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
anyway i'm not even sure what it sounds like-- it's just a brilliant song, really simple, bucking trends by being trendless, separates itself by being a charmingly quirky. i don't know, it seems highly un-unlikable to me
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
brainiac dum dums bust the scientific
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean yeah that ONE ruh-ruh froggy sound is timmish but christ as if it wasnt bad enough when you mugs claimed the-dream sounded like ginuwine upthread, knock it the fuck off already
if anything i'd say argue r-les takes strong neptunes cues on occasion (partic obv when you see him in any of his studio vids), and 'diamond girl' kind of does have a swizzy oomph, but neither is egregious of anything and neither pov is much fun carrying around
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean yeah that ONE ruh-ruh froggy sound is timmish
that's all i was i was talking about
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
mug
haha if i get americans calling peeps mugs then it's all been worthwhile
http://www.zshare.net/audio/10561653cb176222/
meanwhile on rolling auteur thread 2008 this ne-yo got that neglected 1st album charm i wasnt expecting to ever hear again. lol at him coming with a secret scrub's anthem on his year of the gentleman flex, and double triple lol at suddenly excited "or maybe i paint your toenails...!!" yeeeah you go dispel those rumours son
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
the funny thing is did actually mean to come chop it up about r-les 'addiction' and cassie's 'official girl' version since theyre literally the only good stuffz around right now
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
so does leslie really have an album coming out in june
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
his half assed falsetto on "addiction" is kinda bad, beat is still hot. oh well. not better than "livin a lie" as far as these songs go
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah but then that amateurishness is only gonna work in his favour in the current climate really. (also, i might go so far as to say it crucially softens the whole yuppie-with-a-laptop vibe his beats have, i dunno.)
none of the above will ever end up applying to cassie though obv cos society still be slaking its sexist thirst with lumidee's blood to this very damn day.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
and yes r-les is having a selftitled album out apparently. i did read it was supposed to be called "used to be" before, and knew that would change with the quickness.
he's already had one (disappointing) album out though! before cassie was even a twinkle! anyone hear it? just right' remains fucking banger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMNLQFb_l4
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
^ fun fact: i once heard lily allen play that tune out, in a bar. what a queen move?
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Would somebody care to list some good R&B albums of 2008? This thread is so single-oriented and disjointed that it's impossible for me to navigate.
― Patrick South, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/snouts/ryanlezza.gif
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
navigate my fist patrick south!
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
uh n/h
nah but seriously um, i recommend cheri dennis, older heads recommend raheem devaughn, younger heads with iron robotech noize constitutions recommend danity kane, and then there's mariah and janet. which are kinda average pon the whole. and that's about it so far.
oh also j-shep recommends ray jay? (will investigate this in a minute)
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
the-dream came out mid-dec, so also that
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
"sexy can i" is garbage
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
we all read ray jay's magnificent interview of lies right?
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link