― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Um, OK?
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah the mary j version of "hate it or love it" came on the dancefloor at this hip hop club in Seattle while I was there with my newfound EMP pals and it was lush and pretty damn heart-tuggin' -- a great song . . .
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
I really wish that people would actually have some clue as to what they were talking about before uccumbing to the impluse to say stupid, ignorant bullshit.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link
also, going along with what i wrote on the blog about mimi, "it's like that" isn't even a mariah song -- it's such a mary j track! (the weirdest thing on the disc is jermaine dupri's nelly impersonation on "got your number").
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
the aversion to ballads among (GENERALIZATION ALERT!) white R&B/hip-hop listeners comes from being beholden to only the beat, and not considering the lyrics, tone, subject matter that those productions deliver. the bangers are where you lose yourself in a crowd, but the ballads are where you lose yourself in yourself...
I think this is a good explanation, Jams, but I also think it smacks of injunctions as to how to listen 'correctly' (your generalization point is noted, though!). I'll freely admit to preferring the beat straight up, but I would prefer this most of the time in just about ANYTHING, r'n'b or not. Reflective musical introspection from where I sit more often than not relies on music providing/enabling that mood rather than lyrics, tone etc. Not universally, sure, but consistently and much more often than not for me at least.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and Mariah Carey is viscous, foul-smelling stain on the already soiled underwear of vomitous popular culture.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Um, rather xpostish.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't understand what you mean at all. "It's Like That" has been all over radio and TV for months and "We Belong Together" is just now starting to get airplay. the latter may have been a teaser single before the former was released but it's currently being treated as the follow-up.
also I love how Eric Roberts has continued his streak of weird video cameos from "Mr. Brightside" into both of the new Mariah vids. she leaves him at the alter in "We Belong Together"!
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Hi, Blount!
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
- MTV News, January 4thhttp://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1495306/20050104/story.jhtml
― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Bingoboys - "How to Dance" maybe??
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 21 April 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Je4nne Ć’ury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 21 April 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 4 July 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
And yeah, she was fab at Live8 and the VMAs.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link