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Post by think pink. on Oct 20, 2023 10:40:06 GMT -5
Ooh! I love when R&B divas release Christmas albums!. Excited for this, along with her Christmas movie for Netflix!.
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Post by Zinc. on Oct 20, 2023 13:17:56 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 20, 2023 13:21:36 GMT -5
I'm kind of intrigued! I just hope she's actually singing on this, because that last album was a bunch of vocal stacking and nonsense.
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Post by Caviar on Oct 20, 2023 15:25:38 GMT -5
“Feels Different” sounds like a banger.
Can’t wait to hear her version of “The Christmas Song”.
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Post by Zinc. on Oct 24, 2023 10:54:58 GMT -5
This looks cute
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Post by Zinc. on Oct 27, 2023 13:58:34 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Oct 27, 2023 16:55:33 GMT -5
I like the new Christmas song. Sounds nice.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 3, 2023 1:58:16 GMT -5
Incredible. The holiday references are subtle which means I can play this all year round!
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Post by Zinc. on Nov 9, 2023 14:29:23 GMT -5
Good interview.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 9, 2023 16:29:01 GMT -5
I can’t wait!!!
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Post by Zinc. on Nov 9, 2023 17:18:28 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Nov 10, 2023 0:19:09 GMT -5
Out!
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Post by Dreams on Nov 11, 2023 20:40:39 GMT -5
Sorry, but the production on this album is wack. That is exactly how you should NOT produce a Christmas album. I got Destiny's Child 8 Days of Christmas flashbacks.
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Post by Night Senses on Nov 12, 2023 13:06:48 GMT -5
Sorry, but the production on this album is wack. That is exactly how you should NOT produce a Christmas album. I got Destiny's Child 8 Days of Christmas flashbacks. I was afraid of this. I knew they’d find a way to mess it up, even though she had all the potential in the world to make a modern day classic. Perhaps it should’ve happened directly after NSN (fall of 99), as opposed to now. I guarantee you it’d be an album in rotation to this day. Just imagining NSN as a Christmas album is all I need to convince me. “Santa in Disguise he was, but somehow the gift was love…” LOL.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 12, 2023 17:39:08 GMT -5
Up to #2 on the Holiday albums chart. Can’t wait until the promotion starts.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 17, 2023 11:46:39 GMT -5
I'm admittedly not a big fan of Christmas music, so this was always going to be hit or miss for me. There's some cute tracks and I especially love "Christmas Party For Two." I do agree that some of the production is off, but the biggest disappointment for me is her vocal approach. She did the same thing on B7, where she's reduced her voice to almost nothing but texture. Brandy's always had those kind of songs, but she's always served vocal moments where she's singing out as well. That's missing across almost this entire album. It sounds to me like she's had a steep vocal decline and she's taking this approach to get around it. Also, her enunciation is so slurry on some of these songs, not sure what was going on there.
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Post by Zinc. on Nov 17, 2023 19:05:14 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Nov 23, 2023 12:00:08 GMT -5
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 6, 2023 8:55:24 GMT -5
The vinyl cover should have been the standard album art. The regular version of her looking down doesn't fit the vibe. I agree the production is off, the album works best as background music, not as something to listen to. The vocals are pushed way down and the enunciation is so garbled that you can't decipher the lyrics in half of the songs.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 8, 2023 15:28:01 GMT -5
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Post by George on Dec 12, 2023 10:24:18 GMT -5
I’m glad she’s no longer dismissing the album:
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Post by Caviar on Dec 12, 2023 11:48:43 GMT -5
Great album Got me through.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 12, 2023 12:58:56 GMT -5
Human was very Becky and kinda generic, but it wasn't a BAD album, per se. 1st & Love, Right Here (Departed), and Fall still go hard and are among her best songs.
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Post by cjay on Dec 12, 2023 21:21:21 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Human! Not a bad song on that album. My favorites are:
-Camoflauge -Long Distance -Right Here (Departed) -Fall -Shattered Heart -True -1st & Love
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