It looks like Essence Magazine has the debut.

http://www.essence.com/20...g-hurt-you

daPrettyman said:

It looks like Essence Magazine has the debut.

http://www.essence.com/20...g-hurt-you

Thanks, KB!! MP3 link in the source coding:

http://www.essence.com/si...l_main.mp3

Cinny said:

Woo! Toni came in the game stealing Anita's songs AND short haircut!

Its funny though, how her image/music took a life on its own later in her career. Babyface & LA Reid wanted that Anita Baker money, little did they know what came after

daPrettyman said:

It looks like Essence Magazine has the debut.

http://www.essence.com/20...g-hurt-you

A big thanks! After browsing among several websites, I thought I'd never get to hear the full song. Certainly worth the wait.

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I like it. I didn't fall in love with it on the first listen like "Give U My Heart" all those years ago, but it's nice to hear them singing together again.

I've been playing that track for 2 hours like it's a Waiting To Exhale Deluxe Edition highlight.

I dig it...............

Nice Jam. Like I said this will be a big hit for both.

daPrettyman said:

It looks like Essence Magazine has the debut.

http://www.essence.com/20...g-hurt-you

this is nice

So sweet and sad, gotta hear it over and over.

This is sooooo much better than all that crap that Toni has been doing for years.Babyface is the only producer she should be working with.

Daryl Simmons, one of Face's frequent songwriting partners, cowrote "Hurt You". The street date for the album is Dec 3.

SoulAlive said:

This is sooooo much better than all that crap that Toni has been doing for years.Babyface is the only producer she should be working with.

Identity said:

Daryl Simmons, one of Face's frequent songwriting partners, cowrote "Hurt You". The street date for the album is Dec 3.

Wow, I haven't heard/seen that name in years. He was on a lot of LaFace productions back in their heyday.

My only worry is that they'll autotune it. This is the reality now. Even artists, like Toni, who don't need to be autotuned are getting autotuned. And though it may sound "OK", it comes out overly processed and the artist loses some distinctiveness.

coltrane3 said:

My only worry is that they'll autotune it. This is the reality now. Even artists, like Toni, who don't need to be autotuned are getting autotuned. And though it may sound "OK", it comes out overly processed and the artist loses some distinctiveness.

Ewww don't even say it.

No wonder I like "Hurt You" how it sounds now!

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Musicslave said:

Identity said:

Daryl Simmons, one of Face's frequent songwriting partners, cowrote "Hurt You". The street date for the album is Dec 3.

Wow, I haven't heard/seen that name in years. He was on a lot of LaFace productions back in their heyday.

I mentioned him earlier in this very thread. He used to go by the name DeRock.

AlexdeParis said:

Musicslave said:

Wow, I haven't heard/seen that name in years. He was on a lot of LaFace productions back in their heyday.

I mentioned him earlier in this very thread. He used to go by the name DeRock.

I didn't know Daryl Simmons and DeRock was the same dude

Cinny said:

AlexdeParis said:

I mentioned him earlier in this very thread. He used to go by the name DeRock.

I didn't know Daryl Simmons and DeRock was the same dude

What, you thought they just killed DeRock in the early 90s and hid the body?

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AlexdeParis said:

Musicslave said:

Wow, I haven't heard/seen that name in years. He was on a lot of LaFace productions back in their heyday.

I mentioned him earlier in this very thread. He used to go by the name DeRock.

Ha ha! I didin't know that, either. I did some research and discovered he made a recording in 1992 called "Ho of My Own" using his moniker DeRock.

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Identity said:

AlexdeParis said:

I mentioned him earlier in this very thread. He used to go by the name DeRock.

Ha ha! I didin't know that, either. I did some research and discovered he made a recording in 1992 called "Ho of My Own" using his moniker DeRock.

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1s time I've heard of this as well.

AlexdeParis said:

Cinny said:

I didn't know Daryl Simmons and DeRock was the same dude

What, you thought they just killed DeRock in the early 90s and hid the body?

Like no one from the 90s went missin'

AlexdeParis said:

Cinny said:

I didn't know Daryl Simmons and DeRock was the same dude

What, you thought they just killed DeRock in the early 90s and hid the body?

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What happened to Kayo?

daPrettyman said:

AlexdeParis said:

What, you thought they just killed DeRock in the early 90s and hid the body?

[Edited 8/20/13 10:00am]

What happened to Kayo?

I couldn't even get through the whole song. It's just not very good. That piano part is simple as fuck.

Graycap, when has Prince had a hit?

Rahsaan should have worked with her.

2freaky4church1 said:

I couldn't even get through the whole song. It's just not very good. That piano part is simple as fuck.

Graycap, when has Prince had a hit?

Lol...........in my book, if "I" like it, it is a hit.

I love them together but to be honest, I only like, not love this song. It's nice but I wanted to hear Toni sing out more...this song is a bit bland but I hope it does well anyway.

I lost interest as soon as I heard Babyface's autotuned voice. Next.

Cinny said:

daPrettyman said:

It looks like Essence Magazine has the debut.

http://www.essence.com/20...g-hurt-you

Thanks, KB!! MP3 link in the source coding:

http://www.essence.com/si...l_main.mp3

Thanx, C!