mm, maybe for a garden gnome
is 'do you' the official next single then? sounded like a smash to me but i wondered if they'd edit out druuuugs and more importantly how exactly. anyone heard it in the wild?
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
It'll be fascinating watching "Do You" climb the R&B chart
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's always been planned as the follow up to "adorn" and i guess they're going through with that
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
i wondered if they'd edit out druuuugs and more importantly how exactly.
single version on spotify goes "do you like looooove"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
it reasons that's why they changed the name from "drugs" to "do you..."
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
OK, so it's a quite a weird track that way, right? I really like it a lot, but find myself thinking in pretty open-ended ways about the sentiment, and the way it's phrased.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
well it's a pun, it starts out with "do you like drugs" like a question and then at the end adds "i'm gonna do you like drugs tonight"
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
so does he say "i'm gonna do you like love tonight"? need to listen to that single edit
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
if you look closely there's visible pussy in that photo (xpost)― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 2:25 PM
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 2:25 PM
ha, this took me a minute
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
pussy is yours
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/sammybananas/miguel-adorn-sammy-bananas-1
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Thursday, 4 October 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's very good
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
best new music
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
Sweet, now I can talk about it!
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's a pretty nice accomplishment, actually
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeah its cool.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
i sort of said this before but it's nice to see him rewarded for his reverse-crossover attempt while still being able to grow his core fanbase. a pretty rare feat.
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:32 (eleven years ago) link
Indeed.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 4 October 2012 05:33 (eleven years ago) link
Good review.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 4 October 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
What a remix!
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
like the review, don't like the ELEVEN frank ocean headlines underneath the review
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
If the Gibbs tape is an 8.2, this is a 9.4 though.
― longneck, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
what review?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
p4k?
― pandemic, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
weird quote from that: 'a wonderfully considered album from an artist who was starting to seem a lot like a forgotten gem in the wake of mishandled promotion.'
wasn't Sure Thing a huge huge hit r&b chart hit? do they just mean 'indie people weren't listening until now' ?
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
his first album could be considered a commercial triumph or totally under the radar depending on what lens you're viewing it through, but yeah that way of phrasing it was pretty false.
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's what i mean, the lens of 'what people in brooklyn/portland are listening to' is pretty reductive
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
well it could also be viewed as unsuccessful through the lens of "doesn't sell as much/cross over to pop radio as much as Usher or Chris Brown"
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
The demographics at his Howard Theatre show in DC seemed like 99% African-American (and mostly women) which is reflective of that prior inability to crossover to pop or indie
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
are they not a pop audience?
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
is this really the 2nd time this week on this board that i have to explain "pop as genre vs. pop as in 'popular'"
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
Except that isn't what he was saying.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
i introduced the 'pop crossover' subject to the conversation, curmudgeon continued it understanding what i meant, and jamie responded to it seemingly not understanding what i meant.
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
Right. I think Jamie and Mat may have misunderstood me. I did not think I had to break down for anyone here the difference between industry marketing terms for genre and for radio formats, or to explain that yes r'n'b songs can be considered pop in the US when they reach the Billboard chart that is labeled "pop songs' or "hot 100". If Jamie and you want to complain to Billboard that they have an "r'n'b/rap" category (yes I think they put those 2 gneres together) separate from a "pop songs" one, and that ilx has a rolling R'n'b thread that is separate from a rolling pop songs thread.
Perhaps I should have also referred back to Some Dude's Village voice piece from awhile back regarding the declining number of r'n'b songs crossing over onto the pop radio hits format
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
miguel is kind of a perfect case study for that kind of thing too -- "sure thing" was billboard's #1 r&b chart song of last year, but #92 on the year-end hot 100
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
use mewanna give you controlwith the lights onif I could just let goforgive meit's the very first timethat I'm nervouscan I trust you?trust mewhile I take this offwith the lights oncuz it turns me onif you're nervousjust let me show youhow to touch meI can teach you
^^^^^^^^the realness from opposite ends in this chorus, the way he elides both. incredible
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
like a lesser song would have made that a duet but miguel makes them the same thing
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
i moved down south pretty much exactly a year ago and 'sure thing' has been on the radio consistently the entire time
― Jacques_Lamure, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Lex otm
― zEUS and Roxanne (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 5 October 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
this record is great, finally got around to it.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
The first five or six songs so is such an astonishing run of greatness.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
letterman tonight iirc
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
am i the only one who likes the title track? didn't see a lot of love for it.
i know a frank ocean comparison is probably boring/facile, but god listening to this highlights how restrained and lacking in variety that record was.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
The title track was the first I'm warmed to when I heard the full sequence.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
yeah same, replayed it 3/4 times.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
i'm still trying to figure out the comparison he makes in that song to piano keys
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
Miguel is touring, along with Elle Varner, as an opener on the upcoming Trey Songz tour (which I have mixed feelings about, b/c I really don't need to see Trey Songz three times in less than two years, especially when he's touring behind a sub-par album, plus I'd rather see Miguel headline). But it's an interesting pairing.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
songs like "don't look back," "use me" and "the thrill" were heavily influenced by him being on the usher/trey songz tour a few years back
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link