December 18, 201014 yr Author Mines downloaded as (I haven't switched the tags either :lol:) Lose Control (Let Me Down) (Feat. Nelly) This album is a huge grower! I'm really, really loving it at the moment!!
December 18, 201014 yr Oh my god :wub: Better than IAPW imo :heart: Faves are: Pretty Girl Rock, The Way You Love Me, Toy Soldier, All The Boys, Bahm Bahm and Lose Control!!!
December 18, 201014 yr How did her first album do? She's never really done well has she.. What songs has she written for other people, any well known ones? I loved Energy, and Knocks You Down! Not sure of Pretty Girl Rock though. :unsure: Edited December 18, 201014 yr by Let it Snow
December 19, 201014 yr Author She's written a hell of a lot of stuff for other people, as well as collaborated with loads of people too. Her most famous song she has writing credits for though is arguably 'Gimme More' by Britney Spears. Some other well known songs she has credits for include: 'Ice Box' by Omarion, 'Wait A Minute' by the Pussycat Dolls and 'Break the Ice' by Britney Spears. Her album was actually screwed over. It debuted at #62 on a very limited release (i.e. only HMV stocked it and had a small amount of copies. - it had an "out of stock" sign on their website) and about 5 weeks later it re-entered the album top 75 at #61, before climbing to it's #22 peak the week after (the week supermarkets stocked it!). 'In A Perfect World...' album chart run: 62-100-x-95-86-61-22-26-33-43-59-65-71-72-91->14 Weeks (Top 100 - 10 Weeks Top 75) Pretty good considering the f***ed up release :lol:
December 19, 201014 yr The album growing on me, i'm still not in love like with IAPW, it's a bit one step down imo. Three songs are amazing 5+ ATB, PGR & TWULM. Others are ok, definitely grower. BTW http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss61/MyaFanatic2/kericover4.png FAAR BETTER THAN ORIGINAL ONE!!
December 19, 201014 yr The thing is she needs to keep a distinct image, she looks like a different person everytime i see her! She needs to stick to a unique style for a whole project/album at least.
December 19, 201014 yr Has anyone checked whether hell froze over or not? Because i am afraid Keri Hilson recorded an alright album.
December 20, 201014 yr Author My ratings of the album now it's had time to digest a bit. 09.0 'Buyou' (feat. J Cole) 10.0 'Pretty Girl Rock' 10.0 'The Way You Love Me' (feat. Rick Ross) 07.5 'Bahm Bahm (Do It Once Again I Want You)' 06.0 'One Night Stand' (feat. Chris Brown) 10.0 'Lose Control (Let Me Down)' (feat. Nelly) 10.0 'Toy Soldier' 08.5 'Breaking Point' 07.0 'Beautiful Mistake' 10.0 'Gimme What I Want' 10.0 'All The Boys' [/loon :(]
December 20, 201014 yr Oh JONJO. :( A 10/10 just lost its value. The album is much patchier than In A Perfect World. Buyou, Bahm Bahm and One Night Stand all fall into that category of joyless R&B that Keri seems to love - they're all basically inferior Get Your Money Ups. The Way You Love Me is absolutely unlistenable and a weak copy of Turnin' Me On. She's ALWAYS been much stronger at the stuff with an actual melody hence why Toy Soldier is by far and away the greatest thing on here and the one that will go down as one of her best songs. Lose Control is strong too although it could do without Nelly and that silly interlude that follows it. Pretty Girl Rock is a decent grower too. Breaking Point just goes on and on and ON without any kind of hook. It feels like the longest song in the world but at least it's pretty enough musically. Beautiful Mistake has fantastic production and the verses/bridge are gorgeous although the chorus is slightly underwhelming. It looks like Timbaland has his mojo back though, at least with Keri. Gimme What I Want sounds like a huge grower and a nice balance between the harder-edge Keri who likes her hip-hop and the R&B vixen Keri with an ear for a melody. All The Boys is a really gorgeous closer and proof of how emotive Keri can be when she uses the softer side to her vocals. 06.0 Buyou 08.0 Pretty Girl Rock 02.0 The Way You Love Me 06.5 Bahm Bahm 06.0 One Night Stand 09.0 Lose Control 09.5 Toy Soldier 06.5 Breaking Point 08.5 Beautiful Mistake 08.0 Gimme What I Want 08.5 All The Boys Singles four and five (!) should be Lose Control and Toy Soldier and then a re-issue with the shitty hip-hop stuff scrapped and a few more melodic numbers in the vain of Beautiful Mistake and I Like tacked on. But overall it's a decent enough attempt, especially compared with how awful I expected it to be after hearing Breaking Point and The Way You Love Me.
December 20, 201014 yr Author I know! :drama: But I am seriously loving those 6 tracks so much right now. :lol: Agreed about 'Toy Soldier', it should do well as a single, better than 'Energy' at least. 'Lose Control' is my stand out though, although I do agree about that interlude bit towards the end. Not really needed.
December 20, 201014 yr I've got a few 10s to give away too: Buy You - 7.5 Pretty Girl Rock - 10 The Way You Love Me - 9.5 Bahm Bahm - 7 One Night Stand - 6 Lose Control - 10 Toy Soldier - 9 Breaking Point - 10 :o Beautiful Mistake - 8.5 Gimme What I Want - 8 All The Boys - 9 :wub:
December 21, 201014 yr The thing is she needs to keep a distinct image, she looks like a different person everytime i see her! She needs to stick to a unique style for a whole project/album at least. So true. Even before, Keri Hilson had so many different looks, I probably wouldn't know some of them were her, if it wasn't for the fact that I usually knew it was her beforehand, if that makes sense. :lol: And lol at everybody being so depressed they like a Keri Hilson album. :lol: It's not like you've started liking a Justin Bieber album of something (although what if he did come out with a good album one day!? :o). :lol:
December 21, 201014 yr 05.0 Buyou 07.0 Pretty Girl Rock 09.0 The Way You Love Me 06.5 Bahm Bahm 05.0 One Night Stand 09.0 Lose Control 08.5 Toy Soldier 03.5 Breaking Point 06.5 Beautiful Mistake 08.5 Gimme What I Want 09.0 All The Boys MUCH better than I was expecting. I actually adore 'The Way You Love Me' now! Other favourites include 'Lose Control' (which surely needs to be a single?!) and 'All the Boys'. :wub:
December 22, 201014 yr Deluxe Edition has leaked! 12. Pretty Girl Rock (ft. Kanye West) 13. Hustler 14. Lie To Me (ft. Timbaland) 15. Won't Be Long (ft. Timbaland) 16. Fearless [iTunes Bonus Track]
December 22, 201014 yr Author Could someone send me a link to JUST the bonus tracks (not including 'Pretty Girl Rock' remix) :D THANKYOU!
December 22, 201014 yr 05.0 Buyou 07.0 Pretty Girl Rock 09.0 The Way You Love Me 06.5 Bahm Bahm 05.0 One Night Stand 09.0 Lose Control 08.5 Toy Soldier 03.5 Breaking Point 06.5 Beautiful Mistake 08.5 Gimme What I Want 09.0 All The Boys 'Buyou' has grown on me MASSIVELY. Would probably bump it up to at least an 8 now. Really liking this album. A few not-so-good moments but overall, pretty strong - much better than I was expecting!
December 22, 201014 yr There's also a Danja-produced bonus track called So Good which is out there too now.
December 22, 201014 yr On for 90-100k in the US. Perfect World did 94k so similar numbers. Good result! The bonuses are good. Hustler is a bit boring but Lie To Me and Won't Be Long are really decent (though I can see why they were left off - they do sound like bonuses).
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