best pop album of the year I think unless Sucker ends up being fantastic
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah this and 1989 for me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 05:13 (nine years ago) link
Her lower register is so much stronger and with so much more personality than the Ciara-esque breathy upper register she spends most of this album in, and I don't really understand why she does so.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 08:47 (nine years ago) link
Far Side Of The Moon is some crazy-amazing shit.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 09:32 (nine years ago) link
Sometimes I'm like "what is truth if truth is subjective? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
― Tim F, Monday, 1 December 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
this is a very good version of an unexciting direction to me, like the kehlani tape is making far more interesting choices but nothing is really quite as perfectly executed as this is
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 1 December 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
I will take "perfectly executed"...Was happily enjoying this last night
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
this is p dreamy
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/Ogjdx2KdZUa
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, December 1, 2014 3:15 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol it's a sign of how much I love this album that this line now makes me smile rather than rmde. current favorite moment is how she pronounces "funny" on All Hands.
― rob, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
to be clear, I feel likwise.
Or perhaps I'm smiling with RMDs in my eyes.
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
for some reason i always get snagged on that question every time i've done LSD, wish i would just read some philosophy and figure it out
― flopson, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
fyi reading philosophy doesn't really help ime
tinashe is right to insert a mental shrug at the end of her question
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
thanks to the album poll, I gave this album another shot. I love it. * plays "Thug Cry" for sixth time *
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
ah, I thought your post might have been rooted in affection, Tim, but wasn't sure. imo the tripping in the dorm room loopiness of that line turns from lead to gold once you grasp that the truth/subjectivity of the scenario in Pretend is a lot more earthbound than your average philosophical dilemma
― rob, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
more philosophy from R&B singers imo
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
This album is fine, and I'm glad that she's gotten so much love around here, but I still like the mixtapes better.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 31 January 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
I'm diving into this deep. I think "How Many Times" is my fav atm. Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link
i thought this was a gigantic step up from her mixtapes, which never hooked me in much
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
Are her mixtapes seriously this good too???
no
― real hip hop for j dilla fans (o_sailor), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah her mixtapes weren't *but* this track she did with ryan hemsworth is as good as any song on aquarius imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_L8ZVoWA8
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 10 February 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
The album was a big step up but the mixtapes are still solid rnb albums. Her first one is the best.. I think. I got them all at the same time so it's sorta all a big mass of music.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!
...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything)
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 22 February 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Got tickets to see her in a couple of weeks. It'll be right after TKA Twigs the night before, so should make for an interesting contrast!
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 22 February 2015 09:02 (nine years ago) link
* FKA Twigs, obv.
i saw her friday - a heap more tracks from the mixtape than i'd expected and no live band (only a drummer adding more to the backing tracks) but she's an engaging performer and the dancing was fierce
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 22 February 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
she's releasing "all hands on deck" as the next single! yay!...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything) --bae sremmurd (monotony)
...iggy azalea's doing a rap feat on it (burn everything) --bae sremmurd (monotony)
uuuuuuggghhhhhhh
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 22 February 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
Yeah probably my least favorite on the album
― abcfsk, Sunday, 22 February 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Heavily jamming this remix of 'Pretend' by Redlight: https://soundcloud.com/redlight-uk/redlight-x-tinashe-pretend
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:56 (nine years ago) link
she was excellent live last night. such a smoothly paced show
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
My fave Aquarius track gets a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIgKMmnj4Zs
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 5 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, totally amazing live. Incredible show.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 6 March 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Great vid that.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 6 March 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, December 1, 2014 3:15 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark
Me
― 龜, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Oh man Bated Breath is amazing
Can't wait to watch that when I'm not at work xp
― 龜, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
She's putting out a new mixtape next monday! And I'm seeing her live this Saturday.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm surprised people haven't been too vocal about the mixtape here
― j. winters (josh), Thursday, 12 March 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
i wanna see her live but she's not touring solo
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 12 March 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
new songs today?? this album has taken control of my brain.
― surm, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tinashe-amethyst-new-mixtape.115751.html15 minutes
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
ohhhh boy
― surm, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
1minute 20s!!! lol
― surm, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
sounds v pretty on first listen. excited to bump it on my headphones later.
i'm late to the party as usual, but bc my bf can't hear me talk about Aquarius anymore, i'll get some of it out here (even though he's the one who recommended it to me!!). I essentially just think 2 On, All Hands On Deck, Feels Like Vegas, Cold Sweat, and Bet are some of the best songs i have ever heard. it's a little baffling. not to mention ... the rest of the album. just needed to vent!
― surm, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
― j. winters (josh), Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:51 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it wasn't out when you posted this!
― lex pretend, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
it's funny to read this album's wiki. the way they describe the instrumentation on the songs is great. but there are also like a lot of spelling errors.
also the whole J Lo thing is pretty hilarious.
― surm, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
oh god i'd forgotten about "PBR&B"
― rob, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
<3 wanderer
― ANU (sisilafami), Monday, 16 March 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
that's the standout so far. On first listen the rest is pleasant.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 March 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
water drips automatically make 'worth it' good.
― Steph def def (Spottie), Monday, 16 March 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
gave it a listen earlier today (pretty much just listening to kendrick otherwise) and it was just ok for me. seemed like the weakest of her four mixtapes but i dunno if that's because i'm sort of tired of this sound right now. or you know, this is post-aquarius + it was exciting following a new artist back in 2012.
― misterjoshua, Monday, 16 March 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link