in so far as length goes i've only sketched it out so far but i) the album clearly holds equal interest in, has taken the same care with, all its songs and ii) i love spending the time with her, all of it
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
oh my god I love this album, I'm looking forward so much to getting to know these songs. I was disappointed when it ended so soon
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 January 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
she's nailed the sequencing too esp w/r/t previously-released tracks (am also happy all the singles made it!)
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 January 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
i think my biggest beef w/ this is the mastering, it gets unnecessarily loud at certain points (esp the choruses for the singles). or like the part where the bass comes in on "everything is yours" sounds ugly to me strictly just from a mastering standpoint, kinda disappointing (tho maybe it was just my screen or cuz i don't use an amp for headphones or whatever!)
'you should be here' was such a... pleasant listen, i think the major label mastering complex kinda fucked w/ this new one a bit
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
The stream does sound ever so slightly off balance, more than my download copy, but hey so are her relationships.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
(by screen i meant stream, yeah)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
dub this album onto cassette tape, dub that onto another, repeat fifty times over, place the final tape in your shirt pocket and then jump out of the nearest open window
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
big fan of how "too much" slows down and reshapes "more than a woman"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
faint echo of the "Hit Em wit da Hee" beat too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
also the sample of "if it isn't love" in "in my feelings"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
which is like the moment the album looks straight into my soul tbh
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
yeah I mentioned that allusion upthread – it occurs to me now that "In My Feelings" samples "If It Isn't Now" while much of the album takes its emotional cue from the "Maybe she'll take me back" middle eight.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
me at the end of this album: "no thank YOU kehlani"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
dont often break out this part of the critical toolkit but lol damn if this isnt the most taurus record ever
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
this rules, let's make a pact not to forget about it at the end of the year
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Friday, January 27, 2017 10:21 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark
come on man!!!!! i just want pop music to sound a little better u_u
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
but i'd rather talk about how "piece of mind" is a stunning song that should be an R&B standard from now on
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
obviously she telegraphs the TLC influence w/ the stylizing of the title but i kept thinking that this my fav parts of this abum feel like they could have been on 'fanmail'... "piece of mind" especially
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
haha sorry i couldnt resist the hyperb by js homage
https://www.discogs.com/artist/237914-Chris-Athens?sort=year%2Cdesc&limit=500
man i cant believe they got this bum in to master it jeez
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
ayo ma u sure u want that funcrusher plus sound tho? aight word
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
In Jordan's defense the advance stream they sent out sounded weird to me also. But it sounds fine on Apple Music now. Idk
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
Pop&oak were heavily involved in this right? Kinda cool to think of the "say it" record having more of a wave than Tory lanez trump like attention span
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
p&o doing the bulk of the production was kinda my main point of concern leading up to it but the album is a terrifically well considered and vibrant synthesis of old and new
not that i doubt the subtlety of their chops but lesser students of the game than keh sometimes only bang like vehicular
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 January 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
not here for pop & oak slander
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
hey--i really mean it
nice i cracked the double posting code
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
in a dee-sguise
― j., Friday, 27 January 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
aoty
― Spottie, Friday, 27 January 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
the bass on everything is yours m/l gave my sub a nice workout
― Spottie, Friday, 27 January 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22794-sweetsexysavage/
Atlantic groomed her publicly and behind the scenes for cred and stardom, from 2014 mixtape Cloud 19 to 2015’s album-called-mixtape You Should Be Here to heavy promotion at radio.
correct me if i'm wrong here, but atlantic didn't sign her until after cloud 19. we were talking about her here on ILX before she signed
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 January 2017 07:01 (seven years ago) link
not a criticism of the review mind, which seems more positive than that score which is kinda weak. i shudder to think of what middling PR-driven garbage beat out 7.0
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 January 2017 07:05 (seven years ago) link
It's a great review Katherine! (as are all your reviews) the score did seem somewhat incongruent tho which is often the case with pitchfork reviews
― monotony, Monday, 30 January 2017 07:06 (seven years ago) link
generally speaking anything 7+ is in the "very good" category
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was a v good review to be clear
lol I know 7 is "v good" but cmon
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
I have to agree with deej here. A plain 7 just feels wrong at this point..
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 30 January 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
her last tape was a 7.4...
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
quibbling over bloody p4k decimal places does not befit kehlani
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 08:40 (seven years ago) link
haven't been this excited about an album since dumblonde's debut. this is kinda like my r&b pipe dream of the last 16 years or so.
― rusty_allen, Friday, 3 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
belatedly the decimal places are because I really liked You Should Be Here
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 3 February 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/2017/02/kehlanis-sweetsexysavage-argues-that-theres-more-to-modern-rb-than-sadboy-jerkoffs/
some nice lines in jord rvw
album is strong and interesting enough on its own terms to not require modern rnb industry 101 crit layups imo, but i get it
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 February 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
agree that empathy is def the keyword. "i kill em i kill em i kill em with compassion"
arguably it's actually a lil bit of a trap to counterpoint this against "acidic r&b at the moment" because it underplays the headstrong advances keh makes to the now slightly stale popular/critical idea of ~relatability~
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 February 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
generally i find myself writing a lot about context, always trying to remind myself to write more about the music... but thank u
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 February 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
on Wednesday when a student asked who some of my favorite singers were and I said "K Michelle and Kehlani" she brightened and we talked about radio for about ten minutes. It felt good to establish a vaporwave-free zone.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 February 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
I love this record. I gotta hook up with a boy, love him, and face familial resistance so I can make "Undercover" our anthem.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
I know we live in an unfair universe cause "Undercover" isn't everywhere
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 05:55 (seven years ago) link
haven't been this obsessed with a song for a while now
― Spottie, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 05:59 (seven years ago) link
head over heels 4 "escape" today
― lex pretend, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
trying to figure out what song that opening guitar reminds me of. some babyface thing I'm sure
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link