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also apparently the drums are sampled from "Oh, Calcutta" by the Meters, which surprised me

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

There appear to be many, many remixes of this song already. On Usenet alone I spy the following:

Juelz Santana
Royce da 5'9"
Fabolous
Peedi Crakk
Vic Damone

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope the popularity of the "1 Thing" beat w/ rappers means that RH will have Timbaland-type career arc where he starts out working with R&B singers but eventually does mostly hip hop records.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i would find that saddening! 1. the world needs hot rnb more 2. rich's formalism already sorta comes from a mid-90s rap era (as well as other places yes); while i don't discount the idea he could do tremendous rap tunes in the future at the moment i would worry they would all sound like amerie / nas 'man up' (another new song off the lp) but without amerie's context enlivening nas' standardness

er by which i mean nas sounds refreshingly exciting on that tune as is

― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

but that said richcraft writing with a rapper in mind would obv (hopefully) be completely diff to judging rap guest verses. which leads me to -

'didnt u know'! which i found eventually, but shd never have bothered; generally i do have a distaste for rap guest verses BUT i dont want to sound like these ninnies who automatically hate all men, (y'know like those gender-agenda divs who didnt want jay-z on 'crazy in love' or say 'gully' is better than 'singalong') so i shd qualify it's mostly because they are often stuck on as an needless afterthought vague stab at extra popularity, which is resentibly patronising, and also that often the verses are quite crassly rubbish in terms of providing any interesting dialogue with the song, which i find to be the case on 'didnt you know', besides it being a lame verse as is. 'didnt u know' is a song of one voice plainly addressing another

I told you babe so many times
I would never hurt you
So why you actin so surprised
All you got to do is…
Is show me that you feel the same way I do
Didn’t you know it’s bout me and you?

y'know? no place for joey budden

one variation i will accept tho is that joe buds does sound quite good and live on this beat! so for instance altho jadakiss is a total dumbass on teedra moses' 'you'll never find' i dont mind so much cos jada's throaty burnished bronze is texturally v nice on that golden beat

― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Jadakiss's dialogue with Teedra is really great on that song! He totally undercuts her (yeah I will find a better woman) and confirms what she's been calling him out on at the same time. And Jay-Z was obv classic on "Crazy In Love" because it's a love song innit.

I broadly agree re: rap guest verses but the only real dud which springs to mind is the Lumidee remix - it's such an intimate song, it sounded like she was singing it half to herself in her bedroom, no need for anyone to invade it.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

mm yeah that's true. maybe its just that having jada stuck on the end rather than the middle in a to-and-fro is quite a unsatisfyingly sobering downer, and a long way back for you to remember how it might reflect of teedra's; in the end the result isnt so much one of listeners engaging and taking sides but of a presenting a general a generally unhappy bickering relationship malaise

(also i swore i would never be a djdee but gah fucking recognise you dildos)

― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

(tht james van der beek graphic is th single funniest thing I have ever seen)

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

ha then again whisper it darkly but i might live with ruining '1 thing' just to see peedi crakk jabbering away on totp

― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

he says AY-merie! aargh, the pronunciation confusion is back. the rapping sounds hot over the beat especially in that section with Amerie's hollering looped in the background.

in the end the result isnt so much one of listeners engaging and taking sides but of a presenting a general a generally unhappy bickering relationship malaise

I think this was intentional, and pretty much a good way to summarise the relationship in that song. I always picture Jadakiss walking out of the door after he finishes his verse, and Teedra's got no one to sing to any more :( actually, what it suddenly reminds me of right now is Bree van de Kamp's marriage in Desperate Housewives :(

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

jeez sorry I brought it up

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

in other news dammit this week "1 Thing" drops down a spot on the Hot 100 from 45 to 46.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the Hot 100 radio play?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it anything else?

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Not coincidentally, Mr. Harrison's schedule is filling up."

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

They changed how the Hot 100 is run a few weeks ago... Digital Downloads are now counted, so it's Airplay + Audience + Digital Downloads.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

that was a great article.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"digital downloads"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

that is a good article, but "bares a resemblance"?? c'mon Times!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, good article. but I don't know what he's talking about, "Get Right" totally has a proper bridge.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

(also i swore i would never be a djdee but gah fucking recognise you dildos)

You made a pledge bcuz of me? How sweet. (what is this referring to btw?)

― djdee (djdee2005), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Get Right's bridge makes the song for me!

― djdee (djdee2005), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh i see the links to my blog. Eh. Its not like i'm making money off it, whatever.

― djdee (djdee2005), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

This song is fantastic and all but I don't get why everyone's jizzing all over the production - what makes this special is HER. Take Amerie off the track and what you have is so DJ Shadow-by-numbers that you could put it on that Quannum album and no one would notice.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 13 March 2005 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

That is part of why Rich Harrison should stay with R&B - his hard funk tracks are great to the extent that they're novel within an R&B track. Mind you this is a bit of a truism innit: Just Blaze sounded boring remixing Beastie Boys too.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 13 March 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

If you like DJ Shadow drums in R&B (and I do) you should check out "Bug a Boo (Refugee Camp Remix)" by Destiny's Child featuring Wyclef Jean.

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Also Nicole Wray's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" from last year more or less fits in this commendable trend. I like that one even better than "1 Thing", I think.

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah that song was great, didn't get nearly big enough. esp. the Peedi Crakk remix!

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

weird, before i knew who this was, i would hear this song on wpgc late at night and assume it was just a local DC hit because of the go-go vibe the drums have going.

― mat, Monday, 14 March 2005 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, If I Was Yr Girlfriend was the first thing this made me think of. god i luvved that. who produced it btw?

― Cabaret Voltron (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Monday, 14 March 2005 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard this track about 12 times over two days in a recent trip to SF on the rental's radio. Need more like this, plz! Is there any live acts with this sound (diva- ladyvox over breaks)? And are my ears/ipod headphones deceiving me or do the gypsies have no homes here, no bass? I guessed the Beyonce connection pretty early on, it's the same structure just the samples have been switched. The ping/pong bits are ace.

― caspar (caspar), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Love the song more with every listen. And I just realized what the drums remind me of: Jade's "Don't Walk Away."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

And are my ears/ipod headphones deceiving me or do the gypsies have no homes here, no bass?

Nope, no bass. It's a perfect mp3.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, this song is gorgeous and wonderful.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I said this song was gonna be hot like 2 months ago.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually that was Al. There's always someone more on the ball on ILM.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

True. In fact I didn't say it til a little over a month ago, it looks like. But I was *thinking it* two months ago ...

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

S'alright, didn't mean to be policing yr claims! I kinda enjoy discovering stuff and then finding out how long it's been since someone initially mentioned it on ILM (usually about six months).

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew we would all be talking about music here on ILM when I was 5. I was THAT GOOD.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I just thought I had an edge thanks to a supposed "Hot 97 Exclusive"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:37 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah I kinda wish I'd been so bold as to put money on the fact that everyone would be talking about the new Amerie (and the new Ying Yang Twins) when I first heard them both 3 months ago, because I'd be collecting big right now.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I also predicted that "Candy Shop" would be a big flop. So I owe someone a lot of money.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I should have assumed that a song that allows people to mouth nasty innuendoes to each other while they're dancing would be a hit.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard the remix with Eve last night. It's OK.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the song, but I think her vocals suck. She sounds like she's straining just a little too hard.

― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe how it seems like there's a Jay-Z-style guest verse right around the corner, but it never actually comes?

over at turntablelab.com, they're listing a remix with jay-z on it. want it.

― jermaine (jnoble), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I've heard that on the radio--Jay doesn't add too much, but he still fits very snugly within the time he's given. Good choice.(50's verses on the "Turn Off Da Lights" remix are still better)

Side note that I don't think has been hit on too much in this thread: the vid for "One Thing" is great. Not too flashy, but good integration of the Hitch clips, great set design and Amerie looks fucking PHENOMENAL in her various outfits. Not quite this year's "Dip it Low" but close.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

it might've been mentioned upthread already but the Jay-Z remix is not official and also kind of fake, just an old verse put on the beat (although it fits it like a glove so who cares)

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

does this song sound like "Poison" to anyone else?

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

BBD?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

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