SOLANGE KNOWLES, omg the return of

freemasons remix of 'i decided' is so so good

NAH-UH

fits og w/ lead boots, surgically removes nimbleness & fun. not good. for popjustice type gayers only.

i don't want q-tip on lovely lovely 'sandcastle disco' but other than that, hoo boy ANTICIPATING THIS.

wtf @ changed spelling of 'champagnechronicnightcap'

hmmm i wanna hear this now.

Part II is the Freemasons remix released in the U.K

NOOOOOOO

i was actually emailing her pr dude really pointedly the other day about how i loved the ORIGINAL 'i decided' but that the rmx was lame. BOO to this country's shitty taste in music

solange was the black beyonce all along....

isn't removing the nimbleness and turning it into a stomping house anthem what the freemasons are all about

hey lex, do the pr emails ever work?

well they often get me CDs and interviews but not so much a say in what singles get released

isn't removing the nimbleness and turning it into a stomping house anthem what the freemasons are all about

yeah but they forgot the "stomping house anthem" bit here, it's just clunky glommed-on glam. plus their best remixes have been of songs which weren't exactly subtle to start with so it was just kind of shifting the scenery. cuz beyonce and kelly were hollering already, yeah? so they hold their own. idk when i hear the og 'i decided' i can imagine solange prancing delightfully around in a great gatsby jazz era dress and flapper hair, and the freemasons just go stomp stomp stomp all over her.

yeah cute video

For a moment, I thought this was a thread about Sonny Knowles.

can i just say, in my absence, that i do not approve of how this project turned out one bit. might i also take the time to add that lex is doing some sterling weasling here wrt splitting hairs between "popjustice type gayers" and "great gatsby jazz era dress and flapper hair" prohibition party media tit gayers - they are the same twee indie fuxx, equally likely to drop the same noxious "solange > beyonce" clangers, the one subtle distinction being that i have a shameless predeliction for banging chicks of the latter grouping. ahem.

no doubt lex will at the same time maintain that your sundry adeles and duffys and cilmis are the very bane of modernity, as if they were any different to this conceited guff.

you and your endless hateration have been sorely missed. (seriously).

are you on a break from ilx or something

actually i will exempt duffy from that cos her song has a rap remix featuring the game and it is truly hilare.

(no belloc, solange fans)

yeah man i mean, i was literally drowing in haterade there for a while so i did think to step away. but fuck it, what's half past midnight for right?

"seriously"

oh yeah i did also want to say that that freemasons mix is cool. don't really see how you can charge them with ruining it when if anything they've cleaved closer to what the song is about, the doubt, the drama, the joy, the sawdust, the oranges, the whatfuckever dahling. the only nimbleness i can hear going on in the original has nothing to do with the lyrical content and everything to do with pharrell's little tapdancing feet and the weak nostalgia they bring - just look at that sodding video.

sorry if i have affronted yall's intellectual backpacking coffee shop digital kid sensibilites tho

Lex is wrong about the Freemasons remix.

That track-by-track breakdown reads like the last Kelis album a bit.

If only Kelis had thought to release such a track-by-track where she suckered in indie fuxx like us with promises of nu-jazz and Cee-Lo and Spanish marching band interludes.

freemason's mix is more than cool its as cooold as aiiice

rtc #1 r&b thug

woah didn't hear "I Decided" until now

A+ much more impressive than "Sandcastle Disco"

freemasons remix of yonces deja vu was better than the original. would have been better if they cut jay-z's rap out of it but hey.

If only Kelis had thought to release such a track-by-track where she suckered in indie fuxx like us with promises of nu-jazz and Cee-Lo and Spanish marching band interludes.

-- Tim F, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 07:14 (6 days ago) Bookmark Link

ha. yeah, i would have enjoyed it had this possible album (champagne/whitepicket) had been like that possible album (tilthewheelsfalloff/80sjoint/circus).

sorry if i have affronted yall's intellectual backpacking coffee shop digital kid sensibilites tho
Lol
Heeeey, I still like Kelis (and Solange), Solange is no where near as on point as Kelis can be, she may be wafting strange new sounds at us but lets not get too hasty and shove Kelis aside. I'm sure she's got something happening soon.

The only songs I've heard from this are Sandcastle Disco and I Decided (Part 2) and they are both my jamz!! When is the album coming out?

man, finally heard that "I Decided" song...it's seriously like y'all are searching out the weakest possible shit to rep for.

check the freemasons rmx

http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog/B/Brooke%20Valentine%20-%20Chain%20Letter/Brooke%20Valentine%20-%20Chain%20Letter.jpg part 2

possibly, but this stuff doesn't strike me as nearly as chintzy as BV

in terms of crit reception, prob otm

yeah ive never heard a brooke valentine song so that's what i meant

actually ive heard girl fight

if youdon't like it fine but it's not like there aren't tons of people who do

what's so "weak" about it?

also I don't think the brooke valentine comparison is apt because that was just a bunch of critics, tons of people I know IRL are actually feeling solange's new shit.

same thing that's weak about 90% of Pharrell productions over the past 6 years, also tryhard vocals and anemic melody. Freemasons remix puts a decent little bit of polish on that turd, but not much.

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really it's the same kind of forced sass as "Work It Out," the failure of which at least kept Beyonce away from the Neptunes for a few years.

I don't think it has much in common with "Work It Out". "Work It Out" is going for that FONK, in your face dirtiness and attitude (and I agree that it;s kind of a failure on that front), whereas "I Decided" is laid back, jazzy, sweet.. doesn't come off as forced to me at all. It'll probably grow on you I bet.

"work it out" = marva whitney/ tina turner

"i decided" = martha reeves

Pt 2 might grow on me, but the beat on Pt 1 feels so stilted and off that I can't stop grinding my teeth long enough to give any of the other elements a chance. She definitely sounds like she's punching above her weight with the vocals on the first verse, though.

same thing that's weak about 90% of Pharrell productions over the past 6 years

Really? It doesn't sound like anything else the Neptunes have done to me. I had no Idea it was them until I saw so. I think it's a great beat.

well yeah it's not really similar to any particular other tracks of theirs, but it has that shaky feel of Pharrell punching in the loop (or playing the beat on dinky buckets or whatever the fuck he does) without quantizing it that he seems to think gives it groove or swing but really makes it sound amateurish and grating, at least to me.

I think it swings in a very satisfying way. I don't think what it's going for would work if it was played straight.

On the other, there are certainly other Neptunes productions where yeah that is a nuisance.

Freemasons remix puts a decent little bit of polish on that turd, but not much.

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-- some dude, Monday, June 30, 2008 12:44 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

its like an entirely diff song

remix is on a more solid foundation but it's still some failed retro bullshit to me. guess we gotta agree to disagree.

im just not clear whats 'failed' about it

uhhh that I don't like it? I mean obviously it's not a failure to everyone, I can only speak for me. I just hear a singer trying brassy'n'sassy and not getting there (partly because, yes, she sounds so much like a certain blood relative who does that so much better).

this album reminds me of the last thundercat album

thought the last thundercat album was dogshit

but pretty sure i like this

ya this is dope, i think i like it just as much if not more than a seat at the table

brad otm on both counts

i don’t hear hookless art installation at all, just sounds like a good r&b album

"sound of rain" fucking floors me every time. i segued it out of "sweet thing (reprise)" on my radio show yesterday and man o man

rappers turned out fun laconic verses for this

I miss when she made songs like “sandcastle disco”

I like this, but it seems very evanescent on the first several listens

maybe I will love it in a few years

why did she reissue sol-angel a few years ago without "sandcastle disco"?

On Sept 16th and 17th Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and visual artist Solange Knowles presented Witness!, an original performance piece featuring new musical works composed, directed and choreographed by Solange Knowles at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Germany accompanied by a 38 piece orchestra and dance ensemble. With support from Dropbox, the performances were presented by the artist within the architectural marvel that is Elbphilharmonie's world-class concert hall, one of the most acoustically advanced in the world.

“Performing at the Elbphilharmonie was a very gracious and special moment I’ll hold close forever. To hear and see these compositions and choreography come to life on that scale, and with such a divine ensemble will be such a lasting memory to carry on.” - Solange

The performance piece debuted 6 new musical works composed by the artist featuring an ensemble of Tubas, Trumpets, Cellist, Violinist, and Percussionist as well as highly featuring new compositions of songs from her ode to Houston, the When I Get Home (2019) album.

https://gal-dem.com/why-solange-matters-book-extract-stephanie-phillips-indie-microaggressions/

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a46683528/solange-knowles-interview-2024/

Interesting Interview and photo spread.