But a bit of a dud for making this:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VpqqKgeSNDM/RyTn4lAkLDI/AAAAAAAAAOI/Mz1CcbThfLs/s1600-h/week30.jpgA reality:http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060605/taylor_hicks8.jpg
― dad a, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
forgot about "He Wasn't Man Enough."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
At the time "He Wasn't Man Enough For Me" seemed like one of the first truly generic millenial R&B productions (Rodney Jerkins production lol) but I think it has aged well.
"You're Making Me High" is pure sex. "Un-Break My Heart" is marvellously gay in all its versions.
Amazingly, given the ubiquity of Whitney Houston as a quoted reference point for aspiring R&B singers, Toni's very clear post-Whitney vibe seems rather distinct to me.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 January 2009 02:46 (fifteen years ago) link
a much more fruitful influence too.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 15 January 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
wait what was #1 after she went bankrupt?
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
her voice in Unbreak my heart is at once hilarious and breathtaking
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a pretty hilarious/breathtaking song in general.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
The best treatment ever given to a Dianne Warren composition.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That or "Rhythm of the Night."
"There's No Me Without You" is one of the most gorgeous ballads ever sung. The last minute-plus, from "no, no, no-OOH!" to that shameless abrupt ending, is a vocal tour de force, damn near baroque as Braxton just owns the staff. It's so perfect it could make one forgive all those shoes.
And I love how she appropriates the sainted Impressions for her own sassy ends in "Let Me Show You The Way (Out)."
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
can someone tell me why this jam&lewis jam was never released cuz wtfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWErM9wk_1w&feature=player_embedded#at=46
― hella peens (D-40), Monday, 13 June 2011 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
^^whoa now who knew that's great
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Monday, 13 June 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i remember that one, never knew it was j&l though. cool song
iirc the label didnt really know/care where they were going with libra and that wasn't a partic trendy cut or anything so
― r|t|c, Monday, 13 June 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
kinda comparable to 'pro lover' off the last usher album (though it made the final tracklist in the end) - just a great solid jam that didnt really "fit in" with the marketable sound of now
― r|t|c, Monday, 13 June 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
some fave mixezzzz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0c9WPbo0KM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrjaL1tSt5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYvhVyTIE-g
― r|t|c, Monday, 13 June 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
Let's do it one more time (come on)Let's do it one last night (come on)Let's do it for the memories of when we had it rightLet's do it for the good (come on)Let's do it for the bad (come on)Let's do it for the sex that we may never have againLet's do it one more time (come on)Let's do it one more time
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
new album is terrific, and only 30 minutes
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 March 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I love it. The first three songs Kind of overshadow the second half for me atm but it’s all good.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 29 March 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
"Long as I Live" is gorgeous.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Thursday, 29 March 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
New song, "Do It": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJF9Emix3Ps
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 10 April 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
Spell My Name sounds really good. Can't tell if there's a song I'll love as much as "Long As I Live," but seems likely.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 3 September 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
Yep, "Dance" got there :)
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 9 January 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
i like "dance" a lot. i know r&b stations don't do too much w/ disco nowadays but i was still surprised not to hear it more on the radio
― dyl, Sunday, 10 January 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516jYBwXdAk
rhythm track of this song caving my head in atm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link