the last thicke was a little too heavy on cartoony bossanova slow jams, but i will definitely check for this one because something else is still a minor classic to me
― sockness, just sockness (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
oh it definitely doesn't add anything particularly new to the thicke aesthetic, apart from "never give up" and a kind of saadiqy retro exercise at the start that he pulls off pretty well. i think the thicke persona is becoming more palatable to me over time though, can't quite put my finger on why. at this particular juncture an album that's so listenable is rather welcome.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
i like it too -- it's still goofy as hell, there's a hilariously odd but kinda fun protest song at the beginning -- but yeah it's very sunday morning, borderline jazzy background kinda music -- the song w/ lil wayne is the one that really stands out, oh and also there opener is 'something else' style soul -- i'm glad that there's no "shakin it 4 daddy" style songs on this tho
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
i like the new mary j just fine, too
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 December 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
worst cover, though
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 December 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
^^ I see what you did there.
Is it me or has that Blige album gotten no crossover promotional push? The last one also kinda sneaked out too. It's like she endures one- or two-album cycles of intense interest then recedes (e.g. The Breakthrough-Growing Pains got crossover promotion).
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
she's getting older and she and/or her label know it, plus straight up R&B itself barely every crosses over anymore. she's lucky to have retained as much of a fanbase as she has, frankly.
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
i'm fine with the cover image, it's very mary
but that font is retardd
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
wow this new k michelle song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGd6x1fRUP0
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
i LOVE the perspective she's singing from. didn't think her commitment to real talk would lead this kind of wry, zen acceptance of the ecology of relationships.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
loving your use of 'ultra fucking ratchet' in the first post btw
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
:)
the line "kreayshawn swag with an ass like serena" always makes me lol
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Thursday, December 8, 2011 4:45 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
yesss
and that song is fire
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
the video is like half the length of the actual song, inexplicably (the song is ~out there~)
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
really quite surprised that this album turned out to be so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTCYn7ZZnG4
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
"for my cinderellas" is soooo good!!
I DID IT FOR THEM HEARTBROKEN RIDE OR DIE CHICKS THE ONES WHO SPENT THEIR LIVES PUTTING UP WITH HIS ISH
― uberweiss, Friday, 9 December 2011 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
I DID FOR THEM FOR THEM MR RIGHT-WISHIN, GLASS SLIPPER-MISSIN, HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER CHICKS
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 9 December 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah and this anthony hamilton album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, December 8, 2011 6:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
what song?
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
the kalenna at the top of the thread i think
― pandemic, Friday, 9 December 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
goddamn this robin thicke album knocks
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
man i'm so excited to listen to that and the a-ham when i actually have time
― k3vin k., Friday, 9 December 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
a-ham isn't on spotify but i am curious -- is it like anthony hamilton doing what he always does really well or is it actually something new for him in any way?
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
"a-ham"! i am curious abt the answet to mr. stevenson's question too btw
― malcolm the tenth (furnace mane), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
It feels pretty new to me. It's a much more contemporary record, by his standards. Everything about it, from the songwriting to the production, is just so immediate. Definitely the best soul record I've heard all year.
― Evan R., Friday, 9 December 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
― k3vin k., Friday, December 9, 2011 2:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
Gonna give ear to these this weekend for sure.
― Scotty Magee, Friday, 9 December 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
omfg you know how we've been bitching about the shitty mp3 quality of the dawn richard mixtape all year? she only went and uploaded the 320s at some point this year and didn't tell anyone - literally just discovered by chance now http://dawnrichardblog.com/
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
niiice
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
don't think it was the mp3 quality - think it was the mixing/mastering? are these mixed or mastered any differently?
― dayo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, but from streaming (not downloading) these sound just as shitty ;_;
― dayo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
maybe the downloaded ones will be better idk
Why would lex care about this? Confusing
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Love this smooth CJ Hilton tune "Cold Summer":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4jAkt43LA
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:54 PM (43 minutes ago)
it was literally hard to hear some of the parts of these songs
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 December 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah in the dynamic range compression thread he thought we were all being babies
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
CJ Hilton has killed it this year w/ singles.
That CJ Hilton song is one J. Cole verse short of being "All I Want Is You."
― Evan R., Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
are my posts just really unclear or is it deej's reading comprehension? dynamic range compression and mp3 quality are not the same thing. i can't deal with mp3s under 192 kpbs
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
btw, Miguel just played the Shrine in Chicago which is a big venue here for soul & hip-hop artists, and apparently Miguel wants to work with Pete Rock so I saw the shrine's twitter linking them up yesterday. i know pete rock has made some questionable collaborative decisions but imo it would be dope to see him getting involved in the 90s retro R&B thing, esp since it feels so much more vibrant than any retro 90s hip-hop thing has been in a minute
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:08 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
dayo just implied that it looks to be a mastering issue, not an mp3 issue, but if you don't see how these could BOTH affect sound quality, you're the one w/ reading comprehension issues
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Ah! He was in Chicago and I missed it! I would have made the drive had I known; I've wanted to see him all year... all the live performance clips I've seen from him have looked awesome
― Evan R., Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5tBt9hB8s
I mean, that's just the soundcheck
― Evan R., Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
dayo hadn't actually heard the 320 kpbs when he typed that o_0
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
I know I have cloth-ears b/c aside from happily listening to low bit rate radio sets, my only conscious response to the apparently-unlistenable poor quality of the Dawn Richard album is to turn up the volume on my earphones.
This is why while I agree with lex that dynamic range comprehension doesn't really bother me I decided long ago not to have a dog in that fight, my opinion is inherently unreliable.
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
i've listened to low-bitrate & poorly compressed stuff; I do have to overlook it though, consciously; part of my enjoyment of it is almost like, I'm hearing what the song could have been with better mastering
sometimes its so bad that I can't listen at all, but that happens more often in genres (pop punk, red hot chili peppers) that I don't really listen to
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
i love good quality shit
― surm, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
i'm like "this sounds so clean"
― surm, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
the only example i can think of right now where one is engineered like soup and the other sounds pristine is the LEP Bogus Boys record vs. the freddie gibbs record. I'm predisposed to prefer the former but the Gibbs record just sounds better because of the mastering. that's all there is to it; it can make or break records, imo
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
anyone who doubts that it affects how experience the music should listen to those back to back & tell me honestly that the LEP wouldnt sound a hundred times better with better mastering
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
I honestly couldn't get into this cos of the quality. Will give the new version a go
― Number None, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Some seriously great, vicious storytelling going on in this new Bei Maejor track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02glY0p7Lw&feature=player_embedded
― Evan R., Wednesday, 28 December 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
i just heard a meshell song on the radio and can't believe i haven't heard her album yet. rectifying this soon
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 December 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
That Luke James track is solid.
― lexferenda, Monday, 2 January 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link