The purpose built next generation interstellar Dawn Richard thread

i swear that's skepta's voice just before the drop on 'faith' as well

i'm kind of weary of all the superhero-themed lyrics on both tapes.

― some dude, Monday, March 12, 2012 3:13 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously it was quite enough when dawn had "superman" AND "super hero" AND "bulletproof" but then kalenna came with "s on my chest" and i was like come the fuck on

I have so much room in my heart for all these superman songs

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I GO GRENADE
YOU GO GRENADA

I'm listening for the first time and I just got the irresistible urge to post that. Three songs in and this is unstoppable.

So apparently there are other records that people might want to listen to now this exists? Unbelievable.

Sort of feel that this sets a high-water mark for dance influences in R&B and reveals almost everyone else as a clunky hack in comparison. Things like actually getting the drums right and sounding like they go with the music and keeping that rhythmic interest running - the flimsiness of recent R&B drum sounds has been a minor bugbear of mine for a while. Also she's great at songs and melodies that sound like they actually fit with the music rather than awkwardly plonked on top of it. The huge Guetta-does-Jamie-XX drop in the second half of 'Faith' works because everyone concerned realises that big filterdisco choruses are something that needs to be built up to rather than the basic building block of pop. Icing not cake.

idk why anyone is surprised that dawn's preoccupation with superhero motifs is continuing on an album called ARMOR ON

she uses them in really interesting ways, too - feel like "bulletproof" is the key here, the whole idea of being made superhuman through love - you could hear it as another iteration of the sade obsession b/c it's an extension of the whole "soldier of love" imagery

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I'm not actually sure these are particularly interesting or original metaphors at all but they sound cool.

she uses them in really interesting ways, too - feel like "bulletproof" is the key here, the whole idea of being made superhuman through love - you could hear it as another iteration of the sade obsession b/c it's an extension of the whole "soldier of love" imagery

― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:31 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah, and not just love but love itself, a higher power never specific to the person that's given her cause to feel love (or indeed feel hurt; "you may hate me but i'm still free" in 'bulletproof')

like "you are my scripture", the way people don't worship scripture itself but as a symbol of the things it represents. or worshipping messianic figures as conduits and restorers of communion with gods etc

listening to 'bulletproof' again i think it's not just the sunny weather, i do have to cop to missing a little of the grit and rough edges of tell-tale heart and lttp here

the way "I GO GRENADE YOU GO GRENADA" actually makes me suddenly hunger to put on 'matte black truck' instead

should add there is however sufficient grit here to make any comparison to that kelis album thoroughly unjust

yeah, and not just love but love itself, a higher power never specific to the person that's given her cause to feel love

yup when she kneels in reverence on "scripture" the focus is on the feeling, not the "him" of the song.

"bombs" is maybe the only disappointment? "i'm bout to blow" just makes me wish she'd given us a full length HQ "superman".

kinda sounds like it was inspired by the Jamie XX & Gil Scott-Heron/Drake thing to me

is this in relation to a specific song or the whole thing

he was comparing "Faith" to "Take Care"

didn't expect that to be a popular notion but it was the first thing i thought of when i heard it

blimey, the drums on this whole thing!

After a first listen, I love love love "Automatic" and "Scripture" (the latter Rev had tipped me to before), and it seems absolutely dud-free. Not sure about "Faith"; I don't dislike it, but something didn't quite work for me. Same as the second drum pattern that intrudes in "The Battle (Outro)"; not bad by any means, but felt clunky, like another song was playing and they poorly meshed.

Really impressive album.

I love that this is apparently an 'EP'

Yeah Faith is really obviously and openly making use of the Jamie XX hook but in a very different way, and the rest of the album sounds nothing like it.

aside from faith right now i'm really loving "heaven" but mostly cuz it's this album's version of "love lockdown"

I kept on not making the connection that you were talking about "Take Care" and thinking "Jamie XX is a really odd person to invoke when it comes to housey R&B".

Sort of feel that this sets a high-water mark for dance influences in R&B and reveals almost everyone else as a clunky hack in comparison.

Yeah this is what I was getting at upthread. It's quite amazing that (to my knowledge) she and her one producer guy did all of it.

"Faith", it should be noted, is the only track not produced by Druski, so if it sounds a bit different from the rest of the album, that's probably why.

aside from faith right now i'm really loving "heaven" but mostly cuz it's this album's version of "love lockdown"

― J0rdan S., Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:57 AM Bookmark

Except the tune actually develops.

still would like more from j0rd on why this is 808's and dirty money

Rev - Thanks for that tidbit re: "Faith". It definitely feels like something apart from the rest. I think the drums are weakest on that cut as well.

I guess I'm a Druski fan.

I agree the drums are the weakest but the tune is one of the best.

I love the drums on the first part of faith

btw I'm just so happy this is actually an official release on itunes, I feared that this would remain in an unproduced label hell like tell-tale heart

I think I'd like "Faith" more if it was a stand alone. Doesn't really work for me in the context of the album.

Apparently it's #1 in itunes' r&b chart, as an independent release.

it is interesting that she seems to have a pretty good sized following. i guess that's more from danity kane than dirty money though?

Probably both?

well yeah sure but i bet a majority are holdovers from the former than followed her to the latter

was she the most famous danity kane member?

arguably Aubrey is the most famous DK member

hard to say, i mean she prob is now but there wasn't really a breakout star in the group at the time, although Aubrey O'Day was kind of a hot mess tabloid fav for a while and is now on Celebrity Apprentice (xpost)

IIRC at the time Aubrey and Aundrea were de facto "the famous ones" due to being on both casting seasons of Danity Kane's "Making The Band", plus I think Aubrey did Playboy...?

this is def the most inspiring thing from any danity kane member this week, narrowly edging out aubrey's impassioned defense of her creativity in last week's boardroom

there was an episode of 'celebrity apprentice' a few weeks back where the teams had to sell some car, and when aubrey got on she told this story about how her mom and sister were badly injured in a car crash and if they had been driving the buick whatever whatever with its airbag system and safety ratings, they would've been fine. she started crying, then they cut to an off camera interview where she revealed that the whole story was fake and that she was there to win.

lol j0rdan nobly taking the "watches the worst tv imaginable" torch right outta my hands

ha

lol since i don't have cable i usually find myself flipping around the major networks on some nights and multiple times i've stopped on some random cbs or abc show and after three minutes been like "smh this must be what it's like to be al shipley"

you bastard

minus having an adorable baby

still think this is aubrey's finest moment

http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/photos/37416/aubrey-oday-and-heart-on-my-sleeve-gallery.jpg

the last danity kane album was really good btw

dawn gave them their name fwiw, after a fictional anime character of her own invention

Aubrey's finest moment is looking like a political hobo?