May 22, 2014
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When Robin Thicke sang a new song, Get Her Back, at Sundy's Billboard Music Awards, it was an obvious plea to his estranged wife, Paula Patton, for a reunion. It also sparked rumors of a new album.

The rumors are true. His still-untitled album comes out on July 1. All the songs were written and produced by Thicke.

Is Get Her Back the general theme of the album?

Patton has clearly been on his mind. Before his Billboard Music Awards performance, he requested fans to help him win her back. During his acceptance speech for Top R&B Song, he thanks her profusely.

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This guy works fast! Around the time that Blurred Lines was released,he mentioned that he had already started working on the next album.Looks like he wasn't lying.

SoulAlive said:

This guy works fast! Around the time that Blurred Lines was released,he mentioned that he had already started working on the next album.Looks like he wasn't lying.

It will be interesting to hear what he can produce and write by himself. I wonder how many songs about Paula are gonna be on the album

SeventeenDayze said:

SoulAlive said:

This guy works fast! Around the time that Blurred Lines was released,he mentioned that he had already started working on the next album.Looks like he wasn't lying.

It will be interesting to hear what he can produce and write by himself. I wonder how many songs about Paula are gonna be on the album

It'll be a return to the style of his earlier albums,which he wrote and produced himself.Blurred Lines was a commercial attempt to expand his audience and it worked,but I think Robin's more comfortable doing his own thing.I expect the songwriting to be interesting and very personal,since the break-up with his wife.

SoulAlive said:

SeventeenDayze said:

It will be interesting to hear what he can produce and write by himself. I wonder how many songs about Paula are gonna be on the album

It'll be a return to the style of his earlier albums,which he wrote and produced himself.Blurred Lines was a commercial attempt to expand his audience and it worked,but I think Robin's more comfortable doing his own thing.I expect the songwriting to be interesting and very personal,since the break-up with his wife.

Yeah it will be interesting to hear what his sound will be, especially since he might be reflecting on his failed marriage. I don't expect there to be too many upbeat songs on it though.

Yeah, I a preview of the cover:

[img:$uid]http://s2.postimg.org/azi1vrk49/slurred_lies.jpg[/img:$uid]

Snippet:

SLURRED LIES
I been drinkin'
My breath is stinkin'
but I'm steady thinkin'
of them
SLURRED LIES

I'm appropriatin'
Oh yeah I'm fakin'
and Paula's hatin'
on my
SLURRED LIES

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It's to his advantage to put out fresh material as "Blurred Lines" has transformed him from a silky R & B balladeer into a worldwide star. If I were managing him, I'd would suggest he put new stuff out there and ''strike while the iron is hot.''

BlaqueKnight said:

Yeah, I a preview of the cover:

[img:$uid]http://s2.postimg.org/azi1vrk49/slurred_lies.jpg[/img:$uid]

Snippet:

SLURRED LIES
I been drinkin'
My breath is stinkin'
but I'm steady thinkin'
of them
SLURRED LIES

I'm appropriatin'
Oh yeah I'm fakin'
and Paula's hatin'
on my
SLURRED LIES

[Edited 5/23/14 1:00am]

You might want to copyright this quip you wrote here, LOL

Robin Thicke Back in Action With New Album

Anthony Mandler

The follow-up to his No. 1-charting "Blurred Lines" will come out July 1.

Did Pharrell co-write Blurred Lines? I thought he did for some reason.

SeventeenDayze said:

Did Pharrell co-write Blurred Lines? I thought he did for some reason.

yes,he co-wrote and co-produced it with Robin....and he also appears on it.

SoulAlive said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Did Pharrell co-write Blurred Lines? I thought he did for some reason.

yes,he co-wrote and co-produced it with Robin....and he also appears on it.

Okay, so Pharrell is getting the same amount of $ as Robin is. What about T.I.?

Here, My Dear

Marvin's children may wanna keep an eye on Thicke since he is now

inspired to do a makeup album. Remember this was Marvin Gaye's

divorce/breakup album in 1978.

phunkdaddy said:

Here, My Dear

Marvin's children may wanna keep an eye on Thicke since he is now

inspired to do a makeup album. Remember this was Marvin Gaye's

divorce/breakup album in 1978.

Robin Thicke already sued Gaye's estate last year "just in case" the estate wanted to sue first, LOL. It should be an interesting album nonetheless.

BlaqueKnight said:

Yeah, I a preview of the cover:

[img:$uid]http://s2.postimg.org/azi1vrk49/slurred_lies.jpg[/img:$uid]

Snippet:

SLURRED LIES
I been drinkin'
My breath is stinkin'
but I'm steady thinkin'
of them
SLURRED LIES

I'm appropriatin'
Oh yeah I'm fakin'
and Paula's hatin'
on my
SLURRED LIES

[Edited 5/23/14 1:00am]

Damn!

"Get Her Back" Debuts on R&B Charts
May 28, 2014

Robin Thicke's new single, "Get Her Back," is climbing up the R&B charts quickly.

Following its debut performance at the Billboard Music Awards last week, Thicke's new song, which was dedicated to his estranged wife Paula Patton, has debuted on several charts this week, according to Billboard.

The song has become the weeks' biggest gainer on the R&B/Hip Hop Airplay chart and it also opened at #18 on the Adult R&B Songs tally.

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Identity said:

"Get Her Back" Debuts on R&B Charts
May 28, 2014

Robin Thicke's new single, "Get Her Back," is climbing up the R&B charts quickly.

Following its debut performance at the Billboard Music Awards last week, Thicke's new song, which was dedicated to his estranged wife Paula Patton, has debuted on several charts this week, according to Billboard.

The song has become the weeks' biggest gainer on the R&B/Hip Hop Airplay chart and it also opened at #18 on the Adult R&B Songs tally.

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I don't know what the reason for their break-up is but it seems to be a drastic step to go on awards shows and release singles about it. I think the more he does this, the less she might want to take him back.

Paula will be the title of Thicke’s forthcoming album, as confirmed by media reports.

Identity said:

Paula will be the title of Thicke’s forthcoming album, as confirmed by media reports.

dayum....he really is serious about winning her back! I jujst hope it's not a dreary album of ballads.I liked the uptempo,party vibe of Blurred Lines.That album was alot of fun.

SoulAlive said:

Identity said:

Paula will be the title of Thicke’s forthcoming album, as confirmed by media reports.

dayum....he really is serious about winning her back! I jujst hope it's not a dreary album of ballads.I liked the uptempo,party vibe of Blurred Lines.That album was alot of fun.

Yeah I'm wondering if he's going to have a CD of 10 songs saying "Come back to me...." I think it would be a total snooze fest with all ballads. I also wonder if this was a rush job on his part

Man, after all that Blurred Lines controversy.. he still made a good album last time out!

SeventeenDayze said:

SoulAlive said:

dayum....he really is serious about winning her back! I jujst hope it's not a dreary album of ballads.I liked the uptempo,party vibe of Blurred Lines.That album was alot of fun.

Yeah I'm wondering if he's going to have a CD of 10 songs saying "Come back to me...." I think it would be a total snooze fest with all ballads. I also wonder if this was a rush job on his part

I think it was likely a rush, and frankly this whole "get Paula back" angle seems like more of a marketing effort for hismusic than a sincere effort to restore his marriage.

119 said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Yeah I'm wondering if he's going to have a CD of 10 songs saying "Come back to me...." I think it would be a total snooze fest with all ballads. I also wonder if this was a rush job on his part

I think it was likely a rush, and frankly this whole "get Paula back" angle seems like more of a marketing effort for hismusic than a sincere effort to restore his marriage.

Okay, glad to know that I'm not the only one who is a bit cynical about this. I'm sure that he's sad on some level but it also seems like his capitalizing on his rocky marriage. He knows the public will eat up all the drama and read into every lyric on every song. But, as you said these seems like a marketing effort that will probably backfire either in his public life as a singer or in his private life as a husband. Of course he drops this tidbit of news just DAYS before Father's Day probably hoping it will woo Paula a bit, in the event that he will see her on Father's Day, assuming she will let him see her son that day.

for his sake,I hope that these efforts actually work it would be a shame if he goes through all this effort to win her back and she still decides to go ahead with the divorce!

SoulAlive said:

for his sake,I hope that these efforts actually work it would be a shame if he goes through all this effort to win her back and she still decides to go ahead with the divorce!

From my perspective, I don't think he deserves a marriage if he doesn't respect it or treat his wife well. I'm sure she isn't divorcing him because he didn't write her enough songs...she is unhappy with their marriage.

If he really cares, he needs to work on his marriage, rather than make a spectacle.

But again, I'm cynical and think this is all just a show. The marriage is likely done, and he probably doesn't really care that much.

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119 said:

SoulAlive said:

for his sake,I hope that these efforts actually work it would be a shame if he goes through all this effort to win her back and she still decides to go ahead with the divorce!

From my perspective, I don't think he deserves a marriage if he doesn't respect it or treat his wife well. I'm sure she isn't divorcing him because he didn't write her enough songs...she is unhappy with their marriage.

If he really cares, he needs to work on his marriage, rather than make a spectacle.

But again, I'm cynical and think this is all just a show. The marriage is likely done, and he probably doesn't really care that much.

[Edited 6/12/14 20:24pm]

Agreed. He knows it's over and is just taking advantage of the situation because it might sell albums. This shines a light on what this dude might be like in his private life. I wonder if she just got tired of his childish, self-centered antics. I say this as a person who actually likes his music....he kinda screwed up by suing Marvin Gaye's estate though. Makes me think he's a cocky son of a gun...

phunkdaddy said:

Here, My Dear

Marvin's children may wanna keep an eye on Thicke since he is now

inspired to do a makeup album. Remember this was Marvin Gaye's

divorce/breakup album in 1978.

Tbh, I actually wonder if that's kind of an implicit reference in the album's name and the marketing 'narrative'. It's certainly something that soul music fans would be reminded of, and journos will likely mention the connection, etc; and it serves to cast him once again as a kind of modern-day Marvin, giving us the idea that he's a similar type of artist pouring his life into his songs.

He was planning to drop the album BEFORE they split.

He's serious about something...its called selling records and marketing his image.

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deebee said:

phunkdaddy said:

Here, My Dear

Marvin's children may wanna keep an eye on Thicke since he is now

inspired to do a makeup album. Remember this was Marvin Gaye's

divorce/breakup album in 1978.

Tbh, I actually wonder if that's kind of an implicit reference in the album's name and the marketing 'narrative'. It's certainly something that soul music fans would be reminded of, and journos will likely mention the connection, etc; and it serves to cast him once again as a kind of modern-day Marvin, giving us the idea that he's a similar type of artist pouring his life into his songs.

I like Robin Thicke and don't perceive him to be a phony (re: Justin Timberlake) but the more he tries to imitate Marvin Gaye it takes away from his credibility as an artist. I think he needs to stick to building his own brand and stop trying to go the Marvin Gaye route.