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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Beyonce - Still In Love (Kissing You) (full) - download
Why would Beyonce re-make this song? This is one of my favorite songs from the original motion picture soundtrack “Romeo + Juliet” when Romeo and Juliet meet in the bathroom. I don’t know, Beyonce’s voice sounds great to me, but I don’t really like the fact that she re-did this song, and people are going to think it’s her own. This is going appear on the re-release of the special edition of “B’Day.” There will also be a video for it.
Timbaland feat. M.I.A. - Come Around (full) - download
Love M.I.A., love Timbaland - and I’m glad they worked together. Although this was left off of the United States retail version of “Shock Value,” it apparently is a bonus track on the UK version of the release. Although the beat is not anything particularly spectacular, it really does fit in with the progressive/rock feel that the album pretty much has. Can’t wait until “Shock Value” comes out on the 3rd.
Robin Thicke - S.O.S. Baby (full) - download
Oh yes, I love this. You know how I feel about Robin Thicke’s music, and how I feel about most Neptunes productions. So the two combined really just does something for me. “S.O.S. Baby,” although not a complex song, has a really nice sound to it. I love how Thicke’s voice just floats all over the track, he always sounds so effortless to me. This song really goes hard, I’m digging it. As usual with productions by The Neptunes, the bridge is my favorite part. Although, I will say something seems a tad unfinished about the song - it’s missing a little something. Is there a new album in the works?
Trey Songz - It’s Songz, Snitches (full) - download
As promo for his new album, “Trey Day,” due out sometime this year, Trey has been rap-singing over many popular tracks that have come out over the past year. I don’t know what’s going on with the progression of his album, but the latest single, “Wonder Woman” was really hot. Maybe Trey should think about putting together some kind of mixtape before the album comes out, considering he’s been doing so much stuff like this lately.








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76.
JustHave2Say
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Just so y’all can know the video for Beyonce’s song will suppose to premiere on Launch April 2.
77.
btw
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
bey’s lyrics pale in comaparison to des’ree’s lyrics
“your my best friend, you are my husband
my docter couselor provider professor” wow she just ruined a great song with those lyrics
78.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
I am a Bee fan and I like them both the same. As for BTW, I like the lyrics. She wanted to make it her own and she did it. But I heard about this site and how some posters feel about Bee so I don’t even want to argue with anyone in here about the validity of my 2nd fav. artist.
79.
new yorker
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
@74 you have it wrong. true vocalists can take a song that has the SAME EXACT LYRICS and make it their own. bey had to change the lyrics to make it her own.
case in point, whitney made “i will always love you” HER song with the same exact lyrics that dolly parton used. the song was already big when dolly sang it but whitney brought it to another level. bey avoided this by making her own lyrics which don’t enhance the song at all
80.
darkandbeautiful
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
beyoce is one of those musicians that cant sing ballads she shlt stick to more uptempo songs. I wonder why she didnt just wait till now b4 she released her album is she trying to make her fans fork out mo-money to buy her new album? thatz ridiculous. She is greedy the other songs are average. Music today is so tired.
81.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
To NYer: it is all subjective. I usually think the original is always better than the cover, actually it is not a cover but a sample. Still, I think Bee did a good job. I don’t expect it to sound like the original, she took it made it her own which is what a vocalist is suppose to do.
82.
WhatIThinkIs
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Preach #28!!!!!
I was thinking the samething.
Original music of the 90’s…whatever. I can date remakes all the way to the 1920’s. That’s just a fact of music.
83.
WhatIThinkIs
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Also,
Do people on this site get paid to hate Beyonce
or is that just something they do for sport? Because I have never seen so much hate in my life. This is crazy.
84.
tora
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
im not a beyonce hater.
i just did not likee the lyrics that she over uses so much.
“youre my soilder”….over done and burned
i thought i was going to hear her sing this song beautifully; not make it into something cildish.
what a bore!
beyonce is a very talented woman and i hope she goes into more classy song that people will remember her forever.
for example:
dangeroulsy in love = classic
listen= classic
i want to hear more songs like that from her.
85.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
But Whitney changed the vocal arrangement to change it to her voice. But I will concede your point on this.
86.
FairGame
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
With all these “new songs,” Bey needs to just do another entire altogether. Her version is cool, but I like Des’ree’s version better. And Bey’s song is more of a sample than an acutal remake, but I’ll still take Des’ree’s version over Bey’s any day. Not hating, just my opinion.
I love Robin Thicke, and I love SOS Baby. I am so glad he’s actually getting recognition now. Long overdue.
Timbaland’s song—like just about all of Tim’s songs, this one has to grow on me.
Trey Songz–no comment.
87.
tommy
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
man i no trey songz tryna rap??? he juz nade “hip hop dead” lolz
88.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
People kill me. They want ballads from her, then say they are boring afterwards. It is probably not even her best song she added on the re-release. The Best is World Wide Woman. Now THAT’s hot and Flaws and All is great too.
89.
zzzz
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
beyonce is so annoying. that voice is annoying. i guess she thinks her voice is so great dragging all those notes when indeed it’s annoying. noone wants to hear a ballad from beyonce. mariah yes. beyonce stick to what you know, whoring on camera
90.
freakum baby!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
zzzz said:
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beyonce is so annoying. that voice is annoying. i guess she thinks her voice is so great dragging all those notes when indeed it’s annoying. noone wants to hear a ballad from beyonce. mariah yes. beyonce stick to what you know, whoring on camera
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another b!tch trying to get attention. you took time to come in HER post, listen to HER song and complain. i think you should stop worrying about what beyonce is doing and go find a better job to make money. it’s obvious your whack ass needs a hobby cause the beyonce hating is fucking played out.
91.
cocacola72284
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
#81 DARKANDBEAUTIFUL,
no offense but you obvioulsy have never heard: Dangerously in Love (album/live), Listen (album/live), Resentment, Gift from Virgo (album/live). In my opinion, these are all ballads, that she sings beautifully, in studio AND live.
There may be others, but these are the ones that rattle off the top of my head.
The girl’s got some vocals on her.
92.
dj kayk
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
i like the des’ree version better!!!
that is all…
93.
Islandchick_Bri
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Actually likin M.I.A on that collab with timbo…
Dnt kno how i feel about B’s rendition since i dnt recall having heard the original before..
Love S.O.S….
Trey Songz…Ehh, i guess his version is IIGHT…I love ”Wonder Woman” tho!
94.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
#91: Don’t forget about Speechless, and Be with you. DIL was mostly ballads and midtempo songs. That’s what people don’t realize. They think of her in the CIL booty hoppin’ artist but don’t realize that DIL was a traditional typical R&B album.
95.
curt
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
And another thing, a person does not need ballads to show how great their voice is. Janet is not a powerhouse vocalist(she is better than people she is) but her ballads to me are better than her uptempo songs. Just because Bee did an album of Uptempos does not mean she can sing. Her voice comes out better because her voice comes out better.
96.
Morgy
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
I love M.I.A., so therefore I like te Tim track. I like Beyonce’s rendition of Kissing you better than the Romeo & Juliet version. The orginal artist’s (Des’Ree’) voice is mad deep.
97.
LOVE
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
The Beyonce song is alright. What I don’t like about her version is, she is forever trying to hit a run. I mean, on every sentence of that song there is a run at the end. That gets on my nerve. But she do that with every song.
98.
tanebitchin
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
This song sounds a mess with beyonce on the track adding lyrics. Alto’s all day everyday for this song
99.
keisha
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
29. Compton_Chick23 said:
Beyonce please go the fuck away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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no dumb ass your wack, your a beyonce fein/hater, u on every single beyonce post and dont got shit to say but “u dont like her’/”why doesnt she just go away”………if u want her to go away, why dont u spend 3 months away from her and youll see how fast she dissapears u ugly fuck face….. congrats to you, you dumb hoe u just wasted 5 mins on sumone that u dont even like, tell me how do ya feel???….. how dumb do u look…. your such a dick rider……stupid ass
100.
MJ (RNB)
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
And them there’s a new joint with Joe Camel and Rihanna.
101.
SoSosad
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Let me Elaborate
102.
SoSosad
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
1. I could care less if it is a remake or sample…It does not compare to Des’Ree’s.
2. I mean if you are gonna remake a song, it should be better than the orginal. This one is clearly not.
3. Why pay for something you’ve heard already and thats no good? ……NEXT!
103.
lala
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
thT BEYOUNCE SONG IS CORNY
104.
nicci
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Trey Just dropped the in my mind mixtape & is still getting that out there plus there is a new 804 boys (Trey’s group) mixtape comming soon oh yeah according to Troy Talor the album drops June 12th
105.
mo
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
beyonce should have left that song to desiree.thanks.
106.
Compton_Chick23
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
@99
Keshia…bitch ain’t nobody fucking address your retarded self. Beyonce’s album was garbage and im guessing your dumb ass bought 4 copies. Do you think that Beyonce gives a shit about you? If she walked past you on the street do you think she wouldn’t ignore your stan ass just because you bought her album. She does not know your ugly ass exists. You’re probably some fat, lonely shut in who only lives to hear Beyonce sing about a “freekum dress.” You is one dumb slut.
107.
mo
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
beyonce should have left that to desiree.thanks.
108.
Jaya
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Beyonce definitly gave that song justice. I’m actually surprised because she’s been gettin’ on my nerves a lot lately.
109.
darkandbeautiful
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
@@cocacola72284
she only makes hits when she does more up-tempc songs most of her ballads are very average and nothing special, she doesnt have the voice for ballards cos she shouts and does so many vocal acrobatics it bcomes so annoying and painful to listen
110.
concretestone
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Beyonce didn’t do that song justice at ALL. I’m actually upset that she’s re-doing this track
111.
Naimah62
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Beyonce remaking Kissin You= me irked
112.
malcolm
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Beyonce did the one specially for Jay she change up some of the lyrics
113.
malcolm
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Beyonce is smart she change the lyrics so she can get her her royalty cheque. she get writing credit so she will get a cheque. this girls will never go broke she’s a business womaman. Toni braxton, whitney, tlc and that girl from swv all file for bankruptcy or go broke because they did not use the beyonce blue print beyonce haver her own publishing. Whitney had all those songs, but right now she not getting a cheque because she dont have no writing credits for none of those songs. only the label and the song writers are still getting paid
114.
kmniles
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Wow…saw the title for Robin Thicke’s song and thought for a minute Rihanna and Ashanti did a duet.
Bey sounds nice. Love her voice on the song. Gonna look for the original everyone’s fussing about.
115.
mikey
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
trey songz already put out a mixtape, u late, its called in my mind, the same name as pharell’s cd!
116.
yes
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
trey already did a mixtape and trey day is coming soon
117.
Player
Thursday, March 29, 2007 /
Dude, the Bey song isn’t bad! I’m not up for this whole re-releasing of the B-Day album but I hope it sells! No, I won’t be buying it tho, sorry. Robin Thicke is the MAN, now he can’t get it, vocally:) And when does Trey’s album come out? He ain’t bad either.
118.
shelby
Friday, March 30, 2007 /
robin, robin, robin, that ish was fire
119.
SayIt
Friday, March 30, 2007 /
I love Robin thicke! I love Bee 2, but I aint feelin that song 2 much, i think she under sung it, she really could showed her skills on that song, it just ok 4 me.
120.
Mah_Dynasty
Saturday, March 31, 2007 /
Ok ok ok……..
The original of Kissing You, made you want to cry. You could feel the depths of where her hurt was coming from……. That alone should have made it unavailble for remake. And it is a remake…. (It’s the same damn title……) Regardless of the spin she put on it…. There are some songs that I believe that shold not even be allowed to be remade, and this is one of them…… I like almost all of B’s stuff, but with this she went too far! Let it go and do some old Xscape songs, but not this….. This is a sacred song!
121.
D
Saturday, March 31, 2007 /
Yeah, replying to #75 and #41. I love Des’ree. Have all her albums and her version of “Kissing You” is amazing. B did a good job but Des’ree’s is much better.
122.
Genie
Sunday, April 1, 2007 /
UGH! I can’t stand Beyonce. She doesn’t have an innovative bone in her body. Does anyone else notice the fact that since her days with DC the majority of her hits have been remakes or samples?
UGH!
123.
Dina
Sunday, April 1, 2007 /
Gotta luv Trey~He is a master at his craft. He really can re-do some1’s shyt, and it siunds aiight, Plus he gives props, he never acts like he did it better. LUV IT!!! Can’t w8 for TREY DAY!!!!
124.
Cynthia
Monday, April 2, 2007 /
Love that Trey Songz joint “wonder Woman,” Video coming out soon and album drops on June 12th. “It’s Me Snitches”, I heard will be on a mixtape that he will put out before the album. I love how he shows his versatility with the singing and rappin’.
125.
I FUCK FOR TRACKS
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 /
I like Trey, he gets my respect but I hope he brings some good stuff because I’m falling out right now.Plus he has a collab with Teedra,I’m ready for that.
126.
AntHill
Thursday, April 5, 2007 /
Naw. B dont get no credit, Cuz she didnt write this version either. Just cuz she singing it dont mean she wrote one bit.
127.
governess
Thursday, April 5, 2007 /
120. Mah_Dynasty said:
Ok ok ok……..
The original of Kissing You, made you want to cry. You could feel the depths of where her hurt was coming from……. That alone should have made it unavailble for remake. And it is a remake…. (It’s the same damn title……) Regardless of the spin she put on it…. There are some songs that I believe that shold not even be allowed to be remade, and this is one of them…… I like almost all of B’s stuff, but with this she went too far! Let it go and do some old Xscape songs, but not this….. This is a sacred song!
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ME AND YOU ARE HERE >
128.
Briana
Monday, April 9, 2007 /
Beyonce know she didn’t have to redue that song. Shitt is a classic. Im so sick of her man
And Robun Thicke is sounding a little bit to much like Justyn Timberlake on this song. He gets no love for this one.
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