i think he means the levels are quiet in an unmastered way that makes the whole thing sound less full/alive, which is a totally valid gripe and not at all an aesthetic thing.
"Hey" has not been singled out itt as a standout and that needs to be rectified.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
what other notable danja-produced R&B/pop albums are out there? (honest q)
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:42 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
if we're talking stuff from when Danja was Timbaland's right hand man (and those should probably count since Danja had a huge influence on the sound of those records), Timberlake's FutureSex and Furtado's Loose. but i was referring to stuff heavy on Danja solo productions like Diddy's LTTP and Press Play, Keri Hilson's 1st album, Danity Kane's 2nd album, Katharine McPhee's 1st album.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"hey" is amazing yes
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ship otm
"runway" & "vibrate" are also the joints off this
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i like how the art for this album could double as a los campesinos cover
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
kmt
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like an asshole for loving "vibrate" the most cuz it sounds like the one that terius & los would've done
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:48 (thirteen years ago) link
do we actually have the production credits for this? i couldn't find them the other week. "vibrate" def in the "promise"/"devotion" lineage
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:50 (thirteen years ago) link
if anything i feel bad for loving the swagged-out ones so much. I'M ON MY SUPERMAN SHIT, WHIPPIN UP TOWN, BLOWIN UP SHIIEEET
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
that's why "runway" is the best -- bragging about her hair being real
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
NO HORSES UP HERE
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
exactly
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:53 (thirteen years ago) link
they say they new guccis but i had em last yeari'm rocking everything that you really wanna wear
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i also like to think that naomi campbell references in r&b have proliferated precisely because of her capacity for assault & battery with swarovski-encrusted blackberrys
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, no longer feel weird for suggesting to kev k that vibrate kinda sounds like promise
― dayo, Saturday, 2 April 2011 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
props to Tim F for an excellent thread title that grabbed my attention and got me to listen to this, because I probably would've ignored it otherwise. listening for the first time now, and it's amazing!
I think I fell in love with her the second I saw there was a song called "Me Myself & Y" (not quite living up to the title, especially following up the excellent excellent "Hey", but still pretty good)
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 12:38 (thirteen years ago) link
oh and now "Broken Record" is up next — poor lil "MMY", sandwiched in between these two motherfucking monsters
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 12:39 (thirteen years ago) link
okay I realize that confessing this will probably make me public enemy #1 on this thread, but I still haven't listened to Last Train — just couldn't get excited about it, honestly. but if it's anywhere near Tell Tale Heart in terms of production and atmosphere/mood...
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah TTH is very close to LTTP in sound and mood, definitely check it out. better late than never!
― sarraghmaclachlan (some dude), Saturday, 2 April 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
dope:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgeO3sIIqkU
doper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F_Ou9gX2Bw
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
I really wish there was a CDQ version of Tell Tale Heart... or at least one that isn't so compressed and muddy sounding
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
i thought this was just gonna be a prelude to an album proper but everything's gone a bit quiet on the dawn richard front? this is still amazing though
HE ON ME LIKE BUTTER ON BREADFRONT ROW WHEN I'M DOIN MY DANCE
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
official title is the prelude to a tell tale heart, right?
so sad you bumped this when I didn't have any dawn richard synced to my iphone
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha i totally relate, h8 it when that happens
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
where is dawn richard :[
― dayo, Thursday, 17 November 2011 22:39 (Yesterday)
The mixtape (which is my 2nd favourite album of 2011) is so good that it's hard for me not to think of it as her debut album.
― Tim F, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:45 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
sez wikipedia (sics all over the place):
The Mix-tape The Prelude to A Tell Tale Heart or alternate title: #ATellTaleHeart[9][10][11] was released February 7, 2011 on her official web-site. There are 15 tracks.[10][12] It called "the prelude to..." because there will be official debut studio album by Dawn Richard entitled A-Tell Tale Heart, which she is working on for past 3 years.[13] She is working with Trendsetter (producer) on few tracks for that album.[14][15] Celebrating the release of her mix-tape, Dawn Richard organized several club events. On February 7, 2011 at "Milan" club in Baltimore[16][17] and on February 12, 2011 at PHX – "Nightclub MIXTAPE PARTY RELEASE".[18]
Dawn has announced that her major solo debut project will be a broken up trilogy of albums entitled "GoldenHeart, "BlackHeart", and "RedemptionHeart". "GoldenHeart", the first of the trilogy is expected to be released late 2011.[19] On June 19, 2011 a buzz track entitled "Stuck On Mad" was released to the public. Followed by a release of a remix to Frank Ocean's Novacane. The remix which was co-written by songwriter Intyce, hit the net on June 21, 2011 and reached over 5000 downloads within a few hours. Intyce was enlisted as one of the writers for Richards solo debut.[20]
2011-present: Golden Heart
SMFU (SAVE ME FROM U) was released on the internet 31st October and is set to be on the first album.[21] This album is set to have an concept of a alter-ego named NEON. The concept has not yet been discussed.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, November 18, 2011 2:12 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am d/lding "stuck on mad" and "smfu" now. no one mentioned them. and yeah putting together my EOY lists dawn ended up at #5, higher than i thought she would.
also she started following me on tumblr!
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, November 18, 2011 2:13 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3EGWZtOWKA
^^ luv it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izlttiuc8GY
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
really feelin this too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdTXp9Zdgo
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
not gonna go through all of dawn's tumblr lol but this is good too
http://concreteloop.com/2011/09/new-music-dawn-richard-love-wont-lose
think it's produced by the same guy who did the valentine's day mix of lttp?
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
i am d/lding "stuck on mad" and "smfu" now. no one mentioned them
brainwasher posted stuck on mad just upthread!
― just sayin, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol I think I missed that :/
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
SFMU is a jam though
album coming as soon as MARCH!!!
http://www.rap-up.com/2012/02/10/dawn-richard-preps-solo-debut-for-march-previews-new-song/
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
kalenna's mixtape drops on monday, too
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ddotomen.com/2012/02/13/kalenna-of-dirty-money-chamber-of-diaries/
the dirty money fans have apparently abandoned ilx judging from the tumbleweave here i guess?
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
mixtape is worth copping? i'm with it
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
there is WAY too much ryan tedder on that tracklist for me to feel comfortable
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 February 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
so far I'm only interested in dawn
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's great - some excellent beats, she's very charismatic, you wouldn't be able to tell ryan tedder was on it. only given it one cursory listen cuz am on double deadline and have to listen to other stuff today :(
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to this, but much further to the outskirts of the media ecosystem than you, Lex - keen to hear yr thoughts.
― etc, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
media ecosystem?
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait as in PR and shiz? lol, i haven't been PRed any of this, i hear about it through following dawn on tumblr and kalenna on twitter exclusively
i'm about to listen to the Kalenna in a bit, but I'm LOVING the new Dawn song. Much much better than #SMFU and December Sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESodEc4s8YA
so ethereal. she really is just perfect
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
SFMU is better imo, but this is a pretty nice album cut
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/warhol2012/black-lipstick-dawn-richard
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
^^ a jam
man, this new dawn shit is too dope
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
was the kalenna mixtape any good? i couldn't get a copy that would open on my computer, for whatever reason
― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
i am *really* enjoying this.
― Fizzles, Monday, 22 May 2023 17:24 (eleven months ago) link
Dawn was great at the PopCon keynote, BTW; had a chance to chat with her almost by accident beforehand. A personable soul.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 May 2023 17:29 (eleven months ago) link
Uh...nobody posted this yet?
https://dawnrichard.bandcamp.com/album/the-architect
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 23:07 (six months ago) link
I'm listening to Goldenheart for the first time in a long time. Still holds up!
What else is worth hearing (and/or avoiding) in her discography? I haven't kept up with any releases since Goldenheart, including the jump to Merge Records.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 01:03 (six months ago) link
Goldenheart is the one I would tell people to avoid, so not sure how valuable this will be to you. But I would simply proceed chronologically from there: Blackheart, Redemption, new breed, Second Line. I wouldn't avoid any of them, though Blackheart is probably my favourite
― rob, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 16:53 (six months ago) link
Haha I agree with all of that - Goldenheart is the one that feels most like a slog even though it has some fantastic individual moments. Blackheart is in many ways further out but it's better structured and sequenced. Then everything after that is a much easier listen though I don't think she has ever surprised as much again (at least until Pigments anyway) - this isn't really a criticism, there's very few artists who could maintain the kind of outward-expansion-trajectory which Dawn managed in the four years from early 2011 to early 2015.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 23:42 (six months ago) link