― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 09:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― luriqua, Thursday, 1 March 2007 09:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Just discovering her album. It's tremendous! I prefer it to the new Amerie and Rihanna.
Long Way 2 Go hooked me in (funny MySpace-themed video!) and it's the delightful pop of Ditto and smouldering of Kiss Me that I'm currently stuck on.
― Alba, Monday, 28 May 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Rumor has it she got dropped from Bad Boy.
This makes me a sad panda.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 17 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Siik (the dude who made that jazzy remix of Amerie's "1 Thing" a couple years back also remixed "Me & U" and again, it sounds like a completely different song. It's great.
― Wookie Rookie, Sunday, 17 June 2007 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah the siik remix is pretty awesome
i guess the album didnt sell v. well? cuz it pretty much ruled from end to end (a lot of this was leslies production, anyone know anything else of note hes done?)
― nervous, Sunday, 17 June 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
cassie :(
the other two noteworthy ryan leslie productions i've heard - both v much in the same gently minimalist vein - are the new megan rochell single, 'my mistake', and 'like that', off the jojo album. both v well worth hearing.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 June 2007 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
is the whole jojo album worth checking out? i hadnt seen the list of producers till just now, a veritable whos who of hiphop-pop crossover appeal
― nervous, Sunday, 17 June 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
it is, mostly - it's not exactly consistent but she does a v good beyonce impression on the swizz beats track, the storch one is surprisingly r leslie-esque (thought that was his one for ages), there's a really nice digitised country thing...
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 June 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
oh yeah i didn't realise this before i heard the new album but jojo can really sing
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 June 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
BOOOOOO. "Sometimes" is great!
― Tape Store, Monday, 18 June 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Turns out she wasn't dropped by Bad Boy thankfully. New album Still Cassie due out in October.
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 08:17 (sixteen years ago) link
YEAHH!
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 08:47 (sixteen years ago) link
The new single is kinda mediocrish.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
YOU'RE WRONG.
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, if you say.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Exactly.
"Me & U" = Sinister and Seductive "Sometimes" = Unsure and Sweet
They use the same sound effects, and they're both based around the same setup (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge for "Me & U"/guest spot for "Sometimes"-chorus). They're like cousin tracks...Obv. "Me & U" is better, but "Sometimes" goes down just as easily.
"Me & U" >>>>> "Sometimes" >> "Long Way 2 Go"
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I want this album. Sure, as a single, "Turn the Lights Off" is a bit of a letdown, but I now prefer "Is It You" to "Sometimes" and maybe even "Me & U." That fuzzy guitar, the perfect structure and hook. Oh, and Cassie sound sweet and soulful...it's perfect.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 14 October 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
This thread is absurd without pictures! "Me & U" is CLASSIC.
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 14 October 2007 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Is It You
― Tape Store, Sunday, 14 October 2007 03:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cassie.jpg
― Tape Store, Sunday, 14 October 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
random YouTube commenter OTM:
nickanylaboo (1 week ago) 0 (Reply) (Spam) wow cassie is actually getting better at singing! she can now be up their with hilary duff! keep going cassie i always knew you had potential
― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 14 October 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
OK OK. I underestimated this "Turn the Lights Off" track, but I'm not going for this "In Love With the DJ" one. BLAAAH.
Cassie, Based on those first three tracks, this could be my number one album of the year. Don't fuck up! <3 -tape store
― Tape Store, Saturday, 20 October 2007 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Shit, I never heard Me&U before I clicked on this thread. So daringly empty, Its basically her and that snare for the first minute. I dig minimalism.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 20 October 2007 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, not to keep bumping this, but I just listened to "Sometimes" with the bass up. There's this fucking amazing growling noise going on throughout the entire thing. AWESOME.
― Tape Store, Saturday, 27 October 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, "Sometimes" is still the best leaked song IMO... followed by "Turn The Lights Off"
The album is due out in February now, btw.
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 27 October 2007 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlcdSVZA80
― Tape Store, Sunday, 3 February 2008 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
The first single from her new album is called "Official Girl". Produced by Danja, should leak any day now...
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 03:39 (sixteen years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Best album of the year, i bet!
not to jinx it or anything
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
btw, where'd you hear that? Google says nothing.
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
oops. wikipedia, i see
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
actually she said it on 106 & Park today
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
jeez, you guys sure know how to pick a random-ass singer to obsess over. I just saw Step Up 2 The Streets and she's only in it for like 5 minutes, but I'll leave it up to you to decide whether that's worth camping outside the movie theatre for.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i respect you two dudes but this cassie obsession boggles me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
'me + u' is classic for all time but i don't see much beyond that tbh
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Tape Store has been notoriously SUSPECT getting all !!!!!!!! about 'produced by danja' is pretty weird
that said, j0rdan ... "Is It You"? She's got some great other tracks, its just
― deej, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link
tbh my interest was peaked by produced by danja
i mean he coaxed a good song out of lifeless 07 britney, i don't see why he couldn't do the same for cassie
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
plus last year alone he had production credits on the only two good songs on the timbaland album, 2 of the 4 great songs on the t.i. album + we takin over so i'll check for his shit for at least the rest of this year
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:36 (sixteen years ago) link
but shes already got good producers??? why have we been led to believe anything great will come from this, danja has some great beats, some wack ones, just like anyone else. i dont get why anyone would be all :D !!! DANJAHANDS!!! and i dont even hate the dude like RTC does
― deej, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.earthmusicnetwork.com/netsy/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Haterade.gif
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
im taking the middle road here! you & alex were hating
― deej, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
This moment when the singer/producer dynamic-duo falters for the first time is usually the beginning of the end of something great though. I mean... great songs have come out of Amerie and Kelis working with producers other than their original partners-in-crime, but there's a whole loss of innoncence / kicked out of Eden vibe to it all isn't there.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 07:20 (sixteen years ago) link
but there's a whole loss of innoncence
but tapestore still likes it! oh wait that was a typo wasnt it.
anwyay yeah SUSPECT isnt the half. hard to fathom how anyone with an appreciation of cassie's uh fragile fortes wouldnt be imagining this collabo with some tredipation - ok granted there've been moments when danja suggests he could be a sensitive match (the offbeat kath mcphee & nikki flores teenpop stuff in particular) but if he goes and does his usual and britneys it she'll just get swallowed right up, surely. even furtadoing it would probably be too strong (not to mention it being straight uninteresting).
4 the record i think danja is potentially a monster producer but kinda needs to get out from under the timbrella now, especially following his showstopping cameo on 'i get naked'. otherwise yes wearisomely overrated, and never more so than when caught up in some tryhard's "nu-hiphouse omg omg i like dance" baby steps cobblers.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
haha errr i have not a bit of anger in me and that post still managed to come out gunning dudes? these fingers are kinda possessed.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL. I'm not obsessed with Cassie, I just think her first album is excellent (in spite of her weak vocals), so of course I'm looking forward to the follow-up.
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm a bit obsessed, yeah. Like Brainwasher, I'm a huge fan of her debut (and again, moreso because of Ryan Leslie, but Cassie still contributed a lot to the record...shame Just Friends didn't make the cut). It's a really consistent album.
What excites me now, though, is how much growth both Cassie and Leslie have shown since the debut. All the leaks are of a much higher quality than the ones that appear on her album...better production, better, more confident and more emotional singing and better songs (as said upthread, I prob. prefer "Is It You" to "Me & U")
They're a great duo, the closest, i think, we've come to an Aaliyah/Timbo situation. So yeah, I'm extremely excited about the album. And Danja? Well, he played a huge role in two of my favorite records of the '00s (my #1, FutureSex/LoveSounds, and Blackout)
btw, Cassie sounds a hell of a lot more exciting than other R&B favorites like, say, Amerie, who haven't really grown much from record to record.
― Tape Store, Thursday, 14 February 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"timbrella"!
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 February 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
THX everyone for not pointing out the complete fuckup in my post (that Just friends song = dif. cassie...one who has a bigger voice but a more soulless one). or maybe thx for not reading.
― Tape Store, Friday, 15 February 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link