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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3EQo2f1pes
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
the lack of anyone caring about this saddens me :(
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:19 (eleven years ago) link
wow, missed this completely - ty
― tundra, Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:24 (eleven years ago) link
i care!
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
me too! eagerly waiting for it to appear on Spotify...
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:18 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
i need to listen to this. so far i only heard the title track
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:03 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah really looking forward to this.
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:47 (eleven 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 (seven months ago) link