i can't quite decide on first blushes if that song's kinda underpolished or if it's a persuasive roughness
good though
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
it didn't strike me as immediately amazing but i think it really opens up
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
demmmmonnnnnstrrraaaaaatte
also that chunky, stuttery pre-chorus thing is hella 'writing on the wall' or something, i really dig
where are the "promise" vibes? seriously. "promise" is huge and lush, this is...underpolished doesn't even begin to cover it.
this just makes me think about how once again jojo's official singles don't live up to the promise of her unofficial stuff
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
idk mans, personally if it sounds like you can ride a horse to it in super slow-mo with a romantic sense of purpose i file it under promise
defence calls for the world renowned promise arbitrator k3v to resolve this thorny dispute
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's a bit static and small-sounding for that imo
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
rtc otm on both accounts
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 July 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
defence calls for the world renowned promise arbitrator k3v to resolve this thcorny dispute
― r|t|c, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:51 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
― dayo, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
haha guys
i dig this definitely, and can see some "promise" in it - the percussion follows a somewhat similar cadence (sorta pushing it tho), and parts of it match the weightlessness of "promise", one of its finer characteristics. the production is a lot sparer, especially in the verses, which i think is what lex is referring to, which makes it feel a little less smooth i guess. good find nonetheless
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4fec9ea16bb3f76373000010/john-roberts.jpg
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/images/smilies/smash.gif
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Thursday, 19 July 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ smash.gif
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 July 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
this is super-dope btw, esp the parts right before the chorus where it goes all double-time just for one line
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 July 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
i really don't like the drum sounds either - they're too loud and they kind of thud in a really unvibey way - cf how light and soft the percussion in "promise" is. iirc this is one of those things that repelled me about the production on take care as well.
and the song is just not there, god, my attention just wanders about 5 times in each verse.
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 July 2012 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it does need a big breakdown or something, gets a bit circular and anaemic
generally agree about 40 beats but jojo has enough about her to plump it up to an extent so to speak
it's good, flirts with dope, def not super-dope
― r|t|c, Thursday, 19 July 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
It makes me think of "Final Warning" more than "Promise". :O
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 July 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
yeah.... those guitar stutters are def "final warning".... not sure how i didn't place that
i think when the chorus opens up it resembles "promise" a bit
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Thursday, 19 July 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
these comparisons to all-time-classics are doing this song absolutely no favours you guys
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Friday, 20 July 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
you know what totally bangs? this robin thicke single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8f2EYdR3uw
old news i know but it never really caught my ear much when i listened to the album. really suits his voice well
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 July 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
Gonna save myself the embarrassment of trying to embed a Bandcamp track here (can it be done?) and just link to the page, but this Melodie "Classic Love" track strikes me as a better stab at '70s soul than most of the R. Kelly album
http://melodiesoul.bandcamp.com/track/classic-love
― Evan R, Friday, 20 July 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:50 PM Bookmark
Come to think of it, "Demonstrate" might be better than the entire oeuvres of Aaliyah and Ciara combined. Little to do with Jojo, though. It's all the genius of 40 Shebib.
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Friday, 20 July 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
this robin t is quite good in his usual sort of way
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
evan that melodie song is awesome, gonna download that EP
don't know a thing about time signatures but its pace is great, the thing is just in motion
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
it's in 4/4 but it has some nice syncopation
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Saturday, 21 July 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't notice when jade alston released her video for searching - the song's ok and the video is ok - but she just released a video for Sober which is maybe the best song on the mixtape/ep, along with missing you lately and the intro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZswiRYzmyY&feature=plcp
video is a blast in a budget sort of way, the track is still fire.
uh huh / i do it like this / i get sober by shaking my hips
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 23 July 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
That is really fun; probably the first thing I've seen that sells Jade Alston as an artist a lot of people would be interested in and not just a niche act
― Evan R, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I like that song but "R&B as Rich Harrison would know it" seems about as far away from the zeitgeist as possible in 2012, the very definition of niche. This seems a lot closer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShxTG-QoxEA
― The Reverend, Monday, 23 July 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, and as if on cue, Popdust chimes in with an endorsement of "Sober." http://popdust.com/2012/07/23/three-awesome-tracks-jade-alston-cinnamon-girl-hanna/
I do like "Searching," but the crossover appeal on that one is somewhere between zero and three dropped Twitter followers, depending on which scale you're using
― Evan R, Monday, 23 July 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
At least that one sounds like it could get on r&b radio, they like that 40 Shebibified shit. I don't think there's a radio format right now that would go within a football field of "Sober". It sounds like she's trying to do 12% of Electrik Red numbers.
― The Reverend, Monday, 23 July 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
i always thought "bill gates" sounded like the crossover hit in waiting on the alston mixtape
i like "sober" but there's something just a touch awkward about it, like it goes a bit faster than she's comfortable with
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 July 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously. Why are you all debating chart prospects instead of grabbing a hairbrush and chanting along to the bridge. ffs.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 23 July 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
video is really fun
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
beat is something i'd expect to hear on an azealia record. great chorus tho.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
also sorta reminds me of..... "bleeding love"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
hope everyone has heard that melodie song
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
i listened to it, but i don't know if i heard it.
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
I get the "Bleeding Love" vibe from the chorus, too. Which is great, because I love that song. And I like the way it adds just a little bit of weight and melancholy to an otherwise light song
― Evan R, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Monday, July 23, 2012 11:37 PM (Yesterday)
you liked the drumming :)
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDghGs_HNiA
i never knew that an r kelly country song was exactly what i wanted
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
WHOA this jeremih off the new mike will mixtape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Ip8dcu-Ok
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 July 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
mike will is the fucking man
this song is huge. i hope it makes its way out of the mixtape ghetto and gets a full CDQ
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 July 2012 06:49 (twelve years ago) link
cosigning the melodie song!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
anyone care about the new cody chestnutt album? stuff he's put out so far sounds pretty great
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't know about it! Def interested. Looks like he's trying to bak roll it on kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codychesnutt/cody-chesnutt-landing-on-a-hundred
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah... the song posted on the kickstarter page is good but not as good as this one http://gawker.com/5929061/todays-song-+-cody-chesnutt-thats-still-mama
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
Cool track.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 26 July 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
I unexpectedly dig the new JoJo track "Demonstrate."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's awesome!
we talked about it somewhere else too
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link