It’s funny because a lot of things that we would just around and joke about, they found their way into becoming a song, so that happened a lot on that album. We would just sit around and talk about various things and they would end up becoming songs.”
feels like a lost art across the board really
― r|t|c, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
OMG thanks so much. Seriously not even sure if I'm ready to read this right now. Easily my favourite album of all time. Means so much to me.
― uberweiss, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
K maybe I'll put "It's Whatever" on repeat and tackle this article.
― uberweiss, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
Wonderful read, hands down.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Black: “We were always in the studio back in the day. Nowadays, you’ll go in for a specific time, but back then, we were locking out studios for months at a time, so the hangout spot would be the studio.”
^^this feels interesting
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
Very VERY much reminds me of how the Associates recorded Sulk via block-booking and random inspiration.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
That alternate version of 'More Than a Woman' is awesome.
― uberweiss, Monday, 30 May 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
the album is 10 years old today. still sounds like one of the greatest things ever.
― prolego, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
rip babygirl
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Best album ever.
― uberweiss, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
so many of my favorite albums are 10 today
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
er, this year
Pretty sure I voted "We Need a Resolution," but "Rock the Boat" eclipses it on hot summer days.
― ephendophile (Eric H.), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
To answer the poll: 1. It's Whatever 2. Never No More 3. Rock the Boat
― uberweiss, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
1. "I Care 4 U" 2. "I Refuse" 3. "Rock the Boat"
"I Care 4 U" still brings me to tears.
― prolego, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWMW7hVdTs
i know this isn't from this record but i used to watch this video all the time on mtv back in the day
― markers, Monday, 18 July 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
so many of these are just always listenable
― bnw, Monday, 18 July 2011 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
extra extra extra smooth
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
"it's whatever" 4 all time man
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
man i was like, 11 or 12 when these singles were coming out
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
such a stupid and preventable fucking death
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
if I was forced by gunpoint to pick a favorite song ever I could choose "rock the boat" and be happy w/ that choice
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
this is one of those albums where i want to like... watch a feature length documentary on it
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason i don't have strong memories of her death, though i do remember her owning the music video channels i'd watch at summer camp for a minute there
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
i remember where i was when i heard about it but i didn't really grasp the impact of it at all
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
I remember I was watching MTV late at night and it scrolled across the bottom of the screen.. I was like WTF and didn't believe it until the next day, when it was a big deal everywhere.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
i was in oxford hmv, on the phone to a friend, and i had to go and take a moment in the dvd aisle (which, back then, was the empty niche corner of the shop).
"i care 4 u" is my favourite on this album but i can't really imagine living without any of them.
― lex pretend, Monday, 18 July 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I can ever listen to "Rock the Boat" enough or too much.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
^^ her best single. More flippy floppy drums plz
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that song is just absolutely perfect in every way
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 June 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
It works the middle.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZsEEPo_Tw
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
tbh what a fucking record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
people in the pfork thread complaining about it getting a 9.3: you're right, it deserves a 10
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Every song that got zero in this poll is amazing, esp. "Never No More", "U Got Nerve", "It's Whatever" and "I Can Be". There's a voluptuousness to the production that really feels like the last word on that era of R&B (and chronologically it kind of was: by 2002 it felt like Murder Inc's neo-classicism was the dominant sound).
Obviously the central tragedy of Aaliyah passing is the loss of Aaliyah herself, but one of the apparent side-effects was that it seemed to kill Key Beats' career stone-dead. I remember being so excited about their sound based on Destiny's Child's "Perfect Man" and "Independent Women Part II" and then all their work on this album.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 06:22 (four years ago) link
on spotify today. still sounds like the future
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 September 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
It does sound great. Really wish I had held onto the promo CD that was in my sort-of possession at the time... oh well
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Friday, 10 September 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Finally, I can place the proper "Rock the Boat" in all my playlists!
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Friday, 10 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
"U Got Nerve" hits so hard
― Roz, Saturday, 11 September 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
I must have missed this poll if those were the days got zero
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 11 September 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link