yeah, it's just terrible. Like, delete-from-iTunes bad.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
god damn "arch n point"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I'm unchecking 'broads'
― dayo, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
I love how fucking LOUD "Arch n Point" is... that guitar!
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
wow, "...all" might be better?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
"arch n point" could def be a trey songz album track, but like 10x better
man, "...all" is almost threatening to be organ house
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
this shit bangs
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i think "...all" might be my favorite from this one
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't realize we had a Miguel thread! Although in retrospect, duh.
Vol. 2 > Vol. 1 I think, although Adorn >>>> all the other tracks from the project.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
naw, i think (although my opinion on this might change) "gravity" > any of the tracks on vol 2 also
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah listened to volume 2 today and nothing stuck with me at all really, kinda disappointed
but then went back and listened to vol 1, all i want is you, and mischief, so all is good. i seriously slept on all i want is you for so long
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda wonder how many people on this thread are still sleeping on all i want is you
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
did you ever come around on the title track?
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't know about Mischief, d/ling that now.
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i came around on the title track, although the salaam remi stuff on the album is still generally my least favorite
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
mischeif is not mindblowing or anything, miguel's voice is obviosly the main draw but the production's not great and the songwriting isn't nearly as strong as his recent work
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
oh word
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
There are small, scattered moments on Mischief where everything clicks and its like, "oh right, I love this guy." I've gotten a ton of writing done to that mixtape over the last couple of years; it's good background music that still kind of jams
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
I just still can't believe that he did the hooks on that Blu & Exile album from back in 2007.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
saying "gravity" is the best thing off these tapes is clinically insane
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
you are underrating "gravity", which is amazing, but i don't think anyone said that
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i misread you
i'd still rate them as adorn > ...all > arch n point > gravity
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
the thick bassline + the harmonies on the "shoo-di-doo da-di-da da-di-da-dah" chorus >>>>>>
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
'broads' is cute enough, what's the big problem
haven't heard his very earliest stuff but at least on all i want is you there was a clear pharrell/nerd vibe going and 'broads' is just some more of that writ a little too large. can't pretend it's not there though
i'd even argue you can make a case for still being able to hear trace elements of it in the new good widescreen stuff too really, but then i guess your imagination would need to stretch to what a decent latter-era nerd song would sound like
in any case it's true what rev says about miguel's elision of "any air of tribute or homage" whoever he may happen to sound like - a very nice trick to have
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
agree with this.
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
don't really hear the pharrell/nerd thing at all tho
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
Broads is pretty catchy and all. I just don't see myself listening to it again
― Number None, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:09 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
was also thinking he has this really great way with harmonies that beautifully tie kinda meandering or seemingly disparate or just idk unresolved songs together - 'gravity', 'adorn' and 'sure thing' only truly become sure things once it happens
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
think i already said this last year but from 2:25 on 'girls like you' is nerd chapter & verse no question at least - and that's no huge leap from 'broads' really. the more intuitive stuff from then on i'm not gonna harp on about tho cos it's not like i really want to think of him in pharrellian terms that much either - just saying it's a strand in the dna is all
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, his way with harmony is n/l
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
i'll get back to you about "girls like you"
there is TOTALLY a pharrell vibe and i never thought i'd say that about an R&B singer i wasn't trying to insult
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
no thoughts on this yet but glad r|t|c is back missed ur posts bro http://i.imgur.com/gDeUg.gif
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah web boo
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
er, wb
lol
http://i.imgur.com/Rlj7m.gif
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
"yeah web boo" cracking me up so much
http://mediamrs.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lil-boosie-webbie.jpg
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
"...all" is the standout track imo
― dayo, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
relistened to "Girls Like You" and i still dgi. Miguel as a singer sounds effortless, whereas Pharrell, even at his best, sounds labored, and his backing tracks are very loose, whereas the Neptures were always about hyperprecision. Even their more ramshackle moments sound pointedly so, like they made absolutely sure that bongo was just exactly that much offbeat.
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
you're overthinking it
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
I just don't hear it at all!
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
not even on a superficial level
you're listening hard to the singing and the production style when we're referring more broadly to the overall vibe. the 'beautiful girls, intelligent girls, i hate ya' part definitely could've come out of a nerd song.
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
ok ok, i gotcha now
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
"gravity" is the best thing off these tapes. it's all about the overlapping shoo-be-doos and ba-ba-bas at the end. i also prefer vol 2 to vol 1, "...all" is stunning.
just don't get what you all see in "adorn", i can never remember a single thing about it after it ends.
gravity > ...all > arch & point >>>>>>>>> adorn > that i do > broads
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
i can never remember a single thing about it after it ends.
Funny, this is how I feel about Gravity.
Adorn > ...ALL > Arch N Point >>>>>>>>> Gravity > That I Do > Broads
(erhm... so there!)
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:20 (twelve years ago) link
But I like everything on these tapes, really. They're great on the whole!
oh man every time i listen to volume 1 i'm like "i love 'that i do' so much"
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
It speaks to the quality of these EPs that there's no consensus whatsoever on which tracks are the best.
― Evan R, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link