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Post by Anticonformity on Mar 28, 2016 6:14:16 GMT -5
Listening to some of Britney's album cuts today.
'Til It's Gone still slays. Gasoline is, well, fire. YES! Til it's Gone is one of her best songs ever! Should have been a single, love the beats and lyrics so much (except I feel like it should "daylight confines me to a cage" cause the other way doesn't make sense imo And I kind of love Perfume. There I said it. She looks bomb in the video too. YES! Get into her best album ever! I love the Perfume video... I love her look and acting in it... I absolutely love this rejuvenated Britney. She must be in a good place, I really hope this time around she'll put more effort into promotion, I have a feeling she could deliver a killer comeback record. I doubt they'll let another Britney Jean happen (although I truthfully have a love for that album... The tracks she sings on that is.) Does anyone actually know which tracks are mostly Myah Marie singing and which are mostly Britney? I would guess that Chillin With You is almost all Britney?
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Post by Colton on Mar 28, 2016 6:51:51 GMT -5
Passenger is such an underrated bop
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Post by mc54 on Mar 28, 2016 8:20:44 GMT -5
The album release could've gone in a much different direction if she released "Til It's Gone" as the first single... It would've smashed on dance radio. The label was so fu*ked with releasing random remix packages for "It Should Be Easy" & "Tik Tik Boom" - when TIG was clearly the club single waiting to happen.
Should've been 1. TIG, 2. Alien, 3. Work Bitch -- end of album.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 8:43:45 GMT -5
Anticonformity I can appreciate your perpetual and unfounded defense of the album, but you can still like it and acknowledge that Britney isn't as present as she could be and probably doesn't even like it. Differences of opinion are made more interesting when you aren't willfully ignorant. Yes, I'm sure you have a comeback to that saying I'm wrong. This is just something to think about. I absolutely love this rejuvenated Britney. She must be in a good place, I really hope this time around she'll put more effort into promotion, I have a feeling she could deliver a killer comeback record. I doubt they'll let another Britney Jean happen (although I truthfully have a love for that album... The tracks she sings on that is.) Does anyone actually know which tracks are mostly Myah Marie singing and which are mostly Britney? I would guess that Chillin With You is almost all Britney? a lot of the album's protools leaked (if you know the right people). Every song has Britney singing, but just as much is Myah. A lot of songs, like 'Passenger', are almost duets-- that high note is NOT Britney, for example. Same goes for the harmonies in the bridge of work bitch. I think Britney sings all of one pitch the entire time while Myah does all the cool stuff. I like to think this is because of the budgeting drama and Britney just refusing to care about the album enough to finish the songs they could scrape together, but idk. Either way, it's pretty clear she doesn't care for the album at all if the Vegas setlist is anything to go by. She usually gets a ton of wiggle room when picking setlists, and iirc 'Work Bitch' is the only song still left from Britney Jean, right?
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Mar 28, 2016 11:38:40 GMT -5
I love Britney but am pretty disturbed by the fact that she is essentially having an uncredited vocal impersonator all over an album with her name on it. I dunno though, could just be me. I never really followed the Myah controversy that much though, admittedly.
Whoa...Toy Soldier just started playing on my phone as I came into this thread.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Mar 28, 2016 11:57:56 GMT -5
It is definitely bothersome, although imo it's no worse than JLo only singing the verses on many of her songs with the "background" singers doing the chorus/bridge, or TLC using Debra Killings to immulate a missing group member on a lot of their songs. Still, I hope they learned their lesson and know they were not tricking anyone.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Mar 28, 2016 12:04:03 GMT -5
Whoa...Toy Soldier just started playing on my phone as I came into this thread. You hear a smash on the radio bet I penned it
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Mar 28, 2016 12:54:06 GMT -5
Whoa...Toy Soldier just started playing on my phone as I came into this thread. You hear a smash on the radio bet I penned itSigh...remember when that was true?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 14:03:25 GMT -5
It is definitely bothersome, although imo it's no worse than JLo only singing the verses on many of her songs with the "background" singers doing the chorus/bridge, or TLC using Debra Killings to immulate a missing group member on a lot of their songs. Still, I hope they learned their lesson and know they were not tricking anyone. Probably not, or rather they don't care about the minority of people who would know it was Myah, lol. The most appealing thing about Britney was never that she really sang (well, for me), but her phenomenal ear for music. Myah's presence from Circus (I think? Maybe she came around during the Femme Fatale era) on never bothered me, really, because Britney's "artistry"-- Idek what to call it-- was still apparent. What I mean is, Myah's not even what makes Britney Jean bad for me, but rather the album itself is just kinda s**t and clearly not what Britney wanted it to be either, which is likely why they had to rely on Myah so much as they did for it. Same goes for Femme Fatale. On that note, I hope that the BS9 we get is the album Britney wanted to record, even if that means it's a Myah tribute album. I'd rather that than a Georgio Moroder mess where the producer slaps some random vocals in that don't fit at all if Britney can't be arsed to record.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Mar 28, 2016 14:19:12 GMT -5
I mean I know Britney's never been the best singer (the sad thing is is that her unfiltered, or mostly unfiltered, vocals from her first few albums were actually pretty good. I always assumed she lip synced for the first part of her career because of the dancing more than anything). But just the fact that she smoked regularly for over ten years is enough to make her vocals get worse overtime.
My problem with Britney Jean has ALWAYS been the production. I think a lot of the songs themselves are good, some REALLY good, but aside from Work Bitch, it is the first Britney album that sounds cheap. It's not mixed properly, there are technical errors, and you can hear Britney and Myah going back and forth on Passenger. Their voices should have at least been properly blended. If you think of Britney Jean as a rough demos album, it makes it more appealing, lol. The back cover also had spelling errors, Ariel font, and unreadable white text over her white arm. Nobody who worked on that album tried very hard, so I have no doubt she was not feeling the album. If she was, she would have done the bare minimum, but even that wasn't done.
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Post by poplife on Mar 28, 2016 18:54:58 GMT -5
I really question the majority of Body Ache and Passenger vocals. What really surprised me about Passenger is if that really is Myah leading that song, putting in that soaring note was just so odd. We know that's not Britney, why is that even there? I just really hope this next album has no Myah backgrounds.
Okay, let's talk amazing Britney moments - Before The Goodbye? What an excellent gem! I would've loved it if she did a whole album with BT (or at least have him produce the majority of it) back in that 2000-2001 era. Britney was serving electro dance before anyone else :'(
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Post by Marooned@Midnight on Mar 28, 2016 20:07:36 GMT -5
I don't have anything to contribute to this Britney Jean conversation besides what I've already said 10,000 times before.
But the mention of Before the Goodbye has brought me out of my silence. What absolute perfection. A whole album of that please!
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Post by bat1990 on Mar 28, 2016 22:15:50 GMT -5
I was jammin' to Femme Fatale deluxe tracks on the bus to work today. I've been singing either "Down & up & down & up & down & up & down" or "he about to lose, bout to lose, bout to lose, he about to lose me-e" to myself all damn day
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2016 22:20:47 GMT -5
'Up n Down' is one of her best songs. Really shocked it got relegated to bonus track material.
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Post by poplife on Mar 28, 2016 22:47:37 GMT -5
I think Scary should've been a deluxe track and not just a Japanese bonus. It could've easily replaced Don't Keep Me Waiting. I'm really loving that one, He About To Lose Me and Selfish at the moment. That 'boom boom baby' is catchy af. I was never really a big fan of He About until recently it just clicked with me. I love the emotion in her voice on the "I got someone, waiting at home.." part.
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Post by Anticonformity on Mar 29, 2016 1:57:32 GMT -5
Anticonformity I can appreciate your perpetual and unfounded defense of the album, but you can still like it and acknowledge that Britney isn't as present as she could be and probably doesn't even like it. Differences of opinion are made more interesting when you aren't willfully ignorant. Yes, I'm sure you have a comeback to that saying I'm wrong. This is just something to think about. So did Britney tell you this last week or this past weekend while you two were in Hawaii? Or are you just so obsessed with my posts about the album and your own biased opinion that you are projecting what you want her to feel? Something to think about... Yes I'm sure you'll have something to say back... #Cute
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Post by KissMyAxe on Mar 29, 2016 5:34:28 GMT -5
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Mar 29, 2016 5:48:28 GMT -5
'Up n Down' is one of her best songs. Really shocked it got relegated to bonus track material. My favorite britney song of all time. Next to BOMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2016 7:29:46 GMT -5
Anticonformity I can appreciate your perpetual and unfounded defense of the album, but you can still like it and acknowledge that Britney isn't as present as she could be and probably doesn't even like it. Differences of opinion are made more interesting when you aren't willfully ignorant. Yes, I'm sure you have a comeback to that saying I'm wrong. This is just something to think about. So did Britney tell you this last week or this past weekend while you two were in Hawaii? Or are you just so obsessed with my posts about the album and your own biased opinion that you are projecting what you want her to feel? Something to think about... Yes I'm sure you'll have something to say back... #Cute You have such a lovely attitude, lol. No, I don't know Britney personally. I do know she has almost complete control of the Vegas setlist, and the album is paid dust. I do know several producers have gone on record saying the record wasn't what she wanted it to be. I do know none of the producers she worked with for that album have been contacted for this one. I do know she was more excited about promoting Vegas than the album. I mean... this isn't hard. I'm only bringing this up not because I'm obsessed with your posts (ok?), but because you get incredibly defensive and snotty whenever the album is mentioned, in passing or otherwise. Chances are you probably wouldn't get such replies here and elsewhere if you didn't take a shot at anyone with even the slightest negative opinion of the album, or in this case just that Myah sang on it a lot. It's totally cool that you like it. I don't care. When I say "something to think about", it's not because I'm trying to be a dick or tell you not to like it; rather, these are real criticisms/casual opinions of the album being discussed, and it would be nice if you take the condescending bias s**t elsewhere because it doesn't contribute anything to that discussion. Edit: clarified my point.
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Post by Marooned@Midnight on Mar 29, 2016 11:06:20 GMT -5
Let's be honest here, the bias goes both ways. It's like the anti-BJ crowd has to make snarky comments to the pro-BJ crowd because "Britney doesn't like the album anyway" and of course the pro-BJ crowd can't stand the rest of the fanbase not seeing the album for the "perfection that it is." Let's just all enjoy what we enjoy. I don't think it's anywhere near as black and white as everyone wants to pretend it is. Britney Jean is my third favorite Britney album (behind In The Zone and Blackout) and I really think you can see shades of her personal life and struggles all throughout the album. That's my opinion. But, let's also not deny the fact that Britney has a ton of writing credit on the album and that Britney has NEVER been one to accept writing credit when it is not due.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2016 11:25:09 GMT -5
Let's be honest here, the bias goes both ways. It's like the anti-BJ crowd has to make snarky comments to the pro-BJ crowd because "Britney doesn't like the album anyway" and of course the pro-BJ crowd can't stand the rest of the fanbase not seeing the album for the "perfection that it is." I'm really not a fan of this discussion so I'm going to say what I have to and leave it, but when someone asks a genuine question about Myah's involvement and gets talked down to by someone? That's not the "anti-BJ" crowd (me) being snarky by responding to that, that's me telling someone to chill because there genuinely was no bias in the discussion up until that point and not every comment about the album demands a defense. If any bias did exist in the discussion, it was at the very least prefaced with "I think" or something to indicate that we're talking opinions here up until someone got an attitude. Like, yeah, I've seen some of the most melodramatic posts made about this album, but they don't usually come from here... for the most part, anyway.
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Post by poplife on Mar 29, 2016 11:50:00 GMT -5
I kinda feel responsible for this fight because I made that comment about "the tracks she sings on" and I brought on the 2013 Myah discussion. You guys can blame this one on me lol. I do love my 'Britney Jean', Alien is probably in my top 3 Britney of all time. The album alone is legendary because it has that song on it. Same with Perfume actually. I can't imagine her discography without those two. I love them so, so much. I think I might go listen to Britney Jean right now...
(Taste the victory).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2016 11:56:49 GMT -5
I kinda feel responsible for this fight because I made that comment about "the tracks she sings on" and I brought on the 2013 Myah discussion. You guys can blame this one on me lol. I do love my 'Britney Jean', Alien is probably in my top 3 Britney of all time. The album alone is legendary because it has that song on it. Same with Perfume actually. I can't imagine her discography without those two. I love them so, so much. I think I might go listen to Britney Jean right now... (Taste the victory). ;) troll icon
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Mar 29, 2016 13:17:44 GMT -5
I mean, damn... I like the Britney album a lot but I can at least understand why people don't and are entitled to their opinions, while they also post blatant facts about the circumstances surrounding its creation and promotion or lack thereof.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Mar 29, 2016 16:56:52 GMT -5
Somehow I came across the I Am the Femme Fatale documentary again, and I just wanna say, wow she's come a long way from 2011. The Femme Fatale era was such a mixed bag, because it was an amazing album, and she was all over the radio again, but I remember this interview being almost heartbreaking to watch. Especially after seeing her kill the Circus era and thinking it was all behind her. Her interviews now may be short and generally unsatisfying, but holy f**k what is she on here? (It reminded me a lot of this Janet interview where she seems so out of it.)
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Post by Dammn Baby on Mar 29, 2016 20:33:57 GMT -5
Britney in 2011 (like Janet in 2004) was a walking endorsement for Zoloft. Hopefully bitches got paid.
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Post by Anticonformity on Mar 29, 2016 22:51:16 GMT -5
Let's be honest here, the bias goes both ways. It's like the anti-BJ crowd has to make snarky comments to the pro-BJ crowd because "Britney doesn't like the album anyway" and of course the pro-BJ crowd can't stand the rest of the fanbase not seeing the album for the "perfection that it is." Let's just all enjoy what we enjoy. I don't think it's anywhere near as black and white as everyone wants to pretend it is. Britney Jean is my third favorite Britney album (behind In The Zone and Blackout) and I really think you can see shades of her personal life and struggles all throughout the album. That's my opinion. But, let's also not deny the fact that Britney has a ton of writing credit on the album and that Britney has NEVER been one to accept writing credit when it is not due. Your response, as usual, is way better than i could have put it... Thank you!
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Post by think pink. on Mar 29, 2016 23:50:13 GMT -5
Uhm, gorls, who gives two flying fck's about Myah Jean when bitch is in Hawaii looking like this!?
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Post by KissMyAxe on Mar 30, 2016 5:36:35 GMT -5
Uhm, gorls, who gives two flying fck's about Myah Jean when bitch is in Hawaii looking like this!? as usual your posts are my favorite girl
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Post by It's me, bitch. on Mar 30, 2016 10:59:47 GMT -5
Somehow I came across the I Am the Femme Fatale documentary again, and I just wanna say, wow she's come a long way from 2011. The Femme Fatale era was such a mixed bag, because it was an amazing album, and she was all over the radio again, but I remember this interview being almost heartbreaking to watch. Especially after seeing her kill the Circus era and thinking it was all behind her. Her interviews now may be short and generally unsatisfying, but holy f**k what is she on here? (It reminded me a lot of this Janet interview where she seems so out of it.) What happened to this Adam manager in addition to Larry? I wonder if she still has that assistant. Her interviews with sway are cringe worthy but the behind-the-scenes of her life are pretty enjoyable.
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