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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2003 16:30:50 GMT -5
This is definitely one of my favorite OutKast singles of all time. He sings on this. It reminds me of Prince.
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Nov 23, 2003 1:40:47 GMT -5
This is the follow-up to "Hey Ya!" off "The Love Below", and I expect it to perform well
It's a bit too slow for my tastes, but it is a good song and will grow on me
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Post by laguy03 on Nov 23, 2003 13:42:16 GMT -5
its already grown on me after listening to it a few times
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Post by Ling-Ling on Dec 11, 2003 8:02:18 GMT -5
I love this song, it's probably my fourth or fifth favorite on his half of the album. I like the fact that he's releasing such ambitious and "chance"y singles. This could easily go on to great success, but it could also blow up in his face for being so non-radio friendly.
He must get around to releasing "Roses" though, that seems to be a fan favorite.
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Dec 11, 2003 16:32:51 GMT -5
Yea, I LOVE "Roses"! I was hoping for it to be the 2nd single after "Hey Ya!", that would have totally rocked it is my favourite from TLBelow, and it immediately stood out for me upon first listen but I really hope that is the 3rd single!
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Post by Bcacb on Dec 12, 2003 0:55:51 GMT -5
Yea, I LOVE "Roses"! I was hoping for it to be the 2nd single after "Hey Ya!", that would have totally rocked it is my favourite from TLBelow, and it immediately stood out for me upon first listen but I really hope that is the 3rd single! Yeah, "Roses" is one of my favorites. They planned it well on the CD because it's right after "Hey Ya!" Thanks, Ben
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Post by EvanJ on Aug 3, 2004 18:16:08 GMT -5
Bumping it up now that another topic says "Prototype" is the next single (but All Access doesn't have an adds date).
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Aug 3, 2004 18:18:19 GMT -5
I love this song.
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Post by laguy03 on Aug 3, 2004 20:08:48 GMT -5
why are they deciding to release this now. "Roses" died out a while ago
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Post by GoWVUGo on Aug 4, 2004 14:43:10 GMT -5
They are already shooting a music video for it. Trust Me. I Know. There Are Online Ads for Actors in which one says looking for actors/actresses to star in new OutKast video "Prortotype".
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Post by Rob64 on Aug 4, 2004 19:48:06 GMT -5
I LOVE THIS SONG A LOT, IT'S A VERY GOOD SONG, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BAD BUT IT DOES KINDA SUCKS. I HATE IT.
I LIKE IT.
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Aug 7, 2004 13:04:53 GMT -5
There was an MTV article a few weeks ago that described the video clip. It sounds really weird, aliens and stuff. I think Andre is directing it himself. As far as I know Big Boi doesn't rap on the track, unless they added in a part for the video.
I dont really like the song, but Im sure the more I see and hear it, it will grow on me.
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Post by bluenote on Aug 8, 2004 22:53:17 GMT -5
All of their stuff seems to grow on me for some reason.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2004 16:47:06 GMT -5
This goes for adds next week.
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Post by BlahBlahBlah on Aug 18, 2004 16:49:20 GMT -5
It's only going for adds on Urban. I wonder why they're not sending this to CHR/Rhythmic yet.
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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 18, 2004 16:55:31 GMT -5
I sense a flop. It doesn't sound that radio-friendly at all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2004 16:59:01 GMT -5
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Aug 18, 2004 17:41:30 GMT -5
Prototype seems more of a fit for Urban though, I dont see the problem with not sending it to Rhythmic right away. I sense a flop. It doesn't sound that radio-friendly at all. I hope so...Im kind of sick of them...especially after Hey Ya...blech...good song, but...meh I was so excited about their new album(s) last year at this time and looking back, the whole era was somewhat of a disappointment. The music wasn't bad and I liked the 3 singles but they really got overplayed and totally went mainstream/commercial (even if it wasn't by choice). I always saw Outkast as sort of still underground, and not that mainstream/commercial, so when they totally crossed that line I guess that changed things a bit for me. They are still good and Im looking forward to their next piece of work, but Im not counting down the days or anything.
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Post by bluenote on Aug 18, 2004 17:49:27 GMT -5
ill take outkast anyday over usher. at least they are original
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Aug 18, 2004 17:51:26 GMT -5
This is such a great song. It's almost chill though, I don't know that I can hear it playing on Urban radio.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2004 4:50:54 GMT -5
About the video:
Outkast want to tell a love story in their next video — but since they're Outkast, this isn't your typical love story. Alien love is the order of the day for "Prototype," which the group plans to shoot next weekend, with Andre 3000 sitting in the director's chair.
"If M. Night Shyamalan [writer/director of 'The Sixth Sense' and 'The Village'] had a wife who wrote romance novels, this would be it," Andre's treatment reads. "I'd like to make a love video that is as hauntingly beautiful as the track itself. So rather than try to tell some disingenuous love story about an ordinary man and woman, I'd like, instead, to set our narrative in a tableau of magic realism."
Starting with text scrolled across a starry universe a la "Star Wars," the narrative text will set up the story, which takes place in an idyllic rural area, full of rows of flowers bursting with vivid colors — a picture-postcard scene. According to the scrolled text, an alien ship from the planet Proto has descended to Earth, and you first see its occupants poking their heads out of the spacecraft door, looking elfish with white hair, long lashes and futuristic clothes. A shutter clicks, and a series of black-and-white still shots roll past, showing that a photographer is watching them and documenting the aliens' every move. The Protos turn out to be a family, with Andre 3000 among them. Besides seeing the scene from the photographer's point of view, the video will show the field from Andre's eyes, in what he calls "Proto-Vision" — full of shimmering color.
Perhaps based on the Protos' extra sensitivity to light, Andre spies the photographer's flash, and being curious, goes out to investigate. The photographer turns out to be a young female, who backs away and hides behind a tree as he approaches, and then, thinking it safe, makes a beeline for her Range Rover to make a getaway. Andre and his Proto family intercept her, and in fear, she drops her camera. Andre retrieves it for her, putting her at ease. The Protos surround her, so she takes them to her vehicle, and shows them the various human things she has, which they inspect gingerly — records, books, a baseball bat, a guitar — as their primer on what human life is like. She teaches the Proto women about makeup and the Proto children about games like rock/paper/scissors, and without realizing it, she and Andre start falling in love.
The photographer sets up a picnic for the Protos, and as she tries to read them "Tom Sawyer," they try to mimic her way of eating and drinking — bringing glasses of water to their lips, which they don't know how to drink, so it dribbles down their chins. She goes off for a walk with Andre, where he tries on her glasses, and then with a bit of Proto know-how, touches her nose, giving off a bright white light that, instead of blinding her, permanently corrects her vision. He gives her a few other adjustments, as do the Proto women, giving the photographer a sort of alien makeover.
After the picnic, the photographer makes a campfire for the aliens, and they learn to toast marshmallows, and then go to sleep, in a sort of strange body stack where they lean up against each other like the legs of a tripod. Andre wakes up in the middle of the night and sneaks to the photographer's tent — where they kiss for the first time. Like the moment where he touched her nose to correct her eyesight, the act of Andre touching the woman sets of another blinding white light, only this time, the result is that she instantly becomes pregnant with his child — perhaps a nod to the 1984 sci-fi romance "Starman"? In the morning, when the rest of the Protos prepare to leave, Andre decides to stay behind — at a price.
The specifics of that touching moment, however, should remain a surprise — at least until you see the video.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2004 11:53:10 GMT -5
OUTKAST Prototype Producer(s): André 3000 Writer(s): A. Benjamin Publisher(s): Gnat Booty/Chrysalis Music (ASCAP) Genre: R&B/HIP-HOP Label/Catalog Number: LaFace/Zomba 64701 (CD promo) Source: Billboard Magazine Originally Reviewed: September 04, 2004
The OutKast juggernaut rolls on with this, the duo's fourth single from "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below." Culled From "The Love Below" disc, "Prototype" has André 3000 once again taking center stage on behalf of the duo. The mood on this self-produced single is a mellow one, with André crooning rather than rhyming. The lush and tranquil guitar-tinged backdrop grooves with a sensuality that is matched by its lyric: "I hope that you're the one/If not, you are the prototype/ We'll tiptoe to the sun/And do things I know you like." It will be interesting to see how radio responds to the single. While programmers were hot for "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," they didn't warm up to "Roses." Either way, "Prototype" will have heads nodding along.—RH
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Aug 28, 2004 19:12:42 GMT -5
While programmers were hot for "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move," they didn't warm up to "Roses." —RH Umm, last time I checked "Roses" definitely went Top 10 and almost (maybe it did) cracked the Top 5 at CHR/Pop (I forget about Rhy but I think it went Top 10 there too) so what is this person talking about....... Billboard's reviews were never the most accurate...lol... *Waits for someone to disprove my claim about 'Roses' peaks*
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Post by EvanJ on Aug 31, 2004 17:12:24 GMT -5
I saw some of the video on BET. Launch doesn't have it yet.
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Post by reception on Aug 31, 2004 19:16:52 GMT -5
[/center][/color] I sense a flop. It doesn't sound that radio-friendly at all.[/quote]
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Sept 1, 2004 0:10:33 GMT -5
For some weird reason I can see myself liking this song again...just from hearing the 2 seconds of it at the VMA's
I missed the video on 106, but Im expecting it to be REALLY weird
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Post by EvanJ on Sept 2, 2004 14:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2004 10:13:49 GMT -5
#125 with a bullet of +17. Flop is an understatement.
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Post by allow that on Sept 12, 2004 16:40:10 GMT -5
This song is really not radio friendly for any format.... and I'm kind of glad.
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Sept 12, 2004 18:42:37 GMT -5
I'm glad too...I don't really want to see Outkast anywhere near the top of the charts until it's time for their next album.
I like them, but Hey Ya, TWYM and Roses were enough for me.
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