thoughts on Nelly Furtado/Timbaland collab?

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thoughts on Nelly Furtado/Timbaland collaboration "Promiscuous Girl"? You can get it here (for now, anyway), and I think it's amazing. It makes me excited for:
A) Nelly's new album (late March)
B) the state of the club banga in 2006
C) the future overuse of the phrase "you're game MVP like steve nash" (as rollie mentioned)

Is it just me?

― davelus (davelus), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

well, it certainly aint me.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

We started discussing it and maneater here already but a new thread is fine I suppose.
I'm not sure what this has to do with the 'state of the club banger' considering i'm not aware of any clubs currently banging it but as far as the state of Timbaland it is good news for sure.

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

both of these songs...bleh...tim's new drum sounds are ass.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:14 (nineteen years ago)

I am freaking out about "Promiscuous Girl" less than I was when I first heard it - I listened to that Timbo/Lil Kim song a few days ago and now "Promiscuous Girl" kinda sounds like a poor man's version of that. Still, unless I'm totally blanking on something it's got to be the best Timbaland track since that song (no I didn't like "The Potion"), and it's easily the most interesting thing I can imagine being on that normal-folks radio thing I never actually listen to, if only for those "background vocals" in the second verse (LOW).

Also, I predict that every DJ in Los Angeles will be forced to transition directly from it into "Hollaback Girl" out of sheer lack of creativity.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:15 (nineteen years ago)

i'm happy to open up my overenthusiasm to ILM too-cool-isms... yes, hollaback girl will either follow or lead into this song way more than it should. James + deej, I'm with you on this as far as Timbo goes
but while there are things to like about Maneater it doesnt thrill me as much - if only it were the Hall+Oates cover I had imagined...

― davelus (davelus), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:38 (nineteen years ago)

I like both these new Furtado songs, though the harmonies on the chorus of "Maneater" bug me for some reason.

― Englebert Humperdinck Fan Club President (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

if only it were the Hall+Oates cover I had imagined...

Truth! The only thing sadder will be when the Richard X/Annie "Two Of Hearts" turns out to not be a Stacy Q cover.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:43 (nineteen years ago)

I never liked "The Jump Off" very much. I prefer Timbaland when he sounds widescreen to his more hyper-compressed dirty tracky efforts. "Maneater" actually reminds me of a mixture of the stuff from the second Bubba Sparxxx album (stripped of country affectations) or perhaps "Hola Hovito". Also maybe Timbaland has been inspired by the homages to his "3D drums" attack on productions by Tim & Bob, plus whoever did "Get To Poppin".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 06:07 (nineteen years ago)

I suppose "Maneater" is the single, isn't it? I find myself liking "Promiscuous Girl" better.

― Englebert Humperdinck Fan Club President (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

both of those tracks are incredible. any more info on the album so far?

― sovpanda, Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

i am liking "maneater".

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

This song was created because hollaback girl is still popular and radio stations need to meet their CANCON quotas.

― jackl (jackl), Friday, 31 March 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

got a feeling it's going to be a long year of me arguing how much better "Maneater" is than "Promiscuous Girl"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 31 March 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

I've got your back, Good Dr.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 31 March 2006 03:55 (nineteen years ago)

Me too - no debate really

― Le Baaderonixx de Benedict Canyon (baaderonixx), Friday, 31 March 2006 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

i still haven't heard 'promiscuous girl'! 'maneater', however, is just about the best pop single i've heard this year.

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 31 March 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

I was actually relieved to discover I thought Maneater was rubbish. It's really, really clumsy.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 31 March 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

b-b-but "she says she luv ya luv ya long time"!

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 31 March 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

Sidenote: Between "Maneater" and "Black Sweat", is this the year of awesome open hat sounds?

― Rodney's motives are beyond the comprehension of men (R. J. Greene), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously! That open hat beat makes me do an involuntary (but enjoyable) head bob every time it comes around. I'm sure I look like a chicken here in my cubicle at work.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 31 March 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

"Promiscuous Girl" is just awesome.

― Regular John (Regular John), Monday, 3 April 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

got a feeling it's going to be a long year of me arguing how much better "Maneater" is than "Promiscuous Girl"

Isn't that the consensus? I prefer PG but I thought I was in the minority.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

the heroic return of david d.

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

the heroic return of those merciless plus signs

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

Whats up Padgett.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

the world must know your opinion on shitty new songs

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

ILM motto?

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, he's the only person who's ever been guilty of that crime on this here music message board (haha xpost)

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

maybe stick to posting as 'jawn doe'??

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

maybe stick to posting in 'popism rules'?

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

maybe stick to grand buffet shows?

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

maybe sign onto AIM so we can lob lame insults at each other one-on-one and not bore or confuse everyone else?

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

maybe im at work :-(

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

hey you dudes down with mike b?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/404533p-342604c.html

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

you three just need to fuck already'

xpost

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

maybe ethan's at work :-(

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

strongo are you suggesting we... dp dee?

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

should I want to take credit for the fact that I came up with "dpdee"?

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Al Shipley (1981-2039) Rap blogger - Cex groupie - Inventor of the term "dpdee"

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

oooh oooh i wanna take sides but i can't decide! there's shipley because he likes sonic youth, but then there's drake because he went to see hustle and flow with me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

what am i, chopped liver

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

everyone already knows about my longstanding crush on you, dude.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

Well, that's all. Keep up the good work, and any time you wanna come by my porch and have a beer with me and Mark (your old intern / my brother), you're welcome.

^^ lol

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

ryan pfork mailbag booty call

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

schreibs and i sat on that porch and talked about how the dismemberment plan was gonna change everything.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

my favorite part of that letters page: "ethan's review was no different than spielberg's frivolous meandering in A.I.... who was he doing that for? the audience? or himself?"

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 3 April 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

pfork used to be about the FANS dude.... what happened...

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

haha i still love the ilm thread from the time where jess is like 'ethan you promised you were gonna take pfork down from the inside but this is just your notes on the album you showed me the night before... i love you'

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

really i still cant believe i got away with that - ryan paid me $25 in advance & it was shortlisted for the da capo best of 2002 book!!

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

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the production = timbaland 'does' coldplay

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

pt 2 after brandy's afrodisiac, and more successful (in its coldplayness rather than brilliance)

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

You guys are completely soulless automatons.

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

also i really like the rmx with lil wayne, the new beat (opera samples and scuzzy southern synths) is awesome!

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

the production = timbaland 'does' coldplay

funny cos two years back Timba was saying how much he wanted to work with Chris Martin (:(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

well chris martin is on the closer! i suspect that was the putative duet and thank god it didn't work out like that - martin honking along would have ruined it. he just plays guitar i think.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

i don't even think he's doing anything on it.
OTM his voice would have made it impossible for me to like it.

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Fucking hell - I'm playing catch-up here, but both 'Maneater' and 'Promiscuous Girl' are incredible... There's some kind of Timbaland alchemy going on here, because both are so much more than the sum of their parts. Having said that, there are about 5 moments in each song that raise the hairs on the nape of my neck. Fantastic production.

Also, that moment at the beginning of 'PG' - "Have I thrown you off?" "Nope" "Didn't think so" is SO sexy...she's actually quite hot, isn't she?

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Sunday, 13 August 2006 11:40 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...

hay guyz man eater is really good

― and what, Sunday, 18 March 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

it can be really hard to like nelly furtado when you live in canada and you see her in horrible commercials for the junos (sad-ass canadian music awards)

― s1ocki, Sunday, 18 March 2007 05:38 (eighteen years ago)

this whole album is pretty wonderful, everybody

^^^ he says not really bothering with the 2nd half much yet. i have been playing "showtime" over and over, fuck if something so sweet and basically good-natured is really doing it for me at the mo.

fite upthread k-hilaire, btw

― gff, Sunday, 1 April 2007 02:54 (eighteen years ago)

'say it right'

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

this was on the radio alot but now i kinda get it

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

the world must know your opinion on shitty new songs

-- ++++, Monday, April 3, 2006 1:16 PM (11 months ago)

― deej, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

i was basing that on her previous shitty songs

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

do you want me to dig up the old post where you say el-p is the best rapper/producer

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

do you want me to make an apples in stereo joke?

― deej, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

anyway you liked "Ching Ching," right? her old stuff wasn't all shitty!

― deej, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

also i still kind of like el-p so :(

― deej, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

ching ching is a ms jade track doggie

i also fucked w/ the turn out the lights timbaland remix when 95.5 was playing it 850 times an hour in 2002

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

maybe 'say it right' sounds better on this boring executive rnb mixtape after a retarded trey songz joint than it does comin on the radio after shit i wanna hear like top back

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

it sounds like it could be on
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Aaliyah-one-in-a-million.jpg/200px-Aaliyah-one-in-a-million.jpg

― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

i know its miss jade but its timbaland f. nelly furtado so...

i agree about say it right - > one in a million, its got that smooth restrained thing. the hollering in the background makes me think of that sting single from a couple years back though.

― deej, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

Is everyone deliberately ignoring "wait for You" or am I the only one who thinks its the best non-single song on the album?(other than "Showtime".)

― Christyles, Thursday, 2 August 2007 07:06 (eighteen years ago)

I still haven't listened to this album. But "Say It Right" is my favorite single.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 2 August 2007 07:14 (eighteen years ago)

Heard a reggae mix of Say It Right on the radio. Was sweet!

― Christyles, Thursday, 2 August 2007 07:29 (eighteen years ago)

"Glow" is the best non-single track on this.

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 08:28 (eighteen years ago)

I think I'd like Glow a lot more if those buzzing synths didn't grate o me so much.

― Christyles, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:16 (eighteen years ago)

on*

― Christyles, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:17 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

guys 'showtime' is just as beautiful as it was 6 mos. ago

― gff, Monday, 29 October 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

^^^^^ YES

― HI DERE, Monday, 29 October 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know how but 'Say it Right' has discreetly trumped in my book all the mega-singles of this album.

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 08:50 (eighteen years ago)

that burn it up tune is ANNOYING though

― rizzx, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 09:10 (eighteen years ago)

Say It Right owns on this album.

― SeekAltRoute, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 11:27 (eighteen years ago)

This album is still so good. Much more consistent than FS/LS (the first half of which is great but then meh...). "Say it right" and "do it" are brilliant 80s madonna tracks.

ps : hey, baaderonixx, i'm back !

― AleXTC, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

i also fucked w/ the turn out the lights timbaland remix when 95.5 was playing it 850 times an hour in 2002
-- and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:33 (6 months ago) Bookmark Link

^^^this, except never heard of 95.5

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 11:54 (eighteen years ago)

95.5 = WPGC in D.C.?

Not nearly enough love for "Afraid" on this thread...

― Ben Boyerrr, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

"Wait For You" owns this album but "Say It Right" is far and away the best of the singles.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)

i'm guessing 95.5 for Ethan would be whatever that station is in Atlanta. WPGC's a pretty good station, though.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

I suspect I will lose all credibility on this thread, but I feel somehow urged to confess that I actually kind of like that Bloc Party cover of "Say It Right."

― Ben Boyerrr, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Posted this on the LOOSE POLL thread, but just realized the aforementioned thread is on ILE. WTF. reposting here, where people might actually give a shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG5lu6Ozrhg

First single from Mi Plan forthcoming Spanish album, to apparently be followed by one in Portuguese in 2010. I dig it, but then again, it draws a lot musically on Nelly 2.0, circa Folklore which I thought was really underrated, esp. the first half, which really soared at times. Spanish-language tracks rarely do well on the main charts, so I'm not sure what she's going for, but it's been too long since we've had something from eclectic, musically schizoid Nelly. My one hope - that in addition to mid-tempo rock and hippie banjo jams, she keeps following the reggaeton bent she dipped her foot in by collaborating w/ Calle 13 on the No Hay Igual remix.

― MTLiens (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 27 June 2009 23:57 (sixteen years ago)

"Say It Right" is such a great record.

― pipecock, Sunday, 28 June 2009 04:16 (sixteen years ago)

otm

― im white beyonce (The Reverend), Sunday, 28 June 2009 09:13 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

revive to join in the chorus that Say it Right, along w/ Promiscuous Girl and Maneater are fucking great. Not feeling Manos Al Aire and wondering what the deal is with her making a Spanish album? Intrigued by collabos w/ Calle 13 and La Mala Rodriguez tho.

― & they talked about "fucking a behive", literally, 4 times (Whitey on the Moon), Saturday, 8 August 2009 06:25 (sixteen years ago)

Love for "Say It Right" thirded or whatever... To me, Loose was actually the best pop album of 2006. I don't think it has aged that well because Timbaland was over-used in that period and we all grew a bit tired of him... but I'd be really surprised if she comes up with something even half as good. "Manos al Aire" is already so-so but fortunately not as bad as it could have been.

― How long does it take for punk rock to effect your thought patterns? (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:07 (sixteen years ago)

can't get around how boring the chorus to 'say it right' is, but the verses and production in general are cool. showtime should have been a single, still love it

― yosemi to me like a valley (tremendoid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:17 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zPft6Hxttc

Apparently Darkchild produced this? o_O Anyway... JUNGLE BREAKDOWN>>>

― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:37 (thirteen years ago)

the melody in the verse just makes me want to listen to Lumidee

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:48 (thirteen years ago)

kind of like how nasal and obnoxious it is... this will ring out loud and clear on mobile phones on the back of buses the world over...

― Piggy (omksavant), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:49 (thirteen years ago)

The bit of madness at the end reminds me of Brandy's "What About Us" and Mya's "That's Why I Wanna Fight", this is a good thing.

― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 09:39 (thirteen years ago)

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