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Post by ritymeez on Jul 30, 2013 1:27:18 GMT -5
Well its not gonna be her standard pop she has said that she is going more urban 100000 times, but that she will still have some pop. And when exactly has her veering more urban not worked out for her? Her only Urban song is No Air, which is her biggest hit, sooooo .... And if you're referring to SOS that wasn't Urban, that was that electro pop dance crap! Eh, even though NA did well on the R&B chart it still comes off as a very poppy song to me. I'd hardly classify it as really being urban. So what are these "urban" songs you're talking about? She obviously has not released them as singles.
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Post by Air Jordin on Jul 31, 2013 13:13:44 GMT -5
Tomorrow is the big day!
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Post by popbox on Jul 31, 2013 14:37:40 GMT -5
Eh, even though NA did well on the R&B chart it still comes off as a very poppy song to me. I'd hardly classify it as really being urban. So what are these "urban" songs you're talking about? She obviously has not released them as singles. I Am Woman was her trying to be more urban and that was a big fail that felt forced from her. She's established herself pretty firmly in the pop lane, and that's where I think she works best. Rihanna she is not.
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Post by groovy on Jul 31, 2013 17:10:18 GMT -5
She did a lot of R&B songs with Sparkle but welp, nobody cared...
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Post by Air Jordin on Jul 31, 2013 23:12:46 GMT -5
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Post by Enyasurvivor on Aug 1, 2013 7:07:24 GMT -5
any word on when and where this is premiering today?
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Post by Au$tin on Aug 1, 2013 9:45:11 GMT -5
She did a lot of R&B songs with Sparkle but welp, nobody cared... What did you expect, though? Sparkle only opened $11.6 million and only grossed $24.4 million and would've brought in less had Whitney not died. It's not like she recorded songs for a huge blockbuster.
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Post by Air Jordin on Aug 1, 2013 9:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by Enyasurvivor on Aug 1, 2013 10:00:27 GMT -5
Well that's disappointing and makes me kinda nervous. Are they breaking up? Were they unsure of how it would perform? Is Skipping a Beat super generic like The Other Side for a quick-fix hit? Why does love always feel like a battlefield? So many questions left unanswered!!
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Post by Air Jordin on Aug 1, 2013 10:47:13 GMT -5
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Post by Kurt on Aug 1, 2013 10:54:06 GMT -5
Fixed link: www.excedrinjordinsparksmp3download.com/Also updated the thread title; the song's called "Skippin'" according to the download (though maybe Excedrin's right and the metadata's wrong? lol uhhh). edit: ok never mind I changed it back I don't even know lol D:
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Post by The Upper Hand on Aug 1, 2013 10:54:07 GMT -5
IT'S HERE! https://www.excedrinjordinsparksmp3download...dConditions.htm It doesn't work for me. Is this "Skipping A Beat"?
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Post by Air Jordin on Aug 1, 2013 10:58:24 GMT -5
It doesn't work for me. Is this "Skipping A Beat"? It didn't work for me, but there's a direct link from Excedrin's twitter page. It was the last tweet they made. You just have to fill out some info and the d/l is free for a limited time. twitter.com/ExcedrinSorry! Fixed the link
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Post by NeRD on Aug 1, 2013 11:01:21 GMT -5
Do you seriously have to sign up to listen to the song?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 11:02:55 GMT -5
Do you seriously have to sign up to listen to the song? You actually get a free download of it.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Aug 1, 2013 11:08:14 GMT -5
Many thanks, guys!
Honestly I was expecting something better. And the song is called "Skipping A Beat".
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Post by NeRD on Aug 1, 2013 11:23:31 GMT -5
Do you seriously have to sign up to listen to the song? You actually get a free download of it. What if I don't want a free download; just listen?
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Post by Enyasurvivor on Aug 1, 2013 11:24:33 GMT -5
whoever mixed this should be fired. Other than that, it's a pretty good song.
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Post by Au$tin on Aug 1, 2013 11:24:53 GMT -5
Excedrin? What an odd endorsement! I'll wait for a YouTube link.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 11:52:19 GMT -5
Not good. Not good.
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Post by Sir Benji on Aug 1, 2013 12:04:03 GMT -5
I rarely ever take any type of medicine I am not about to sign up for alerts from Excedrin just to listen to this lmao
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Post by Juanca on Aug 1, 2013 12:13:24 GMT -5
After listening to the download I get the endorsement. Quite a headache!! Is the label seriously thinking this is a comeback song? She has a good voice but to me this song feels even more dates than The Way. Ayayay! I'm rooting for Jordin's comeback and hope she has a hit in her hands but I'm disappointed.
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Post by Sir Benji on Aug 1, 2013 12:25:28 GMT -5
This is on her soundcloud. It's average but it sounds like a demo.
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Post by hitseeker. on Aug 1, 2013 12:38:22 GMT -5
This is nice but I also expected better. I can see this growing on me :)
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Post by dbhmr on Aug 1, 2013 12:44:38 GMT -5
This is a mess. She is one of the most bland, uninspired, unfocused, and personality-free pop singers out there, and always has been. She's had a few hits, but has never made any sort of impact.
But what I really don't get is the label. Someone's directing her, and they're directing her to really flat material.
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Post by think pink. on Aug 1, 2013 12:48:26 GMT -5
She should have just kept "The Way" for herself if she was going this route. I agree that it sounds like a demo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 12:52:52 GMT -5
The song is cute, but.
It's never good when there's a but.
One, the mixing is not right, as a couple of others mentioned. It sounds LQ/like a demo (weirdly I think the first couple of snippets I listened to sounded more finished than the full song). Two, this song is very much in the vein of "The Way," but it's not as strong as "The Way" and most people are not going to be aware (or care) that "The Way" was originally meant for Jordin. So to some, it may come off as her trying to jump on the new retro bandwagon and ape Ariana's sound, which will tick me off b/c I know she's not.
And three, there is nothing wrong with sponsorship, make that money is what I say. But for the single itself, who thought a good idea for premiering the lead single is forcing people to sign up for an email list just to download it? No. NO. Make a worldwide announcement and put this on your website, send it to iTunes on a Tuesday and to radio on Wednesday, and get your shit together and have some promo lined up for the week and week after, like a proper, normally hyped lead single. This is just sloppy, and is making me think RCA isn't putting any money behind her (or at the very least is playing a 'wait and see' game where she basically has to swim on her own before they do something).
If they put out a proper mixing there may be hope for this...if someone had told me back in February that a song like "The Way" would be a pop hit I wouldn't have believed that person. It's not like there isn't space for SAB and other songs like this, since radio isn't saturated with the sound yet. After a few listens it grew on me pretty quickly, so there could be a chance that radio and casual music fans feel the same and it does well enough to get her to single #2/album #4. But this is certainly not a surefire song and the seeming non-involvement from RCA indicates that they feel the same way. Sigh. I hope things work out for her regardless.
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Post by Air Jordin on Aug 1, 2013 12:54:11 GMT -5
Ok so based on Jordin's latest tweet, I don't think this is the single. I think it's just an album track to preview her new sound. So I think this should be moved to the Non-singles thread.
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Post by jdanton2 on Aug 1, 2013 14:14:44 GMT -5
i think it sounds great . very R&B influenced.
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Post by Ace on Aug 1, 2013 14:22:16 GMT -5
Yeah I agree that there doesn't seem to be enough evidence of this being the lead single at this point...in fact, the evidence is stacked against that, unless RCA is really THAT terrible...
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