Shania Twain's Up! was mentioned a couple times upthread without any comment. Now it finally has a follow-up. But it might be in a class by itself: a diamond selling album with no real big singles.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Supposed Former Willfatuation Junkie
― Eazy, Thursday, 19 October 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Boom! Shake The Room is one of the best Fresh & Jazzy singles btw (and all are better than any Will solo)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Thursday, 19 October 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
they needed to cover Scritti's "Boom! There She Was."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 October 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
the ACTUAL New Jersey of will smith's career is Hitch
― qualx, Thursday, 19 October 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
No way they play Hitch at jury duty here
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
and In Good Company.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 October 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
if new jersey was a movie would it not be a movie that occasionally gets played at jury duty?
― qualx, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
time to breathe new life into this thread
every huge actor has their "Hitch"
― qualx, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
occasionally- no. but they haven't changed the DVD since 2005
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
it's the only movie they play
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
how long has this trial been going on
― qualx, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
flappy bird, my man, I think you were actually convicted of this crime
― nomar, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
the answer is obviously "hancock," last of the string of major hits that followed on hitch's heels, but how many would now guess it was the fourth-biggest hit of 2008?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 20 October 2017 04:56 (six years ago) link
COLLATERAL BEAUTY
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:06 (six years ago) link
I knew someone would say hancock as if bon jovi didn't sell millions of albums after NJ
people went to see hancock sure, but the will smith train had passed. the willennium was over. he was playing against type in an action comedy, his wheelhouse - they came out of curiosity, novelty. but his career as Will Smith, Peaking Action Comedy Star and Occasional Oscar Bait Guy My Parents Liked was over by then. hancock was the death knell. hitch was the new jersey.
― qualx, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:08 (six years ago) link
and before you bring up I am legend, no one actually saw that. they bought the tickets and then they went out for dinner and forgot about the ticket, that's why it made a lot of money.
― qualx, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
I Am Legend made zombie movie cash, everyone wanted to see those undead ghouls or rage filled maniacs chasing people around. it was a guaranteed 500+ million worldwide for awhile there. but those movies were also like Avatar, they left no real cultural footprint.
― nomar, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:17 (six years ago) link
what the fuck was going on in 2008
― midas / medusa cage match (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 20 October 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
Hancock was kind of awesome
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Friday, 20 October 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
adjusted for inflation, the top-grossing will smith films, in descending order, are ID4, MIB, suicide squad, i am legend, MIB2, hancock, hitch, shark tale (yeeeeesh), pursuit of happyness, and enemy of the state.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 20 October 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
about 50% of the reason I enjoyed Suicide Squad is because Will Smith played Deadshot almost exactly like he played Hancock
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Friday, 20 October 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
Louis CK's latest standup video for Netflix.
― Max Florian, Friday, 20 October 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
I've kind of been wondering if there is also a 'Full Moon, Dirty Hearts' phase after listening to the new National album.
― campreverb, Friday, 20 October 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
nelly furtado sort of put out a record like that this year
Bummed that this album was discussed so little on here. It's really good.
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
I think it's pretty clear that there *is* a kanye new jersey, the question is just which it is
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 1 June 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
Watch the Throne.
― MarkoP, Friday, 1 June 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
I feel like Drake's Scorpion is the most pure, true example of a New Jersey that we've had for years.
It's a huge event, and it's very successful with hit singles, huge numbers etc, but there's just something in the air that feels like he's just slipped a bit off the peak......(obv the Pusha thing was the first time he felt like there was some weakness there)
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 August 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
ultraviolence by lana maybe
dont know the stats, but it seems born to die was huge, ultraviolence was a sleeper record in the mazzy star vein (little bit of a portishead feel too)
but like each subsequent album seems to have been a bit of a drop off commercially, honeymoon for example. the new one may have performed better im not sure, but it seems that she is more of a cult artist now in a mainstream way if poss
― Ross, Friday, 3 August 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
Her last album debuted at #1.
Del Rey's first couple albums before Billboard included streaming + sales, so interpret it that however you like.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
but in however many years, will we remember God's Plan? maybe. Nice for What? definitely. but only time will tell.
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 August 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
I've still never heard a whole Drake song. It's a streak I hope never breaks.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 3 August 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
The endings are the good parts
― President Keyes, Friday, 3 August 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
I keep feeling like every Drake album is a New Jersey.
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 August 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Friday, August 3, 2018 11:44 AM (forty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Bon Jovi still closes their main set with a New Jersey song - and then the 2nd encore with another
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bon-jovi/2018/centre-bell-montreal-qc-canada-4bede382.html
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 August 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
the drake album is like the new jersey of "albums" in general
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
Drake's career is rap's New Jersey
― President Keyes, Friday, 3 August 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Ahah people trying to tag each new Drake release as a « New Jersey ». At some point they will be right, though !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 3 August 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
the fact that I've been wrong about this multiple times in the past only confirms how right I am now
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 August 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
the idea of a double album is just kinda anachronistic now (*deep thoughts*)
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
Not really, albums are getting longer because of streaming. the new Frankie Cosmos album is 18 songs or something? so even if it's not a proper double album (over 80 minutes), they are getting longer for a practical rea$on.
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
yeah but i just mean calling something a double album when people don't buy discs anymore
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
proper double album = it's on 2 discs
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
should be called a Long Stream
― President Keyes, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
ew
the change would benefit my dick
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 3 August 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
(uh, for those unfamiliar POLE: My Dick's Double Full-Length Release by My Dick)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 3 August 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
that's the only great album of this century
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 August 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
18 song albums were common place in the CD era
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 August 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
xp otm
― sleeve, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link