Details from American ILMers plz.
Did you know in Australia the Idol winner gets one week to record their album and it's pumped out less than a month after the grand final? Fantasia is just being slack.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the album a lot. It's remarkably strong (and full of personality) for an AI full-length. "Baby Mama" is insta-classic.
― Rich (Rich), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leelee, Monday, 29 November 2004 01:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rich (Rich), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm looking forward to hearing the album despite the negative allmusic review.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 11:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 29 November 2004 11:54 (nineteen years ago) link
When she sang the Idol single "I Believe" on the final night of the competition I think i cried.
"I Believe" is great but try if you can to download the live version from that night, or even better that and the Diana DiGarmo version (she was the runner up) to see just how impossibly better Fantasia was.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link
If I was pulling the strings I'd get Teedra Moses to write for her - they'd be a perfect match.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Paul made this great comment about Jennifer some time after she was booted which I always carry with me: "Jennifer can always find work battling hurricanes, parting seas and invoking divine manifestations"
Ugh I had to look over the AI3 thread on ILE and realised that in a moment of insanity i actually switched allegiance from Fantasia to Diana at one stage! What was I thinking?
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually, an AI supergroup with LaToya, Jennifer, and Tamyra would be amazing.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 29 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Je4nn3 ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:17 (eighteen years ago) link
live show drama:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/12/in_concert_fantasia_at_dar_con.html
The freelancer who wrote this usually writes about more rock and guitar-pop than r'n'b
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
She put on a big Afro wig, and as the screen above the stage showed vintage images of the Black Panthers, Fantasia asked everybody in the audience to give the "Black Power" fist as the band broke into the Beatles' "Come Together" (key parts of which John Lennon lifted from Chuck Berry). And after telling security to let fans behave as they wished, Fantasia, who had been shouting "DC!" every 45 seconds or so, paid tribute to the town's indigenous music and caused a claustrophobic's nightmare by launching into "Overnight Scenario" from go-go faves Rare Essence.
Wow.
― toni mitchell (u s steel), Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I am halfway through track 1 of Side Effects of You and this is fucking great
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
some talk in rolling r&b
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
will check out
btw "Without Me" OMG
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.tmottgogo.com/fantastia-rocks-rare-essence-and-eu-for-tom-joyner/
video on link--"When I See You" with go-go medley blended in at end
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 April 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
oh man
― brony james (k3vin k.), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
the host bobbing off to the side
― brony james (k3vin k.), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
No surprise, dj Tom Joyner needing attention
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 April 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
this is a terrific album. The title track makes the most of her craggy delivery.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. Though I think its charms are pretty similar to her previous album so anyone who slept on that but likes this should definitely backtrack.
― Tim F, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't listened to this one yet - I enjoyed the last one but When I See You is definitely her high-point for me so far.
― Matt DC, Monday, 29 April 2013 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
to be fair that is a high-point of all music, ever
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 29 April 2013 09:39 (eleven years ago) link
ugh i cannot surmount this lumpen slog of a title track
how do we unseat the abhorrent dirgemarm emeli sandé, she is worse than thatcher ffs
― r|t|c, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:04 (eleven years ago) link
this turns out to be really good set of songs but imo dulling track sequencing makes you work to think beyond just a level standard of decent quality
send sande to the back of the queue, put 'lose to win'/'end of me' at the heart, break up the peppy 'get it right' to 'lighthouse' 7-10 tranche, and then things start to pop out and complement each other
this i decree
― r|t|c, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
i agree that the sequencing needs work, though imo it gets better as the album goes on - first half is a bunch of pretty great songs jumbled up senselessly ("supernatural love" is no opener, "ain't all bad" is too big and grandiose to come as soon as second, why is the interlude so soon in the track listing [or exist at all tbh]). though i'm not sure how i'd do it, i quite like how it builds up to "lose to win" (which actually sounds a lot better in this context than as a single) and "in deep" is a pretty stunning closer - one of her most effective vocal performances, cutting out the hamminess for her loopiest, most intense lyrics. digging her nails into your skin!
i have a real soft spot for the bonkers gospel-meets-EDM MJ/whitney tribute bonus track
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
i guess another thing that doesn't help is whereas while "man of the house" obv towered over its parent album because it was just that good, it also fit into it neatly - whereas "without me" is the equivalent standout here but also seems to have wandered in from a different album
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
NONETHELESS minor quibbles b/c she, herself, is such a force of nature
I forgot in which recent thread I posted that "Lose to Win" has gotten nonstop play on our local adult R&B station. It's amazing it's only gotten to #38 on the R&B chart.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 September 2013 12:09 (ten years ago) link
It was top 20 on the airplay chart, on the main chart it got crowded out by download/streaming hits.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 13:11 (ten years ago) link
Super into this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeANVMbkxxY
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 16 January 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
3 of the 4 tracks so far from this new album have been excellent (soft pass on "Ugly"). Wishing it hadn't gotten pushed back to the end of July, because I want it all now.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 19 June 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
same
― some dude, Sunday, 19 June 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
"ugly" is the really stunning one so far imo (i love them all though)
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2016 12:25 (seven years ago) link
So this is fucking great. I don't even dislike "Ugly" in context.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 29 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
yeah killer album, didn't think she'd top Side Effects Of You
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Friday, 29 July 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
oh yes -- I've got something to listen to this weekend.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 July 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
dunno how I forgot about this goddamn album
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 July 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
lol but of course 'so blue' is a chucky thompson credit ;_;
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:15 (seven years ago) link
she and her songwriters sound like they've been blasting Shura and Robyn
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:16 (seven years ago) link
perceptive as ever alfred
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
lol I can't even tell if that's sarcasm
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:43 (seven years ago) link
as i say
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
my jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnEXhJNziDk
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's also my favorite song on the record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
i also love how country this record is between "ugly" and "lonely legend"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/THdJDnoYp6Q
new single. it’s a bit treacly
― monotony, Friday, 3 May 2019 10:59 (five years ago) link
I like “Holy Ghost”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLxF291UeVE
Has anyone here been listening to her new album?
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
I have! It was sounding great while driving in the snow the other day, esp. "Believer."
― geoffreyess, Monday, 23 December 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
“Believer” is great, thanks! Will be checking out the album then.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link