SoulAlive said:

shorttrini said:

I'm sick of bonus tracks, and filler. When artist first started doing it, it was cool because some of the songs, were actually great. Now, it seems like they are putting just about anything as a bonus track. Just give me my meat and patato's and I'll be on my way...

The cool thing is...in this iTunes era that we live in,you can pretty much create your own tracklist If an artist releases an 18-song CD,just pick the 10 strongest songs and compile your own tracklist.

Personally,I love getting more bang for my buck.I figure it will be another few years before we get a new CD from Robin,so I want as much new music from him as I can get.

That is my point of view.

One man's filler is another man's jam anyway.

Graycap23 said:

SoulAlive said:

The cool thing is...in this iTunes era that we live in,you can pretty much create your own tracklist If an artist releases an 18-song CD,just pick the 10 strongest songs and compile your own tracklist.

Personally,I love getting more bang for my buck.I figure it will be another few years before we get a new CD from Robin,so I want as much new music from him as I can get.

That is my point of view.

One man's filler is another man's jam anyway.

Exactly. I'm always floored when I hear the bonus track and it's better than all the songs that actually made the official album.

smoothcriminal12 said:

^^^Are you kidding me??

Exactly.

Stymie said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

^^^Are you kidding me??

Exactly.

yeah,that article is so WRONG on so many levels You hear much more offensive stuff in hip-hop."Blurred Lines" is tame,by comparison.

Identity said:

It's exhausting listening to 18-track CDs. Take me back to the days of 9 exceptional songs per album release. Thanks for the post, Joe.

I am so with you on this! I generally can't handle listening to more than 10 tracks on an album. 12 is my limit and then I start to lose it.

Congrats Robin. For a while now I thought he'd never have a No. 1 Hot 100 Hit. I guess there is room at the top. Good for him!

You mean shit like ''Tip Drill'' ''Make It Nasty'' and every other Rihanna and Britney video is fine... even that shit with Miley Cyrus twerking is ok but THIS video is ''rapey'' ?



I really do not understand the media sometimes.

Gunsnhalen said:

You mean shit like ''Tip Drill'' ''Make It Nasty'' and every other Rihanna and Britney video is fine... even that shit with Miley Cyrus twerking is ok but THIS video is ''rapey'' ?



I really do not understand the media sometimes.

Tell me about it! I get that the video is kind of sexist and not everyone's cup of coffee. But rapey?

Stream 30-second album snippets via Soundcloud.

Woooh....Robin never really had much taste for album covers...except for Love After War. That shit look cheaper than a mug. And people complain about Princes covers..woh.

paisleypark4 said:

Woooh....Robin never really had much taste for album covers...except for Love After War. That shit look cheaper than a mug. And people complain about Princes covers..woh.

Kinda hard to top his first effort.

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SoulAlive said:

Robin Thicke's No. 1 hit dubbed 'rapey' by critics

Exactly which lines are being blurred here?

By Pop Spy -- Jennifer Odell Mon 5:43 PM

Last week, Robin Thicke's soul-heavy, R&B-soaked "Blurred Lines," became his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. But some critics are looking more closely at the lyrics and the now banned video for the song.

To them, it seems more than a little icky that America is currently rocking out to an anthem about the blurred lines between what a mostly naked lady says about sex and what she actually wants.

The naked ladies in question here are Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M’Bengue and Elle Evans, models whose boobs are on full display throughout the unrated version of the video.

As The Daily Beast points out in a piece asking if the song is too "rapey," it's a little odd that Thicke and his collaborators, T.I. and Pharrell, get to wear pants, shirts and even jackets while the objects of their desire (key word: "objects") dance around with farm animals wearing nothing but flesh-toned thongs.

And sure, maybe we're desensitized to onscreen female nudity in situations where men remain clothed. But check out the lyrics:

"I know you want it / You're a good girl / Can't let it get past me," Thicke croons. "I know you want it / But you're a good girl / The way you grab me / Must wanna get nasty."

So basically, you "must wanna" have sex with Robin Thicke, you're just not saying so?

The tune gets nastier as it goes on, courtesy of a graphic Ying-Yang Twins-esque verse from T.I. and more lots of lines about how Thicke hates "these blurred lines" and knows "you want it."

"Basically, the majority of the song (creepily named 'Blurred Lines') has the R&B singer murmuring 'I know you want it' over and over into a girl's ear," gripes blogger Lisa Huyne, via The Daily Beast. "Call me a cynic, but that phrase does not exactly encompass the notion of consent in sexual activity … Seriously, this song is disgusting — though admittedly very catchy."

When Thicke posted the unrated, nudity-filled version of the video on his Facebook page, he was greeted with a storm of negative comments, mostly from users with female names.

Comments ranged from calling the video "a waste of energy and talent" to "[it's] disgracing ... to use naked models" to "Robin, you're an intelligent man, I believe you can do way better."

Another user, meanwhile, tried to stick up for Thicke, writing, "all you plastic pseudo feminists moaning about the nudity of the women in this video seem to have missed the fact that they look like they actually really enjoyed themselves."

Yikes.

Still, some critics are shrugging their shoulders on the implications of both the words and video.

Dusting off his SAT word skills, a male writer at the Village Voice referred to the whole thing as "frolicsome ribaldry."

And former Idolator writer Maura Johnston has reportedly said that because Robin Thicke isn't threatening -- and because the topless model-version of the video is a tried and true a PR stunt -- Thicke gets a pass here.

As for Thicke's own rationale, he told VH1 that the controversy was all part of the fun.

"We pretty much wanted to take all the taboos of what you're not supposed to do," he explained, "... bestiality, you know, injecting a girl in her bum with a five-foot syringe — I just wanted to break every rule of things you're not supposed to do and make people realize how silly some of these rules are."

Where were these same critics when Single Ladies, Crank that, N*** in Paris, Bring It Back, etc went to number one? Where was the outrage?

My goodness this industry is two faced.

Im happy for Robin Thicke and although I am not feeling this song all that I love him to bits. His WAYYYY better than that wanna be timberfake.

AlexdeParis said:

AlexdeParis said:

Interesting that the tracklist is so short... very reminiscent of Something Else. Tight and focused is good, but I hope we get some outtakes and/or bonus tracks.

This is the tracklist for the deluxe edition.We get three bonus tracks (one of which is a remix)....

1. Blurred Lines (Ft. T.I. & Pharrell)

2. Take It Easy On Me

3. Ooo La La

4.Ain't No Hat 4 That

5. Get In My Way

6. Give It 2 U (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)

7. Feel Good

8. Go Stupid 4 U

9. 4 The Rest Of My Life

10. Top Of The World

11. The Good Life

12. Pressure

14. Give It 2 U (Remix Ft. Kendrick Lamar & 2 Chainz)

"4 The Rest Of My Life"

I'm really diggin' this one

SoulAlive said:

"4 The Rest Of My Life"

I'm really diggin' this one

Hey Soul, what are you doing up at this un-Godly hour? That's smooth cut, though.

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4-day weekend...can't sleep Up late surfing the web

SoulAlive said:

4-day weekend...can't sleep Up late surfing the web

just pace yoursefl brother... just pace yourself.

Just previewed the album.

I'll get it because I have them all but nothing is grabbing me.

Stymie said:

Just previewed the album.

I'll get it because I have them all but nothing is grabbing me.

Oh no, what is it like? Please tell me, it's more uptempo!

Stymie said:

Just previewed the album.

I'll get it because I have them all but nothing is grabbing me.

Where did you preview it at? Is it streaming anywhere?

SoulAlive said:

Stymie said:

Just previewed the album.

I'll get it because I have them all but nothing is grabbing me.

Where did you preview it at? Is it streaming anywhere?

http://www.blurredlin.es/...=137289484

SoulAlive said:

Stymie said:

Just previewed the album.

I'll get it because I have them all but nothing is grabbing me.

Where did you preview it at? Is it streaming anywhere?

Just samples David but aside from Blurred Lines, I don't feel any of it.

listening to the sound samples right now I like what I'm hearing.On this album,he focuses mostly on uptempo jams....this is a straight up party album! I really like "Ooh La La" and "Ain't No Hat For That",two uptempo jams with a retro/disco/funk feel.The Timbaland-produced "Take It Easy On Me" is a kickass club-banger! I'm looking forward to purchasing this album!!