i think the title does such a good job of pulling the thing together
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"i thought i wouldn’t really give a fuck / but now a bitch all in loooove"
I didn't even know that this is what the first line said. Such a good lyric!
― Tim F, Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:48 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^^THIS
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny how it makes me wanna go back and forth with L/H and LVM
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
has anybody spotted any cool meta stuff in it yet?
i love it when the dj when the dj play my shit my shiti rock i rock my hips my hips
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it was me - i find it inconsequential now but it's a pointless remake, they should've just left it "clean"
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
but...it's not a remake...the song had "shit" in it in the first place, it was just censored for the single.
― dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
aside from the Tim F one above which I assume is a Luv ur Girl ref
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
the album is sequenced so well too - "friend lover" is such a revelation coming after the "devotion" -> "bed rest" run
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
it would have been a cute moment of ladylike behaviour if they'd left it clean
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
well what i like is the combination of different moods, in like the same song even.
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
― dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Friday, May 22, 2009 3:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
i guess but it's not like they just took the word out, they added that slight moan and i just think it's way better - it's a different song without it imo
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
bitch
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
walking around in my louis vuitton heals with my ass hanging out
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
9 to 5
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
my favorite is 'bed rest'
^^ yes
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
"kill bill" is 3:22 of O_O
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i just put WFY on at work and had to turn it off real quick!
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
oops!
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
really excited about that distant time in the future when i get to hear this not hunched over my laptop in a hotel room
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/70310-elektrik-red-feat-the-dream-drink-in-my-cup/
video and review of "drink"
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
ok so who's gonna start unpacking the ~class signifiers~ here
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
you?
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
nope! boarding plane in some minutes
btw the-dream sez it was all their idea, the title and concept and stuff, and they bullied him into getting their vision right
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
hmmm v interesting
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and they danced on the boardroom table at the meeting when they got their deal
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess that makes sense. it would be kind of weird if dream had conceived the whole thing totally and projected it onto some girls.
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
you think? i can totally imagine him doing that - like, conceptions of "femininity" and "class" seem to be at the heart of the electrik red album in the same way that "love" and "money" are to the-dream's. esp taking into account visuals, videos &c
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
this is awesome
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it just me or did Dream basically cast his female doppelganger to be the lead Red? As for class signifiers...um...I dunno. Conceptually (not musically) most interesting bits are when the girls take a fictional male audience member to task for, e.g., wearing jeans that are too tight.
― dabug, Saturday, 23 May 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
yea that made me stop and think
was exchanging tips with a music friend tonight and she was all opposed to the idea of this album, saying "i have class in my taste"
and i was like uhhh i got that drink in my cup
― Surmounter, Saturday, 23 May 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
fav lyric in bed rest is obv "i'm so horny"
― Surmounter, Saturday, 23 May 2009 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
now that's how to be a lady!!
― Surmounter, Saturday, 23 May 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
what does "drink in my cup mean"? I have been wondering this for SOME TIME
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 08:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I'M THE SHIT
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
WITH THIS SHIT
Really, an ideal version of "So Good" would contain both "ooh...*gasp*...damn" and "I thought I really wouldn't give a fuck/ but now a bitch all in love"
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't really like swearing in pop music because it makes me embarrassed to sing along
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
wth
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i could see being embarrassed to be singing along to like..... "what's your fantasy" or something but otherwise
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
plax u are a weird dude
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently "So Good" isn't Tricky Stewart, it's some guy named Sean K
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah so there was a reason I hadn't noticed "I thought I wouldn't really give a fuck" prior to listening to the album version.
"So Good" is just A+ songwriting, every single bit of it.
I don't mind the ooh/shit/damn bit, if only because the "shit" carries so much ambivalence - like is she saying it because she's pissed off or because she's being serviced right at that moment? And, if the latter, then it must be really good to make her start swearing like that.
Whereas the use of the word "Rockin' That Shit" seems more pointless to me - it's just a general stand-in word in that context.
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it should be noted that P is for Power, the U is for Used to, cause my P better than that P that you used to
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
los da maestro is amazing, "friend lover" sounds so timeless to me
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:38 (fourteen years ago) link
one S is for Superior, one S is for the Sex
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
"devotion" sounds like aaliyah to me
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
the Y is for YESSSSSSSSS............vanilla!
now I need to go back and read everyone's comments on all this awesomeness
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:40 (fourteen years ago) link
every song on this album is amazing
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
p sure each of them posted to this thread
― k3vin k., Friday, 6 September 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
"I thought I wouldn't really give a fuck, but now a bitch all in love, don't mean to be a hater, but OOH SHIT DAMN you're so good, so good, so good, so good, OOH SHIT DAMN.'
(What else in the world is really as... joyously and unconditionally celebratory of female sexuality as this album?)
((Probably an academic question, but still.))
― Combat Bodacious Accruals (Branwell Bell), Friday, 21 February 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
I watched that video this morning and it's still the best.
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Friday, 21 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
this album is still maybe the best album released in my lifetime
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
and i feel like if a group like them came along right now they would be incredibly popular
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
It's insane that there hasn't been a follow-up album.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
oh shit damn
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Agree with all of that
― brosario nawson (m bison), Thursday, 5 March 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah beyond this did this record ever have much traction in the SJ or feminist community? posting on ilx always makes it hard to judge what the real world thinks of things but it seems like this was a couple years too early for both r&b's acceptance by the pitchfork crowd and the rise of tumblr etc
― k3vin k., Friday, 6 March 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
im also in.
― moullet, Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
ooooh this is an ER song I've never heard before! also, I miss them ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29yb6pe3Vgs
― Hey (Extended Mix), Friday, 26 February 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link
nice!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 27 February 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
2012–presentSince the debut of their first album, Electrik Red has been in the studio working on their second album which has an unknown release date.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
Sometimes I use my old ipod at the gym and their album's songs pop up. Another one would be nice
1 member was in NYC doing choreography in 2016
The up-tempo musical numbers, choreographed by Kyndra Binkie Reevey, give the convoluted plot nice jolts of energy and are danced with ebullient relish by the cast. But “Cherchez La Femme,” unlike Kid Creole’s best songs, never really finds a comfortable groove.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/30/theater/review-cherchez-la-femme-struggles-to-find-its-groove.html?_r=0
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
I feel like Yung Baby Tate - GIRLS is the closest we've gotten since
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
I had a premonition that you would be the one to revive this thread
― wario in the streets, waluigi in the sheets (m bison), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
(This is a good thing, BTW)
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years.
― Roz, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
oh hi it's me, lonely girl still thinking baout Electrik Red
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
Damn, apparently no one else has posted on ILM about Yung Baby Tate? GIRLS is the most fun album this year and the ER vibes are strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKIH0bzBDx8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YpFHTdY2Yohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOaZHbjmcs
Also for whoever this is of interest, she's Dionne Farris' daughter.
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
have we discussed the female empowerment angle?
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:06 PM (ten years ago)
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
^^^^
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link