anyway i think i'm back to repping "rockin that shit" as my favorite now - listened to this while lolhigh and the beat just fuckin jumped out at me like crazy, the synths are so fucking huge
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
like i said in another thread though, i've also recently come to the realization that most of my favorite terius songs are LOS joints, i could seriously listen to his schtick all damn day.
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah "take you home" is so ridic -- just checked and unsurprisingly it's the most played song on the album in my itunes
― some dude, Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i have an all-LOS playlist i've been meaning to burn to disc for a while, maybe i'll post the tracklist and see if anyone can point out anything i forgot
― some dude, Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
man i was gonna request that someone do that actually - ive been listening to a bunch of his shit recently but his wiki page is wayyy underdone, i'd love if you posted what you've got
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
at the moment it's just a basic mix of stuff from the albums i already have -- T-D and Electrik Red plus one track each from the latest Mario/Jamie Foxx/Usher/Mariah/etc. haven't gotten around to getting copies of all the scattered singles like "Bed" and "Stilettos"
― some dude, Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
which mariah track did he do?
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
listened to that karina pasian album last night too, he's got a couple great songs there too, as do tricky/dream
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, "candy bling"...hmm
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
"1 Fan" from the new R. album is pretty good, definitely gonna do the shameless segue to or from "Kelly's 12 Play" for that one
― some dude, Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this song's dope, i need some sort of rss feed for LOS beats so dont miss these
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
lol he tried to bite my "blap for that" a few days ago too ¯\(°_o)/¯
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:23 AM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark
?? i searched the archives & didn't see anything
― it takes a nation of 51 to hold us back (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 October 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
listened to this while lolhigh and the beat just fuckin jumped out at me like crazy, the synths are so fucking huge
― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:26 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark
ftr all music sounds like this while high
i think u guys have conceptual and thematic confused or something xps cos i really have no idea what any of u r talking about when u start talking about how shit is conceptual and i went to art school for four years....
― plax (I know, right?), Monday, 26 October 2009 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Courtesy of P4K Guest Lists.
(Ed Droste also had Lv.M on his best-of list but this was hilarious)
Chris Taylor, Grizzly BearThe-Dream: Love vs. MoneyAbner Jay: True Story of Abner JayDirty Projectors: Bitte OrcaNirvana: Live at ReadingJohn Maus: Love Is RealAtlas Sound: LogosPhoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixSt. Vincent: The ActorCass McCombs: CatacombsThe-Dream: Love vs. Money (yes, it's on the list twice)
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 December 2009 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link
In fact, Memory Tapes and Wavves also list LvM on their best of the year lists, while the guy from Girls lists Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel as his special treat.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 December 2009 05:36 (fourteen years ago) link
So...Terius is now the consensus indie-rocker pick apparently?
WOW SHOCKER
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice to see the album finally get the love it deserves in indie circles. I wish I had thought of putting it on my end of the year list twice.
― Evan R, Monday, 14 December 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Too bad these indie fucks need approval from the dudes in Grizzly Bear before they dare crack open a mainstream pop/R&B album.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 14 December 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
sock sock sock sock sock sock
― unicorn strapped with a unabomb (deej), Monday, 14 December 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Totally serious. Kudos to the Grizzly Bear dude, though, for having it on his list twice. That's just awesome.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 14 December 2009 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
And again, with the caveat that The-Dream needs no approval from P4K whatsoever, I'm sort of baffled that Rockin' That Shit is the consensus pick from the album? I mean, unless a second Terius joint is popping up in the Top 50 but that seems unlikely.
It might be the strongest single, I guess, but the brilliance of LvM is all in the deep cuts. And by "in the deep cuts", I mean "Fancy".
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
popular singles artist being praised for his most popular single of the year shocker
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
But he's not a popular singles artist exactly...I don't think I heard him on the radio once all year. For someone so high-profile in terms of writing credits, I usually have to explain who he is to people.
Wikipedia says Rockin' That Shit got to 22, so I suppose it's in the realm of actually popular, as opposed to Ryan Leslie or whatever, but if that's his highest peaking single, I think it's disingenuous to act as though radio-airplay and singles are how The-Dream's work's been consumed, especially in critical circles, especially given the acclaim for the album as a whole.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
well it is still a tracks list & ppl are likely to vote for actual singles in those lists
― unicorn strapped with a unabomb (deej), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Fair. Maybe it's my memory - I seem to recall Pitchfork going out of its way/having a tendency to frequently rate non-singles. Anyway, nothing interesting to say about this really. Recusing myself.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
"Sweat It Out" is my favorite (deej, that's what I was thinking of but blanked on when I ran into you a few weeks ago).
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
gross
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, December 14, 2009 1:32 PM (14 minutes ago)
"rockin that shit" is both the best song and the biggest single, so it was a good pick
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, December 14, 2009 1:38 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
you're being weird, dude. "Rockin'" got to #2 on the R&B chart (and was his 4th consecutive top 10 solo single on that chart), and was one of the biggest songs of the year on a lot of stations I listen to, still hear it on an almost daily basis 10 months or whatever after it's been released.
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, it's definitely been huge on the rhythmic stations in seattle & portland (although the seattle station plays a shitty remix with luda replacing the second verse). never heard anything else from lvm on the radio
might be worth mentioning that you live in canada.
― LA CANCION MAS PRETENCIOSA DEL MUNDO... (The Reverend), Monday, 14 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
do they have radio in canada?
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
radio in canada
worst band name evar
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 December 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
guys I'm shocked that Alex in Montreal never bothered to mention that he lives in Canada, shocked
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not that he didn't mention it, it's that he didn't factor it into his observations
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
it was a joke dude
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i know. but canadian radio is government controlled lunacy.
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
^
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
here we don't have like "niche" radio because the governement only allows like 8 stations in ur area including the classical music one so the idea of hearing the dream on "urban" radio or whatever is pretty alien to me, i can only take my own opinion that anyone who loves that album enough to make it a year ender surely picked it up for the fancy/right side of my brain cos that's its real distinguishing feature imo but you know that is my partic perspective on the matter iunwim
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
xp: as if the US gvmt has the slightest modicum of control over public radio
― LA CANCION MAS PRETENCIOSA DEL MUNDO... (The Reverend), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
afaik the FCC does not mandate us to listen to the US equivalent of the bare naked ladies or the tragically hip
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
the US gov't does not have to insist radio stations play american artists, it's true.
― goole, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, December 14, 2009 4:20 PM (27 minutes ago)
well i disagree that everyone who likes the album likes it for that four song suite or whatever, kind of a dumb assumption. "rockin that shit" is a no-brainer banger, no need to overthink shit
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
saying this as someone who has never heard a the-dream song on the radio
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I get what you're saying, but don't tell me that Clear Channel isn't empowered by a lack of anti-monopoly laws, either. Government does have an effect, however subtle, on most every sector of business out there. Radio is no exception.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
if you get what he's saying then i don't know why you'd continue to make a completely separate and irrelevant other point
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
here we don't have like "niche" radio because the governement only allows like 8 stations in ur area including the classical music one so the idea of hearing the dream on "urban" radio or whatever is pretty alien to me, i can only take my own opinion that anyone who loves that album enough to make it a year ender surely picked it up for the fancy/right side of my brain cos that's its real distinguishing feature imo but you know that is my partic perspective on the matter iunwim― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, December 14, 2009 4:20 PM (27 minutes ago)well i disagree that everyone who likes the album likes it for that four song suite or whatever, kind of a dumb assumption. "rockin that shit" is a no-brainer banger, no need to overthink shit― k3vin k., Monday, December 14, 2009 9:49 PM (35 minutes ago)
― k3vin k., Monday, December 14, 2009 9:49 PM (35 minutes ago)
okay but i just meant that aspect of the album is what sets it apart to the insane-dream-lust degree among 4 example ilm fans afai can c and rockin that shit isn't really representational of that, and year end lists are all abt being representational
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Probably worth noting that you can't really put "Fancy" or "Right Side Of My Brain" or either of the "Love vs Money" tracks on a mix-tape, for example (owing to the way they're mixed as a suite), so it's a lot harder to enjoy them in isolation. "Rockin' That Shit" feels more standalone, hence makes sense to talk about it as one of the tracks of the year. "Fancy" is more about the greatness of the album, or perhaps more specifically the greatness of its "side 2".
― Tim F, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, December 14, 2009 5:28 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah but year end lists that are voted on by a staff of dozens of people are more likely to represent what all or most of those people have heard, like say a huge hit single, rather than a deep cut from its parent album that may not even score especially high on its album lists
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link