Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

https://www.thefader.com/2019/02/19/tinashe-rca-label-dispute-independent

she's split from her label, hopefully this will be good for her after Joyride was such a mess for her and the label

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nJTmr-ntY

i'd completely missed that she'd released two singles back in July intended to build up to the release of a new album titled Nashe but her label cancelled it after the singles flopped. "Like I Used To" is nice enough though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpCevsq3Nc

damn that's good

She's back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupK28B4Vts

Also feel like sharing an edited tracklist of Joyride a friend made that feel closer to a version she would approve of:

01. Keep Your Eyes On The Road (Intro)
02. Ride Of Your Life [orig. Nightride]
03. Faded Love (ft. Future)
04. Company [orig. Nightride]
05. Ooh La La
06. Superlove
07. No Contest
08. Player (w/o Chris Brown)
09. Party Favors [orig. Nightride]
10. Ain't Good For Ya (Interlude)
11. He Don't Want It
12. Soul Glitch [orig. Nightride]
13. C'Est La Vie [orig. Nightride]
14. Touch Pass [orig. Nightride]

the new song is pretty awesome

this is cool but i wish there was a little more to it

amazing new single. my favourite of hers since aquarius

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

another good new single, album songs for you is reportedly coming soon

very soon! November 21st!

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/songs-for-you/1487857651

the cover is fab and "die a little bit" is one of my favourite songs of the year, i'm excited

!!!!!!

out

really impressed by it, lots of highlights aside from the lead single: "save room for us", "no better", "stormy weather" - even the g-eazy song is good (though it'd be much better if he was excised)

ooh i didn't realise it was today, i'd just assumed it was the standard album release friday. struggling to understand why g-eazy is on it now that she's independent though

"know better"!!!

This album!

i'm really delighted that this is as good as it is

fantastic album

this is outstanding

Better than Aquarius to my ears, as much as i love 2 On and Cold Sweat, like just two hugely defining songs from the decade at least for me.

revisited Nightride, which never made much of an impression on me, and found that about half of it is excellent and the other half is fairly forgettable. it's a bit too slow and samey in mood so the weaker tracks really work to make it all blend together and i can understand why i never got really into it. there's still plenty to like about it even if it isn't as consistent as Aquarius or Songs for You

"know Better" really is something. she's been through so much shit. this whole album feels freeing. so happy it's great. played through it once so far. can't wait to spend more time with it.

some incredible harmonies and ad-libs on this, what a victory

tempted to agree this is even better than Aquarius

it is

Certainly after 2 spins it is

q: does the first track on this sample "dig" by incubus

well brad if you can't tell me that i don't really know who else i'd ask

This is good.

Apparently that is indeed an incubus sample, or at least I've seen it claimed

I'm addicted to this. amazing.

feels like such a triumph for Tinashe to release this on her own terms and have it go off -- she's one of our very best

also, not to start beef, but if anyone should be calling their musical output MUSIC FOR CARS, it's Tinashe ✌️

i don't feel so warmly toward it as yall but at least i feel alright toward it so far, unlike with joyride (ugh). i guess i feel like her songs have too much tendency to blankness, and something about aquarius balanced that the right way. i would have been delighted to hear more of an amethyst sound, but i guess that's not as compatible with her danciness.

loving this, especially "Life's too Short"!

Really enjoying this. Not sure I'm at >Aquarius level yet, but since I never loved her mixtapes this is way way above expectations. I would like to know why she included another genuinely repulsive male rapper feature on this though

need to listen to this more but it's pretty good on first blush

gorgeous record this

i think i’ve decided it’s my favourite album of the year

“perfect crime”!!!!!!

What I like I really like but, damn, is it long.

Hopscotch!

bop. boppp.

i think i’ve decided it’s my favourite album of the year

― monotony

I'm on the same boat. and 'perfect crime' is also, probably, my favourite!

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

yeah this album is great

Really wasn't expecting to enjoy a Tinashe album this much after Joyride, but this is so great. It really could be her best album.

every track on songs for you is brilliant

Not sure I'm at >Aquarius level yet

yes! I am at >>Aquarius level now

people might like the ZHU remix of “Die A Little Bit” with Ms Banks:

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

Ooh nice. I really miss her little brother's dance instruction though