nothing wrong with being late don't take offense lol
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
guys what's this like
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
kinda like the cassie album except with someone that can sing
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
(the tradeoff being that there's nothing nearly as astounding as "Me & U", but better overall)
so like a buncha slick electro?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link
not electro per se, but definitely slick and bright. Dennis, as a singer, is very sweet.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway some new(ish) shit i've been listening to:
lil ronnie - addicted
lloyd & lil wayne- girls around the world (this song is SO FUCKING HOT... on some throwback early 90s shit)
cherish - amnesia (very destiny's child-circa 'writings on the wall')
dwele - i'm cheatin
nina sky - secrets
also, estelle's album is pretty good. only listened once tho.
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
most of it sounds more like "Long Way 2 Go" than "Me & U", if that gives you an idea xp
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Brainwasher bein on top of shit so I don't have to can finally get around to listening to it in two months
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:42 (sixteen years ago) link
that wayne verse is fire
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link
OK I'm thinkin' of a master plan Nah, I'm lyin', shorty on my mind Shorty like a fryin' pan, and I ain't got Nothin' but sweat inside my hands
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 April 2008 04:44 (sixteen years ago) link
new Lloyd single ft. Luda...kind of on the house&b tip
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1qAYJot-Ns
feeling it
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
@ r|t|c I think it would be way cornier with usher on it
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:11 (sixteen years ago) link
so, what's good.
some goddamn nonsense spoken about the cheri dennis alb there rev.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
that wayne verse is fire 50% him just obnoxiously chuckling at himself
-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:43 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 13:24 (sixteen years ago) link
hey cassie fans! official girl hat geleaken! now go ahead and count yourselves lucky that it's just karina paisan yoinking it, cos it's not much cop i don't think.
'thirsty', on the other hand, is excellent. love the way the song kinda reflects the sudden dive from glass-of-water plain whimsy into "we could be fully submerged" deep-end murk, and then teasingly back out again.
ryan leslie's valentine song is nice too. i clowned him for being a bit concieted but that and the 'diamond girl' video mightve made him slightly more lovable in an almostic kanyic way.
'touch my body rmx' has also grown on me a lot. like a strange alien mould. what do ppl think it achieves?
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 13:43 (sixteen years ago) link
the other day on the radio a DJ used the "Touch My Body" remix instrumental as a music bed for a few minutes and fuck, that's a pretty great piece of production. rappers (not-Rick-Ross rappers) should be all over it.
R-Lez definitely has the same overachieving dork chromosome as Kanye, although I don't know if I ever would've liked Kanye much if YouTube had been around for him to broadcast his unctuous personality through before he'd even produced more than a couple hits. "Diamond Girl" is great but I think Sean Garrett is once again the horse I'm betting on in the songwriter-turned-star race in light of "Grippin'."
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
bobby valentino / lil wayne - your smile: 'tell me' rehash; wetters of exotic beds will be pleased. chorus hollers "eeyore!" just as i was about to put it down, so points for moxie i guess.
c-side / keyshia cole - boyfriend / girlfriend: not quite as summer roller teen good as you want it to be, it's aight though! i'll co-sign any and all fake pretty rickies but it's keyshia bringing the breezy what does it really. milf game proper in the video too.
git fresh - booty music: fake pretty rickies like these guys! they used to be called deepside (yes. from the step up 1 s/t INDEED) but have since changed their name for british lolz and the slim hope of def jam treating them better than atlantic. i am bored enough to rep for this song.
paula deanda - marching: this is some noble lip-quivering stoicism all right. i like how they never lose their nerve with the beat. want to listen some more to be sure but put "funerealness" on hold plz.
r kelly - hairbraider: al tell me if this is good, i am not in a kells mood right now.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
haha i haven't listened to "Hairbraider" yet, i'll check for it tonight. is the hook like a call back to "I Wish"?
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
why, uh are you expecting the hairbraider to be recently deceased? i think it's like an 'in love with a braider' t-dream sort of effort.
not really into 'gripping' at all. is it making radio waves or something? i don't really know if i like how he's all whiny whilst still looking like if jeezy was your personal shopper
http://a495.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_e02fdd17a632d6f0371837206e121aa6.jpg
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
making small waves, I think, enough for me to randomly hear it one day without immediately knowing who it was and being engaged/impressed.
there's a whole vamp at the end of "I Wish" about braiding hair is all I meant! or maybe it was the remix, either way.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
oh ok soz, i forget the remix.
i respect the fact that garrett has titled his album TURBO 919!! i probably would too tbh.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ne-yo's year of the gentleman and mario winans' love: it's only fair amusing also
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, I'm happy as long as R&B singers stop putting their own names and/or the word "evolution" in album titles
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
shareefa the black dahlia oughta be like a janelle monae-style homage to hardboiled noir featuring the game on every track
can't wait til someone asks sterling simms why he called his worth the while
"well uh, basically i..."
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
can you guess who has titled their forthcoming debut Prom: 2088?
it's an Irish law firm!
it's Romany Malco in Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story!
no, it's O'NEAL MCKNIGHT!
http://www.onealmcknight.com/tux.jpg
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
really, have socks ever played such an integral role in a singer's promotional compaign?
http://www.onealmcknight.com/7.jpg
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I bet a majority of kids wear New Era fitteds to their prom nowadays..
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
but will they eighty years from now, is the question.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I been to Metropolis, and my name is LeRoy. And I'm into white women and, you know, I drive a Cadillac and I drink moonshine. And I don't smile in pictures.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
damn "diamond girl" is fucking great-- <3 those shameless timbo blurps
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
is it just me or has this past year or so been really good for r&b
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Ryan Leslie, c/d, s/d
He's a genius, yes?
-- Tape Store, Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:12 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link
RIP NEVER FORGET
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
YOU JUST MIGHT BE THE SEXIEST THING OFF IN THE CLUB AND I'M JUST TRYING SO DAMN HARD TO GET YOU HOME
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
wait what about "Diamond Girl" has anything to do with Timbaland?
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
that little talk box noise in the verses is basically ripped shamelessly from "pony"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a talk box in that song? i need to listen to it later and figure out what you're even talking about.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone else know what i'm talking about? "diamond girl" has that same burp-like sound effect that's in "pony"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
it has a bassy keyboard run but I never thought of it as a talkbox or as anything like "Pony."
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah it kind of acts like a bassline right after the little synth line every measure...that noise in "pony" is like the greatest thing ever and everyone knows it
"diamond girl" is ok but I like that Ryan leslie joint with Lex I think better (whoever the hell that is)
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it is a bass actually
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
whatever the one in "diamond girl" sounds like the really distinct noise from "pony"-- idk what instrument it is. both are awesome either way
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
THE LEX
"Diamond Girl" would be so much better if it had that 4x4 house n b thing going on
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah something halfway unique on the radio would be vastly improved by resembling everything else more
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
YOU TRIED TO PUT HIM IN A BOX! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah preview way off the money
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
whats unique about it? A weird synth line? Like every swizz beat from the late ninetys and every timbo track from this decade and half of every polow song etc...I mean its good but Ryan leslie isnt exactly blowing my mind
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
it sounds the like the-dream
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
don't tell alex that
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link