15 years? pfff - they were the best of times
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 2 February 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
i read last night that missy has graves disease? i didnt know that. damn girl welcome the fuck back
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 February 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, her VH1 'Behind the Music' a few years ago covered that (and was also otherwise great and informative). You should hunt it down.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
yeah she started talking about the Graves Disease in 2011 and how that was part of why she hadn't been releasing new music. then she said she was doing better and released two singles in 2012, but they didn't really take off, so now we are 3 years later with still no news about the album. hope she's doing better healthwise.
― some dude, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
I thought she denied the Graves Disease thing at some point
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Maybe, but articles in recent years keep mentioning it
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember that. I remember Exene saying she didn't have MS after all, so maybe you're mixing up the two?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
I thought Missy had lupus.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Oh, wait, Graves it is, but I guess you can have both?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_3Qgib6RQ
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 12 November 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
how come "stickin out your tongue" like so slightly off beat? ahh it's driving me mad!
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
did NOT expect this to be any good!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
aaaah no one makes videos like missy tho
this is great!
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
rules, almost effortlessly, only I know how much hard work goes into seeming effortless
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Pharrell seems like an afterthought, but he doesn't fuck it up. Big song, love it!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
hot damn this delivers
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Great video.
― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
this might be my high point of the day
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
"pharrell doesn't fuck it up" + "effortless" + "great video" = all otmi hope this gets huge
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
Pharrell is so all over the beats that the song feels like an alternate physical embodiment of him at times, which Missy is holding by the ankles and whirling around her head like it's nbd, this is just her motherfuckin' show
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
hoverboards fit missy's aesthetic so perfectly
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
speaking as a huge missy fan this song is not too good, she def sounds like shes been on the shelf for the better part of a decade and pharrells rapping is typically awful
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
o well
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
get out
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
i guess i cldve saved that post for later in the day when ppl had moved on to the forgetting stage of freaking out abt something mediocre then immediately forgetting
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
this is what extended exposure to Drake and Future is doing to our leaders of tomorrow
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
dont try to pin this on drake man u know how i feel abt him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
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to be fair this did happen with those terrible missy singles a couple of years ago, but i am fairly sure this is legitimately good! we'll wait and see about greatness
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
this is way better than the previously leaked singles
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
also pharrell nice of u to send a puppet buddy
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
i am also not bowled over
― dyl, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
This seems like a self-conscious return to form (both song and video), like something that would have fit on "This is Not a Test." Not the best, but definitely welcome, and totally makes my day regardless.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
missy sounds pretty good on this but the beat isn't really doing anything for me, it gives me bad "pon de floor" vibes like 5 years after the fact
im trying to figure out where it fits.... this is a little too close to the aborted gwen stefani comeback i think
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
I am so fine with this.
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
one way in which it is not like the aborted Gwen Stefani comeback is that Missy doesn't sound like a constipated chimp on this
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
i'm amazed missy's flow is as good as it is considering how galumphing her voice has been on...everything she's released in the past decade
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
I hear that falling squarely on 3; what do you mean by "slightly off beat"?
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
I get the exact same feeling, maybe she's just a tiny bit slow or the way she phrases the syllables makes it sound like another rhythm, not syncopated but another tempo
― niels, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
woah, this is good! sometimes feels a little bit empty, mix-wise - like the vocals are too loud for it just being them and the beat - but i think it works. ok sure, it's a self-conscious return to form, delivering as many rhythmic and vocal surprises as you're hoping to find in a missy record... but those are still good things, and just as enjoyable to the ears as they were a decade ago. it's a first hearing of course, but i'm inclined to say it's her best single since the under construction run?
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
ok that might be a bit much. i think i like "lose control," "pass that dutch" and "i'm really hot" more when i'm hearing them than when i'm thinking about them.
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
It's solid and she's just so great to listen to as a performer. Ideas hitting you from every direction. Her voice seems deeper than it used to be? Suits her
― Leonard Pine, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
i'm 100% on board. no one makes hip-hop 'fun' like Missy.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
Missy + Dave Meyers has to be one of the greatest music video director/artist teams of all time.
― JRN, Thursday, 12 November 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Missy without Timbaland is like some real Elton John "I'm gonna write my own lyrics now" shit
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 13 November 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
finally, a timbaland bernie taupin equivalency.
― mattresslessness, Friday, 13 November 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
this is great except for the pharrell verse.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 November 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
v silly opinion given the cookbook
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
this song slaps
― Rich Homie Quan Poor Homie Quan (m bison), Friday, 13 November 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
2.2 million watches in under 24 hours and i am only responsible for 30 or so
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:09 (eight years ago) link