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
OMG the sounds like a volcano erupting if a volcano also happened to be robotic godzilla nemesis during the last 20 seconds of "We Fuck You"
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
a few of the songs have last great 30 seconds. the "oooh ooohhh oohhhhhh" part on "so good", the "radio kilaaaa" harmonizing on "freaky freaky" - i'm sure there's more but right now i can't think of them
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
also that part on "we fuck you"
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I really love "We Fuck You" now.
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:54 (fourteen years ago) link
CUP/ SIP/ YUP/ YEAUURRRTWO/ STEP/ STOP/ YEAUURRR
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^another great ending
This album makes me feel like someone has reached to my pleasure center and just started activating it for their own amusement.
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:59 (fourteen years ago) link
btw, just in case yall were wondering if dream has a fetish or not, the fourth line in "we fuck you" is "i love it when you sweat out my haaaaair"
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
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― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the best of part of wfy is
bridge:
now i hope my momma gone hear this songcuz she raised a choosy lover i pick my bonesand it's always my decision to get it ooooonyeah i get it it oooon i get it oooon
then the song just grinds itself into the ground
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:03 (fourteen years ago) link
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:57 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
this is one of the main things that reminds me why dream is a genius - his ability to bring lil jon style club sloganeering to r&b but keep it totally weird and distinct to him - the most perfect example being "her titties like ooooOOOOHHH/ her booty like ooooooooooh"
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A is where i stay" being another
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link
this album makes me turn into a lex style lyrics machine
STEP UP IN HERE FRESHER THAN A MUTHAYES INDEED IM FLYER THAN A MUTHATWO TONE PHANTOM HOT LIKE HELLO*DIAMONDS ON MY NECK* CANARY YELLOW
these are like young dro lyrics harmonized by girls - it's crazy imo
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe i just need to hear some brooke valentine albums or something
Would it shock everyone to know that I've never been interested in Mr Nash's fetish (and "Sweat It Out" kinda exhausts it surely) - I just liked the way he sang that particular line so intently on "Purple Kisses".
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Just queuing this up now - I predict I'm going to like it more than The Dream's own album. Between this and the Rich Girl record I'm quite psyched about the whole concept of girl group vanity projects from producers.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:15 (fourteen years ago) link
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:11 AM Bookmark
^^has to be the canonical examplar
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
now bring you body CLOSER/ pin me to the wall like a POSTER/ tonight's your time so baby ORDER/ now I'm bitin on your body like an OYSTER
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:23 (fourteen years ago) link
it's hors d'oeuvre not oyster
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
my favorite parts on the album:
LITTLE BOYYYYYYYDON'T TRY TO SHOW OUTWHEN UR LITTLE BOYS COME TO THE HOUSEOR I'LL WALK AROUND THIS BITCH IN MY LOUBOUTIN HEELS WIT MY ASS HANGIN OUT!AAOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!
I'M HOPIN WHAT U DID AIN'T A FLUUUUKECAUGHT ONE BUT I'M TRYNA CATCH TWOOOOOOOO
I'M NOT A STRIPPER BUT I DANCE LIKE THATI'M NOT A STRIPPER BUT WHERE DA MONEY AT?I'M NOT A FREAK I'M NOT A NASTY HO...WELL I'M LYIN, BUT I'M CLASSY THOI'M LIKE U I WANNA GET GET GET ITIn THE BEDROOM HIT HIT HIT IT
the last 45 seconds of "Devotion"
THE Y IS FOR YESSSSS.... VANILLA!IF YOU WANNA TRY, BOY YOU GOTTA BUY!
the beat on "Bed Rest" (mental)
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 12:25 (fourteen 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