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Thread started 05/26/09 12:13pm

paisleypark4

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WHY do people like You're All I Need? MJB & Meth...




I first heard the song I think..summer of 95 or something? Anyway...I was like, "oh this song aint going to go nowhere.." Little did I know I was going to have to hear that song almost every day for 2 years to come just about...and they STILL play that mess to this day.

WHY do people like this track? I dont get it! Mary J is just lookin depressed and singing the same ol line over and over and over again. They sittin there on a rooftop headnodding as if the song is actually banging or something. Lookin all depressed. To me, the song just doesnt pick up and is stagnant and repetetive.
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Reply #1 posted 05/26/09 12:20pm

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I never liked it, but I'm not a huge rap fan either.

They actually won a Grammy for this song.
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Reply #2 posted 05/26/09 12:29pm

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daPrettyman said:

I never liked it, but I'm not a huge rap fan either.

They actually won a Grammy for this song.

confuse

see what im sayin???!!!!
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Reply #3 posted 05/26/09 12:34pm

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maybe i'm biased cuz i really don't like either one of them but that song is terrible
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Reply #4 posted 05/26/09 12:40pm

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InsatiableCream said:

maybe i'm biased cuz i really don't like either one of them but that song is terrible


Who you tellin? I tried to tell them that and nobody listened to me ...I was abotu the ONLY person who didnt like it
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Reply #5 posted 05/26/09 12:59pm

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I like both songs. The MJB and Method man version, or rather their song in which they used a sample, was clever and modern and hip. How could you not like an inner city love song? E for effort. I can dig it. music
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Reply #6 posted 05/26/09 1:09pm

Timmy84

I liked the video version as opposed to the radio version (the one with the BIG sample in it). The video was just grimy. Of course Mary J. was going through shit at this period so I can understand why some would dislike it. I remembered a Coca-Cola commercial that played this and the Marvin/Tammi interpretation. The father played Marvin's version and then was interrupted by his son bumping Method's version.
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Reply #7 posted 05/26/09 1:23pm

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I love it. If I had to pick 10 of the best R&B/Hip-Hop collaborations of the '90s, this would definitely make the list. I actually prefer the Puff Daddy Remix:

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Reply #8 posted 05/26/09 1:34pm

Timmy84

AlexdeParis said:

I love it. If I had to pick 10 of the best R&B/Hip-Hop collaborations of the '90s, this would definitely make the list. I actually prefer the Puff Daddy Remix:



The TiCal version >>>> Puffy Bitch. lol
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Reply #9 posted 05/26/09 2:56pm

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DesireeNevermind said:

I like both songs. The MJB and Method man version, or rather their song in which they used a sample, was clever and modern and hip. How could you not like an inner city love song? E for effort. I can dig it. music



ugh...I for Irritating.
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Reply #10 posted 05/26/09 3:01pm

Timmy84

To be honest tho, I only liked it for the Marvin/Tammi interpolation.
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Reply #11 posted 05/26/09 3:07pm

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Timmy84 said:

The TiCal version >>>> Puffy Bitch. lol

hmph!
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Reply #12 posted 05/26/09 3:09pm

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AlexdeParis said:

Timmy84 said:

The TiCal version >>>> Puffy Bitch. lol

hmph!


I'm sorry but I just don't like that dude. lol I do think it was this version that charted, am I correct?
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Reply #13 posted 05/26/09 3:11pm

Timmy84

Anyway this is MUCH better now:

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Reply #14 posted 05/26/09 3:15pm

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Timmy84 said:

AlexdeParis said:


hmph!


I'm sorry but I just don't like that dude. lol I do think it was this version that charted, am I correct?

Both the remixes were used pretty frequently.
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Reply #15 posted 05/26/09 3:15pm

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Timmy84 said:

Anyway this is MUCH better now:


Obviously. rolleyes
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Reply #16 posted 05/26/09 3:19pm

Timmy84

AlexdeParis said:

Timmy84 said:



I'm sorry but I just don't like that dude. lol I do think it was this version that charted, am I correct?

Both the remixes were used pretty frequently.


I remember hearing Puffy's mix more than the other one. confused Guess it depended on the station... You be lucky to hear the Wu/Tical mix at all unless you were listening to a predominantly urban station.
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Reply #17 posted 05/26/09 3:20pm

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Timmy84 said:

AlexdeParis said:


Both the remixes were used pretty frequently.


I remember hearing Puffy's mix more than the other one. confused Guess it depended on the station... You be lucky to hear the Wu/Tical mix at all unless you were listening to a predominantly urban station.

I don't remember this song getting a lot of play in my area. That wasn't uncommon in Dallas. The did the same thing for artist like Intro and Ce Ce Penniston.
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Reply #18 posted 05/26/09 3:21pm

Timmy84

daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:



I remember hearing Puffy's mix more than the other one. confused Guess it depended on the station... You be lucky to hear the Wu/Tical mix at all unless you were listening to a predominantly urban station.

I don't remember this song getting a lot of play in my area.


Really? confused

It was like a top ten hit (#10, I believe, in America, #3 R&B, I think it was #10 in England)... hmmm
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Reply #19 posted 05/26/09 3:22pm

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daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:



I remember hearing Puffy's mix more than the other one. confused Guess it depended on the station... You be lucky to hear the Wu/Tical mix at all unless you were listening to a predominantly urban station.

I don't remember this song getting a lot of play in my area. That wasn't uncommon in Dallas. The did the same thing for artist like Intro and Ce Ce Penniston.
[Edited 5/26/09 15:21pm]


Now that's just strange...
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Reply #20 posted 05/26/09 3:59pm

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*Risks being ran out of the forum, but is a huge Method Man fan*

It's a nice collaborative effort by two stars 9now superstars) in their respective fields. What was ill about it was the fact that they put a spin on a classic record they probably both loved when they were coming up. (*Gasps, rappers listen to music too?* Yes WE do.) It's always nice to see how people appreciate songs and give their interpretation. I'm sure it is in no way meant to replace the original. It's just the Hip Hop generation's take on a committed relationship. Why can't it just be that? RZA's version is cool and Puff's isn't that bad either. BTW, classic video with Wu Tang representing. *Throws up the W*. I'm out.

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Reply #21 posted 05/26/09 4:33pm

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GangstaCru said:

*Risks being ran out of the forum, but is a huge Method Man fan*

It's a nice collaborative effort by two stars 9now superstars) in their respective fields. What was ill about it was the fact that they put a spin on a classic record they probably both loved when they were coming up. (*Gasps, rappers listen to music too?* Yes WE do.) It's always nice to see how people appreciate songs and give their interpretation. I'm sure it is in no way meant to replace the original. It's just the Hip Hop generation's take on a committed relationship. Why can't it just be that? RZA's version is cool and Puff's isn't that bad either. BTW, classic video with Wu Tang representing. *Throws up the W*. I'm out.

Peace, Hip Hop, and Purple Rain

Gangsta Cru... Hip Hop, you're all I need.


No I am a classic hip hop head too equally as I am to being a Motown Head, Paisley head and Electro head. I just dont think the song being it a take on a classic and all or not is not good..even without the interploation chorus it still sounds lazily produced and kind of boring to me.
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Reply #22 posted 05/26/09 4:36pm

alphastreet

I didn't like it either when I first heard it at age 12, I thought the beat and the melody didn't sound on tune together, but it grew on me and I thought it was okay.
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Reply #23 posted 05/26/09 4:47pm

Cinnie

paisleypark4 said:

Mary J is just lookin depressed and singing the same ol line over and over and over again. They sittin there on a rooftop headnodding as if the song is actually banging or something. Lookin all depressed.

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Reply #24 posted 05/26/09 4:53pm

Harlepolis

I love Mary,,,but I don't like the song either.
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Reply #25 posted 05/26/09 4:55pm

datdude

u talking about the VIDEO or the SONG? your thread heading asks about the SONG but then all you talk about is the CONCEPT of the VIDEO. the song is the SHIZNIT!
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Reply #26 posted 05/26/09 4:56pm

Cinnie

By the way, 100% of the publishing for Meth/MJB's song goes to Ashford & Simpson.

I prefer RZA's beat with the horror synth
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Reply #27 posted 05/26/09 4:57pm

Cinnie

Cinnie said:

paisleypark4 said:

Mary J is just lookin depressed and singing the same ol line over and over and over again. They sittin there on a rooftop headnodding as if the song is actually banging or something. Lookin all depressed.

falloff

All I can say is, IT WAS THE NINETIES! EVERYONE HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES!
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Reply #28 posted 05/26/09 4:59pm

alphastreet

lmfao cinnie, so true
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Reply #29 posted 05/26/09 5:01pm

Cinnie

alphastreet said:

lmfao cinnie, so true

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Just reminds me of this old thread ---> http://prince.org/msg/8/249907?&pg=1
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