tbh i have a hard time imagining her voice/delivery working in an R&B context
"behind enemy lines" is my favourite lovato song, so i could definitely imagine how it could work
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 26 July 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
also looks like she said "more R&B/pop," which makes me think she's not going to have Ne-Yo or The-Dream write a bunch of slow jams or anything.
― some dude, Monday, July 26, 2010 4:08 PM (5 hours ago)
Pretty sure she's said that she wants to work with The-Dream. Anyway she was on to some Mariah type shit at times (bridge on got dynamite) on her last album so more rnb is perfectly logical.
― abcfsk, Monday, 26 July 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
you care about usher in 2010 xpost, stfu
― I have an iTunes playlist called "That Feeling" (Tape Store), Monday, July 26, 2010 6:43 AM Suggest Ban PermalinkBookmark
what? i haven't even listened to his album.
― born to darraghmac (The Reverend), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the best circa-2007 t-pain song of the year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqCJvRyB_Hc
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 July 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
what a recommendation?
― plax (ico), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
this is my only post containing the word "usher" this year:
The Reverend wrote this on thread Rolling R&B Thread 2010 on board I Love Music on Feb 15, 2010
recent Usher is so u_u
― born to darraghmac (The Reverend), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
so if you are going to try to counterzing me, get yr fucking facts straight yamin-boy
circa-2007 t-pain is obv beyond classic
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 July 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh i dont get the initial zing
― plax (ico), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
^wait, that isn't true (forgot to sort by date), but afaik it's my only post commenting on his 2010 output
― born to darraghmac (The Reverend), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you still stand by this? The more I listen to it, the more think there's a great album to be constructed from Raymond Vs. Raymond if you cut out a little bit of the pap (and maybe the songs that make Usher sound like a total asshole, like "Lil Freak") and replace them with some of his recent non-album material featured on some of the recent Future of R&B mixes.
― Evan R, Monday, 26 July 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i love Lil Freak
― janice (surm), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it's OK, but Glenn Lewis already used that Stevie Wonder sample to much better effect, and I think the song makes Usher sound like more a bad guy than he intends it to. On Confessions, he played the roll of the flawed by lovable cheat really well, but on Raymond Vs. Raymond he's not nearly as sympathetic. It's hard to take pity on him when he's barking sexual orders at easy conquests. Other songs depict him as a slave to his libido, but on this one he's totally in control, bullying a woman into a threesome she doesn't seem comfortable with. It just seems remarkably mean-spirited.
― Evan R, Monday, 26 July 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
let's talk about the git fresh song instead
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone got round to listening to the k michelle mixtape yet?
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 26 July 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Are you talking about What's the 901 or is there a new one? I've been enjoying What's the 901. I don't think anything tops "You Should've Killed Me," but every track that pairs her with a rap artist (Gucci, Missy, Three 6 Mafia) really works; she has the brassy presence to hold her own against all of them.
Anybody know if she has a real album on the way? Same goes with Miguel and Dondria; I keep reading about vague album release details for them, but can't find any concretes.
― Evan R, Monday, 26 July 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Been at work too often this week to play K. Michelle a lot - NSFW, duh. But giving it a second spin now and digging it very much.
― Y /\/\ /\/\ \/ (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 26 July 2010 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
― Evan R, Monday, July 26, 2010 1:32 PM Bookmark
I just posted that I hadn't heard his album.
― born to darraghmac (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 06:14 (thirteen years ago) link
But the singles have mostly been terrible. (Kinda f/w the Algernod joint tho.)
1. I don't think anything tops "You Should've Killed Me,"
i think "where they do that at" is probably the song that jumps out the most. love her cover/response to "nothin' on you", too, and as discussed on some other thread elsewhere, "hit em in the mouth" is totally wild.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
lulz at T-Pain's Diner
― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus how many people have released songs called "where they do that at" in the past year
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus how many people have songs out called "where they do that at" now
― some dude, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 8:10 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
(i still haven't heard any of them apart from k michelle)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
lol the chorus of latest youtube posted itt contains "where they do that at" as a lyric
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
k michelle's wtdta is so great, i love the way she slides into the "where they do that at" after you would have expected there to be nothing left in the chorus.
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the whole thing just flows so naturally, reminds me of deemi's "soundtrack of my life" from a few years back. love the way she enunciates "video hoes", all those flashes of anger amidst the sadness.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a mario winans joint, i had high hopes but it seems to be completely missing a hook?
trey's second single fwiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v731w6aoEpE
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 August 2010 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXyO3K-SOFk
fucks with this... fantasia would've killed it tho
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of an odd choice for a lead single, but I'm glad she didn't go for "knock me down again" or "still turnin me on," this is classy and soulful but still modern, reminds me of Mary J. Blige's "Kitchen"...Keri's strongpoint is her midtempos anyway, "Where Did He Go," "Quicksand," "Slow Dance" etc.
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
my bad I meant to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1j-f1WVuhs
"last time" is a great song tho, love that melody
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
other new shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnAbCzmeOXw(This song is cool but I'm not sure about this more aggressive vocal from Lloyd, part of what makes him so great is his smooth, sweet, laid back voice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgguIzNQzM(I need to listen to the Fantasia album... it's sounding kind of classic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSrP5tUAIw(jam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llFYolZQZsA(is it just me or does ne-yo suck now)
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
ne-yo sucks now
yo i heard some dope shit on the radio that sounded like jazmine sullivan but i don't think it was -- it was maybe brianna??
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Keri's strongpoint is her midtempos anyway, "Where Did He Go," "Quicksand," "Slow Dance" etc.
― / (The Brainwasher), Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:22 PM (58 minutes ago)
word, and "alienated"
― endless dougie (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:23 (thirteen years ago) link
man that keri joint you posted sounds just like a timbo job, it's nice too
― endless dougie (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
jazmine's new single is getting pretty big so it could be that, i'm not really into it, though
lol guys i'm probably gonna be interview Trey Songz next week -- gonna try to come up with the funniest questions possible without coming off mean or disrespectful
― richie goingham (some dude), Friday, 20 August 2010 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
interviewING
hahaha awesome
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 August 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"breaking point" is really gorgeous, damn - and it is timbo i guess, his best beat i've heard in a while
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 August 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
MY LOVE HAS A LIMIT, MY LOVE HAS A LIMIT
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 August 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
still think that trey songz mixtape brainwasher posted way back is dope. dont really get why hes so superhated
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Friday, 20 August 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i wouldn't say he's superhated -- he's an object of a lot of jokez among mostly me and Rev and J0rdan, but i think most R&B fans like at least some of his songs
― richie goingham (some dude), Friday, 20 August 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
xp to myself i have no idea why i was surprised it was tim, he's worked with keri before
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 August 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't really keen on that lloyd track :(
i note that los has a production credit on the fantasia album! off to d/l.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 20 August 2010 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
if the mmts mixtape deej refers to is anticipation, that's the one that turned me round on him to an extent - i was shocked that it was good at all, let alone as good (and interesting) as it was
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 20 August 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, August 20, 2010 11:02 AM (8 minutes ago)
oh shit me too
lex you'll like this keri i think
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 August 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i've heard it, liked it but it hasn't sunk in yet
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 20 August 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
new cee-lo is pretty awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAV0XrbEwNc&feature=player_embedded
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 20 August 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, this fantasia album is great!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 20 August 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving that Fantasia.
― matt2, Friday, 20 August 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
digging on fantasia and this cee-lo.
― peacocks, Friday, 20 August 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link