Katy B - On A Mission (4 April 2011) - hype, anticipation &c

it always amazes me how we can be so close on so much and yet so far on other things, lex

perhaps i was too hard on geeneus earlier

moreso than a focused spotlight would have done the clubby anonymity ends up adding something sphinxlike and enriching

Aaliyah is the only keeper here really, although Just Got Paid perks up when Wiley comes in.

The Diplo track is a prime example of producer and singer/songwriter not knowing what to do with one another. One of the reasons the album was so great was that everyone concerned seemed to know exactly what they were going for.

Is there supposed to be a lift from The Israelites in Got Paid by the way?

Like Aaliyah has that perfect mix of joy and sadness that characterises all great diva house.

yeah otm about the diplo track. you'd hope they tread more carefully in future, though the gamble taken is always that for every ten duffers there'll be the one breakout hit greater than anything created inhouse. maybe it is time for that risk now, idk

That's clearly a back-of-sofa Diplo beat but at the same time there's a garishness to his stuff that doesn't suit Katy.

Dunno why they're pissing around with Jacques Greene when they have ROYAL-T sitting around in-house anyway.

AHHHHHHHHHH AALIYAH AND GET PAID ARE SO GOOD AHHHHHHH

WILEY !!!

KATY X JESSIE 4EVER

sorta feel like working like ppl with diplo & jacques green is something you do for a free EP, yeah?

whats the line ware sings starting with "i don't believe...", been trying to work it out

sorta feel like working like ppl with diplo & jacques green is something you do for a free EP, yeah?

― J0rdan S., Friday, December 7, 2012 12:42 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exactly, the diplo and greene tracks are b-sides at best, but i think the greene track is a great b-side. they wouldn't be album tracks, and i'm fine with that

Back on form after the awful jarring vocal over Bax. Aaliyah is great especially..

i lose my shit when wiley comes in, they drop him in at the perfect time

WAIT HOLD ON IS HIS NAME REALLY PRONOUNCED "WILLY"

well if it's short for william? but he's said "wie-lee" on tracks plenty of times, no?

well definitely not short for william fml

does he just say it for effect on that song then

i'm rolling with k.b., so jiggy

i think so, to make it rhyme, too?

I thought it was short for "Guillermo."

the song with diplo would be great except for the parts where it gets really diplo-y... also iggy sounds a lot like kesha

wiley also says "friday is hair"

the closest he's come to alright is the track on the first night slugs comp whose title i have forgotten

baby i don't know what you want! i love that one. i agree tho, another girl is p overrated

anyway liking this ep, gonna go listen againnn

loool at the typo for iggy azalea's name

eyes practically popped out of my head when i scrolled through pitchfork this morning and saw that there was a katy b x jessie ware track called "aaliyah"

downloading this now

oh boyyyyy this song really did not disappoint

YOU CAN'T GET PAST ME AALIYAH

eyes practically popped out of my head when i scrolled through pitchfork this morning

this is no way to discover new katy b music (or anything)

i don't really see any reason to hate on pitchfork as a news source

plus i got to read jordan s' accompanying writeup, so w/e

give it a rest lex

"Got Paid" and esp. esp. esp. "Aaliyah" are so great.

Pretty sure I like "Aaliyah" more than anything from the album already! The housey synth patterns are such a good look.

And just, I dunno, its longform hypnotism, its determined refusal to climax.

Fuck it, top 5 of the year for me on my third replay.

i hereby cosign that motion

*unzips download* OMG THERE'S A SONG CALLED AALIYAH PLAY PLAY PLAY

also is "Got Paid" an update on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1mQASHc48

I don't think it's as stirring as Johnny Kemp's though :(

wat. "Got Paid" is fantastic.

can't really compare tbh, I've known the Kemp song since I was a toddler and generally find it pretty difficult to judge songs I've known since before I knew how to judge period.

Pretty sure I like "Aaliyah" more than anything from the album already!

― Tim F, Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^this is quite some statement

Fuck it, top 5 of the year for me on my third replay.

― Tim F, Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^probably agree with this though

It's the perfect cap in a year in which I've been seeing Aaliyah everywhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szj7efHG-00

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

That's about how much I like the song not a complaint re On A Mission which is great.

well definitely not short for william fml

my name's william and I'm gonna make a million

still listening to "aaliyah" on repeat

with every move you make, you know you've got him transfixed
but you can't get past me, aaliyah, i won't fall for your tricks
there's no stopping him as the beat rolls on
i watch from afar, and watch you sing along

whats the line ware sings starting with "i don't believe...", been trying to work it out

i can't hear this and it's annoying me so much! also the line that starts "woman to woman"

BLOODY ENUNCIATE, WARE (even though your murmuring style is perfect on this track)

well definitely not short for william fml

my name's william and I'm gonna make a million

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Sunday, December 9, 2012 3:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah but his name is richard kylea cowie

It's "woman to woman a promise" anyway

william is just a play on the name, he does it all the time u literal dumbasses jeez

that's what i figured but you never know...

alternatively it's a little known fact that the original grime progenitors were initlaly brought together by a keen shared interest in us maritime history, and r cowie is actually named after william wiley. (similarly dizzee rascal's very occasional sobriquet captain roscoe [with a crossbow] was inspired by the famed mine-clearer roscoe bulmer.) contrary to popular opinion however crazy titch was always more of a hornby model railways man.

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