― ambrose (ambrose), Saturday, 14 January 2006 10:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Saturday, 14 January 2006 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Richj (Rich), Saturday, 14 January 2006 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Ok I love Electrik Red as the next man, but I'm surprised that SWV have not gotten that much love on this website. They were the perfect synthesis between En Vogue and TLC. I just listened to their song "Release Some Tension" featuring Foxy Brown and Coko sounds hot as hell with the upright bass playing beside her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjZYY8FWMo
Also have to point out "Use Your Heart" with Coko's and Taj's lush soulful voice against a pre-weird Neptune beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRc6YCUQBE
― lilsoulbrother, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
they were three sistas with voices iirc
― the dong remains the same (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Yo was that r1ch juzw14k upthread???
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
don't know who either of them is but calling weak 'trashy' is weird, i think the shanice-ey innocence makes it, and the chorus vocals are super gospel, we agree it is v. v. beautiful
― rankin ass (tremendoid), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the poster was referring to Coko's nails which were very long.
― lilsoulbrother, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JqqyBIBhao
― SHORTS? seriously? fuck off. (ojo), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah the remix is classic, but I saw the original on VH1 soul and I think it's better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNeI_kgPnF0
Maybe because I've heard the Human Nature one toooo many times. But the remix did sort of predict the mash up thing would hit big in the 00s.
― lilsoulbrother, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
the bam jam extended jeep mix of 'weak' is one of the greatest records ever made.
the uk back to black mix of 'right here' is a surprisingly hardy alternative to the overplayed original, especially if you like upright bass and the toto bit replucked on guitar.
agree that 'use your heart' is wonderful. "real loooove - purified".
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdebfcScL2U&fmt=35
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
still funny how much timba re-used this for more than a woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3vlOAc71o
someone remind me where the brass sample on this originally comes from plz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL1Z7ccY-JY
all starz drop mix of 'im so into you' not on youtube?! :[
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"you're so tasty like pastraaaaayyyyyy".
drop mix apparently not on the tube, no - weird! allstar was a fucking underrated super party genius in general though, i was doing a comp of all his stuff the other day.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i know but he said the video and the track, not a big deal i just always thought of them as being on the chaste(r) end of that era of r&b
― rankin ass (tremendoid), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:38 (fourteen years ago) link
get up and dance by freedom
― SHORTS? seriously? fuck off. (ojo), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i know it from 'freedom' by sugar hill gang, don't know where it came from before that
― rankin ass (tremendoid), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
oops i thought you were asking again lol
got you weak in the knees like swv
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I was listening to their last album, "Release Some Tension" and remembered that they performed on the Monique Show this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axd7AKv8gEs
I also remember reading an article on Vibe about 90s singers, and that Kanye yelled to the audience that Coko was one of the best singers of all time and that we (i.e. the youngings who love Beyonce) weren't appreciating her.
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh ok. I stand corrected, Kanye West was telling that to Coko's son that she was an icon.
http://bit.ly/dx0ZET
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
their new album is really getting under my skin. it's a consciously retro affair, i'm constantly picking up sonic and lyrical '90s references, but it doesn't feel like a nostalgia fest - reminds me of the kandi album in the way it covers emotional issues from a grown-woman perspective, that same bittersweet undercurrent that comes from having the assumption that you finally had it figured out overthrown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rpw7gh9esw
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
coko's voice is kinda reminiscent of fantasia in places!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdLMlYkaXVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAmJpY7DGQ
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3EQo2f1pes
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
the lack of anyone caring about this saddens me :(
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:19 (twelve years ago) link
wow, missed this completely - ty
― tundra, Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
i care!
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
me too! eagerly waiting for it to appear on Spotify...
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the new album is really good. It's really smart about the way its contemporarizes '90s sounds, and finds a smart mix between modern and retro w/o feeling desperate or obvious. And the songs have real weight to them.
― Evan R, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
i need to listen to this. so far i only heard the title track
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
^^ just listened to the album once - and not very attentively - but this seems totally otm.
― rusty_allen, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah really looking forward to this.
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
So what is SWV's best album? Is there a consensus choice?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
This thread is based on a false premise. No one has ever forgotten.
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9yJb4zoc0
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 13 August 2023 13:28 (nine months ago) link