legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 02:05 PM
1. "Sounds like 90’s raspy r&b to me... not bad at all" In response to Reply # 0
Fits perfectly with the sample because Wu has some horrible vocalist singing on some their hooks but it worked.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 02:17 PM
4. "Haha... sings Rainy Days " In response to Reply # 2
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 02:23 PM
5. "I have to remind myself you’re taste is trash" In response to Reply # 3
Still can’t believe you linked a Weezer cover of Tears for Fears.
Wait, I believe it because your musical taste is TRASH
j/k
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I wasn’t even hip to H.E.R.... or so I thought. Turns out I been singing her songs for the last few months but had no idea it was “her”
It’s dope down tempo R&B.
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21. "I'm on her VEVO now..." In response to Reply # 20
I'm hearing the appeal I guess.... I sorta get it. I was intrigued READING about her and her talent (multi-instrumentalist, etc.) .... Haven't come across the track that really showcases all of that though... Everything is so.... mellow? ... mellow to the point of boring... Definitely hearing that she can actually sing though now...I was missing that in previous listens.
^^^From Taraji's new movie's soundtrack. She has the vocals for something like this but it doesn't sound 'right'. Like it was forced. She needs something like Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder).
Her tiny desk was a showcase of her talent but her recordings are all about vibe.
>I'm hearing the appeal I guess.... >I sorta get it. >I was intrigued READING about her and her talent >(multi-instrumentalist, etc.) .... >Haven't come across the track that really showcases all of >that though... >Everything is so.... mellow? ... mellow to the point of >boring... >Definitely hearing that she can actually sing though now...I >was missing that in previous listens. > > >"Get ready....for your blessing....."
24. "It's largely missing "bounce". Even downtempo stuff should bounce." In response to Reply # 21
One of the most insightful things mistermaxxx noted on here was how LA Reid's drums/drum programming gave his and Babyface's music a certain bounce (it's in his kick drum, imo). Whip Appeal, Superwoman, There U Go, Shoop, etc. - all slow jams that bounce along...slowly.
That was the secret ingredient to alot of their music - to alot of great Black music in general. H.E.R. is still super young, so she has plenty of time to figure that out, still.
8. "The chorus is ok, to me. Her influences seem to be Lauryn and Mary." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Feb-11-19 03:53 PM by Teknontheou
So that explains the raspyness in her voice.
I can hear the kernel of a good song, here. This would work well if she were the featured singer on a rapper's song. Like if Wu-Tang decided to do an update to CREAM now and used her as the featured vocalist.
The problem here is that for alot of these singers under a certain age, they've lost the essence of the swing that good R&B is supposed to have. It's gone. Because this song is not based in that. It's based in the thump-a-dump of Hip-Hop, which often doesn't work well when singing is supposed to be the focus.
Good R&B mixed with Hip-Hop is "Anything" by SWV. Or the chorus to Around The Way Girl. Or Emotional by Faith and Carl Thomas. Something like that.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 03:52 PM
9. "I was about to say Rihanna and Mary" In response to Reply # 8
Mary scream sings but it works.
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10. "Because Mary is from the last generation that wasn't raised on a " In response to Reply # 9
strict Hip-Hop all day every day diet.
By the time Hip-Hop was being played throughout the day (on Hot 97, beginning in 1993) , Mary had already had a few hits. She idolized Anita Baker - she knew what R&B was supposed to sound like, at least rhythmically.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 04:51 PM
14. "Damn... it’s definitely more Alicia than Mary" In response to Reply # 13
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