Tinashe had a recurrent role on 2 And A Half Men, who knew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnTxsTs_SjY
― Raccoon Newsy Wewsies (some dude), Monday, 13 October 2014 04:14 (nine years ago) link
jake and celeste were also the names of lily kane's parents in VERONICA MARS
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 13 October 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
hey the bonus tracks/offcuts are good too
album is very soothing to listen to on a cold winter's night, i'm increasingly enamoured of it tbh
what really, really differentiates itself not just from a lot of albums of this ilk but a lot of albums in general is that the songs never blur into each other - each one is distinct, has its own memorable character. subtly different production details, unusually strong hooks, good sequencing probably all play a part in that.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:00 (nine years ago) link
wish "indigo child" was longer than an interlude, beat is sick
ayo is that a kalenna songwriting credit i see on "thug cry"!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
That makes a bit of sense actually, Thug Cry was the one that really stood out on first listen. Second half in general is a bit stronger than the first I think, once it gets out of its whole hippy ambient thing, the exception being that one track near the end that sounds like The Scientist by Coldplay.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
lyrics don't get more kalenna than those
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
How Many Times is amazing.
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Sunday, 19 October 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
This is a good album, although something is missing to make me think it's a great one. "All hands on deck" and "watch me work" are jams
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 19 October 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
her feature on the Calvin Harris album is pretty dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttUNDQjZ7wU
― some dude, Sunday, 2 November 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
This record sounds really great after spending a few weeks away from it
― Evan R, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I made a mistake of playing Aiko's album before this one on Sunday; the two bled into each other, all cool yearning.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
Tinashe's vocal style is so much more appealing to me than Aiko's
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah great album
― ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
this is a great great great album
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
lot of great vocal moments on this, both large and small
great great great album seconded. start to finish, really. tons of great production details too. "far side of the moon" is astonishing.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link
def top 5 of the year for me.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
tons of great production details too. "far side of the moon" is astonishing.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:34 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
yeah the songs that sound like the moody/atmospheric ones at first -- cold sweat, far side of the moon, bated breath -- really start to stand out the more you listen
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
pleasantly surprised you guys dig it so much
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:29 (nine years ago) link
best pop album of the year I think unless Sucker ends up being fantastic
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah this and 1989 for me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 05:13 (nine years ago) link
Her lower register is so much stronger and with so much more personality than the Ciara-esque breathy upper register she spends most of this album in, and I don't really understand why she does so.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 08:47 (nine years ago) link
Far Side Of The Moon is some crazy-amazing shit.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 09:32 (nine years ago) link
Sometimes I'm like "what is truth if truth is subjective? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
― Tim F, Monday, 1 December 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
this is a very good version of an unexciting direction to me, like the kehlani tape is making far more interesting choices but nothing is really quite as perfectly executed as this is
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 1 December 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
I will take "perfectly executed"...Was happily enjoying this last night
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
this is p dreamy
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/Ogjdx2KdZUa
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, December 1, 2014 3:15 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol it's a sign of how much I love this album that this line now makes me smile rather than rmde. current favorite moment is how she pronounces "funny" on All Hands.
― rob, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
to be clear, I feel likwise.
Or perhaps I'm smiling with RMDs in my eyes.
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
for some reason i always get snagged on that question every time i've done LSD, wish i would just read some philosophy and figure it out
― flopson, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
fyi reading philosophy doesn't really help ime
tinashe is right to insert a mental shrug at the end of her question
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
thanks to the album poll, I gave this album another shot. I love it. * plays "Thug Cry" for sixth time *
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
ah, I thought your post might have been rooted in affection, Tim, but wasn't sure. imo the tripping in the dorm room loopiness of that line turns from lead to gold once you grasp that the truth/subjectivity of the scenario in Pretend is a lot more earthbound than your average philosophical dilemma
― rob, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
more philosophy from R&B singers imo
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
This album is fine, and I'm glad that she's gotten so much love around here, but I still like the mixtapes better.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
I'm diving into this deep. I think "How Many Times" is my fav atm. Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link
i thought this was a gigantic step up from her mixtapes, which never hooked me in much
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???
no
― real hip hop for j dilla fans (o_sailor), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah her mixtapes weren't *but* this track she did with ryan hemsworth is as good as any song on aquarius imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_L8ZVoWA8
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 10 February 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
The album was a big step up but the mixtapes are still solid rnb albums. Her first one is the best.. I think. I got them all at the same time so it's sorta all a big mass of music.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!
...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything)
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 22 February 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Got tickets to see her in a couple of weeks. It'll be right after TKA Twigs the night before, so should make for an interesting contrast!
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 22 February 2015 09:02 (nine years ago) link
* FKA Twigs, obv.
i saw her friday - a heap more tracks from the mixtape than i'd expected and no live band (only a drummer adding more to the backing tracks) but she's an engaging performer and the dancing was fierce
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 22 February 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything) --bae sremmurd (monotony)
...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything) --bae sremmurd (monotony)
uuuuuuggghhhhhhh
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 22 February 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
Yeah probably my least favorite on the album
― abcfsk, Sunday, 22 February 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Heavily jamming this remix of 'Pretend' by Redlight: https://soundcloud.com/redlight-uk/redlight-x-tinashe-pretend
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:56 (nine years ago) link
she was excellent live last night. such a smoothly paced show
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
My fave Aquarius track gets a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIgKMmnj4Zs
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 5 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link