Dear Mr. Dingbod Kesterson,
Fuck yourself nice and slow.
Sincerely,
A "half-caste"
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
the best bit is where she says 'tell em wagwan blud'. ;)
i like the tune even though it makes me think of a fucking american airlines commercial. wouldnt be surprised if it gets licensed, even if it is a bit obvious.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
decent enough tasteful soulful house.
this is exactly why I love it.. I am all for this little house thing that's going on in pop/hip hop whatever, it's really a great thing if you ask me. I want more new songs in that vein...
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
what is a "wag"?
means a footballer's trophy girl -- probably extended to other male celebs' girls. from 'Wife And Girlfriend's.
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Jamelia's been dropped. The official story is disagreements over marketing. If she can't do it, despite the fact that the press seem to love her, you can't really blame the industry for canning the likes of Terri Walker, Keisha White, Alesha and Shaznay.
Also, The US labels aren't that good themselves at selling black artists that attempt to do something different from the norms - re complete bollocksing of Amerie and Kelis, both of whom are way bigger in the UK than in the US, and both of whom are without record contracts.
-- danzig, Friday, March 28, 2008 7:33 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
this is interesting. i had no idea amerie was without a label in the US. i'd assumed she was mega-huge!
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
soulful house with a Kanye feature??? yes please
xp
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
also, Rev: I really like "Independent" by Will.i.am but come on!!! no way...
-- Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, March 28, 2008 12:46 PM (Friday, March 28, 2008 12:46 PM) Bookmark Link
ya rly. The additions to the "Impatient" track don't mesh at all and the whole thing sounds a bit shrill. Me no like. The original was much better constructed, too.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
amerie is on def jam now
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
preview, me too.
you heard the house mix of that 'im fine' song by mary j? very nice.... much better than the album version. i prefer a lot of the house remixes of current R&B tunes generally FWIW, cos they have a real good-times thing about them, its full on pleasurrrrre.
plus, anything is better than fucking R&B gone crunk.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
and she never really did anything different until her latest album (which wasn't that different), she's just boring
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
nrq: Amerie's last record wasn't even released in the states. She's had a couple hits here, but she's certainly no institution.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Brainwasher OFFtm
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i always hated her as a rapper anyway. she should stop rapping forever.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
r&b gone crunk? thats sooooo 2003/4
there have been like 20 r&b singles with house beats this year
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I like her Rev but she is dull as dishwater personality-wise
1st album is a classic tho
also OFFtm
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
name them.
so i can DL them all.
the baseline mixes of j holidays bed and rihannas plz dont stop the music are good too.
"I like her Rev but she is dull as dishwater personality-wise"
bang on.
1st album was shit.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
name them was in ref to "there have been like 20 r&b singles with house beats this year"
Taio Cruz!
― danzig, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
who gives a fuck about a singer's "personality", what is this, tiger beat?
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
BW: Whe was dull personality-wise when she first came out. (Her first album is great, but I do like her newest one better.) Now she is absolutely thrilling to hear. This is only taking her on-record persona into account, though. She still seems kind of boring off-record.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
danity kane - damaged janet jackson - rock with u jayms madison - room service janet jackson - feedback wynter gordon - surveillance money - future ne-yo - closer day 26 - got me goin
there are others I can't remember at the mo, but it's totally the new trend since "way i are"
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
id never use 'thrilling' to describe estelle. she has good songs (given to/written for her) but as a vocalist shes quite unexciting.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I was talking about Amerie.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
oh. well there is something oddly distinct about estelle regardless. i kind of like that she cant sing that well, although live its pretty obvious her singers are doing a lot of the hard lifting.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
you heard the house mix of that 'im fine' song by mary j? No!! whose remix is it??
I'm more into the "R&B singles with house beats" than I am most house remixes...my thing is more to get people dancing to house when they don't realize it..."I hear Kanye's voice!! let's dance."
i think only a house-friendly crowd will always respond to remixes no matter how popular the original may be...I learned that with the bob sinclar remix of "please don't stop the music" (very unnecessary)
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost 1st album was totally not shit! " Float," " Why Do We Fall In Love," " All I Have", "I Just Died," " Talkin To Me"... great album.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
and yeah people care about personality... anyway I just brought it up to explain why Amerie doesn't sell.
Kelis is a different story, I agree she has been mismanaged but she does sell for the most part and she has a semi-hit everytime she comes out.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
good list, don't forget rihanna, britney's whole album, "feedback" by janet (at least in the same vein as way i are)
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
"I hear Kanye's voice!! let's dance."
o_O if anyone has ever actually thought/said this
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
ameries 1st album>>>>the more recent ones.
rihannas PDSTM is the best R&B single of 08 IMO.
my reaction to kanye now is more like ""I hear Kanye's voice!! im a bit sick of this guy now."
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
great work on shitting up the thread, cheers.
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
xp woops re "feedback"
also, "Take Control" by Amerie is the jam of all jams, fwiw
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
n/p
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean this is all vintage material, but totally irrelevant.
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
xp to Bmore: I don't think the point is Kanye's voice so much as its signifier of a hiphop/r&b context rather than a dahnce context.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw, I love all of Amerie's albums, just some moreso than others
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm hoping Lil Jon takes this up a la "The Anthem" and just goes head first into a house/crunk movement
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously what's better than "The Anthem" answer nothing
stfu
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, i love music
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
there are sort of two trends going on right now in r&B - snap-type stuff (e.g. "touch my body"), and totally synthed-out, house/trance-type stuff (" love in this club," " killa" , anything produced by the runners & ryan leslie, all the songs I mentioned upthread..)
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
As much as I love Pitbull, it kinda saddens me to see "The Anthem" doing better than "Calabria 2007" (which, soz Preview, is much better) on the US charts.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
clusterfuck thread about r&b music>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>clusterfuck thread about estelle's race
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't believe my brother the other night when he told me that that pitbull joint isn't a mashup
uh it's not about her race.
xpost
great post
― banriquit, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
both are pretty good imo but i like 'calabria' better
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 March 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
It seems that, "The Way I Are" aside, there's actually kind of a weird divide between the 4x4-beat house stuff and trance-synth stuff, which seems to go more for a slow, opulent, crunk-based half-beat feel.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link