerful. And to think so much of the power comes from those little high blips. Those blips just kick ass. Hey, love them kick-ass blips, babe.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 6 August 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), Yesterday.

It's a chilly year, Tim!

-- Catherine Ryan (cjrya...), Yesterday.

Worth repeating

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

me & u remixes plus tools:

http://www.discobelle.net/2006/07/14/you-and-me-cassie/

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

i can't wait to listen to the acapella on repeat over some basic channel beats

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 6 August 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

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it's featured on the itunes front page in both countries. in the us it's listed on both the 'hot tracks' and '69¢ songs' sections, both of which are known to give sizeable boosts to both new and old songs.

presumably this is all part of bad boy's promo for its apple music-exclusive movie which has taken up all the banners on the front page. three other bad boy tracks are on the 'hot tracks' front page along w/ "me & u", and if you check you'll notice all of those are also high on the itunes charts now.

― dyl, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 17:47 (eight years ago)

thanks! I was quite shocked. still quite impressive, I wonder why they picked that of all the possible older Bad Boy tracks?! (and justice for Official Girl and Must Be Love!) but I mean clearly it worked and it's not like I'm denying it's a certified classic by now, I watched that Bad Boy doc and Cassie herself is only in it for a couple seconds though... a pretty good (mostly Diddy-centered) documentary by the way.

― all the way down, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:15 (eight years ago)

That...is so weird. On multiple levels, not the least of which being that it popped up on my iPod twice this week after not hearing it in years. It's a jam.

― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:23 (eight years ago)

Oh hey never mind, I was thinking of the JoJo song because I'm an idiot (I think K-Ci and JoJo almost certainly figured into my confusion).

― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 23:26 (eight years ago)

So weird...I was compiling songs for an assembly this week where kids who get certain awards parade around the gym to music and high-fives. I needed about 25 songs, half current stuff the kids like, half songs that the staff--okay, I--like. I included "Me & U" as sort of a bridge; sounds current but isn't. When I went onto the iTunes chart for other ideas, there it was. I felt psychic but was baffled. Is it sampled on something current?

― clemenza, Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:48 (eight years ago)

Jesus christ, I totally was thinking of Cassie after all. Delete me from thred, pls.

― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 June 2017 03:04 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

posted this in r&b too, but icymi there:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5cEwQsdQjSF9ZbZ6ctpuST

― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 14:40 (eight years ago)

Pretty smooth, I dig it although the rap was unneeded. Hopefully she actually drops another project this time around.

― all the way down, Saturday, 5 August 2017 14:26 (eight years ago)

four months pass...

new non-g-eazy track is exactly what I wanted the Jessie Ware album to be

― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)

(it isn't out officially yet but it's leaked https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cassie-returns-on-the-kaytranada-laced-dont-play-it-safe-new-song.1976724.html

― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)

Absolutely love it! Just release the album, Casandra.

― all the way down, Monday, 25 December 2017 23:58 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFr11MdK5wk

― maura, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:47 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

I had totally forgotten about her (and her great album) but Spotify showed me she has just released a single and I found out she's actually released many over the last couple of years (like a EP worth of material).
After a first listen they all sound pretty good.
Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??
She's not yet in Gunsn'Roses / MBV territory but for a rnb/popstar that's a crazy long time !

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:40 (six years ago)

Huh ? Why is this thread NSFW ??

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:42 (six years ago)

She's got a song called 'Don't Play It Safe'.

(I have no idea.)

― pomenitul, Friday, 19 July 2019 10:48 (six years ago)

Going back to her album + "Official Girl" reminds me how great she was.
She should have been a huge star.

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 11:00 (six years ago)

'Skydiver' is like the most amazing song ever.

― Nourry, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:08 (six years ago)

errr what's that song ?? It's not even in her discography on wikipedia !

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:45 (six years ago)

It's one of the many songs that showed up on the internet around 10 years ago, maybe?

It's here the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLIbtbd32jI

― Nourry, Friday, 19 July 2019 15:01 (six years ago)

Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??

This thread pretty much tells the story tbf - i.e. too many good tracks leaked; too many less good tracks selected as trailers for a potential new LP; found domestic bliss; soon to be a mother, I believe; music now just a hobby?

I just listened to the last 3 released cuts on Spotify. I see they are linked by similar cover art, so this may indeed become an EP or something more soon. All 3 songs are OK, but no better than the weakest of the late 2000's leaks. The latest, "Speaking Of" is probably the pick of the bunch.

― Jeff W, Friday, 19 July 2019 18:02 (six years ago)

one year passes...

back by way of South African house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNmOQUJNBM
Black Coffee ft. Cassie • Time

― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:14 (five years ago)

that is really lovely as usual

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:38 (five years ago)

cassie...don't hear that name round these parts much these days...

― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:07 (five years ago)

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