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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 21, 2014 21:58:17 GMT -5
Another promo picture. Thats it.. I'm spent.. Lol... Loving my Gurrl!!! my God! Open your heart now! love Love LOVE
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 21:59:03 GMT -5
This wont help the ice queen rumors
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 21, 2014 22:25:10 GMT -5
Devil Pray is the ultimate song. REPEAT!! Today Rebel Heart Peaked #1 in 46 countries iTunes WW. #1 United States #1 Argentina #1 Australia #1 Belgium #1 Brazil #1 Canada #1 Chile #1 Colombia #1 Czech Republic #1 El Salvador #1 Finland #1 France #1 Greece #1 Guatemala #1 Israel #1 Italy #1 Mexico #1 Netherlands #1 Peru #1 Philippines #1 Poland #1 Portugal #1 Romania #1 Russia #1 Slovakia #1 Slovenia #1 Spain #1 Sweden #1 Switzerland #1 Ukraine #1 Cyprus #1 Ecuador #1 Hungary #1 Malaysia #1 Malta #1 Paraguay #1 Singapore #1 Taiwan #1 Costa Rica #1 Dominican Republic #1 Venezuela #1 Panama #1 Thailand #1 Kazakhstan #1 Hondura #1 Bulgaria Yes, Ma'am, La Ciccone!!
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Post by Illusions on Dec 21, 2014 22:28:03 GMT -5
This Week's Top Ten (21st December 2014)9. Madonna - 'Ghosttown 'We can't wait to hear the rest of the album after listening to these two tracks this weekend. Madonna shows us all how she is, and always will be…the pop queen. 10. Madonna - 'Devil Pray' Looks like Madge has stunned us all with 'Devil Pray' from her brand new album. The tracks from her upcoming LP were leaked, so in true Madonna style, she decided to release them early to show everyone who is boss. Source
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 21, 2014 22:32:17 GMT -5
"Rebel Heart salutes The Pinkprint! Here's to another great collab! Nicki Minaj Madonna Best of luck with your new record! #rebelheart #pinkprint #unapologeticbitches" -Madonna "Even Homer is #livingforlove #unapologeticbitch #rebelheart" -Madonna "Living for my fans! #livingforlove #rebelheart" -Madonna She so awesome sauce!!
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Post by Live Your Life on Dec 21, 2014 22:44:20 GMT -5
Whoever mixed the vocals on these new songs did an awful job. I'm surprised she even approved them. As for the songs themselves, they're definitely a step up from anything on her last two albums.
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Post by @DjKingBee on Dec 21, 2014 23:56:29 GMT -5
Just heard inside out it's a good song
Was really hoping that was Alicia Keys on Living for Love !!! That would be an epic performance if it was :/ and isnt it odd it sounds just like her !! Lol at her saying diplo is a bad ass Dj not anywhere neAr executive producer
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Post by So Pure on Dec 21, 2014 23:59:04 GMT -5
Holy Water has leaked as well. No pun intended!
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Post by popbox on Dec 22, 2014 1:24:37 GMT -5
After a little time to gestate, I must say Devil Pray is truly a-may-zing. I think it may be upper echelons of her catalog good. I must say I'm not sure I thought she would ever hit some of these quality highs again. So impressed. Current rankings:
1. Devil Pray: A+ 2. Living For Love: A (getting more used to the vocals, but they're still the only thing stopping this from being A+ perfection for me) 3. Bitch I'm Madonna: A (This is so fun. If she's going to do juvenile lyrics at least make it interesting, catchy, and tongue in cheek. It's like everything that HC was trying to be and failed at. And that production is far from generic.) 4. Ghosttown: A- (Not quite as enamored as some with it, but it is very good. One of her stronger melodies in awhile.) 5. Illuminati: A- (Quickly growing something fierce on me. The vocals and that production are all kinds of intriguing) 6. Unapogetic Bitch: B+ (Also growing on me. Only one I didn't like initially but it's also got some interesting stuff going on and again you can't call it generic unlike so much of her stuff since COADF.)
Just for comparison, the only song on Hard Candy I would give an A- or higher to is Devil Wouldn't Recognize You. And nothing gets better than a B from me on MDNA.
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Post by grandelf on Dec 22, 2014 2:34:41 GMT -5
Inside Out is nice and the Nine Inch Nails-esque production makes it special but these slower songs/ballads we've heard so far all sound so formulaic. It's like she wants to create a series of Masterpiece-like songs, having several of these on one album is really pointless, especially on tour, where she usually only has 1-2 slower moments. We already know Joan of Arc will be on the album and that is already redundant next to Ghosttown since the latter has the stronger chorus.
It seems as if she wants to please EVERYONE, even moreso than on the previous album, some club bangers, several ballads harkening back to her pre-2000 slow songs and of course the "modern" sounding tracks with hitmaker producers...
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Post by colbyco on Dec 22, 2014 3:58:56 GMT -5
Looks like us UK fans will have to wait until February 20th for "Living for Love" as UK iTunes is showing February 20th as its release date. UK fans can pre-order it now though.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 4:11:19 GMT -5
They're all great, except for BIM. But she proves no doubt that she is in another league than the rest. This is future music right here. Loving it sooooo much. Just wow on some of these tracks.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 4:39:14 GMT -5
In fact, this beats anything off something like 1989, for example. It's just in a different league. So proud.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 4:53:27 GMT -5
After a little time to gestate, I must say Devil Pray is truly a-may-zing. I think it may be upper echelons of her catalog good. I must say I'm not sure I thought she would ever hit some of these quality highs again. So impressed. Current rankings: 1. Devil Pray: A+ 2. Living For Love: A (getting more used to the vocals, but they're still the only thing stopping this from being A+ perfection for me) 3. Bitch I'm Madonna: A (This is so fun. If she's going to do juvenile lyrics at least make it interesting, catchy, and tongue in cheek. It's like everything that HC was trying to be and failed at. And that production is far from generic.) 4. Ghosttown: A- (Not quite as enamored as some with it, but it is very good. One of her stronger melodies in awhile.) 5. Illuminati: A- (Quickly growing something fierce on me. The vocals and that production are all kinds of intriguing) 6. Unapogetic Bitch: B+ (Also growing on me. Only one I didn't like initially but it's also got some interesting stuff going on and again you can't call it generic unlike so much of her stuff since COADF.) Just for comparison, the only song on Hard Candy I would give an A- or higher to is Devil Wouldn't Recognize You. And nothing gets better than a B from me on MDNA. Its so exciting!!
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Post by August on Dec 22, 2014 7:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 22, 2014 7:51:28 GMT -5
I had the six on repeat last night. They are just so fantastic. Devil Pray is just so amazing but I really love them all. She did right by us. I love her so much!! "unapologeticlayingdownbitch. #rebelheart" -Madonna Why is she so damn gorgeous?
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Post by Tea-why on Dec 22, 2014 8:00:53 GMT -5
"Even Homer is #livingforlove #unapologeticbitch #rebelheart" -Madonna As a huge Simpson's fan, Madonna mentioning Homer brings me a lot of joy. I caved and pre-ordered the album on iTunes. I guess it's digital this time for me.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 22, 2014 8:27:13 GMT -5
Fan art. Spendid!
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Post by bat1990 on Dec 22, 2014 10:51:40 GMT -5
Just heard inside out it's a good song Was really hoping that was Alicia Keys on Living for Love !!! That would be an epic performance if it was :/ and isnt it odd it sounds just like her !! Lol at her saying diplo is a bad ass Dj not anywhere neAr executive producer Alicia can't sing like that anymore. She has destroyed her voice.
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Post by Pink Pvssy on Dec 22, 2014 11:00:16 GMT -5
In fact, this beats anything off something like 1989, for example. It's just in a different league. So proud. I'm a big fan of 1989 and I love Pop Taylor but Rebel Heart's six songs that were released are so much better than Taylor's whole album. I can't wait to hear the final product of Madonna's masterpiece.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 22, 2014 11:06:26 GMT -5
Nicki's rap on Bitch I'm Madonna is so f*cking awesome!!!
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Post by Safado on Dec 22, 2014 11:14:15 GMT -5
The reviews for this album or the six songs so far are so positive, I am loving this era. Cheers Madge, you did alright. :)
P.S the haters gonna hate:)
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 11:47:48 GMT -5
In fact, this beats anything off something like 1989, for example. It's just in a different league. So proud. I'm a big fan of 1989 and I love Pop Taylor but Rebel Heart's six songs that were released are so much better than Taylor's whole album. I can't wait to hear the final product of Madonna's masterpiece. I like 1989 too, but as I said, this is just in a different league. I also really like this unique strategy of releasing the album. She's dominating iTunes right now, and she'll dominate again Feb 9th. And then she'll dominate again in March. So she gets 3 stages of iTunes exposure. That surely is good for boosting sales.
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Post by xxzion72xx on Dec 22, 2014 12:34:12 GMT -5
Album down to #2 on iTunes , I agree... The album will see 3 major shots of impact .., plus the physical sales, should make for a spectacular debut on the charts.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 22, 2014 12:38:23 GMT -5
www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgiDOWNLOAD THIS: Here’s a pre-Christmas sales snapshot nobody anticipated. Last week we saw the surprise release of D’Angelo’s RCA album; on Friday we saw something new—an unpremeditated surprise pre-order. Reacting to the leak of six tracks from Madonna’s upcoming Rebel Heart, Maverick and Interscope decided to make all six available as instant-grat and a la carte offerings (see item below). We’ve never seen a pre-order go live this early, nor can we think of a previous instance of this many instant-grat tracks appearing simultaneously. Some albums eventually get to six tracks prior to release, but they typically go up one at a time. By our math, Interscope just scored $7.74 per pre-order in billing? this year on an album that’s not out till 3/10, brightening the label’s P&L at the very last minute. This is the first case in memory (our memory, at least) of a label making such a big score in this way. And speaking of getting hot late, RCA presently has four albums on the big board: a pair from Pentatonix, D’Angelo and the Annie ST. (12/22a)
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 13:14:59 GMT -5
I think Illuminati will be a tour interlude. It screams it!!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 22, 2014 13:38:40 GMT -5
So M/Interscope really did manage to do something new/fresh with this pre-order. :'(
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2014 13:54:55 GMT -5
I think Rebel Heart will be on the final 7 songs, because it will instantly be #1 on iTunes cuz of preorders. And then she'll release it as a single and it will already have #1 exposure. It will be brilliant.
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 22, 2014 14:07:51 GMT -5
Others don't seem to agree, but I can't get enough of Unapologetic Bit*h! Love it...I can so relate to the lyrics after breaking up with bf of 5 years after finding out he was lying for years about stuff.
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Post by tommymonster44 on Dec 22, 2014 14:59:15 GMT -5
Whoever mixed the vocals on these new songs did an awful job. I'm surprised she even approved them. As for the songs themselves, they're definitely a step up from anything on her last two albums. This. And it isn't just the mixing of the vocals, either. I feel like Madonna needs a producer that will push her vocally in the studio. Even though she isn't a vocalist, she has had many records in the past where her voice has sounded amazing. Living for Love is great, but it would have blown everyones socks off had it had strong vocals to match.
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