Cassie: The new Ciara?

(sorry, E-40)

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i really love the follow-up single too, 'long way 2 go' - "i know you wanna meet me/cos your girlfriend wanna be me"

each summer for the past few years, there's been one sparse, simple, understated, almost nothingy r&b single amidst the massive summer bangers - 'never leave you', 'move ya body', 'pon de replay'. obviously 'me & u' is a lot darker (she sounds almost scared in it, like she's spent so much time planning this bedroom liaison with military precision - clipped vocals, everything rigorously in place - and now she doesn't quite know what to do)

Er... Bass? And just when I've been remarking on it as yet another example of an excellent pop/r'n'b record that works despite the absence of bass! ;) It's suggestively empty, airy, and delicately balanced - with an incredible openness, like the r'n'b equivalent of a Zen rock garden. But all with no integrating bass, with the exception of the booming kick drum. Are there different versions / mixes about? Or am I just being obtuse in not acknowledging that synth-cello line in the chorus as 'bass'?

(The clip is most excellent, by the way. Just her dancing about in front of a mirror. Simplicity, perfection. With Cassie gratuitously dousing herself in a bottle of water somewhere towards the end ;) )

The links with 'Move Your Body', 'Never Leave You' are OTM. I wonder what other songs belong in this chain/constellation?

BTW - she is frost-y, not frost-ing! Who wants cake, anyway? ;) Give me icing any day.

cassie's total ice. the only vocal comparison which really fits is teairra mari, but teairra's icy cos she's angry, and she's definitely not blank or disinterested.

The album's very short -- 35 mins, a la all those Carter Administration Def Jam albums, and no trace of Diddy -- and very top-heavy.

I'm hoping to be given the CD single to review when it finally comes out here.

I think this is maybe the most severe psuedo-crunk R&B track - "Oh" is its only challenger, and I think this sounds even emptier than that, though "Oh" does have some raw blemished grunt in its favour.

(No idea if I'm doing the html right.)

>For those who don't have a good copy

how do professional musicians keep up the pace?

Cassie-Cassie-(Retail)-2006-H3X

01. Me & U 3:12
02. Long Way 2 Go 3:40
03. About Time 3:33
04. Kiss Me 4:07
05. Call U Out 3:32
06. Just One Nite 4:06
07. Hope You're Behaving (Interlude) 0:36
08. Not With You 3:17
09. Ditto 3:34
10. What Do U Want 3:13
11. Miss Your Touch 2:33

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Amerie02.jpg/230px-Amerie02.jpg

(I've been listening to Luomo, also, while we're on the topic of icy pleasure.)

(sorry everyone else, this is wandering off topic)

I also may never understand how an artist or songwriter goes about deciding whether a song will be a "You" track or a "U" track. I really wish people would stop doing the latter.

Surely it's only a matter of time before Junior Boys release a cover of "Me & U".

I think it gets sent to a special committee. It's tried out in various focus groups. And then they just pull one out of a hat and go with it.

This track is good - very good; stunning, in fact - but it doesn't move me as much as "Oh." Neither does Ciara's "Get Up" for that matter, though that's a good track too. My problem with each is that when the vocals coalesce into melody it's what I call "standard '00s r&b melody" (which I can't explain any better than that) (and "Get Up" does go into interesting pastorale moods, it's a fascinating song in a lot of ways, just doesn't make my heart disintegrate); and I'm just not a fan of "standard '00s r&b melody." I'll have to give more thought as to why. I think "Me & U" needs even more chill, and the tune even less melody.

-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), Yesterday.

It's a chilly year, Tim!

-- Catherine Ryan (cjrya...), Yesterday.

Worth repeating

http://www.discobelle.net/2006/07/14/you-and-me-cassie/

link: http://www.myspace.com/cassiemyspacemusic

see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIaRm2vqKg

the song is fucking hot.

its more like prince on irrestible bitch or something.

i love how she uses exactly the same vocal strategy on 'long way 2 go' as on 'me & u' to completely different effect

has anyone seen her TRL performance? its pretty bad, although she is actually quite endearing in it. she has a great smile and that strange combination of innocence/adolescent clunkiness/sweetness. she was trying to dance all sexily in the performance, but whether its because the moves just werent too good or that she isnt the best dancer, it just ended up looking funny.

(it is also v good, if a little more inviting than i was expecting)

* I love Ciara but Cassie's part-Filipina-ness is almost a trump card
* she hails from the Long Day's Journey Into Night town
* the erotic subtext (supertext just about) vs. detached delivery = cool evocation of post-industrial nightlife meat-market malaise? = half-hearted surrender to/embrace of the meat-market model of urban social interaction OR mere happy-accident tension betw unpolished vox & run-of-the-mill r&b motifs?
* the bittersweet emaciation of Me & U's falling clave blips is almost snap
* Long Way 2 Go has a sorta baroque video-game aesthetic that I can get behind in a big way
* Ryan Leslie's original ideal/masterplan for Cassie: "multi-ethnic, non-genre specific voice" vs. the actual reality of "non-ethnic, multi-genre specific voice"??

HMMMM

Are you referring to my last post? It was just a silly response to the "But she can't even sing!" nonsense. (Plus, it's probably the truth as well.) I could've also posted "I might like Shellac if Steve Albini could belt like Paul Rodgers."

i really love the whole album.

Just discovering her album. It's tremendous! I prefer it to the new Amerie and Rihanna.

Long Way 2 Go hooked me in (funny MySpace-themed video!) and it's the delightful pop of Ditto and smouldering of Kiss Me that I'm currently stuck on.

Rumor has it she got dropped from Bad Boy.

This makes me a sad panda.

Siik (the dude who made that jazzy remix of Amerie's "1 Thing" a couple years back also remixed "Me & U" and again, it sounds like a completely different song. It's great.

yeah the siik remix is pretty awesome

i guess the album didnt sell v. well? cuz it pretty much ruled from end to end (a lot of this was leslies production, anyone know anything else of note hes done?)

cassie :(

the other two noteworthy ryan leslie productions i've heard - both v much in the same gently minimalist vein - are the new megan rochell single, 'my mistake', and 'like that', off the jojo album. both v well worth hearing.

is the whole jojo album worth checking out? i hadnt seen the list of producers till just now, a veritable whos who of hiphop-pop crossover appeal

it is, mostly - it's not exactly consistent but she does a v good beyonce impression on the swizz beats track, the storch one is surprisingly r leslie-esque (thought that was his one for ages), there's a really nice digitised country thing...

oh yeah i didn't realise this before i heard the new album but jojo can really sing

BOOOOOO. "Sometimes" is great!

Turns out she wasn't dropped by Bad Boy thankfully. New album Still Cassie due out in October.

YEAHH!

The new single is kinda mediocrish.

YOU'RE WRONG.

Well, if you say.

Exactly.

"Me & U" = Sinister and Seductive
"Sometimes" = Unsure and Sweet

They use the same sound effects, and they're both based around the same setup (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge for "Me & U"/guest spot for "Sometimes"-chorus). They're like cousin tracks...Obv. "Me & U" is better, but "Sometimes" goes down just as easily.

"Me & U" >>>>> "Sometimes" >> "Long Way 2 Go"

I want this album. Sure, as a single, "Turn the Lights Off" is a bit of a letdown, but I now prefer "Is It You" to "Sometimes" and maybe even "Me & U." That fuzzy guitar, the perfect structure and hook. Oh, and Cassie sound sweet and soulful...it's perfect.

This thread is absurd without pictures! "Me & U" is CLASSIC.

Is It You

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cassie.jpg

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wow cassie is actually getting better at singing! she can now be up their with hilary duff! keep going cassie i always knew you had potential

OK OK. I underestimated this "Turn the Lights Off" track, but I'm not going for this "In Love With the DJ" one. BLAAAH.

Cassie,
Based on those first three tracks, this could be my number one album of the year. Don't fuck up! <3
-tape store

Shit, I never heard Me&U before I clicked on this thread. So daringly empty, Its basically her and that snare for the first minute. I dig minimalism.

uh, not to keep bumping this, but I just listened to "Sometimes" with the bass up. There's this fucking amazing growling noise going on throughout the entire thing. AWESOME.

Yeah, "Sometimes" is still the best leaked song IMO... followed by "Turn The Lights Off"

The album is due out in February now, btw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlcdSVZA80

The first single from her new album is called "Official Girl". Produced by Danja, should leak any day now...

!!!!!!!!!!

Best album of the year, i bet!

not to jinx it or anything

btw, where'd you hear that? Google says nothing.

oops. wikipedia, i see

actually she said it on 106 & Park today

jeez, you guys sure know how to pick a random-ass singer to obsess over. I just saw Step Up 2 The Streets and she's only in it for like 5 minutes, but I'll leave it up to you to decide whether that's worth camping outside the movie theatre for.

yeah i respect you two dudes but this cassie obsession boggles me

'me + u' is classic for all time but i don't see much beyond that tbh

Tape Store has been notoriously SUSPECT
getting all !!!!!!!! about 'produced by danja' is pretty weird

that said, j0rdan ... "Is It You"? She's got some great other tracks, its just

tbh my interest was peaked by produced by danja

i mean he coaxed a good song out of lifeless 07 britney, i don't see why he couldn't do the same for cassie

plus last year alone he had production credits on the only two good songs on the timbaland album, 2 of the 4 great songs on the t.i. album + we takin over so i'll check for his shit for at least the rest of this year

but shes already got good producers??? why have we been led to believe anything great will come from this, danja has some great beats, some wack ones, just like anyone else. i dont get why anyone would be all :D !!! DANJAHANDS!!! and i dont even hate the dude like RTC does

http://www.earthmusicnetwork.com/netsy/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Haterade.gif

im taking the middle road here! you & alex were hating

This moment when the singer/producer dynamic-duo falters for the first time is usually the beginning of the end of something great though. I mean... great songs have come out of Amerie and Kelis working with producers other than their original partners-in-crime, but there's a whole loss of innoncence / kicked out of Eden vibe to it all isn't there.

but there's a whole loss of innoncence

but tapestore still likes it! oh wait that was a typo wasnt it.

anwyay yeah SUSPECT isnt the half. hard to fathom how anyone with an appreciation of cassie's uh fragile fortes wouldnt be imagining this collabo with some tredipation - ok granted there've been moments when danja suggests he could be a sensitive match (the offbeat kath mcphee & nikki flores teenpop stuff in particular) but if he goes and does his usual and britneys it she'll just get swallowed right up, surely. even furtadoing it would probably be too strong (not to mention it being straight uninteresting).

4 the record i think danja is potentially a monster producer but kinda needs to get out from under the timbrella now, especially following his showstopping cameo on 'i get naked'. otherwise yes wearisomely overrated, and never more so than when caught up in some tryhard's "nu-hiphouse omg omg i like dance" baby steps cobblers.

haha errr i have not a bit of anger in me and that post still managed to come out gunning dudes? these fingers are kinda possessed.

LOL. I'm not obsessed with Cassie, I just think her first album is excellent (in spite of her weak vocals), so of course I'm looking forward to the follow-up.

I'm a bit obsessed, yeah. Like Brainwasher, I'm a huge fan of her debut (and again, moreso because of Ryan Leslie, but Cassie still contributed a lot to the record...shame Just Friends didn't make the cut). It's a really consistent album.

What excites me now, though, is how much growth both Cassie and Leslie have shown since the debut. All the leaks are of a much higher quality than the ones that appear on her album...better production, better, more confident and more emotional singing and better songs (as said upthread, I prob. prefer "Is It You" to "Me & U")

They're a great duo, the closest, i think, we've come to an Aaliyah/Timbo situation. So yeah, I'm extremely excited about the album. And Danja? Well, he played a huge role in two of my favorite records of the '00s (my #1, FutureSex/LoveSounds, and Blackout)

btw, Cassie sounds a hell of a lot more exciting than other R&B favorites like, say, Amerie, who haven't really grown much from record to record.

"timbrella"!

THX everyone for not pointing out the complete fuckup in my post (that Just friends song = dif. cassie...one who has a bigger voice but a more soulless one). or maybe thx for not reading.

I still listen to "About Time" almost every day.

Sometimes four or five times in a row.

THIRSTY

"Is It You" is kinda suck. No thanks, Cassie hype kru.

'Thirsty' is nice but not one of her best. In some respects it sounds like it might be a deliberate re-write of 'Is It You' (some of the chord progressions are very similar).

"Official Girl" just passed "No Air" on my singles-of-the-year list (putting it at #1)

Re: Cassie vs. Karina...well, it's obv. no contest for me. Karina adds nothing new to the track. Vocally, she holds quite a bit of potential, but this song doesn't need any vocal gymnastics. The beat is so lush (omg the simple synth melody) and intricate (listen to the goddamn drums!) that showboating only detracts from its beauty. Cassie's understated vocal works so much better; she sounds like a part of the song, not just an element floating atop it...

I could go on and on about this...fuck, it's so interesting. At first I was excited about Danja working with Cassie, but then I worried that he'd give her one of his weaker beats (y'know, since he's super busy and she's Cassie). But to my surprise, Danja sounds brilliant here, one of his best beats, i think, and his vocal is good, too...probably better than "Is It You?"

SOOOOOO excited for rest of the album...

you are burning with such youthful enthusiasm that i feel like jess harvell jr. trying to grinch it so ill keep it short - this song is kinda zzzzz to me and beat is pretty clutch by numbers

but u know ... opinions4u!!!

yeah this song is just so-so for me. is Danja starting to do vocals on tracks that sound like Timbo now? eww. was there ever any indication that Kanye would actually be working on Cassie's album, back when he was putting her in videos and on magazine covers and everything? I could see her voice working well w/ his current production style.

STOP RUINING IT FOR ME.

Sry you guys don't like it. There's something about it that reminds me of Lloyd's "You," actually.

is Danja starting to do vocals on tracks that sound like Timbo now? eww.

Naw, his voice is more pleasant, I think. I don't find it annoying at all. He was on Britney's album like this, too, unless I have a terrible memory. Also, I realllly like the "Danja..and the....CLUTCH!" intro (have they used that anywhere else???)

was there ever any indication that Kanye would actually be working on Cassie's album, back when he was putting her in videos and on magazine covers and everything? I could see her voice working well w/ his current production style.

God, I hope not. His current production style is almost as bad as his MC skills. Maybe worse (so much of Graduation only sounded good for two spins...e.g. "Champion," "The Glory"). . If this album is 75% Ryan Leslie, 25% other people, it should be perfect.

Actually, upon further reflection "Official Girl" is like the most Hot Chip-like of the Cassie singles (and here I employ Hot Chip in the derogative). But I still like it though.

God, I hope not. His current production style is almost as bad as his MC skills. Maybe worse (so much of Graduation only sounded good for two spins...e.g. "Champion," "The Glory").

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i don't think it's danja on 'official girl'. sounds like the same dude from the tiffany evans - 'girl gone wild' intro and that one was produced by brian kidd.

how is that Tiffany Evans album?

most Hot Chip-like

???
I've only heard a few Hot Chip singles, so if those aren't representative of their sound, ignore this, but what exactly does that mean? Are you talking about the production or the vocals? The HC songs I've heard sounded kinda soulless, and I wouldn't call "Official Girl" remotely soulless (or at the very least, it's no more soulless than any other Cassie song).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Officialgirlcover.jpg/600px-Officialgirlcover.jpg

Hot. This song has grown on me in a huge way, it's so sweet.

how is that Tiffany Evans album?

-- Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:54 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

The best teen-pop/R&B album I've heard in a long time (not that I hear all that many on a yearly basis).

the pc version of 'no homo'

CORRECT, especially if you add "here, at my job" to that parenthetical.

Tiff Evans' album is pretty good yeah, especially "girl gone wild"

How much longer?????????

I just heard Cassie's version of Official Girl and it basically sucks. The first verse is overly clumsy and her voice sounds weaker than ever. Maybe it would have sounded better to my ears if i hadn't heard Karina's version... Her voice is a lot sweeter to swallow than Cassie's. Tyhe sond itself is bril though.

Cassie's voice is extra weak and her upcoming 'Official Girl' is going to bomb, she has better tracks on the new album like 'Thirsty' and 'Turn The Lights Off' but this is SOOO a thinly veiled attempt to express her like, feelings on her suspect relations/ship with P Diddy/Puffy. She's really hot tho, I'm sure that will work out for her. She's not the new Ciara because she can't dance and doesn't have a constantly successful production team.

*Consistently

RONG
"Her voice is a lot sweeeter to swallow than Cassie's"?
"doesn't have a constantly successful production team"?

"Addiction" >>>> all the Cassie solo records floating around

i dig "addiction," but that's also rong

Cassie's album bombed on a real note, I just think when working with her the production team is inconsistent they don't look at the bigger picture, they focus on one song and hope it'll carry everything else.
Ciara's voice is just as weak.
They're both wrongses.

Was listenin to Thirsty, and maybe it's cos i'm runnin a bit of fever, but for a few precious moments i thought i was listenin to aaliyah.

this thread needs more pictures

official girl pub. photos = hottttttt

http://www.complex.com/assets/galleries/1369/cassieweb4.jpg

sexxy huh guys

her album is titled CONNECTICUT FEVER? 50 gonna be mad he didn't think of that.

^^That picture doesn't properly display the fitness (this is true, great looking woman etc), in that pic she looks like an off duty/desperate crack fiend.
Here's better...
http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/standalone/gq/feature/030108/cassie_ventura/00007f.jpg
Chick truly has looks on her side, Ciara may look better these days but she's no Cassie. Also am tired of the Aaliyah comparisons, Aaliyah WAS and still is far and beyond different and better to some of the girls coming in the game right now. Some may border on her style but not quite.

she needs to eat something

also ciara >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cassie

ciara looks mad anorexic lately tho, dunno why she lost weight she was looking amazing in the "Promise' video

who's really compared cassie to alliyah?

^Ciara's been signed up for some modelling contract on the side. Apparently thats code for drop a hundred pounds so you look like the protein drip should be your friend.
At first the Aaliyah comparisons where just based around Ciara because 'they dance and sing' but then Cassie came in and people said she was trying to move in on Aaliyah's sound. Just random blogs and stuff there's a lot of hate from Aaliyah fans who think Cassie is dedicated to trying to rip off Aaliyah in terms of style and looks some are super paranoid and think she even moved to NYC to be like Aaliyah (a stretch to say the least)....

WHY ISN'T ANYTHING LEAKING?

i love them both, but cassie > ciara

I'm too distracted by those pics to make a sensible comment.

Lil Wayne version is out.

(honestly, not necessary ;_;)

Bring on the damn leaks ALREADY!

no more leaks - we have enough to comprise the whole thing already, and if they all make it it's album of the year easy - bring on the damn album already! i hunger for PRODUCT

It's better this morning.

hang on did we ever talk about '2 the morning'? that song is so amazing, those cut-up backing vox and lurching beats and disquieting 808 pulses. waitaminutewaitaminutewaitaminuteyeah - everything i do i be makin' them stare...

'official girl' and 'thirsty' both have such awesome middle 8 pay-offs:

and i ain't makin' ultimatums
i'mma tell you like it is verbatim

vs

ooh i got you dreamin', wishin' you was in the deep end
here we could be fully submerged
hmm - i think about it, i doubt it, should make you live without it
and keep you dying of thirst -
i'm just playin' with you!

oh god that ultimatum/verbatim bit is my favorite...also it took me forever to notice: back to back dudes away from my door

parallellllll

Album has been pushed back to early '09 I hear. Makes sense, Cassie can't really compete with all the big names releasing 4Q '08 like Beyonce, Cici, Keri, etc.

What the fuck?! :( She could release all the leaks and still have the best album of the year!

the leaks are good, but 08 has been an excellent year and it's getting even better in the 4Q so....

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speaking of leaks a new song "my house" is doing the blog rounds

it's really great. also this 'over it' demo sounds so promising. this really makes me sad.

What the fuck?! :( She could release all the leaks and still have the best album of the year!

YES:

official girl
2 the morning
in love with the dj
sometimes
thirsty
my house
over it
is it you?
turn the lights off

a lot of that stuff is actually pretty good

at least a new pussycat dolls album is coming out

a lot of these are a little same-y to me though

the girl on 'over it' doesn't sound like cassie at all, at least the version i heard.

It's better this morning.

no, you were the right the first time. however, i do approve of young dro on the new '2 the morning' mix.

there are also some good songs that didn't make it to the first album, 'in love with u' especially

however, i do approve of young dro on the new '2 the morning' mix.

holy shit what

a lot of these are a little same-y to me though

she has an aesthetic*, she sticks to it. i admire this! and there are endless subtle variations within it. 'in love with the dj' = every word is truth

*actually she has 2

OMG "Nobody But You" (Prod. by The-Dream)

Love the drums! Not sure about the mixing, but this isn't high-quality.

no, it certainly isnt.

this is pretty good but it's giving me "love in this club" flashbacks

which would be the second dream song to leak this week that kinda beatjacks that song

chorus is really pretty on this, kinda sounds like something mariah would do

"my house" is incredible omg.

did you see her vlog message? she said she was upset that it leaked because "she really wanted it to be on the album." This frightens me.

oh no :( it MUST be on the album. i'm starting to doubt whether her album will actually come out because of all these leaks...

activate is soooo great!

also official girl video

she looks great in the video

also on myspace, cassie (cute as ever) says she's really pissed at the people leaking these tracks and that every time one leaks, she goes back in the studio and records a new one. and that as a result, she keeps getting better. but she's still pissed.

she should do a double disc, one of the leaks and one of new material.

lol who would buy a double disc cassie album (besides you and lex)

whichever assistant diddy sent out for the assignment

Cassie has 627275 friends.

... then why hasn't her first album gone gold yet?

It sold like 600,000 and she didn't even have a fraction of her current hype. Also Ciara has 292434 friends.

I mean, the second collection of tracks could be a digital-only deal.

she only sold like 300k in the US, Ciara's last album is 2XP

and there's like no hype for her album anymore since official girl flopped and all of the tracks leaked

but I think the video should restart things

why hasn't gotten a 360 deal yet??????

omg 'activate' <3

'my house' inevitably wormed its way deep into my heart, so fragile. there's a real secret-garden mystique about it which i love, like cassie's some sort of victorian gothic heroine. "this is my castle, babe..."

she has to release all of these songs! they are too good to be lost down the back of the sofa. but saying that she makes a new song every time one leaks is tremendously heartening.

i am particularly cassie-fan-club this week

"activate" is like "i'm that chick" vs. "migrate"

lol who would buy a double disc cassie album (besides you and lex)

-- The Brainwasher, Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:16 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Cassie has 627275 friends.

-- Tape Store, Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:33 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Tape Store, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...it has 80 gazillion friends on MySpace.

also we're talking about the protege of a guy infamous for creating a ton of fake accounts to get on YouTube's most subscribed list.

"nobody but you" is by far her best song

"official girl" is really good of course. serious alliyah vibes from that video, mostly the wardrobe/hair

guys, i was joking but i failed. ok.

also wtf. nobody but you is really good, but it's not close to being her best song!

she's somehow managed to become even more awkward and lacking in charisma since she started making videos.

xpost - when you're really good at self-parody, don't be surprised when people are fooled by it!

her most affecting chorus

sounds like a low-key mariah song to me

Anyway, "Official Girl" is an official flop, any news on a second single Tape Store?

Should take out that Li'l wayne thing, re-release.

It's so funny how Cassie is so gonna be "re-discovered" as this retro-fetish act years from now.

The video blog she posted on her site (that first link up top here) is really adorable. Really upfront and meek and pleasant and friendly--'hey I just woke up and I'm sitting in my bed in my pjs not wearing makeup, uhh, what do you guys want my blog to be about...?' The closest thing to anything vain, which I was kind of anticipating, was like "my life's not very intersting, actually...I am getting a massage later...hmmm..." Well. That sounds nice.

Nice songs, too.

Really, I just listened to Official Girl in the Li'l Wayne free version, and the interplay between the nearly absent Danja character and her robot (really she's amazingly processed on this) voice is really beautiful. It's like an android love story, just slightly numb.

Anyway, "Official Girl" is an official flop

figured alex would use this as a zing one day

no, i've been working too hard on forgetting i ever heard it to think up zings about it.

It's so funny how Cassie is so gonna be "re-discovered" as this retro-fetish act years from now.

haha otm. "she was never appreciated in her lifetime!"

I can't believe it took me so long to get so much of this Cassie, I mean Me & U is maybe one of my favourite singles ever, but I'm falling over these really delicate pop-songs (Is it You?, Ditto, Long Way To Go). There's something really compact and minimal about all of them, Is it You in particular really lifts off without a whole lot, just that shoegazey guitar sound and those needly synths. She is really the most restrained singer. On Long Way to Go she barely even bothers to sing, the whole thing is just an excercise in barely-there remoteness.

yeah. the remoteness/minimalism is the only thing i can think off that's preventing her from taking off, because it puts the listener at a remove. at first listen there's so little to the songs and then they deepen and open up sonically the more you listen to them. i'm honestly not sure what it would take for Cassie to genuinely get another hit song.

Fuck hit songs, I just want more micropop

She is really the most restrained singer. On Long Way to Go she barely even bothers to sing, the whole thing is just an excercise in barely-there remoteness.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 23 October 2008 23:59 (Yesterday)

The bitch can't sing. Let's just call it what it is.

She's obviously got a limited voice, but she has a directness of tone that comes through over the pretty merciless processing that's sometimes used on her voice (which, btw, sounds amazing in super-synch multitrack)

Official Girl is a bit More Than A Woman, but way more concise, same feeling of lift though and maybe a little slinkier than the usual Cassie track.

like, there's some really loose lines working under the ice sheets of synths

Also Brainwasher, i think we should just realise that we really do not have the same taste in pop music

oh wait, sorry, i just re-read upthread, you like this one...

I actually like Cassie, I'm just not going to pretend like she's this amazing vocal stylist or whatever.

either is anyone, but any other singer wouldn't really work in these songs, and that's a large part of their charm for me.

despite her thin, technically limited voice, cassie's vocal presence is immensely powerful and compelling, and part of what makes her material so addictive is trying to get to the heart of what the hell she's even doing to make it so

i think what i'm drawn to most is the stillness of her voice - it's magnetic

good word, stillness

Y'all are too much for me.

lol!

nb: brainwasher started this thread! and has been as cassie-fan-club as anyone all over it

saying pretty much what i just said!!!

She doesn't have a very strong voice, but she's got tons of charisma, and the production is all-around excellent. I hope she stays around for a while.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, August 3, 2006 7:01 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i can't wait to listen to the acapella on repeat over some basic channel beats

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, August 6, 2006 7:31 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^did this ever happen?

Latest news: Working on new tunes with Pharrell and Darkchild. Album release first quarter or spring 09. Go figure.

pharrell and darkchild? i am filled with trepidation

Sadly not too surprised that "Official Girl" isn't blowing up (I wonder if Lil Wayne helped or hurt...I prefer the version without him, much like I prefer the T.I.-less version of another should-be hit, "Lovin' U Long Time")

Rumor is that "Thirsty" will be the second single...

Billboard wrote this in January:
And although a first single hasn't been released, Cassie assures it will be "a club record -- something fun and danceable." Possible contenders include the Seven-produced "My House," the flirty "Thirsty" and the concept track "Push It," on which Cassie sings, "Want you to light me up / keep me on my toes / gotta hold it steady."

"My House" and "Thirsty" have both leaked; "Push It," to my knowledge, has not...Maybe it could be the second single? I'm not sure if Bad Boy would release "Thirsty," which has been making the rounds for quite a long time now (and would also probably bomb).

Oh, and something more interesting: Cassie just released this new vid. The song, called "Sell It," sounds awesome--fun and slinky like "Activate":

i really love 'thirsty' but it wouldn't be my choice of single...though given how badly the whole thing's going, hell, why not. it certainly sounds different enough that it could catch on.

it's horrible to think that when/if official product actually gets released, half the leaks will probably have been cut...so many great songs just discarded.

xpost - sounds like sa-ra

Interview on Hip Hop DX: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/lifestyle-features/id.1262/title./p.1

Stuff about new album:
DX: Yeah, I ask because I read somewhere that you said, paraphrasing, I want people to see more and I want them to see my talent. What steps have you taken so that people do see beyond it and see the talent on this new album?
Cassie: I really pushed myself. I’ve gone back and…doing a record in one night isn’t the same thing as it was before. Like, if I do a record, I’m compassionate. There’s no way around it. Now, I really need to focus. So, I can do something and then I hear it later, and I’m like, "Shit! That doesn’t sound right." Then, I have to go back and spend six more hours on it because there needs to be something else there, something’s missing. I don’t know. It’s just taking that extra step and that extra mile to really want to win. Like, you really, really want people to know that you have that in you. I didn’t get here off of just drinking water and eating bread. I really, really worked hard.
DX: Who did you work with on the new album?
Cassie: When it first started, I was working with B.Cox and Jim Jonsin and who else? A few others. I worked with Rodney Jerkins. Then time passed and I started working with Mario Winans and Puff in the studio. Just recently, I got in the studio with Pharrell and did some stuff with Kanye [West]. There’s a little bit of everything. Oh, and Danja did the single and a couple of others.
DX: So, have you been rhyming more or singing?
Cassie: Singing! [Laughs] I cut that rapping thing out really quick.
DX: Why?
Cassie: It was fun for that one record and I wrote on that record so it was just a cool experience. It wasn’t really anything that I was super serious about. I don’t think anyone was like, "Wow! She can spit!" [Laughs]
HipHopDX: So, how would you describe the sound on this new record?
Cassie: The sound is, you know…it’s hard to even explain because at this point, I’ve recorded so many different records. Some which are on totally different opposite ends of the spectrum and we’re going to pick songs in probably like a few months. So, it’s kind of hard to explain the direction. But, the main direction of the songs that I really love is that they’re just big records that people will love to sing. I have a couple that are a little sensual and a little bit more grown up. I’m not saying I grew up and I want to be gratuitous or anything. But, there are songs that are for my age group and there are songs that are for an age group a little younger, because I have a younger fan base too.
...
DX: What about musically? How has that been?
Cassie: Musically? You’d have to hear the music. My problem is I’ve had a lot of songs leaked. But, at the same time, it’s helped me kind of figure out what people want and what they like. There’s a few records that have shown me exactly what people want to hear from me. So, it’s a gift and a curse at the same time. But, I don’t know. I’ve never really been criticized on my songs like that. People will be like, "Wow! She always picks a great song!

oh, and does anyone know what's going on with Ryan Leslie's album?

What the fuck?! :( She could release all the leaks and still have the best album of the year!

YES:

official girl
2 the morning
in love with the dj
sometimes
thirsty
my house
over it
is it you?
turn the lights off

― lex pretend, Thursday, August 7, 2008 4:40 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark

do mp3s of this exist? if so, could someone make this album and upload it here (lex? tape store?)

Yeah, Lex and I put together a compilation of the leaks from the new album and some bonus tracks off of the s/t. I'll upload it and post a link.

if it were released it would easily be somewhere in my top ten with erykah and tvotr and whoever. the degree to which cassie murks danity kane/pcd/anyone else doing this spacey fragile r&b is staggering.

gimme a minute.

thx bro

i think cassie fanboys will really love the hilson album

or should at least

fair enough. nothing hilson's done has stuck with me yet, but my r&b tastes are mercurial, and only fairly recent, so i'm not the best barometer.

i'm curious as to what else gets classed as "micropop" a la I know, right's designation. is it a distinguishable subgenre? stillness of voice, lack of soaring emotions or vocal dynamics, intricate production....

part of me thinks Danity Kane should fall into it, but there are only 3ish songs off their album that seem worth my time, so perhaps they're micropop gone wrong.

i think of lots of danja stuff

blackout, "official girl", "return the favor"

I guess AIB and Lex have all these tracks...but mine so far:

Cassie - I am...Classy Undercover Hoe

I Am
1. Is It You?
2. Sometimes (feat. Ryan Leslie)
3. Official Girl
4. Don't Go Too Slow
5. My House
6. Nobody But You (feat. The-Dream)
7. I Don't Love You Outro

Classy Undercover Hoe
1. Activate
2. 2 The Morning (feat. Yung Dro)
3. Turn the Lights Off
4. In Love With the DJ
5. Thirsty
6. Addiction
7. Sell It (Outro)

OH, and GOOD NEWS:

MVRemix: With regards to the one’s that have already leaked, do you have plans to use those or put them elsewhere?

Cassie: You know what? I love every single one of the songs that has gotten leaked, so if [there are] any that I want to keep - I’m just gonna go back into the studio and re-vamp them and have fun with it. ‘Cause I’ve gotten good feedback on a lot of the records and that helps a lot too. Even though it’s a gift and a curse; the whole song leaking thing, it helps me try to figure out what people want to hear and what they like. So I’m definitely gonna go back in with some of the songs. I did a record called “Nobody But You” that I did with Tricky and [The] Dream and that got leaked. I’m keeping it because I really liked that song.

MVRemix: You’ve mentioned your frustrations at leaked songs, and as a music consumer, I wonder how you and the label don’t keep tighter wraps on material. How does it get out of your guys’ hands so easily?

Cassie: You know I think right now people are so intelligent and so smart with technology and with computers and with everything that I don’t count anything out. So if we’re sending a song through email or whatever, it’s a risk. So now you just have to be more conscious and make sure that we’re making the right decisions if we’re sending it to people. Just to be careful who you’re sending it to and what email you’re using. I don’t really know how it happens, but it happens to every artist now.

classy undercover ho???????? really?????

lol, someone described cassie as a "classy undercover hoe" [sic] on a youtube video a few months ago.

haha ookay

hahaha congratulations, you came up with the only possible album title worse than "Connecticut Fever"

Voila:

<a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?oyykideomok'>;Connecticut Fever</a>

Activate
2 the Morning (Ft. Young Dro)
Official Girl (Ft. Lil' Wayne)
Is It You?
In Love With U
I Don't Love You
In Love With the DJ
Nobody But You
Thirsty
My House
Sometimes (ft. R-Les)
Turn the Lights Off

I didn't think to put Addiction on there, and I think Over It is in the folder from before we knew it wasn't Cassie. Don't Go Too Slow, When Your Body Is Talking and that other one are bonus tracks off of Cassie and aren't ever going to be on Album #2, so I left them be. If you want them, they're floating around the internet.

What's Sell It?

Yeah, I only kept it as "Connecticut Fever" because that's the title/cover that was floating around for a while. I was under the impression that it was legit.

xpost

It's just that video upthread with her in the studio

http://www.mediafire.com/?oyykideomok

Argh. Stupid formatting. Sorry.

thx

connecticut fever is a great name for a bootleg cuz it brings the lols

i don't have 'i don't love you'!!! which is a singularly enticing title for a cassie song, i have to say.

there's a song called 'soldier 4 your love' doing the rounds too. it's a really lovely stargate-produced track - almost does the whole cosmic ryde-or-die declarative epic thing which every chick's been jumping on recently (not hating, i've got love for 'right here (departed)' and 'halo' and 'us against the world', but it's definitely becoming a rather rote thing now) - anyway, 'soldier 4 your love' almost does it but cassie drags it halfway back to her own introverted territory, as is her wont, and it ends up as oddly captivating as the rest of her material.

i like basically all the hilson i've heard, but i was never that enamoured of 'energy' - really the only hilson tracks which i've had that "whoa must put on repeat 4eva" reaction to are 'the way i are' and an 05/06 mixtape cut called 'hands & feet', which i was hoping that the scherzinger would exhume for her solo career. it goes "well u got big feet/and u got big hands/so i already know what's up in ur pants/where'd u get that from, ur daddy? where'd u get that from, ur daddy?"

haha the only leak cassie singles out is 'nobody but you', which is my least favourite of the connecticut fever leaks by some way - it's fine but cassie doesn't quite overcome the 'love in this club' familiarity of the beat. it'd be better without the signature ravey synths, they get rather intrusive. still worth it for that bizarro lyric "you got me sitting right here with my back facing this man/you're tormenting me in my serenity".

the other week i read some blind item about "which B-minus list r&b singer has just had her second abortion b/c a condition of her relationship w/her A-list producer is no children" and half the comments were "cassie and diddy, duh" :(

lolz at "classy undercover hoe" btw

No thanks, Cassie hype kru.

― The Reverend, Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:54 AM Bookmark

I stand by this.

rev, if you can't stand by a classy undercover hoe in this world what can you stand by?

if anyone outside of the 5 ppl who read this thread would get it i would change my sn to "classy undercover bro"

new track! 'summer charm' has a 'stand by me' rhythm and is as amazing as everything this girl touches. i love her.

OMFG SHE'S SO GREAT

God, this is like fucking 60s girl group without the harmonies. So beautiful!

Ha, that male vocal really comes outta nowhere with like 30 seconds left, huh?

you're the one i need by my side
i know i'm young but here boy take my li-i-i-fe

this song is so fucking good.

R n' twee more like

so clean. vox are simple and earnest.

fucking hell. if only cassie lived in the UK. Patrick Wolf, among others, are using this ridiculous thing called Bandstocks to fund their upcoming albums, which basically entails fans buying stocks in the artist/album and earning back whatever they've put in, once/if the album breaks even. or...i don't know. I'd say she needs a wealthy benefactor/patron but she already has Diddy.

What do we have to do to get this album OUT already?

Some old school Cassie:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=37030164&albumID=1691021&imageID=46134024

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/l_4ed10a8e31af449d84c880af43983735.jpg

<3

guys, are there any other songs other than what alex in MTL upped upthread? im loving this

um, summer charm, that one i posted plus a few other leftovers from the first album and the first album (alllll stellar)

oh, it's gone. it's called "Can't Do It Without You" and it used to be on her myspace pre-debut.

lol yeah besides the first album i meant. thanks, ill try to track 'em down

xpost ok thanks

xxxxxpost, I'm pretty sure I know someone who used to live in that building.

official girl is really good, even if it is a little "lol collabo"

lil wayne version is pointless, original is stellar

wait wtf, i need to find the weezyless vers.

"youtube.com"

This is the girl who wrote "Activate."

I think she might be the one singing "Soldier 4 Your Love"

I'm a Lover

are the same 5 posters still circle-jerking over this?

good question you probably couldn't answer it from reading the thread

too long; didn't troll

http://i39.tinypic.com/beyk1t.png

I'm a Lover

I really like this beat but, for once, I have to agree with the otherwise annoyingly wrong criticisms of her voice (that never seem to go away, at least on Youtube). She doesn't sound like she can handle this kind of material with sufficient authority (although the song may just be in the wrong key for her - the high notes sound like they are just out of her range).

this is basically cassie covering 'high price', no?

Man, I forgot how amazing "My House" is. It's the most smoldering, sensual thing... if her album ever does come out this has to be on it for sure, I think it's my favorite song of hers. That "double doors" part OMG

http://theurbandaily.blackplanet.com/music/video-ryan-leslie-speaks-on-cassiediddy-relationship/

thank you for sharing...nothing at all, really

haha

real talk:

diddy's tweets>>cassie's career

Egg foo yung and collard greens and tall glass of tahitian treat!!!! What you know about that!!!!!!
about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

if you prefer "my house" to such heartening positivity like

Thank you for all the nice comments. I saw some places that I can improve and will improve!!! Thanks for the support!
10:25 PM Mar 2nd from TwitterBerry

you don't know to better your life imo

new cassie single "must be love" premiering this friday, as per diddy's twitter

thakig u

lol

Turn to power 106 in la rt now to hear new CASSIE + diddy single Must be love rt now if your in la Let's go eric lux!!!!
29 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

@cassieventura cassie the joint is crazyy!!!! I'm feelinnn itttt!!!!!!!!! Its a takeover!!!!
27 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

No relation to this?

:D

(wtf, why is this the lead single?)

but still

:D

Sounds like classic R. Leslie. It's love.

Also, sounds like an album track, wtf.

twitter is getting to him

i have only just started following this girl on twitter and i'm not sure i can continue:

cassieventura Just got back from the gym, stronger than ever!!! I can't only get better and so can you!!! What are you doing to be better than yesterday?
about 3 hours ago from web

wow - every bad boy artists' twitter is so positive

I really like this - been listening to it all alongside with Chrisette Michele's "Epiphany" - but it doesn't sound like a big hit single to me. And I think it could use some harder drums, something like:

been listen to it all day alongside chrisette's "epiphany" **

wow - every bad boy artists' twitter is so positive

yeah compare to, say, solange, who posted an 8-tweet rant about people misunderstanding her yesterday

I really dislike negative people. They smell lol. Agreed?
1:47 PM Mar 22nd from TwitterBerry

drinking a mimosa, yum....what's everyone doing?
8:59 PM Mar 21st from web

Getting my nails done, what r u up 2?
1:37 PM Mar 20th from TwitterBerry

@surfclubhit damnnnnnn I was put on the spot, you know I've recorded 800 songs. Shout out 2 Hit Boy, I missed him!! He worked on the album 2
7:09 PM Mar 19th from web in reply to surfclubhit

Watching Fresh Prince, what r u guys doing?
12:02 AM Mar 18th from TwitterBerry

Having the most amazing night with the most amazing person ever. Happiness like this can only come once in a lifetime :)
6:03 AM Mar 23rd from TwitterBerry

Can't sleep, making beats on garage band...very entertaining.
8:34 AM Mar 15th from TwitterBerry

Can we talk about how the seat belt rubbed an extremely awkward part of the tan off on my chest. Def can't send a pic lol
4:22 AM Mar 14th from TwitterBerry

<3 <3 <3

oh goodie, a twitter that makes me want to barf thinging about someone's spray tan peeling off

# lol, I'm too embarassed to tell ya'll what I ate b/c it's a lot. I had two different meals and my ass is still hungry ha!11:35 PM Mar 11th from TwitterBerry

# HEARTBURN!! Sooooo annoying.1:13 AM Mar 12th from web

# What's your fave Easter candy??? Cadbury Mini Eggs are THE best... Soo good! Eating them now!6:22 PM Mar 12th from TwitterBerry

# @Adrienne_Bailon I'll be back by Monday!! Lets go eat something :)3:59 PM Mar 13th from web

# YUM!!!! I love smart food popcorn!!8:50 PM Mar 13th from TwitPic

# BURGER KING!!!!!!9:41 PM Mar 19th from web

no wonder she tried to eat the mirror in the 'me & u' vid. (uh write ur own joke for the original 'me and u' vid)

yo shippers what do u make of 'must be love'? i like how even though it is "classic r leslie" (ie lame drums) it still manages to somehow give off a classic bad boy vibe too - guess i'd never put those together before really. bah if only they'd chopped up 'the bridge' over it, or something!

ooh, or the al green/tried by 12/chris brown 'yo' break - that + the day26 version and you'd almost have the 112 'come see me' rmx ft black rob

i honestly can't remember if i listened to that song, deemed it forgettable and promptly forgot what it sounded like, of if i never bothered and just assumed that's how it would've gone down. maybe i'll check it out tonight to figure out for sure.

yeah absolutely it's a forgettable non-hit, i'm just half wondering it won't end up working out something mildly popular on a nostalgic tip.

the beat sounds so 90s

at what point does this girl just quit music? i admire her fortitude but if i was her i'd be on the verge of going to teach dance to elementary school children or something

i'm 90% sure she's made more bread modelling and shit than singing anyway

the macabre faint beep of the internet life support machine just won't let her go, poor thing. this is what i find so distasteful, so ignoble about the whole thing, especially wrt those who fuck with the nu-freestyle angle - if you really love her then let her fade away into history like her inspirational peers! werent the last 15 years fun, not wondering when the new inoj album would come out?

'is it you' was such a cruel last gasp tbf.

4give me for saying so, but tape store's swansong has something of the patented self-mythologizing teenpop defence system® about it. obv i sympathise with the urge to not see her get totally ignored, and 'is it you' is as terrific as has been said, but it does seems slightly counterintuitive to be expecting a more robust critical (and cough cough popular) framework around her than there already is; moreover, is there not something laissez-faire and disposable that we secretly buy into with her in the first place? something a little... of the boutique, critically? (wasn't it kinda interesting how a lot of people, inc me, went for a nu-freestyle angle with 'me & u' - did anything audible in the song actually merit that? not really!) seriously, i am not trying to ride you guys on some "perfect pop" scorn tip but nor am i sure of quite what i want cassie to be achieving tbh.

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 10:58 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

in further bad tidings for the cass did yall see r-les has finally gotten round to doing stuff for his singing sister? song's aight still:

New Cassie ft. Akon - Let's Get Crazy

http://www.zshare.net/audio/57674578f2d09e54/

Trying to puzzle this out. "my shine is like america's next top model"

don't know what akon adds to the proceedings or where this fits into cassie's overall thing. i'm pretty such it's a redone production, but less obnoxious than his GaGa stuff. it'll probably grow on me.

starting to really, really hate redone - has he done anything of worth at all?

yes, he's done 'am i dreaming' by kat deluna and a fab version of christina milian's 'love' (that i think only made the promos).

booya

those are even better than i remembered them actually.

lolz, turns out 'must be love' was mario winans btw.

oh of course and he did 'run the show' as well! isn't that version of 'l.o.v.e.' the same as the album version but without the rap? don't have the latter to hand but remember i preferred the non-album one.

no the budden mix was a bit vaguer, had a ny throwback slant to it. (the same beat i prescribed for the cassie, funnily enough.) i see redone's must have eventually turned up on deluxe bonus whatever cos it's as ubiq as the og album mix on youtube.

oh yeah they added extra claps and stuff to 'dip it low' as well didnt they? meddling chumps.

that kat deluna is pretty cool

http://xs138.xs.to/xs138/09155/5243912430.jpg

Album is called In Your Dreams. I am IN LOVE with the new look.

http://web3.twitpic.com/img/5244475-ad0caf43ab7dca1ec0e979c832d00bf8.49e0971e-scaled.jpg

Better picture of the insane (and awesome) new look. So stoked for the album.

wowowow that looks shit hot!

i love her

i think mermaids are real

'amour' tattoo as well

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/5281895.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/5281895.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1239506689&Signature=NgyUSKmD%2FQrxokSXHFSekYy%2FfYw%3D

The album is called Electro Love now.

rolling my damn eyes

electro love? ugh.

it'll change, it's due in the fall (ugh)

anyway, look = <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

also that sweatshirt is dope!

i could've done without hearing that second one

http://www.lovecassie.com/

new single is pretty dull, and lol @ her "playlist" which includes one asher roth

And we're back to calling him Puff Daddy apparently? Go figure.

just spent some time arguing over who's prettier -- cassie obviously is (prettier than ciara) but i had to really fight for my case

definitely

Ciara wears awful hairstyles better, though

cassie is seriously in her own world wrt looks afaic

cassie is pretty extraordinary on all fronts, how do you argue for the prettiness of someone?

cassie is seriously in her own world wrt looks afaic

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:00 (Yesterday) Permalink

oh right, like that : )

i wish the chorus of "keep on lovin me" wasn't so dumb

Another one of Cassie's 800 songs:

http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gif
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM GUYS
http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gifhttp://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gif

THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY

Cassie: The New Vanessa Hudgens?

gotta lol @ her nip rings catching red eye from the cam

i liked that

song

i liked those

houston, we have vagina

omg

lol

on one hand why on the other hand i respect how she's just like welp here ya go

haha yea what'd she say? something like 'what y'all never seen a titty before?"

what u never seen my shaved pierced pixelated vag before

ayo vagina!

it's just sitting there like "HERE I AM BABE"

cassieventura
Can't sleep, clowns will eat me....lol
44 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

Can't sleep, clowns will eat my exposed vagina...lol

noly shit!

WTF, I'm just seeing sirens. What am I missing? Link please!!!

boobs
http://www.egotastic.com/image?path=0905/cassie-nude-02.jpg&info=Cassie%20Nude%20Pictures
http://www.egotastic.com/image?path=0905/cassie-nude-01.jpg&info=Cassie%20Nude%20Pictures

vag
http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cassie-naked.jpg

yw

Thanks J0rdan! How come people are only talking about the boobs ones. Is the other one old?

nah just leaked (...) tonight

right, I had no idea wtf you guys were talking about for ages

now about the music

her voice is very piercing

naked with emotion, even

she just puts it out there for ya

bares her soul amirite

yeah, nudie photos of celebrities don't really seem like a big deal anymore

you know those first two pictures were pretty O_O but she really busted it wide open with that last one imo

i didn't know it was possible to call something O_O and actually be O_O within the same sentence

http://thesecretaffair.com/infinity_symbol1.jpg

i think mermaids are real

stellar relationship w/her label continuing

cassieventura New blog post: "Must Be Love" To Premiere On MTV & BET! http://cli.gs/an2hW8
about 2 hours ago from WP to Twitter

cassieventura Wow, was the label tweeting from my account. What was the last message "I" wrote? What's this about MTV Jams?
3 minutes ago from TweetGenius

cassieventura New blog post: more pictures of my vagina in the hopes that the general public will become interested in my music again
about 2 hours ago from WP to Twitter

cassieventura Wow, was the label tweeting from my account. What was the last message "I" wrote? What's this about my vagina?
3 minutes ago from TweetGenius

looooooool

man, i keep hoping for a release date :/

In April 2009, Cassie revealed that she had shaved all the hair on the right side of her head. Cassie reasoned her actions by saying, "sometimes in life you need a change... Something that displays the 'I don't give a fuck' attitude that was always present, but never showcased".[16] While the haircut received positive attention from several artists—including Estelle, Keri Hilson, Questlove and Lauren London—rapper Fabolous felt that it was "a publicity stunt/internet buzz thing", and looked "like one of the haircuts from Edward Scissorhands." Many people speculated that she wanted a new edgier look, as it worked for other artists.[17]

lol

btw if you thought that "she had shaved all the hair on" was going to be followed by "the right side of her head" you have a better mind than i

i've known all this time
i should've been shaaaaavin
the right side of my head
right side of my head
right side of my head
right side of my head

cassie, "high" (produced by neptunes) snippet: http://limelinx.com/files/3342816af7f2524f7d4f184f416a9aec

also this thing with jadakiss?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9FgGM_-tyQ

super optimistic about that neptunes joint!

THIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLMyrX_K_I4

So, does Cassie directly send you these?

as soon as i heard those Rock City bastards screeching on the intro i knew i wouldn't last through the whole song

lol plax

that song is such nothing

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/theprophetblog/Cassie/cass-2.jpg

i can't wait! (yes i can)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73R-mIIbvOo

still don't really like this, doesn't have that "cassie sound" but hopefully it'll be a hit for her so we can get the album...

loving this leak, "Make You A Believer":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vT9Xes8cR0

sounds like J*Davey

Cassie has said that reworked versions of some of the leaks will be on Electro Love btw, including "Make You A Believer"... hopefully "My House" makes it.

jesus christ, she's keeping the akon track? :-(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSoP2yL3X4I

hottttttt

YESSSSSS

let's give them something to talk about

lol, msg I was about to post: I hope Tape Store is okay ˘\(º_O)/˘

kinda felt like you must have fallen down a well if you were getting scooped on Cassie trax

Must Be Love, Rob Holladay mix, courtesy Cassie!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6340672536077226/

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/theprophetblog/Cassie/dimepiece08-1.jpg
http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/theprophetblog/Cassie/dimepiece01.jpg
http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/theprophetblog/Cassie/dimepiece03.jpg

biting janelle monae!!

'Stamina' is a fantastic tune.

alright, so this is ridiculous. absolutely no good reason for ELECTRO LOVE's non-release.

so i propose that, for end-of-the-year listing purposes, we put together a Cassie Fan Club Cassie Mixtape. an updated version of the Cassie leaks. like a Piracy Funds Terrorism buzz-builder. it needs to be thoughtfully constructed.

anyone else interested?

This was my first attempt a month ago. It doesn't work imo, but I'm pretty sure I got pretty much every great track?

1. In Love With You (Intro)
2. Summer Charm
3. Is It You?
4. Official Girl
5. I Need Love
6. My House
7. Thirsty
8. Nobody But You
9. Turn Off The Lights
10. When Your Body Is Talking
11. Activate
12. Stamina
13. 2 The Morning
14. Make U A Believer
15. Can't Do It WIthout You
16. Sometimes
17. Must Be Love

In Love With the DJ
Not What Love Is
I'm A Lover
Hide
Addiction

Keep On Lovin' Me

Don't Go Too Slow

(crickets)

so i propose that, for end-of-the-year listing purposes, we put together a Cassie Fan Club Cassie Mixtape. an updated version of the Cassie leaks. like a Piracy Funds Terrorism buzz-builder. it needs to be thoughtfully constructed.

ha, i guess i would be interested! except i put together an incredible connecticut fever one last year, track listing probably upthread. there have been enough leaks etc to make up electro love this year but it wouldn't really be as great :(

omg a whole lot of leaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMbLBfRXh6I

omg she's really sinister on a few of these!

What else is there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8dZZFwlwm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8SY3iGUxWc
(i guess there is a danity kane version of this, too, but cassie's is better imo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZSsFi5Uv8

http://musicmademelive.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-cassie-electro-love-tracks-leaked.html