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POPGAF |OT3| Geo Da Silva > nails on chalkboard > Taylor Swift
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Warrior has a few songs that I generally like, but it is all over the damn place sonically.
Girl wanted to show growth, but she takes one step forward and two steps back with each track. RED was a nice attempt though
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Wafflecakes
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Taking out the trash I see.......where have you been all my life?
I AM HOLLERING
Name me one song on Rated R or TTT that remotely sounds like the melancholy EDM jam Lost In Paradise, the 90s throwback Nobody's Business, the ponderous alluring production of Loveeeeeeee Song, or the piano centric highlight of the album, Stay. You can simply not come for Rihanna for diversity each era, because this is what she excels at looking at her lead singles alone. Pon de Replay (R&B Uptempo) -> SOS (Dance) -> Umbrella (R&B Uptempo) Russian Roulette (R&B Downtempo) ->Only Girl (Europop) -> We Found Love (EDM) -> Diamonds (Mid-tempo Pop). All of her albums are different beasts, they strive for different goals and artistic vision.
Ke$ha on the other hand has regressed ever since the release of Animal, her magnum opus. Her album is ridden with questionably produced songs. The Supernatural verses and chorus sound as if they come from two entirely different songs, and then for reasons unknown, she decided to throw a Katy Perry-esque track in the form of Only Wanna Dance With You in an album full of synths. It is a sonic mess with a couple of jams in the form of Crazy Kids, Supernatural, and Warrior.
He banned himself ;__;
Supermanisdead
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is it me or are the one direction fans just the shadiest
Wafflecakes
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Rofl.
TBH I could use a ban for finals....not going to happen though.
Possibly....
I meant recently, there's obviously no denying Xtina's past successes.
Soulscribe
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Actually it's most of you all who are deluded. If anybody else released the Lotus album that wasn't named Christina then you all would be stanning for it right this second. Lotus is the most well-rounded pop album out of any of our faves' releases this year. This I'm very proud of because I stan for the bitch, but it's frustrating that everybody else goes into listening to Lotus with the forgone conclusion that they have to come back here and talk shit about it. It's fun and all, but it's a bit too transparent. I'll take a critique of Lotus seriously once I hear a real critique of it.
Absolutely hilarious how you try to come for her when she has writing credits on the majority of the tracks on the albumGirlRihannaRihanna's writing camps put as much effort on her album as you did with that Unapologetic OT
Wafflecakes
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Absolutely hilarious how you try to come for her when she has writing credits on the majority of the tracks on the album
You should probably use the term "credits" loosely.
For the right price I am sure any writer would be willing to let Rihrih sit in the same room with them as they write.
Absolutely hilarious how you try to come for her when she has writing credits on the majority of the tracks on the album
I guess that makes sense, no wonder it sucks more than TTT
Wafflecakes
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The receipts don't lie.I can't.
One's behavior usually alludes to that, such as the Irreplaceable dispute over credits.
Her strongest material since LOUD, more cohesion than BTW.I guess that makes sense, no wonder it sucks more than TTT
I gave it a listen sis, admittedly not repeated or obsessive. It's not bad it's just not really that great. And that's pretty much the general consensus on the album e.g.
http://www.popjustice.com/blogs/etc/christinas-lotus-a-review/104438/#more-104438
Shit sis if you're that pressed that all the non-Real Music Lovers aren't going gaga for Lotus I'll give it a proper listen and write a review.
Taking more time out of his day to defend Unapologhetto than Rihanna and her team did to actually make the album.
A mess.
Bye. The album was recorded for the better part of the year and while not her best work, has definitely had a ton of effort put into it. And it shows. She shows a great deal of growth as an artist. Please go back to ATRL with your flop opinions
Tell em sis. Lotus is not a bad album, but it's not magnum opus. It's painfully average.
Flattering, all things considered.Taking more time out of his day to defend Unapologhetto than Rihanna and her team did to actually make the album.
A mess.
She certainly managed to inch her way faster to the top of the charts than Smellie's sluggish climb to #2.
Taking more time out of his day to defend Unapologhetto than Rihanna and her team did to actually make the album.
A mess.
I'm on a mission. I'll report back in soon.
Yes I BOUGHT it.
Lotus is on Spotify tho. Except the definitely reviews by the end of the week.
Crumpet Trumpet
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Y'all are doing too much on Unapologetic. Rih's best album since...ever, really
Flattering, all things considered.
She certainly managed to inch her way faster to the top of the charts than Smellie's sluggish climb to #2.
Please sis, you act as if science didn't already prove the exact opposite: only the Xtincta stans enjoy the putrid material within due to artist bias.
THE BLIND TEST
- An Xtincta stan commenting on a song's lyrics without knowing they are by Xtincta:
- An Xtincta stan commenting on the same lyrics after becoming aware they are by Xtincta:
The delusion can't be denied.
more cohesion than BTW.
Disgusting, I hope Koodo reads this and drags you for filth cause I dont know how to deal with such trashy opinions
It really doesn't and you need to stop with this when everyone KNOWS Rihanna can do better and HAS done better.
There is absolutely nothing on this album that qualifies as anything above just good. I recall several popgaffers somewhat looking forward to this record because Rihanna albums usually have a few standout songs that are universally accepted to be great. We Found Love, Where Have You Been, Russian Roulette, Rude Boy, What's My Name, Only Girl, Umbrella, Don't Stop The Music are all good examples of the sort of songs I am referring to. Unapologetic has none of that. Congrats on your number 1 album, but as for the music on it... try again next year, Rih-sis.
Please sis, you act as if science didn't already prove the exact opposite: only the Xtincta stans enjoy the putrid material within due to artist bias.
THE BLIND TEST
- An Xtincta stan commenting on a song's lyrics without knowing they are by Xtincta:
- An Xtincta stan commenting on the same lyrics after becoming aware they are by Xtincta:
The delusion can't be denied.
omggggggggg I swear Koo is the MASTER OF CLOCKING. This is FLAWLESS.
[edit]OT stanning Goddess Aphrodylie's recent movie appearance: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501824
I'm extremely disappointed in you.
Crumpet Trumpet
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I'm for real! Take out the two awful Guetta tracks and the album becomes an interesting excursion into empty hedonism and dejected sex that would make Drake cry. And the production is very current- not awfully forward-thinking but not dated either (except the dubstep drop in Jump and the aforementioned Guetta songs). It kind of reminds me of Blackout in those ways.
I cannot take the opinion seriously of someone who calls Animal a magnum opus.Disgusting, I hope Koodo reads this and drags you for filth cause I dont know how to deal with such trashy opinions
Absolutely artemisesque.
The fossil supreme was correct in saying that BTW was nothing but a reductive mess.Disgusting, I hope Koodo reads this and drags you for filth cause I dont know how to deal with such trashy opinions
When boiled down, all BTW is, is a collection of diary entries by an insecure Stefani
fix that for you
also why did that 1D vid with the jumpers went private? I was going to make gifs
I agRih it doesn't reach the highs of her previous efforts, but I don't think there is a relationship between that and her effort. I also don't think this reaches the lows of TTT.
<+)O Robido O(+>
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Nononononononono. Those quotes were selected to show you that I was not the only Popgaffer to measure by such metrics, in this thread and others.
Nope. I was laboring under, apparently mistaken, that MJ was considered a higher calibre of "artist". But now that I know MJ and Rihanna are considered equals, I'll still pick Rihanna.
Are you really coming for someone being insecure when your faves does not have the self-respect to move on from Bruises but instead dedicated 3 ERAS to him
Bye i would never say something like that.
fix that for you
also why did that 1D vid with the jumpers went private? I was going to make gifs
Should have jumped on that when you had the chance dear.
Still not here for it. Sit.
I don't know how you could possibly have read my post where I stated that it's all about the MUSIC and then come to the conclusion that Rih is even on the same plane of EXISTENCE as MJ.Nope. I was laboring under, apparently mistaken, that MJ was considered a higher calibre of "artist". But now that I know MJ and Rihanna are considered equals, I'll still pick Rihanna.
He was commenting on a snippet of lyrics I quoted that are constructed oddly on paper, but work in the song.
And his second comment doesn't necessarily state the [song's] lyrics are great, but that they are smart and the pacing works too.
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