Umm... is there some greater meaning to those posts (other than the last one) that I am missing?
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Two names I did not expect to see in the credits.
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, I should have googled them instead of acting a Finn.
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.hallandoates.de/images/Band/T-Bone_Wolk_1982_Japan-tour2.jpg
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
we talked about this a bit on the r&b thread too
my other favorite neptunes throwback is that ricky blaze / ron browz joint
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
ricky blaze has a song with ron brownz
― De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
????
― De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel free vs. quicksand
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
drums on that are way too fresh for it to be a neptunes throwback but ugh autotune hell
― n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
u are a certified nu-browz hater though
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
quicksand definitely sounds MORE N.E.R.D.-ish
find it kinda weird ships is all browz-furrowed given the latter owes 10000 x more to swizz beatz than he does t-pain autowhatever imo
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
also that hook is str8 linkin park, what's to hate
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
^what the fuck
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
anyway "valentine" is my shit right now - i think in this weird way his amateurism works wonders for the album, like he can't really sing and the arrangements often aren't anything spectacular so it leaves his writing right out in the forefront but the dude can reeeeally write hooks
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i like how he seemed to give up on trying to take some kind of magic cover photo that would make him look handsome and just went for the most awkward posture possible
― n00bian princess (some dude), Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha yeah its like 'ugh when is this shoot going to be done hang on let me itch my ass' *CLICK* whoops last roll of film 'ILL TAKE IT'
― k3vin k., Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:31 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
lol yeah also he didn't even iron his shirt all the way
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
― r|t|c, Thursday, February 5, 2009 6:32 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
real talk, if browz did most of these same exact joints w/ zero autotune they probably would be more on some swizzy shit and i probably would like it. but he didn't and they don't, so i don't.
― some dude, Monday, 9 February 2009 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
so are we all liking this? 'gibberish' still kills me and the rest are solid and growing on me
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Monday, 9 February 2009 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm all liking the idea of buying the CD when it comes out on tuesday.
― some dude, Monday, 9 February 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm suprised how much I like the album, considering I kinda hate R-Les.
― I cut my hand on a low-hanging disco ball (The Reverend), Monday, 9 February 2009 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
the keyboard solo on "i-r-i-n-a" >>>>>>>>>>> everything.
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm kind of surprised that this album isn't wankier... he kind of contains himself and doesn't show off for the most part
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't get you Reverend
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
― I cut my hand on a low-hanging disco ball (The Reverend), Monday, February 9, 2009 4:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
other way round for me. there are good songs here (nb: not the really neptunesy one) but he's just an inadequate frontman.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
and i did try :(
The thing is that these are very minimal compared to the Neptunes. Leslie's schtick I think is a sort of concise precision.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah there's only one or two which are really neptunesy but they kind of infect the rest by proxy a bit. don't get me wrong though, i love r-les's schtick generally, just don't think he can carry an album. will still give this another chance though.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll admit, I do tend to just put on a track or two at a time.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Cassie's album shoulda been released instead of this.
not this again
― nascar jesus (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:51 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
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Dude strikes me as a consumate unlikeable dbag. J0rdan pointed out off-board that I had the exact same initial reaction to The-Dream's album, which I now love, so take that with a grain of salt.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
he's more corny than douchey to me
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
haha it was this coupled with your dislike for the dream album that was making me O_o, glad to hear you've come around on one at least.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
not to attack but
Dude strikes me as a consumate unlikeable dbag
i buy this line of thinking re DREEEAMER but w/ leslie i thought the opposition would be w/ his gentlemanly leanings. never got the impression that dude was douchey
― nascar jesus (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess "douchey" isn't quite right. Leslie strikes me as one of those people you can tell are trying really hard to appear cool but can't pull it off at all.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
a.k.a. corny
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:10 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
^otm then
― nascar jesus (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
lol ya
That probably goes more within BW's "more corny than douchey" line.
haha xp
fwiw, I never at any point disliked the Dream album, just had reservations about it. Same here.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Although I'm not sure there's anywhere near as much to this album as The-Dream's, which is remarkably dense, especially by comparison.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"Out of the Blue" is the sleeper cut on this album for me... such a smooth track.
― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i know what you mean, Rev, there are some lines on "Diamond Girl" that always struck me as pretty douchebaggy ("I could be with any fine girl instead of you," "I'm a lead mean, you could be my co-star"), but that hasn't overcome my initial impression of him as a talented corny/nerdy studio rat who does vaguely desperate stuff like juking the stats for his YouTube channel, which somehow makes him more likable or tolerable to me. whereas i really just get the heebie jeebies from The-Dream, even though i sometimes like his music he seems like the biggest talentless fraud with zero charisma imo.
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm completely with ships here. really the only parts that bug me are the things like ^above which are kinda wtf, because the rest of his lyrics (that i remember anyway) strike me as much more thoughtful and well-intended.and i think i like him for the opposite reasons that j0rdan said before lol, i find a lot of it to be really carefully and tightfully arranged. and yeah the dude can just write hooks. i still can't really put my finger on why gibberish makes me feel the way it does (good), but it's my favorite song still and i'll have to put more thought into it. though i havent really loved an 09 album yet, i've quite liked a bunch and this might be my favorite so far.
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/snouts/ryanlezza.gif
― turnover-friendly doubledribble (The Reverend), Sunday, 15 February 2009 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i was thinking about this today listening to him, and
impression of him as a talented corny/nerdy studio rat who does vaguely desperate stuff like juking the stats for his YouTube channel, which somehow makes him more likable or tolerable to me
this. along these same lines, when he uses bad grammar in his lyrics (not that often but still), it's really funny and obviously self-conscious (since dude has a 1600 SAT and is a harvard alum) and is really endearing to me.
― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
his phrasing is very cassie. i like the melodies and production on the album, but honestly can't help but HEAR cassie performing this stuff circa her first album. it sounds nothing like the brilliance she's been leaking lately, but the songs and space in them and the rush of words and pauses are all very reminiscent of Cassie (2006) album tracks.
― the other Alex in MTL, in fact (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 15 February 2009 06:30 (fifteen years ago) link
uh oh.. tis the cassie brigade
― turnover-friendly doubledribble (The Reverend), Sunday, 15 February 2009 06:41 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah i read some interview where he talked about how rap-driven this album is and my anticipation instantly disappeared
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i haven't given a shit about his music for a while because of that nonsense
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this is a fucking travesty, he's stepped up his production so much, this is some gorgeous stuff, if he only gave these tracks to a real rapper or sang over them instead... ugh
― king louie riel (rennavate), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
rappers and singers getting too comfortable doing each others' jobs is like the downfall of recent popular music history imo
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
for every instance of that yielding a good song there are 50 bad ones
ha that's a pretty solid theory xp
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i checked out his youtube channel for the first time in a while recently...terrible.
― tpp, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
this record does not sound good to me
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
yeah even production is bad.
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's quite good, the production? what you dislike about it?
― king louie riel (rennavate), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
the rock guitars,the emphasis on the live drums, surely plenty other things... i don't want to listen to it again.
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah beats ain't even hot
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
hahahahahttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/rap_slap_kvSTBaoDlN18eNtiOLK72L
― Balls And My Word (ft. Devin the Some Dude) (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 30 November 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
dude comes across like such a clown in this whole ordeal
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Friday, 30 November 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
hahahaa shit that seems like an onion article etc
― tpp, Friday, 30 November 2012 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
how is this real
― tpp, Friday, 30 November 2012 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't even know dude had a new album until Spotify told me an acquaintance was listening to it. Especially caught me off-guard because I thought this acquaintance only listened to folky NPR indie.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
This isn't very good, is it.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
it's awful
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
still can't figure out how making a youtube video promising a reward for yr laptop's return is legally binding
― tpp, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
man this guy fell the fuck off huh
― D-40, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link