Miguel co-wrote "Cold Summer."
― Andy K, Monday, 12 December 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
Twice, apparently.
― Evan R., Monday, 12 December 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― malcolm the tenth (furnace mane), Monday, 12 December 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
Missed Anthony Hamilton on the Live! with Kelly live! morning tv talk show this morning. Not on youtube yet, I don't think
Michelle Pfeiffer; Anthony Hamilton (music guest); Matt Bean (Men's Health magazine); Kevin Jonas (guest cohost).
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Her exclamation marks
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
this anthony hamilton is so gorgeous!
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah my favourites i think are "pray for me", "never let go" and "sucka for you".
could do w/o "baby girl", i've had enough of dudes singing fallen woman clichés.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
not that into the Hamilton, feel like the Saadiq and the Thicke (among others) have much more interesting and effective mixes of old and new. and "Sucka For You" is just awful.
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
the g-side manager was RT'ing all these ppl clowning anthony hamilton for doing plantation songs the other day
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
the idea i got was it was that it was a little TOO retro
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
nb i havent heard the record yet
this album isn't any more retro than his other albums (probably less). but 'plantation songs'? that's p fucked up.
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
idk i think folks were joking/exaggerating. taking it out of context here might be a bit misleading
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
but, as twitter has the world's most annoying archival system, never mind
god i hate the elle varner single so much
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
really?! which one, "refill"? i'm at the stage of "watching with interest" rather than "actively raving about her" but i can't hear anything there to particularly hate...
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 16 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
the elle varner w/ jcole is the only one ive heard but i remember liking it a lot
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8mfEG3WHM&fmt=18
yessssssssssssssss
― uberweiss, Saturday, 17 December 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
about to listen to that, but before i do.
jhené aiko just got signed to def jam <3
― lexferenda, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
how many lex's are there?
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
Just two. I was/am Alex in Montreal.
― lexferenda, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
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― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, December 16, 2011 11:43 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i meant "only wanna give it to you," it's on the radio pretty heavy over here and her vocals are SO obnoxious
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dthg5uxeNt0
yeah dawn!
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
did we talk about this yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1EpKYEfJU8
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/v/dthg5uxeNt0&fs=1&hl=en
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:05 AM (1 hour ago)
i like this
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 December 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
I have resigned myself to slowly but surely falling in love with Elle Varner, despite her overt obnoxiousness.
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
she is both annoying and hot in the tradition of ilx's favorite cliche bomb, but when the radio's on and i can only hear her wretched caterwauling only the latter matters.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
The way she over-sings every note is either glorious or insufferable, mood depending. There is no middle ground. "Only Wanna Give it To You" is kind of a thin song, though; "Refill" is a much vehicle for her to go completely nuts in
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
part of my problem is that "Only" sounds exactly like that Jazmine Sullivan retro breakbeat song from last year, except she knows how to oversing in a good way. i haven't heard "Refill" but i suppose i should give it a listen since it's never fair to judge an artist by one song (two songs, on the other hand, totally fine).
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Prepare for instant revulsion, then gradual, reluctant infatuation. I imagine dudes who crush on Zooey Deschanel feel the way I do about Elle Varner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gk8cjWIdMQ
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
yes i hate "only want to give it to you"! the line "i want you more than a new pair of shoes" is the most annoying line and most annoyingly sung in history.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
new pair of horseshoes otm
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
it is just trying too damn hard, that song, that line, ugh.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
i love anthony hamilton and would listen to him sing anything but the new album is kind of boring. and lex otm about "baby girl."
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
also i love that k michelle song upthread!!! thank you ilx r&b threads you bring such good things to my life!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
relistening, you guys are right about her singing on this! its too bad
i do think the song itself is pretty strong tho; i certainly like the retro vibe of it a lot more than that beyonce / 'swag goo' song
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 17 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
love love love '4am'
― silvana mangano, Saturday, 17 December 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
thicke's album is kind of disapointingly hit-and-miss imo but "mission" is so great
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 December 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
is it just my copy of the thicke album or does "full time believer" end really suddenly?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 18 December 2011 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
also did he just call himself a pterodactyl on "dangerous"?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 18 December 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Breath Again" is very good, sort of like a sequel to last year's "Skydiver." This other leaked Cassie tune is pretty good as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZC7eJufw8
Like Cassie produced by Justice or somthing, but actually very listenable!
Also been feeling these random songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdcnw8-WjCg(HELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR3vRCXCsyY(new Carl Thomas album is pretty good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mv9RysqSB4
and the new SWV single is way better than it has any business being:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7DyeivNVJk
― brains, Sunday, 18 December 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yes! Carl Thomas keeping the water drip sound alive.
― Meek Mac Miller (Scotty Magee), Monday, 19 December 2011 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
kind of bummed about the RichGirl breakup, but the solo tracks I've heard from Lyndriette and Seven are pretty good. Here's Lyndriette's single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdeB6cbRTJw
new Teairra Mari single:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4OrfnGaKI
― brains, Monday, 19 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
"tears on my tuxedo" on the thicke album is kinda ridiculously good
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
i guess since his music is in a way very conservative and throwback, i don't think thicke gets enough credit for being a weirdo r&b singer like the way that r. kelly or even terius crossed over to non-r&b critics
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
like this album is really ridiculous but in that way that keeps you on your toes and makes individual songs unique w/o having to be some sonic outlier or something in that way that good kells albums used to, imo
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
"Love After War is terrific.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
have you heard the Hamilton record?
yeah that is one of the best songs on here
yeah idk it kinda bored me but i don't typically get bowled over initially w/ those kinda albums
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
"all tied up" is my fave off of the Thicke album
― brains, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link