― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Sunday, 20 August 2006 08:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― The future of Rodney got a -- (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 20 August 2006 08:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 21 August 2006 09:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 21 August 2006 09:44 (seventeen years ago) link
i love how she uses exactly the same vocal strategy on 'long way 2 go' as on 'me & u' to completely different effect
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 21 August 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― alext (alext), Monday, 21 August 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 21 August 2006 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Monday, 21 August 2006 10:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Monday, 21 August 2006 10:16 (seventeen years ago) link
has anyone seen her TRL performance? its pretty bad, although she is actually quite endearing in it. she has a great smile and that strange combination of innocence/adolescent clunkiness/sweetness. she was trying to dance all sexily in the performance, but whether its because the moves just werent too good or that she isnt the best dancer, it just ended up looking funny.
― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Monday, 21 August 2006 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 09:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodn y Greene (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodn y Greene (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link
(it is also v good, if a little more inviting than i was expecting)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 4 September 2006 06:27 (seventeen years ago) link
* I love Ciara but Cassie's part-Filipina-ness is almost a trump card* she hails from the Long Day's Journey Into Night town* the erotic subtext (supertext just about) vs. detached delivery = cool evocation of post-industrial nightlife meat-market malaise? = half-hearted surrender to/embrace of the meat-market model of urban social interaction OR mere happy-accident tension betw unpolished vox & run-of-the-mill r&b motifs?* the bittersweet emaciation of Me & U's falling clave blips is almost snap* Long Way 2 Go has a sorta baroque video-game aesthetic that I can get behind in a big way* Ryan Leslie's original ideal/masterplan for Cassie: "multi-ethnic, non-genre specific voice" vs. the actual reality of "non-ethnic, multi-genre specific voice"??
HMMMM
― Roque Strew (RoqueStrew), Monday, 4 September 2006 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Baaderonixx: the lost ILX years (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Are you referring to my last post? It was just a silly response to the "But she can't even sing!" nonsense. (Plus, it's probably the truth as well.) I could've also posted "I might like Shellac if Steve Albini could belt like Paul Rodgers."
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Post-Rodney (But no one called it that at the time) (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
i really love the whole album.
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:03 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
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― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link
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― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― 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