"brand new" is great. both it and "mascara" make excellent use of that point where her voice breaks and sounds painfully beautiful.
i feel like she would sing entire songs in that register on love me back, and even though it sounded amazing, i would worry that she was going to break her vocal cords or something.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
"#hoodlove" uses her vocal break well, too.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
furthermore,
BOYS HAVE TOYS TOOOOOOOWE KNOW THEY DOTHEY CALL US STUPID GIRLSTHEY CALL US STUUUUUUUUUUUUPID GIRLS
please stop
it's now stuck in my head
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
which one are you, Alfred?cause i know who i amand you have to chooseto use your head or be a stupid girl
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
i love the way many of the songs on the album twist and turn lyrically from where they begin. i'm still surprised when "silver lining" turns into a song about sticking people up.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:21 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"mascara" sounds like this to me, too; like it meanders, but purposefully
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:34 (nine years ago) link
― horseshoe, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:23 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^otm
― rob, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:41 (nine years ago) link
x-post- Reality Show really is a fantastic album but Fearless is still my favourite. I know I'm in the minority here but I thought Love Me Back was slightly disappointing. Nothing on there I love as much as Lions, Tigers & Bears, Dream Big or In Love With Another Man.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, March 25, 2015
With ya on Fearless
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
can someone explain to me how "stupid girls" is not a huge hit already ?
― ANU (sisilafami), Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
Programmers and A&R men are stupid.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
xp feel the same way about stanley/brand new/mascara/#hoodlove and maybe veins and masterpiece too; album is all muscle
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
and forever don't last of course; so strongsaw her do that live with an unplugged guitar, she demolished it.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
"brand new" is the next single i think; like "mascara" it's masterful songwriting and performance but its genius is subtle enough that it doesn't scream SMASH to me
"stupid girls" and "stanley" feel very wasted though - the former might get too many winehouse comparisons (it's not at all hampered by the similarity tho imo) but the latter feels like a song that could really get her over that hump (though i guess "don't make me wait" was a similar song from the last album)
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 April 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
i think "let it burn" might actually be the next single, as it is rising on the adult r&b (airplay) chart on billboard right now
― dyl, Friday, 3 April 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
"brand new" is my fave right now; it destroys me
― horseshoe, Saturday, 4 April 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
this ain't fairwho was there?who was lovin you?
Just show me some appreciationOr maybe take a bitch to dinner!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 April 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
― horseshoe, Saturday, April 4, 2015 12:44 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
goddamn i'm so embarrassed kills me
― lex pretend, Saturday, 4 April 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
"Brand New" is a good choice. Maybe it can catch some Empire tail, as the storyline nearly matches up with Cookie's.
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Saturday, 4 April 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
FINALLY listening to the new album
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 6 April 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
She's playing next Tuesday but I've got a 6 a.m. flight the next day. ARGH.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 April 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
i happen to be working a show that she's in later this year and am currently working on a bowl for her with the words "DON'T I DESERVE TO GET THE VERY BEST?" etched into it.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 April 2015 22:45 (nine years ago) link
Would have made a better thread title
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 6 April 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
l'esprit deej l'escalier
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 April 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
it definitely leaves a stronger first impression than the first two albums did
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 6 April 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
The last half of this record is so much fun!!!
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 6 April 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
The last track is really great
― 龜, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
http://littledreadridingwood.tumblr.com/post/116974587951/charismablu-my-d1vineright
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
is there aaaaaaany in-depth writing on this album at all
"mascara" and "brand new" are worthy of longform essays EACH
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
hey man I wanted 800 words
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
there's always dev hynes's review lol
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
the show last night was so good and i wish i had double the space for it
― maura, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
she's so fucking solid live
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
btwhttp://www.cityparksfoundation.org/event/summerstage-rca-summer-concert-celebration-featuring-jazmine-sullivan-jordan-bratton-more/
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol, I actually wrote a longform essay on Mascara back in January. It's in Norwegian though so good luck trying to read it.
http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/01/26/kultur/vers/musikk/37333714/
― longneck, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
ha i had no idea you were norwegian. i might resort to google translate at some point
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
google translate makes my head hurt so no need. i only wanted to point out that SOMEONE had indeed written just that.
― longneck, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
don't suppose you'd like to give a go at translating to english here?
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Translating it all from scratch would take too long but if I can find the time I'll try to put some makeup on the google translate version.
― longneck, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
don't we deserve to be priviligert?
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:51 (nine years ago) link
i heard "brand new" on the radio yesterday :D there was a recording of her introducing it as the new single too
― dyl, Friday, 15 May 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
best song of the decade.
― ANU (sisilafami), Friday, 15 May 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Literally every word and inflection is fucking perfect on this album, every detail blows me away
― lex pretend, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
She is opening for Sam Smith at an outdoor Arena/theatre near DC tonight but sadly several media announcements for the show do not even mention her.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 July 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
where's the video for brand new ?
― ANU (sisilafami), Friday, 24 July 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
She's currently pushing "Let It Burn".
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 24 July 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/toughest-song-i-wrote-jazmine-sullivan-brand-new.htmlhttp://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2016/02/05/05-brand-new-kendrick-lamar.nocrop.w529.h746.jpg
― ulysses, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
I still want to keep growing as a songwriter for as long as I can. This isn't it for me. It doesn't feel like I've arrived just yet.
i love her
― dyl, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
i feel like the second verse of "brand new" is even better than anything kendrick would have contributed, but i also want to hear this putative remix!
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
i also have no idea whether he'd go apologetic or battle-of-sexes confrontational, but either way, jazmine's original tells the woman's story fully, and the male response should def be a part 2 rather than built into that
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link
Basically there are a few great songs on this including what was previously released (per what Murgatroid said), will definitely be returning to some tracks
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 9 January 2021 03:49 (three years ago) link
I was definitely expecting a bit more from this. The Other Side is absolutely gorgeous but it's the only song here that's on the same level as Pick Up Your Feelings.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 January 2021 04:26 (three years ago) link
as a "part one" with more to come, i'm totally satisfied.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 January 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
perfectly good EP/project
― as#d,.F:ddz;,c#,;;,;,;,sdf' (Left), Sunday, 10 January 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
I hope the follow-up is called Meaux Tales
― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 January 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
heaux tales, beau tales, Holiday Inn!
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 January 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/article/profile-jazmine-sullivan-heaux-tales.html
And she’s been writing Heaux Tales, her first concept album.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYUp6q_D1lY
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link
This is a good piece of work I likely will never listen to again
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
in other unlikely headline news:https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/jazmine-sullivan-eric-church-national-anthem-super-bowl.html
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
this is a great record, no idea why someone wouldn't wanna listen to it again lmao
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
agreed; it rules
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
It's sound, solid.
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
in other unlikely headline news:https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/jazmine-sullivan-eric-church-national-anthem-super-bowl.html🕸
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
who's eric church some country dude
I don't think even jazmine can save the Worst Song Ever
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
like jazmine, eric church is an alum of the ilm 77
he is a good artist despite the occasional self-consciousness of his rock rebel shtick
― dyl, Saturday, 6 February 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
i finally (!) listened to heaux tales and it's honestly really good, confused by the not-even-lukewarm response here
― dyl, Sunday, 7 February 2021 06:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/03/jazmine-sullivan-heaux-tales-ep-r-and-b-great-observer
the lex interviewing her. I can only imagine how happy he was to do this!
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 7 February 2021 08:13 (three years ago) link
great piece
― dyl, Monday, 8 February 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
Yep, especially for regarding songwriting as something more than autobiographical plumbing
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 February 2021 02:44 (three years ago) link
new single "Tragic" comes out tomorrow!
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
it sounds great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYB9RvbMhEo
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 June 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
aw yeah
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 June 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
love it, hopefully a full-length album is on the way
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 25 June 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
I like this one.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 26 June 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link
Sounds like a flip of xscape who can I run to
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 26 June 2021 06:17 (two years ago) link
Or Jones girls I guess originally
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 26 June 2021 06:44 (two years ago) link
last night at the BET Awards she did a performance of "On It" with Ari Lennox and while it wasn't as great as her Soul Train Awards performance it was still excellent to see them singing about women's sexual pleasure on their terms. I know we've had twenty years of Lil Kim and so on, so explicit and raunchy isn't a big deal, but I think to see stuff performed with no "gimmicks" etc is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dr8LmhjiYU
― boxedjoy, Monday, 28 June 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link