Kelela - Cut 4 Me

re: bounce, i agree, they're built like dance beats but feel like rap beats.

'floor show' is pretty hooky too i guess.

oh yeah, that one too

"floor show" and "enemy" are easily the best two imo except for "go all night" but i'm not counting that

that morris beat is so majestic tho

The refrain from the title track is the earwormiest thing here for me.

"floor show" and "cut 4 me" are the best two imo (and the only ones which approach keeper status)

that morris beat is so majestic tho

― The Reverend, Monday, October 7, 2013 5:58 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah... is the track supposed to be a teaser or is it really just a 90 second song forever

there's two 90 second parts. wish it was just one song tho.

ah right i didn't even make that connection lol... that's stupid

I'll rep for the hookiness of "Do It Again".

this is really growing me, i kind of love it now

Seriously Lex you think those tunes are substantially better than "Bank Head"? I ask because it would seem to me that "Bank Head" is the tune that I'd be most inclined to describe as a "roller" i.e. to my ears it would evade a lot of the criticisms you make upthread.

i was disappointed by "bank head" when it first came out and still don't think much of it, basically even in a kinda unsatisfactory listen i'll still gravitate towards its more aggressive moments

not that they're that special, just alright. k michelle album so much better

even though I like the more aggressive moments on this, for me r&b is kind of what I listen to to get away from aggression.

I'm glad we've moved onto the inane false binary stage.

"something else" >>>>>>

there's a full version of "go all night" out today: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/go-all-night-single/id728850909

also the first release on Solange's new label, which has me interested in seeing what Solange as curator results in.

She already opened a tour for Solange.

"Send Me Out" makes me feel some type of way :|

listened to this straight through again yesterday. still love it but now 'Floor Show', 'Something Else', and 'A Lie' are the ones really sticking.

this is so good damn

♫ it's what they call , a lie-y-ei ♫

i'm so all about the minimalism in the production

the only track that sounds like lex' descrip (no groove, stop start, "up and down") are title track, send me out, guns & synth, enemy, keep it cool. so less than half. rest got grooves for miles. whole thing rules tho

so good

https://soundcloud.com/kelelam/the-high-prod-by-gifted

*waits for something to happen*

*waits*

*song ends*

things happening are overrated. i'm ok with kelela songs that sound like an extended breakdown.

things happening are overrated.

― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:06 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smh

haha. for real, i like catharsis as much as anyone, but there's room for the opposite too.

the opposite of catharsis isn't NOTHING

it's not her best song but there's some slow-burn tension there and a couple of hooks that work for me. i just love her commitment to minimalism. maybe you forgot to click play?

i am familiar with minimalism and how amazing it can sound but there needs to be some THERE there. early cassie - which pretty much invented the surfeit of this kind of r&b right now - sounds packed with max martin hooks in comparison

wow this sounds exactly like a weeknd song

Produced by Gifted & Blessed(!)

Though not into it really:(

This is just ok, but let's be real, if this was an Amel Larrieux album track (which it practically is), lex wouldn't have shit to say about it.

Ha, I didn't even think about the fact that Kelela always cites Amel as the person who inspired her to be a singer til I hit submit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/kelela-an-randb-star-to-be/2014/04/14/f4681b6a-bb4a-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html

Interview with her

As with “Cut 4 Me,” Kelela says the recording sessions for her new album have taken place in Los Angeles, London and across the digital plane. Fittingly, the music video for Bok Bok and Kelela’s squeaky new single, “Melba’s Call,” features an empty studio with the singer Skyped in on a video screen.

Meantime, Kelela says she’s hunkering down, fending off record labels until the album is complete. “I’m just trying to make it good,” she says. And by good, she means unbearably excellent. “I’m waiting for the moment when I’m jumping around the room because I can’t even deal with it.”

I like the song with tink

this is rad! crazy - i kept seeing her name popping up here and there and thought "hey i remember a really cool girl i met in college named kelela" but i'm not really a huge R&B dude so i didn't look into it to see if it was her. what are the chances right? but holy fuck i looked into this morning and it's her! she was cool as fuck too, really super friendly and warm, easy going and chill. we had some mutual friends, a jazz musician i knew and also a girl i dated and eventually became good friends with. kelela was really into jazz at the time (so was i) so we talked about jazz a lot. she was part of this whole crew that hung out at the student-run coffee shop like all day, a group of us just kind of dominated that place. rad!

but yea anyways this album is good

This song with Kindness is faboo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVs4P4lSB6w

Arca + Kelela, wowowow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9mYrbXVI&feature=youtu.be

ehh bjork worked with arca w/o sounding like she was trying to ride twigs' coattails

oh yeah it's super Twigsy, but more memorable than most Kelela jams imo.

thought this was awesome

i really like "rewind" -- it's as pandering as anything she's ever done but the lyrical concept really works for me. the chorus also feels like a wind up toy kinda which is something i like about good bass songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=240&v=py6PgXq0yDM

b/w this & the jessy lanza/dj spinn record feel like it's been a lil bit of a comeback year for consciously cool hipster R&B

have you heard the abra record j0rdan?

it's on my list of things to listen to

I'm always very happy to come across a song from Cut 4 Me but have somehow unwittingly avoided anything else she's done.