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Post by Ty on Jun 20, 2024 11:03:58 GMT -5
The album is good. My only complaint is Take My Time—it seems out of place from the other tracks being sensual R&B while it’s an attempt at a Pop dance track. I have already skipped it. Her biggest issue, there’s not a big song on here—everything is just good, imo. Candy Paint could have been a moment if the production switched up at least. It is crazy there aren’t any visuals for another track besides Wild Side. It's literally a highlight of an otherwise slow album. I almost thought Kaytranada produced it.
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Post by Sounds from the Other Side on Jun 20, 2024 18:35:36 GMT -5
This album is much better than I expected. It's very cohesive and I like the overall sound. I feel like "Take My Time" would have been a cute follow-up to "Motivation". While the slower tracks are enjoyable, I find tracks like "Big Boy" and "Candy Paint" (loved the snippets!) kind of boring and lifeless. "Big Boy" is so repetitive. I like "Candy Paint" but it could have been so much better. My favorite tracks : Wild Side All Yours Take My Time Still Little Secrets She's such a damn hater for not putting the extended (superior) version of "Wild Side" on the album though. Haha so true! I live for the extended version.
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Post by vithor on Jun 20, 2024 19:26:10 GMT -5
My God, I definitely thought I wouldn't ever be listening to this album anymore at one point. I'm so glad it didn't disappoint. There are no skips. Solid debut.
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Post by crdubb17 on Jun 22, 2024 18:45:19 GMT -5
After all of these years (including the Fifth Harmony years), it’s so gratifying to really hear and experience her VOICE! Like, she’s really created a sound for herself! To hear her expression fully fleshed out and executed in a complete body of work is incredible. I hope she’s proud of herself. Now let’s bring on the visuals and performances!
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Post by Ryan on Jun 24, 2024 11:01:22 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 24, 2024 11:42:58 GMT -5
Ouch! I doubt with those sales she will be getting videos and performances, unless they are self-financed. At least she got the damn album out and it wasn't an embarrassment.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 24, 2024 12:21:50 GMT -5
How many albums did she sign on for with RCA?. I can see them letting her out of her contract if that’s what she wants. I can’t see another major label signing her without wanting her to go in a more poppy direction so the independent route might be best for her. You really need to WORK and hustle though when you’re indie (see Tinashe) and Normani doesn’t like to do anything outside of Instagram shoots and socialite events 💀😭.
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Post by PGriffin on Jun 24, 2024 12:37:57 GMT -5
yikes.... that's pretty bad, BUT we knew it wasn't going to be pretty. Where does she go from here??? Back to 5H is my guess. I'd say start working on the sophomore project but something isn't connecting with her and the team.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Jun 24, 2024 19:25:15 GMT -5
#91? C'mon...she deserves much more, at least top 20.
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Post by Rican@ on Jun 24, 2024 23:20:50 GMT -5
The way this has been talked and joked about on Twitter, she’s silly not get herself out there with visuals. Yes, it’s bad publicity; however, it honestly doesn’t make any sense why nothing is being done with the tweets I have saw about how horribly this has flopped. She’s one of the few recent artists that has the public interest, good or bad—even though the latter is heavy right now.
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Post by Maximillian on Jun 25, 2024 7:43:22 GMT -5
Honestly that’s worse than I could have imagined — I wasn’t expecting ground breaking numbers, but I thought this would land in the 25k sales area. Oooof.
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Post by Normi on Jun 25, 2024 16:00:58 GMT -5
It's a good album, what a shame she is getting lost in the shuffle completely The material is good but I think just not innovative in a specific way or what the GP is craving at the moment
It's 'Lights On', 'Take My Time', 'Insomnia' and 'Little Secrets' out of the new songs for me
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Post by divasummer on Jun 26, 2024 9:40:30 GMT -5
Was the Pulse Board the only ones who purchased/streamed this album…? People were looking for her a couple of years ago, but unfortunately not anymore. She should get some performances lined up and do “Candy Paint” with fierce choreography. She was known for her dancing skills???
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Post by PGriffin on Jun 26, 2024 12:28:13 GMT -5
I think the most baffling part of this is the lack of visuals (video or performances). Not even a JHUD appearance? I lied.....the most baffling is her releasing the video promoting coach while she hasn't released videos or performances.
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Post by Elusive Chanteuse on Jun 26, 2024 20:15:31 GMT -5
I’m sorry, but how did some of you people expect her to do 25k? This had a disastrous rollout - releasing the album cover in February, releasing what is possibly the WORST song off the album as the lead two whole months later then sending it to radio an entire month later, surprise releasing Candy Paint (which should’ve been the lead and the one sent to radio tbh), and then doing zero promo (magazine interviews absolutely do not count) and not releasing any music video during album release week…this also didn’t get ANY physicals or vinyls.
10k was my expectation and I’m glad it at least surpassed that by 2-3k.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 27, 2024 10:41:28 GMT -5
Promo!
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jun 27, 2024 18:41:16 GMT -5
Damn, I feel she barely had any promo.
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Post by Ty on Jun 28, 2024 12:57:24 GMT -5
Releasing a project without any music video or live performance is an insult to a performer/entertainer like Normani.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jun 28, 2024 13:10:42 GMT -5
Yeah, of all the bizarre choices made, that's the ass kicker. Where are the performances, where are the visuals? What was that preview for? Interviews are great for fleshing out the creative side and to get some eyes on you, but ultimately MUSIC is needed to push an album. And it seems like she's avoiding that at all costs.
Still love the album though, I got stuck at the airport overnight this week and played the hell out of this. With the weak debut, I hope it doesn't impede physicals. I know she said they're coming, but I'm not optimistic now.
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Post by Coco on Jun 29, 2024 4:38:51 GMT -5
Take My Time feels so different from rest of the album it sticks out in a positive way. Sounds like if OG Janet Jackson and Ariana had a baby. She could do a sexy video to it and GAG the girls
All Yours is HOT 🥵. The album KICKS to high gear after the Take My Time . Candy Paint, 1:59 and Tantrums slay Miss Normani.
Sis gave me everything.
Only downside for me is that she didn't have a banger to start of the album with track 1 or 2nd track..it starts of slow and builds up. big Boy and still aren't bad songs, just nothing special.
My weakest songs are Distant and the first two tracks. And by weakest I mean for album ..I truly don't skip anything on this album.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 29, 2024 7:49:34 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jun 29, 2024 10:06:17 GMT -5
Yeah, based on her interviews, she clearly has issues with "Take My Time," "Little Secrets," "All Yours," and "Still." Like at least let the album breathe a little Normani, lol.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 29, 2024 15:00:46 GMT -5
How did Chloe book the BET awards this year and not Normani?. It's like she dropped an album and went about her day.
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Post by Coco on Jun 29, 2024 15:22:47 GMT -5
Yeah, based on her interviews, she clearly has issues with "Take My Time," "Little Secrets," "All Yours," and "Still." Like at least let the album breathe a little Normani, lol. A quarter of her album 😹 and two of those songs are some of the hottest on the album (All Yours and TMT)
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Post by Coco on Jun 29, 2024 15:44:26 GMT -5
If she wants to side eye a song she really should focus more on Big Boy it's so redundant and trite and basic.
Other than that it's not a skip album!
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Post by Rican@ on Jun 29, 2024 22:55:24 GMT -5
“All Yours” has been on repeat—that chorus is so hot! Also, I think “Still” should be worked as a single—it should have came after “Wild Side,” imo. It has a sensual and sexy sound, strongly believe it showcases her. “Take My Time” is still a skip and she thinks the same.
On Twitter, some people are complaining about how she’s being frank about what she likes or doesn’t. I like that because it showcases how some artists don’t have the control. This also gives her the upper hand—if she’s not dropped—to pick out the songs she wants based off the failure of this album. Labels don’t have any backing if her opinion wasn’t considered when some songs were placed.
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Post by Rican@ on Jun 29, 2024 22:57:35 GMT -5
How did Chloe book the BET awards this year and not Normani?. It's like she dropped an album and went about her day. Even though Chloe can’t catch a hit even if it was given to her, her management is amazing with keeping her out there. Normani needs the same because despite lack of, she still managed to do the same numbers as Chloe with far less investment.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jun 30, 2024 7:21:54 GMT -5
Very cohesive, solid record! I enjoyed my listen thoroughly. Sleek, polished, sultry, and smooth r&b! It's a shame her label and everything landed the way it did tho. She's had some of the biggest hype I've ever witnessed for an artist, so it sucks it kinda was wasted with this long, slow, staggered rollout. Hopefully they get sh** together for her sophomore effort and that's when sh** really pops off!
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Post by Sounds from the Other Side on Jun 30, 2024 9:32:26 GMT -5
Yeah, based on her interviews, she clearly has issues with "Take My Time," "Little Secrets," "All Yours," and "Still." Like at least let the album breathe a little Normani, lol. So basically she has issues with the hightlight tracks (outside of "Insomnia"). WTF.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Jun 30, 2024 19:25:05 GMT -5
Canceled BET Awards performance due to injury.
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