Cassie: The new Ciara?

Er... Bass? And just when I've been remarking on it as yet another example of an excellent pop/r'n'b record that works despite the absence of bass! ;) It's suggestively empty, airy, and delicately balanced - with an incredible openness, like the r'n'b equivalent of a Zen rock garden. But all with no integrating bass, with the exception of the booming kick drum. Are there different versions / mixes about? Or am I just being obtuse in not acknowledging that synth-cello line in the chorus as 'bass'?

(The clip is most excellent, by the way. Just her dancing about in front of a mirror. Simplicity, perfection. With Cassie gratuitously dousing herself in a bottle of water somewhere towards the end ;) )

The links with 'Move Your Body', 'Never Leave You' are OTM. I wonder what other songs belong in this chain/constellation?

BTW - she is frost-y, not frost-ing! Who wants cake, anyway? ;) Give me icing any day.

cassie's total ice. the only vocal comparison which really fits is teairra mari, but teairra's icy cos she's angry, and she's definitely not blank or disinterested.

The album's very short -- 35 mins, a la all those Carter Administration Def Jam albums, and no trace of Diddy -- and very top-heavy.

I'm hoping to be given the CD single to review when it finally comes out here.

I think this is maybe the most severe psuedo-crunk R&B track - "Oh" is its only challenger, and I think this sounds even emptier than that, though "Oh" does have some raw blemished grunt in its favour.

(No idea if I'm doing the html right.)

>For those who don't have a good copy

how do professional musicians keep up the pace?

Cassie-Cassie-(Retail)-2006-H3X

01. Me & U 3:12
02. Long Way 2 Go 3:40
03. About Time 3:33
04. Kiss Me 4:07
05. Call U Out 3:32
06. Just One Nite 4:06
07. Hope You're Behaving (Interlude) 0:36
08. Not With You 3:17
09. Ditto 3:34
10. What Do U Want 3:13
11. Miss Your Touch 2:33

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Amerie02.jpg/230px-Amerie02.jpg

(I've been listening to Luomo, also, while we're on the topic of icy pleasure.)

(sorry everyone else, this is wandering off topic)

I also may never understand how an artist or songwriter goes about deciding whether a song will be a "You" track or a "U" track. I really wish people would stop doing the latter.

Surely it's only a matter of time before Junior Boys release a cover of "Me & U".

I think it gets sent to a special committee. It's tried out in various focus groups. And then they just pull one out of a hat and go with it.

This track is good - very good; stunning, in fact - but it doesn't move me as much as "Oh." Neither does Ciara's "Get Up" for that matter, though that's a good track too. My problem with each is that when the vocals coalesce into melody it's what I call "standard '00s r&b melody" (which I can't explain any better than that) (and "Get Up" does go into interesting pastorale moods, it's a fascinating song in a lot of ways, just doesn't make my heart disintegrate); and I'm just not a fan of "standard '00s r&b melody." I'll have to give more thought as to why. I think "Me & U" needs even more chill, and the tune even less melody.

"is it you?" is one i've been thinking of recently, an avenue that was closed off too swiftly

*summer charm* will definitely be blowin up my crib this summer

Pusha T definitely just blatantly lifted 2 recent MC references in an otherwise OK song (take care of me baby is spooky enough to sound like cassie)

eww Do My Dance <--> Bad Bitches is some keri hilson gone bad shit, v uninspiring

lol @ the cassie review in pfork today, he wont be getting his membership in the club revoked

What’s clear now is that Cassie’s no longer just competing in the R&B game anymore.

What’s clear now is that Cassie’s just no longer competing in the R&B game anymore.

Fixed

mixtape is pretty eh

Me & U is currently perched in the top 25 on iTunes U.S. ...it's also the most downloaded R&B track in the UK right now?!

it's featured on the itunes front page in both countries. in the us it's listed on both the 'hot tracks' and '69¢ songs' sections, both of which are known to give sizeable boosts to both new and old songs.

presumably this is all part of bad boy's promo for its apple music-exclusive movie which has taken up all the banners on the front page. three other bad boy tracks are on the 'hot tracks' front page along w/ "me & u", and if you check you'll notice all of those are also high on the itunes charts now.

thanks! I was quite shocked. still quite impressive, I wonder why they picked that of all the possible older Bad Boy tracks?! (and justice for Official Girl and Must Be Love!) but I mean clearly it worked and it's not like I'm denying it's a certified classic by now, I watched that Bad Boy doc and Cassie herself is only in it for a couple seconds though... a pretty good (mostly Diddy-centered) documentary by the way.

That...is so weird. On multiple levels, not the least of which being that it popped up on my iPod twice this week after not hearing it in years. It's a jam.

Oh hey never mind, I was thinking of the JoJo song because I'm an idiot (I think K-Ci and JoJo almost certainly figured into my confusion).

So weird...I was compiling songs for an assembly this week where kids who get certain awards parade around the gym to music and high-fives. I needed about 25 songs, half current stuff the kids like, half songs that the staff--okay, I--like. I included "Me & U" as sort of a bridge; sounds current but isn't. When I went onto the iTunes chart for other ideas, there it was. I felt psychic but was baffled. Is it sampled on something current?

Jesus christ, I totally was thinking of Cassie after all. Delete me from thred, pls.

posted this in r&b too, but icymi there:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5cEwQsdQjSF9ZbZ6ctpuST

Pretty smooth, I dig it although the rap was unneeded. Hopefully she actually drops another project this time around.

new non-g-eazy track is exactly what I wanted the Jessie Ware album to be

(it isn't out officially yet but it's leaked https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cassie-returns-on-the-kaytranada-laced-dont-play-it-safe-new-song.1976724.html

Absolutely love it! Just release the album, Casandra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFr11MdK5wk

I had totally forgotten about her (and her great album) but Spotify showed me she has just released a single and I found out she's actually released many over the last couple of years (like a EP worth of material).
After a first listen they all sound pretty good.
Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??
She's not yet in Gunsn'Roses / MBV territory but for a rnb/popstar that's a crazy long time !

Huh ? Why is this thread NSFW ??

She's got a song called 'Don't Play It Safe'.

(I have no idea.)

Going back to her album + "Official Girl" reminds me how great she was.
She should have been a huge star.

'Skydiver' is like the most amazing song ever.

errr what's that song ?? It's not even in her discography on wikipedia !

It's one of the many songs that showed up on the internet around 10 years ago, maybe?

It's here the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLIbtbd32jI

Whatever happened to her ? How come she still hasn't released a second album... 13 years after her debut ??

This thread pretty much tells the story tbf - i.e. too many good tracks leaked; too many less good tracks selected as trailers for a potential new LP; found domestic bliss; soon to be a mother, I believe; music now just a hobby?

I just listened to the last 3 released cuts on Spotify. I see they are linked by similar cover art, so this may indeed become an EP or something more soon. All 3 songs are OK, but no better than the weakest of the late 2000's leaks. The latest, "Speaking Of" is probably the pick of the bunch.

back by way of South African house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNmOQUJNBM
Black Coffee ft. Cassie • Time

that is really lovely as usual

cassie...don't hear that name round these parts much these days...