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Post by nick64 on Nov 6, 2014 13:03:25 GMT -5
Previews are up on iTunes. Sounds really good!
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Post by Illusions on Nov 6, 2014 13:28:53 GMT -5
You can hear most of the album here.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Nov 6, 2014 17:56:46 GMT -5
This album is really good! I enjoyed every single song. I will be buying this.
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Post by McCreerian on Nov 6, 2014 18:02:46 GMT -5
This is an incredible album! I can't wait to get this Tuesday!
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Post by surfy on Nov 6, 2014 18:11:05 GMT -5
Doesn't he have a song with Demi? I found a leak online of it, and it sounds AHMAZING!!!
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Post by nick64 on Nov 6, 2014 18:17:13 GMT -5
Doesn't he have a song with Demi? I found a leak online of it, and it sounds AHMAZING!!! Yeah, "Avalanche". Haven't listened to the leaks yet, but I really liked the preview of it.
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 7, 2014 14:28:22 GMT -5
The standard edition is available from streaming on his VEVO page.There's nothing on the level of "Jealous," but I do like "Teacher." Overall, I find the album generic, BUT it's a lot better than anything I thought he was capable of putting out.
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Post by TroublemakerOlly on Nov 7, 2014 14:31:26 GMT -5
Nick Jonas: 'I Love My Gay Fans!' ARTICLESNEWSPOP-SHOP By Chuck Arnold | November 07, 2014 1:08 PM EST
In September, partiers on New York's gay club circuit were treated to an unexpected sight: Nick Jonas, performing "Jealous," the sexy hit single from his self-titled solo debut (due Nov. 10 on Island) and flashing his abs in a mini-strip tease.
"I love my gay fans!" exclaims the 22-year-old former Jonas Brothers star, weeks after he pulled the stunt at Manhattan clubs Up & Down and BPM. "All my gay friends were thanking me for having gone out there as a heterosexual male. I don't see it that much -- more people should do it."
Oh, how the littlest JoBro has grown. Jonas and his brothers Joe, 25, and Kevin, 27, came up with a golden generation of Disney Channel babies that includes ex-girlfriend Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, not to mention the whole High School Musical gang. But that age of curly-haired innocence is long gone now.
"It feels like a different life," says Jonas. "I fell on the Disney Channel two months ago, and it was like a whole new world. It was just like, 'Wow. The journey ahead for all of you...' "
Jonas' journey has taken some turns recently, ones that were impossible to predict back in his tween-heartthrob days. In 2013 the Jonas Brothers split; now, with his self-titled solo debut and "Jealous," which is at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Nov. 15, Jonas has left his teenybopper days behind, transforming into an sultry soul-pop man, part Miguel, part Justin Timberlake. Of course, it helps that Jonas isn't bad to look at: The singer, who's diabetic, has been showing off the buff bod he honed to play a mixed-martial-arts fighter in his gritty new series Kingdom (currently airing on DirecTV). But over lunch at a bistro in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood (Jonas lives nearby), Jonas -- dressed in a black-and-white flannel shirt and black skinny jeans -- looks more unassuming than the crotch-grabbing, butt-crack-flashing hunk who channeled Mark Wahlberg's iconic Calvin Klein underwear ads in a buzzed-about Flaunt magazine shoot in October.
Nick Jonas Flaunts Abs, Wants 'People to Have Sex To' His Solo Music
"I sent the pictures to my parents the day I did the shoot," says the singer, who still looks somewhat boyish in person. "My dad was like, 'You know you got that from me, right?' He was proud more than anything."
Befitting his new studly status, Jonas now has a beauty-queen girlfriend in Olivia Culpo, 22 -- the 2012 Miss USA and Miss Universe -- who appears in the "Jealous" video and inspired the song. "We were at a bar, and this guy kept staring at her, [for] uncomfortably long," explains Jonas. "The next day I went in the studio and started [thinking] about the night before. It was like, 'That's the song we need to write today!' The song wrote itself. It was done within an hour."
But breaking up the Jonas Brothers -- who sold 4.5 million albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and landed 17 Hot 100 hits before splitting with their longtime label, Disney's Hollywood Records, in 2012 -- was much more complicated. The trio planned a comeback album and tour, but canceled both -- the latter just two days before it was supposed to start in November 2013. "There is a deep rift within the band," their spokesman told People at the time. "There was a big disagreement over their musical direction."
It turns out that Nick prompted the disagreement. "The moment for me came last summer," says Jonas, who had previously ventured from the JoBros in a side project with The Administration on 2010's Who I Am, which hinted at the R&B flavor of his new album. "I had to have a conversation to tell them where my head was at. I felt limited. I just wasn't feeling like we were vibing together anymore, and thought that our relationship as brothers might get complicated if we continued on that path. It was a tough conversation, of course, and it was a couple days of picking up the pieces. But once communication opened up and we started talking, we realized everyone felt the same way."
Now, while Nick is taking off with "Jealous," Kevin will star in the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice; Joe has been DJ'ing and hitting the fashion circuit, co-hosting Fashion Rocks Live's 2014 backstage show. Is there any brotherly jealousy of Nick's musical success? "Honestly, I don't know," says Jonas, speaking in measured tones. "I feel like they're excited for me. I've played them the music, and they seem to like it. Any time you transition out of one thing to another, there are moments of complication, but I have respect for them and the way they've supported me, because I know that it's tough."
This isn't the first time he has walked alone. Before the New Jersey-raised family band formed, an 11-year-old Jonas was signed as a solo artist to Sony Music Group by David Massey, who is now president of Jonas' label, Island Records. "The first call that I got after my brothers and I closed that chapter was Massey," recalls Jonas. "It's pretty wild that we're back together again after so much time."
From the very beginning, Massey saw something special in the precocious Jonas, who began singing in Broadway musicals including Les Miserables and Beauty and the Beast at age 6: "He was like a little grown man when he was 11. He was already such an old soul." And Massey has big plans for his artist's future: "I see him being a staple male global superstar like Justin Timberlake or George Michaelwas in the '80s. There haven't been enough of those complete-package superstars on the male side. Nick is a triple threat: He's a real singer, he's a real songwriter and musician, and he's a great actor."
Listen to Sexy New Nick Jonas Song 'Wilderness'
Despite growing up in the spotlight, Jonas has so far not gotten into any real trouble, making his metamorphosis even more startling. No Justin Bieber bad behavior from him -- well, at least not in public. "I've had my drunk nights with people I love who protect me, so there's that," he admits. "Earlier in life I carried this pressure -- a lot of people were affected by my decisions. But I realized that was a really unhealthy way to live because you have to make some bad choices and do some dumb shit to know who you are. So I just said, 'I'm going to live my life and have fun.' "
Which is presumably why Jonas is now more likely to be seen dancing on top of a bar between two male dancers in their underwear than singing sweetly on the Disney Channel. "There has been an effort in all of this next phase to do things I wouldn't have done in the past," he says. "It's the right moment in my life for all this. I feel free."
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 7, 2014 14:44:31 GMT -5
The standard edition is available from streaming on his VEVO page.There's nothing on the level of "Jealous," but I do like "Teacher." Overall, I find the album generic, BUT it's a lot better than anything I thought he was capable of putting out. All of this were my thoughts as I listened to the snippets. Maybe the full songs will persuade me more in the direction of buying it next week.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 7, 2014 19:40:36 GMT -5
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Post by surfy on Nov 7, 2014 19:47:11 GMT -5
Wait... is "Teacher" the next single and not "Numb"?!?!?!?!? Oh well, this song is good too.
Everything he does is so sexual, and this lyric video slays! Ha!
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Post by Illusions on Nov 7, 2014 20:15:21 GMT -5
Well that is a creative lyric video. Love the song.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 7, 2014 20:29:48 GMT -5
Wait... is "Teacher" the next single and not "Numb"?!?!?!?!? Oh well, this song is good too. Everything he does is so sexual, and this lyric video slays! Ha! Oh yeah
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Nov 7, 2014 20:32:57 GMT -5
He is making sure everybody in the sexual spectrum gets a taste. I'm not mad.
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Post by Pollen on Nov 8, 2014 0:40:16 GMT -5
This is pretty good. Really liking "Jealous", "Numb", "Teacher", "Nothing Would Be Better", "Chains", "Wilderness", and "Avalanche". Well sh*t, the whole album is actually really good.
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Post by Ryan on Nov 8, 2014 6:11:20 GMT -5
That Tinashe remix is so freaking hot! Should have been on the deluxe version tbh.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 8, 2014 11:45:20 GMT -5
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Nov 8, 2014 12:07:39 GMT -5
He is definitely going the correct route w/acknowledging his gay following & not being threaten or bothered by having them. Now if only this could be an ongoing trend for many other male artists we have out there.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 8, 2014 12:35:07 GMT -5
It's rare to see an artist so on the pulse of what to do to separate themselves from the rest and make a statement about their new sound.
And Entertainment Weekly gives it a B+.
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 9, 2014 23:16:50 GMT -5
...they are trying to cover all the bases, LOL.
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Post by surfy on Nov 9, 2014 23:21:30 GMT -5
That took me to church!!!
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Post by Illusions on Nov 9, 2014 23:21:51 GMT -5
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Post by McCreerian on Nov 10, 2014 0:06:03 GMT -5
Is there nothing this guy can't do?!
I'm listening to it on ITunes now. Fucking awesome album! It's flying up the sales chart there! This album is made for the bedroom!
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Post by sublime83 on Nov 10, 2014 0:16:16 GMT -5
Has "Teacher" been confirmed as the third single?
If so, the single choices have been odd. Just finished listening the album, and the clear standouts are "Wilderness", "Jealous," and "Numb." "Teacher" is ok, but the rest is forgettable.
Those three should have been singles, and in that order.
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Post by surfy on Nov 10, 2014 0:20:08 GMT -5
This album is pretty good, but overall the pre-order (+ singles) tracks are the only ones worth repeating, oh and the Demi one because I love her!!! <3
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Post by LBTrocks on Nov 10, 2014 0:58:33 GMT -5
The album as a whole is really good. I think the songs that were available before the album was released plus "Take Over" and "I Want You" are the best tracks. My two favorites are "Chains" and "Numb," although I'd much prefer a version without that Angel Haze chick. I was a little underwhelmed by "Avalanche" at first, but it's very good and it's already been growing on me. I like Demi, but I almost didn't recognize her vocals in the verse. She sings it very well though. Overall, the album is really solid.
I didn't buy the deluxe version though because I could never listen to that remix of "Chains" and I wasn't that into the preview of "Santa Barbara." "Closer" sounded good, but I'm pretty sure Mike Posner will drag that down a few notches. And besides, I can buy that song separately at any time. Price wise I still came out ahead to just complete the regular album on iTunes.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Nov 10, 2014 1:57:58 GMT -5
...they are trying to cover all the bases, LOL. The Gospel arrangement is nice, but it just seems a tad out of place for a song of the sexual variety. *waits for Lena Dunham or some other irrelevant "columnist" to try and drag Nick for appropriation*
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Nov 10, 2014 14:06:24 GMT -5
Nick Jonas: "I'm A Man. I Don't Need To Shave My Chest Hair."Instinct Staff | November 10, 2014 A little over a month ago, the Huffington Post's fabulous Noah Michelson applauded Nick Jonas' secondary happy trail, and all that it meant for the state of modern male sex objects. Sparked by Nick's sexy late-summer Flaunt shoot, Noah wrote: Nick Jonas is certainly no one's creepy uncle, and he's not a niche figure who doesn't get a lot of traction in Hollywood. He's a 22-year-old bona fide celebrity whose tax return may very well list his occupation as "heartthrob." So when I saw his hairy lower back and ass, which could have been erased easily via Photoshop, I got excited because I felt I was seeing what maybe, just maybe, could be interpreted as a breakthrough. Well, others have also noticed Nick's au natural look and wondered about his decision to go against the grain (which would be a horrible tip in shaving). Attitude Magazine broached the subject in its new cover-story interview with the singer/actor, and Nick's answer may leave your knees wobbly -- or not, if you're still in to the '90s look that's managed to persist for decades. “It’s funny, I never even really thought about it; that that would be an issue," Nick told Attitude. "I think that I’ve never even tried to like wax or shave my chest hair or anywhere else." “I just think, ‘I’m a man, I don’t really need to!’ That’s the beautiful part about being a man! It’s a whole lot of trouble to do all that! But of course, Nick looked to the LGBT community for guidance on whether or not his opinion would be popular. “But actually when we were doing some of the Kingdom shoots in our fight-wear – which is just shorts and that’s it – one of my friends on set who’s this awesome lesbian chick was like, ‘You know what I really dig? I really dig that you don’t shave or wax – keep that up!’ And I was like, okay, if that’s coming from her then I’m all good to go.” Do you like Nick's look? Would you prefer him smooth? source
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 10, 2014 14:09:00 GMT -5
All Music gives the album 3/5 stars: Slant gives the album 3.5/5 stars:
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