oh my god, that blurb at the side! everything about it is riotously embarrassing.
still, bless 'em for caring.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
since it was written by a 20 year old i'll give it a pass
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
the idea of it being someone possibly too young to even have heard "me & u" on the radio makes it extra tragic
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
Cassie has gained even more critical acclaim: Pitchfork to MuuMuse to SPIN
One of these things is not like the others...
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
whatever MuuMuse is, i'm sure it's the Cassie of musical publications
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
R&B stars: Beyonce to Cassie to Usher
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
awwww man reading some of these song titles...
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
muumuuse is some random pop blog run by a guy in boston that breathlessly reports on everything but a random guy i know knows him and apparently he has crazy industry contacts or something? but yeah. hilarious to see that there.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 07:18 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
hehe
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
oldladiesyellatcloud.jpg
― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sorry to say with this Cassie Collective Trilogy I'm beginning to see what I've been missing. To those that say they missed out on some of her best stuff, what are they missing? Is there a better, unofficial comp out there?
― I Be Ballin Outta Control, Monday, 11 February 2013 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
i doubt they missed out anything, it's pretty exhaustive right? i just don't think much post-2008 really needed to be included
― lex pretend, Monday, 11 February 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ what lex said. they didn't miss tons but the 12 track comp we put together a track list for in 2008/2009 hits most of the highlights.
Skydiver and Stamina are both pretty perfect, and Balcony and King of Hearts are enjoyable, and I'm never going to complain about /more/ Cassie, but I listen to it more often as a distilled single album.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
new single with ross coming out soon
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
the same appears to be true of ciara
― lex pretend, Monday, 11 February 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
with Rick Ross? lol.
Rick Ross, saviour of all the neglected R&B women.
a.k.a. DEAR MAYBACH MUSIC WHEN ARE WE GETTING THAT NEW TEEDRA ALBUM
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
ha Ross rescuing R&B albums like Drake rescues Ross albums
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.datpiff.com/Cassie-RockaByeBaby-mixtape.465275.html
^^ no talk at all about this? haven't heard it yet, but 'numb' and 'paradise' refrain my expectations about it...
― rusty_allen, Friday, 12 April 2013 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
*presses play*
well that was a predictable intro
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
of all the r&b second-tier starlets i find cassie to be the most blank-slate. i'm still trying to find out what this mixtape is about. the only impression i get halfway in is a clumsy attempt at doing bad-bitch-by-numbers.
i get the fascination with her - she has great... potential? but has she really made any career moves that haven't been horribly clumsy and awkward?
it has been a chore listening to this one half of the mixtape and i'm not optimistic for the next half :/
― cocktail onion (fennel cartwright), Friday, 12 April 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
"i make music to numb your brain" probs not the best advised lyric
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
i think she thinks she's pandering to the watching-the-party-thru-smoke vibes crew w/that line
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
the mixtape did surprise me in that most of it is trying to bite that riri #phuckeverything swag but it's not a great fit overall
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
will listen. as for tiers, casseie's blankness is obviously what makes her first tier, and i think the better question is has she made any moves that HAVE been clumsy and awkward? i dunno, i haven't heard a lot by her that isn't perfect. been bumpin balcony on repeat lately.
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
it's an inherently sweet blankness though, at its best. the 'pour it up' style nihilism this tape flirts with is above her paygrade
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
i like how the guests aren't listed on this soundcloud, makes a much funner game of bingo when you don't know when to expect jeremih's whinnying
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
her royal blankness
oh no, now i'm nervous :(
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
the song with jeremih is good
― sisilafami, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
i just find her work to be disparate and unfocused. like she's trying to find a lil r&b niche and fill it. i hadn't heard balcony yet but the first youtube comment was pretty otm with the jhene aiko comparison. balcony isn't even a bad song or anything. but jhene has already carved out her niche. now cassie is just jumping from hazy sex to NINO CARTER in the span of a few months, and that's genre hopping from an artist w/o the pedigree to get away with it
i say second tier in terms of mainstream success. most regular music fans i know perceive her as a forgettable one hit wonder. i know she has the cult following but by definition cult following =/= most definitions of first tier
― cocktail onion (fennel cartwright), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
wait a minute jhene's niche is ENTIRELY based on biting cassie
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
like i remember the first time i heard jhene just thinking "does the #cassiefanclub own a laboratory now and did they create this girl in it"
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
at the same time, not achieving mainstream success doesn't mean you are not a first-rate musician. her cult following has happened bc she did in fact fill a niche. to this day i can't think of anyone else i could put on when i am in the mood for that vibe. she has a very particular voice, and the precision of it, along with cleanliness of her production is what makes her anything but disparate and unfocused.
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
xxp
feel pleased never to have spent time cultivating any semblance of an opinion on jhene
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
'ditto' will always be cassie's signature tune in my eyes i think
"is it you?" is one i've been thinking of recently, an avenue that was closed off too swiftly
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 12 April 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
*summer charm* will definitely be blowin up my crib this summer
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Pusha T definitely just blatantly lifted 2 recent MC references in an otherwise OK song (take care of me baby is spooky enough to sound like cassie)
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
eww Do My Dance <--> Bad Bitches is some keri hilson gone bad shit, v uninspiring
― surm, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ the cassie review in pfork today, he wont be getting his membership in the club revoked
― just sayin, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
What’s clear now is that Cassie’s no longer just competing in the R&B game anymore.
― r|t|c, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
What’s clear now is that Cassie’s just no longer competing in the R&B game anymore.
Fixed
― Tim F, Friday, 19 April 2013 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
mixtape is pretty eh
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Me & U is currently perched in the top 25 on iTunes U.S. ...it's also the most downloaded R&B track in the UK right now?!
― all the way down, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link