Can this just have its own thread pls?
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
aww
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
have we discussed the female empowerment angle?
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
well I figure this is gonna be a long thread if the three of us are all into it!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
a really incredible album
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I had been lapping up all the leaks and promo stuff but I'm reeling at how well this holds as an album.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yes the different angles
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, stranger than LVM?
xp pretty spot on description!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
for four words at least!
my favorite is 'bed rest'
― autogucci cru (deej), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
9 to 5 is flooring me as I type
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
headphones or no?
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to say that these girls do nothing but the album really rides on the fact that they can do these wispy, frothy songs like "so good" and "bed rest" and also these thumping, powerful songs like "p is for power" and "we fuck you" and "drink in my cup"
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
The "How'd I let him come back" riff in So Good is, um , so gooood.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
me: hard and softi think it's just about you know multiple personality disorderlike she wants satin sheetsbut also vodka straight
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"devotion" -> "freaky freaky" -> "bed rest" is the best stretch i think
"devotion" is amazing - so motionless
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
can we talk about how the vocals are tougher than most mainstream female R&B
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
must cop
― Swat Valley High (goole), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
that's one of the big draws huh? xp
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
these chicks would beat the shit out of Kelis (not that she's been much of a reckoner of late, but you know voice comparisons etc.)
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
me: i meanon the other handit could also be about how hard it is to get this sorta womanbut once you get her (9 to 5, bed rest), she is so fucking good
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i can def see that, like it's hard to get her soft
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
was it jordan who was bitching about the explicit version of So Good, because the clean version is way better, but then I usually think that.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
the sexuality is pretty aggressive
yeah it was me - i find it inconsequential now but it's a pointless remake, they should've just left it "clean"
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
still pissing me off
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i love it when the dj when the dj play my shit my shiti rock i rock my hips my hips
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the title does such a good job of pulling the thing together
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"i thought i wouldn’t really give a fuck / but now a bitch all in loooove"
I didn't even know that this is what the first line said. Such a good lyric!
― Tim F, Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:48 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^^THIS
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny how it makes me wanna go back and forth with L/H and LVM
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
has anybody spotted any cool meta stuff in it yet?
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
but...it's not a remake...the song had "shit" in it in the first place, it was just censored for the single.
― dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
aside from the Tim F one above which I assume is a Luv ur Girl ref
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
the album is sequenced so well too - "friend lover" is such a revelation coming after the "devotion" -> "bed rest" run
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
it would have been a cute moment of ladylike behaviour if they'd left it clean
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
well what i like is the combination of different moods, in like the same song even.
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
― dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Friday, May 22, 2009 3:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
i guess but it's not like they just took the word out, they added that slight moan and i just think it's way better - it's a different song without it imo
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
bitch
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
walking around in my louis vuitton heals with my ass hanging out
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
9 to 5
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ yes
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
"kill bill" is 3:22 of O_O
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Friday, 22 May 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i just put WFY on at work and had to turn it off real quick!
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
oops!
― Surmounter, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
really excited about that distant time in the future when i get to hear this not hunched over my laptop in a hotel room
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/70310-elektrik-red-feat-the-dream-drink-in-my-cup/
video and review of "drink"
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
ok so who's gonna start unpacking the ~class signifiers~ here
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
you?
― 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i would like a rolling rtc's fave albums he's never heard before thread plz
― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Klymaxx was conceived and formed by Bernadette Cooper, who also chose the name. The dream of an all girl band became a quest she pursued after leaving college. Through many auditions and temporary members the group that became successful consisted of drummer/vocalist Bernadette Cooper, vocalist Lorena Porter (Stewart), bassist/vocalist Joyce Irby, guitarist Cheryl Cooley and keyboardists Lynn Malsby and Robbin Grider.
More recently, Irby has been involved with launching the career of young R&B vocalist and The Inc/Def Jam recording artist Lloyd. Lloyd Polite was once a member of the teen pop group N-Toon, whom Irby put together and signed to Dreamworks Records in the mid-1990s.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't heard the Cooper album. She probably talks through the whole thing.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
Movie Produce HerFeaturing – Teena Marie
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
The "Drink in My Cup" of 1982:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmxyqLpHb8
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
i revisited How To Be A Lady this week and man, that album still rules
― some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:32 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
man: http://hulkshare.com/wep7accsvcg1
― r|t|c, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:24 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
besides the odd 90s r&b research sesh i basically never dig for old stuff these days tbh, i'm just wasted and bored right now so i'm following the k-man's trail of crumbs
can tell this bernadette lp will still be awes when i wake up tho
― r|t|c, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
the unsung episode about klymaxx really made them seem like the real deal and made me want to investigate their stuff more
― some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
"nu boy" on the girls album melodically =
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQdv3wZ5O0
― markers aurelius (The Reverend), Saturday, 27 August 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am_5z9X0Bjk
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 September 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NWcKK2FscY
you want your name on my condo and my house deed? STUPID - done. quit my job, stay home, have your baby? huh? STUPID - ditto.
what? say you want my aretha franklin collection? STUPID - uhh.. i don't know about that. but the way that i love you baby, it's just stupid
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 September 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
this fucking album!
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 13 June 2011 20:31 (1 year ago)
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
yall suckers really missing out on that bernadette cooper lp i'm telling you
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 10:55 (eleven years ago) link
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1533265738/guess_whos_back_single_cover.jpg
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 June 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
:O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
highly anticipating the cover art for "guess who's front"
― some dude, Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
al!
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
lol that pic's v old
― just sayin, Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― i'm a housewife, an artist, and a snow leopard (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
oh i was just posting it for the heck of it
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
also lol @ ships
you guys
https://twitter.com/MissyElliott/status/304497472124903424
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 February 2013 08:10 (eleven years ago) link
ugh. alassssss.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Electrik Red – will there ever be another album?
Man, someone just asked me about that today.
How to Be a Lady’s so slept on! It’s a perfect record.
Well that’s the point – it’s slept on! If everybody had just bought it then we’d have probably made four records by now. Solange loves that Electrik Red album. Every time we get a chance to talk she’s like ‘Electrik Red, that album…’. And I’m like ‘I know!’. We hit a home run with that album. But again, it comes back to marketing, there’s a lot of things that have to happen – people have to know that it’s there… It’s almost becoming a little cultural thing of its own though.
http://www.factmag.com/2013/09/05/monogamys-like-trying-to-re-do-biology-rnb-hit-machine-the-dream-on-why-sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-jerk/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
(saw terius live last night, it wasn't so worthwhile as to bump a thread but at least he did "fancy")
only 5000 people bought the Electrik Red album, but each of them became a bass music producer
― The Reverend, Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Evan R, Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
p sure each of them posted to this thread
― k3vin k., Friday, 6 September 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
"I thought I wouldn't really give a fuck, but now a bitch all in love, don't mean to be a hater, but OOH SHIT DAMN you're so good, so good, so good, so good, OOH SHIT DAMN.'
(What else in the world is really as... joyously and unconditionally celebratory of female sexuality as this album?)
((Probably an academic question, but still.))
― Combat Bodacious Accruals (Branwell Bell), Friday, 21 February 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
I watched that video this morning and it's still the best.
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Friday, 21 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
this album is still maybe the best album released in my lifetime
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
and i feel like if a group like them came along right now they would be incredibly popular
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
It's insane that there hasn't been a follow-up album.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
oh shit damn
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Agree with all of that
― brosario nawson (m bison), Thursday, 5 March 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah beyond this did this record ever have much traction in the SJ or feminist community? posting on ilx always makes it hard to judge what the real world thinks of things but it seems like this was a couple years too early for both r&b's acceptance by the pitchfork crowd and the rise of tumblr etc
― k3vin k., Friday, 6 March 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
im also in.
― moullet, Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
ooooh this is an ER song I've never heard before! also, I miss them ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29yb6pe3Vgs
― Hey (Extended Mix), Friday, 26 February 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link
nice!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 27 February 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
2012–presentSince the debut of their first album, Electrik Red has been in the studio working on their second album which has an unknown release date.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
Sometimes I use my old ipod at the gym and their album's songs pop up. Another one would be nice
1 member was in NYC doing choreography in 2016
The up-tempo musical numbers, choreographed by Kyndra Binkie Reevey, give the convoluted plot nice jolts of energy and are danced with ebullient relish by the cast. But “Cherchez La Femme,” unlike Kid Creole’s best songs, never really finds a comfortable groove.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/30/theater/review-cherchez-la-femme-struggles-to-find-its-groove.html?_r=0
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
I feel like Yung Baby Tate - GIRLS is the closest we've gotten since
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
I had a premonition that you would be the one to revive this thread
― wario in the streets, waluigi in the sheets (m bison), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
(This is a good thing, BTW)
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years.
― Roz, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
oh hi it's me, lonely girl still thinking baout Electrik Red
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
Damn, apparently no one else has posted on ILM about Yung Baby Tate? GIRLS is the most fun album this year and the ER vibes are strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKIH0bzBDx8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YpFHTdY2Yohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOaZHbjmcs
Also for whoever this is of interest, she's Dionne Farris' daughter.
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
― have the lime of your life, heyyyyyy (Tape Store), Friday, May 22, 2009 4:06 PM (ten years ago)
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
^^^^
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link