also sam smith's got pipes that newman wd kill for, ditto the loathesome tom odell, if tom odell even knew what good singing was, which i haven't seen the evidence of
i dunno, it's hard for me to hate on newman or smith, they're so young, and they're just singers trying to break big, they've got plenty of time to become a bit more thoughtful about what they want to accomplish
odell on the other hand
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 21 February 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
Naughty Boy ft. Sam Star - La La La (Deckstar Bass Mix) is the one.
― Tim F, Friday, 21 February 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
also ft. Sam Smith.
― Tim F, Friday, 21 February 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
that's how he should be billed on everything
― Number None, Saturday, 22 February 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
digging "i got u" but it's totally calling for an 8 minute edit
this should be the 2014 gui boratto "beautiful"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 22 February 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
"If [Jimmy] Jam & [Terry] Lewis threw a house party, then invited George Michael, Janet [Jackson] and Peabo Bryson, that would be my album."
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5915484/mnek-readies-throwback-debut-while-working-with-kylie-minogue
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYCFN5nnsQ
j0rd i can only assume ur starting mnek threads cos you havent heard this yet
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 22:42 (ten years ago) link
^ chuffed his proper debut single is this good, is it getting much radio play?
― Benny B, Thursday, 27 February 2014 09:43 (ten years ago) link
getting quite excited about how strong black butters albums game could be this year. MNEK, clean Bandit and quite possibly Kidnap Kid, Lulu James and Scrufizzer (and maybe Gorgon City?). they must be raking it in at the moment so it would be great to see all of thewse get a proper push.
― Benny B, Thursday, 27 February 2014 09:50 (ten years ago) link
wow @ the shift k3y tune
― Tim F, Thursday, 27 February 2014 12:26 (ten years ago) link
i didn't know shift k3y sang or could sing!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 27 February 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
his debut tunes upthread were him singing
kinda understood the shift in k3y to falsetto with this and 'make it good' as a little jt/thicke kinda play (although the delight of 'touch' imo is how it's more like a jordan knight vibe) (cf what i mentioned on the katy b thread actually) v curious/baffled as to why his marketing so far is p much that of faceless dance producer with logo when even the mutest dweebs get fullblown photo ops now
― r|t|c, Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
shoutout to that shift k3y song, yes
noting your mnek shade though
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
heh no i am reasonably up for the mnek to be clear
― r|t|c, Friday, 28 February 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
(should also have mentioned for the bubblers btw - how magnificent is chris lorenzo's sorrowing vampireballad rework now that we know what the original 'touch' sounds like)
― r|t|c, Friday, 28 February 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
"touch" has a video now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtYYHKEGDc
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 March 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
i'm calling this the post-disclosure blue eyed garage revival's "nice & slow"
hah this is why i specifically singled u out for that tune (might personally qualify it with the 'nice & slow' bass mix or really anything from the fin de siecle florida boy bands but yeah)
(had been kinda dying to ask the ilx homo thug crew what they made of him now he's finally been revealed (and renovated) actually... he seems imo unexpectedly sorta inherently scowly like an fred perry-jocking arctic monkey type bro, crossed with uh erm idk... rick astley)
he's got jams aplenty and - to a near absurd degree - every possible string to a bow going, but still i'm uncertain if they can really truly make a star out of him
― r|t|c, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
yeah he's cute in a specifically british grungey way
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
it's funny you mention rick astley tho cuz i realized you can pretty much sing the chorus of "never gonna give you up" to the tune of "touch" and it fits in the meter
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhjzMeW_j-0
silently rebuking myself for posting this here and not the r&b thread (where i would likely have posted a stream only and falsely and wildly claimed it was lloyd produced by los or something) but whatever, the boogie matrix itt is probs more valid and valuable anyway. most agreeable jam, dude seems to have an x-factor the other pmr'nb hope javeon mccarthy doesnt (despite the latter's talent)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:28 Bookmark
heh yeah thought this might be the case
feel i deserve some sort of special medal for taking my mind off the girl in that vid long enough to make any judgement on him tbh
― r|t|c, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
i went looking for a bass remix of "nice & slow" and i found this random thing on youtube that's surprisingly dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOCVHT49bTE
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
in truth shift k3y is to me like the meiotic pop cell division of what i wanted royal-t to be, if that makes any sense (don't answer that)
xp i was referring to the b-rock remix ft twista! aka one of the best things ever made!
― r|t|c, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
idk, dude looks like a teenage brother to me.
― Tim F, Thursday, 6 March 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
shift k3y covering "one mo' gin" http://instagram.com/p/lSKtoIki7X/#
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
:-/
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Saturday, 8 March 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
wow at Route 94's "My Love' going to number one in the UK. Such an awesome tune, and (relatively) tracky for a big crossover hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS46C2z5lVE&feature=share
So nice when tunes I think of as "DJ Q set tunes" successfully make the jump to massive anthem.
― Tim F, Monday, 10 March 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
jess glynne sounds completely different on "my love" than she does on "rather be"
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 March 2014 10:10 (ten years ago) link
had a hands-in-the-air moment at XOYO saturday to "my love", felt very house-is-a-feeling amid the punishing clatter of the rest of the set
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 March 2014 11:24 (ten years ago) link
just listened to the new redlight ep, on first blush nothing's as great as "36" but the raekwon collab and their take on moody r&b with syron are worth hearing i guess
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 March 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
basscone 4eva
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doqG1_Rz1_c
This is new on Black Butter and is absolutely booming, like Au Seve with a tornado of chipmunk voices flying around it.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 March 2014 12:09 (ten years ago) link
That lot all releasing albums to their potential would tip this whole thing over from alarmingly consistent cottage industry to full blown British pop golden age.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 March 2014 12:11 (ten years ago) link
the flip side of Kidnap Kid's new single, "Like You Used To", is great too - and more radio friendly than "Stronger".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n37rlEsHX7Q
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 March 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
i didnt need either from him tbph
― r|t|c, Sunday, 16 March 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
did you like "Thin Lines"?
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 March 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
yes, it's upthread
― r|t|c, Sunday, 16 March 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
this Route 94 track sounds to me like energy drink music ad
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 17 March 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
let's not get too enthusiastic with our praise
― Tim F, Monday, 17 March 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
lol
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 17 March 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Listening to the Black Butter Spread Love Vol. 3 - came out right at the end of December last year. I'm getting a real Get Physical Music vibe circa 2004-05 from this.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 28 March 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link
i still think of t.e.e.d as the nsync (although maybe they missed the boat?), bondax are more like idk, o-town
― r|t|c, Monday, 1 July 2013 18:11 Bookmark
not to walk around otm-ing myself (arent enough hours in the day) but lol did we see the bondax twitter fake hullabaloo this week
― r|t|c, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
The iphone was such an amazingly grubby detail.
Was it actually a fake or just a hasty denial?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
dunno think i read something that the photo had been around a while
someone's absolutely nailed them there jeff
― r|t|c, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
was about to give them some dues for having some good tunes about lately but it turns out i was thinking of "bontan"
lay off the shit names ppl
― r|t|c, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
jakwob & tiffani in at 47 today, redlight '36' at 81 the other week
not that i think either are necessarily thwarted smash hits or anything but it still goes to show somewhat that for all the digital power to the ppl etc there remains a fine art to labels simply knowing how long to wait before pulling the trigger on something
conversely i swear ministry have been sitting on secondcity 'i wanna feel' for like a year now, official wheels are only just starting to move
― r|t|c, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Sometimes it works though: Kiesza's "Hideaway" finally got its official release today and will be almost certainly number 1 next week, Shift K3y's "Touch" (almost forgot about that one) looks like it might enter inside the top 10.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
i get the impression that the art is now harnessing that digital people power correctly, just shoving something out there just doesn't work at the highest level
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
oops i shouldve added i mention ministry there as an example of savvy practice
― r|t|c, Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link