♫ Lee Carr – The Way We Used To Be
Lee Carr is a singer/songwriter/producer from New York and is the first artist ever to be signed by Jive Records in under 24 hours. His song “Act Like That” was first featured on the ‘Waist Deep’ movie soundtrack and he used to be signed to Def Jam. Make sure you listen to his song “The Way We Used To Be” and give your two cents.
For more info on Lee Carr make sure you peep his myspace page.
Im feelin the song
I like it. I can see my self playing this song.
As a matte of fact let me find where i can download it now
It’s been done before. He’s so average. Uniqueness is important in this industry. CB has 0% as well as Omarion. MJ carbon copies. Trey Songz & Lloyd are looked over for them? Big mistake. The real singers should be recognized.
He def has talent but is it me or does this song remind you of one of usher’s songs?
@4 i thought the exact same thing so i looked up some usher songs and it almost has the exact same beat to Usher’s Confessions Pt.1 (Not Confessions Pt.2) they just slow down the tempo or whatever. other than that it sounds okay it’s radio quality
Great song and voice. Not sure that we can differentiate him from Ray J, J. Holiday, Trey Songz and the rest of the carbon carpies though.
I like it. People always gotta find something to hate on. I’m going to be real honest and say that to #3, this guy has better vocals than Chris, O, and Lloyd. Lloyd is not really a vocalist. Don’t get it twisted, I love all of them, but Lee Carr has some skills. You have to give credit where credit is due.
…*sidebar*…He’s cute too. lol
@6 i’m agree with you !
this song has nothing special .
he remind me some SAMMIE !
it’s hot, I like it, but if I hear another song with the ” somebody call the paramedics” line or reference I am going to scream. not only is it cliche’ but it is such an exaggeration, I’m mean really had you ever really died becuz somebody dumped you? vocally toward the end I hoping more “sparks” and “fireworks”. But I guess you gotta work with what you got vocally nevertheless, its a good song. I don’t know if this is a single though. maybe with right video
all “B. Cox joints” sound the same.
itz awight
It does sound familiar, but i like it tho
hot song! good voice! look forward to hearing more!
nice song, good vocals, it’s 2008, not exactly sure how anyone can be truly Unique – everythings been done b4, some of u have too many high expectations which leads to u being unreasonable….
This is a nice song. Good Luck!
Hot as in his voice…but not really feeling this song like that…might need to listen to it a few more times…but other than that he definately has the talent!!!
I like.
great song
i really enjoyed the topic and the reliability of the song, bu t i wanna hear more from him.
Lol i agree with 10 the “paramedics” lines is so played.
I didnt even have to listen to the rest of the song…man can sing! Love it love it love it. Usher’s not going to make no kind of comeback with artist like these. Hot!!!!
not feeling it….Dave Young owns this song…his version is a thousand times hotter…
He sounds too much like Sammie and the song sounds like a song Sammie had on his last album. This guy has a voice but, I think we already have 1 Sammie sooooo not sure how that will work. He’s nothing I haven’t heard of seen before. I wish him luck though.
ITS JUST OK TO ME!!! SOUNDS LIKE A MIXTURE OF CHRIS BROWN, SAMMIE, AND MARIO…..I DID NOT EVEN LISTEN TO THE SONG ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!
Have had this song in rotation for a good long while now and I STILL LOVE IT!!!!
I agree with #3 #4 #6 and anyone else who feels like they’ve heard that song before. He can sing tho’.
Really nice song
I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE THIS SONG U SOUND LIKE MARIO!!!!
I HAVE LOVED THIS SONG FOR AGEEEEEEEEEEES ARE THEY GONNA RELEASE IT??
its aight nothing new
Sounds good…..Dave Young’s version was better imo
HOT,HOTT, HOTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well, not hating here, but I think we can all agree its been done before. And yes, you can have a new sound even though its 2008, everything hasn’t been done, just gotta try harder. The song is radio quality, and sounds commercial, but generic at the same time, take him out, put omarion in, take omarion out put trey songs in, etc, repeat, need I say Sammy?. It wouldn’t be a different song if any of them sung it. Its cool, but just ordinary.
I think, if producers would stop emulating b.cox for slow songs using those cheap ass Roland’esque pianos, and writing typical songs about the typical stuff, then maybe my opinion would be different. I’m cool with new stuff, but not when it sounds like the same songs I heard last year. I mean, flip the words a little
Change the format, something….
Look at all the horror movies that are remakes of Japan horror flix (Ring , Grudge, Shutter, Premonition, Eye, Pulse) or even remakes of american films (Manchurian Candidate, The Hills Have Eyes) – why, if you have seen them before would you think the remake is significantly better or different (unless the original sucked balls or if the original wasn’t really worth it)?
The same thing is happening with songs like these, they’ve been done before, and after hearing 50+ tracks that sound just like this, I think it is fair to say that it is boring…
As many before me have said its just “okay”. It been done before, the beat is washed up. he definately needs to step it up
Dude can sing, has a nice voice. Song does sound like (insert name). I’m sorry but Ne-Yo is one of the best writers turned singers (even though he always wanted to sing) out there, everyone else is just kinda blah,
Don’t even mention Omarion’s name with this guy because he can actually sing. O and his robo cop movement and no voice can’t see this guy singing.
Chris Brown, lawd I luv Chris Brown but his voice is wack. As a dancer no question the boy is the best, gives me my MJ fixes sometimes. I’m hoping as he gets older his voice will grow with him.
Ppl slept on Sammie but he can also sing and Trey Songz I really liked his first album.
This guy, we’ll see; he needs something hotter than this though. But I can rock it.
I looooooooooove him already. Smh he can actually sing, atleast unlike those ppl we have right now none-talented asses. MmmmmmM he culd sing to me erryday cuz damn. Hooooooooot……..mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm
this song is old..but lee carr got talent…
and i dont get it..ppl stay complainin “what happened to R&B”…or they “miss the old r&b” blah blah blahhh!!! but when a song comes out yall say ‘its been done b4′ OR this bullshit about being unique..like its been stated b4 nobody is unique and if yall even listen to old school music yall would notice that it all had the same sound (especially in r&b)…so how bout we all just stop complainin about the little shit that dont even matter and appreciate the damn good music
Run of the mill R&B! This represents what is wrong with music right now. Every one is trying to copy the last hit. Dude, you need to take some time to figure out who YOU are as an artist. Or just go write album cuts for DAY 26 or something. This is not a strong single.
I don’t buy the “nobody is unique argument”. That holds NO water.. When Timbaland first came on the scene with the Aaliyas 2nd album “One in a Million” and Ginuwines album “The Bachelor” and Missy’s first album Supa Dupa Fly.. No one had beats like those…and no one had the vocal cadences that Missy wrote for Aaliyas on songs like.. “4 page letter” and “One in a Million” That was an example of someone coming in the game and going 100% left field of what was going on at the moment.
Teddy Riley created his OWN SOUND and production style on albums like . “Guy ” and “The Future” AND even went Pop with Michael’s 3rd best album “Dangerous”…people may have tried to copy that sound but he INVENTED New Jack Swing.
David Foster created his OWN SOUND leading the way with the “Power Ballad” in the 80′s with acts like.. Plenty of R&B acts have benefited from his sound.
Everyone borrows a little but this is getting out of control. There are plenty of people out there who are talented and are different. These corporations keep shoving this same sh&t down the publics throat and expect us to eat it. But I refuse…if you want me to buy your CD or give you my hard earned $0.99 for your MP3 you better come correct and you better be original.
There’s 6 strings on a guitar and 88 keys on a piano. Use them and stops being a biter. This song is “Usher-lite”.. Why buy the boot-leg when the real DVD is coming out next week ?
Preach Mutada al sader!!!!!
INGENIOUS IS A MUST!! ppl need to look that word up and apply it. There was James Brown but Mike Jack came and what he did was INGENIOUS. But instead of ppl being INGENIOUS they are just flat out copying and it’s like, please come back around.
he kinda sounds like usher, but the lyrics sound like ne-yo
>>>>> thats interesting i heard a song today the rapper kept repeating the word Rich, i didnt no if i t couldve been RichBoy but it was kinda funny..
Whoa this boy can sing love his voice it perfect
its ok but sounds like something i already heard before. he has a nice tone but there is nothing that seperates himself from any other young R&B artist out there. good song though! i could listen to it more than once.
he sound like Chris Brown..
I live in the Bahamas were it’s heated daily & i feel the heat from this song waaaayyyy down here.Despite it being ANOTHER typical B. Cox Production (circa 2004 – 2006) the song STILL seems to make contact (even though i herd it a loooong time ago). I think his voice was captured well and it sits over the music gracefully .The mood of the music suites the message sonically so i give it a + in my book . Classic traditional R&B Soul music were melody meets message. This song single handedly made me a fan.
song is cool. i think this kid definately has some potential. i ran across this new joint angel called “live from belgium” by this new artist name kayo ft. nas. it is bananas! http://www.myspace.com/kayomc peep it out! global hip hop! what we need!
I LIKE THIS SONG HE SOUND LIKE CHIRS BROWN
Im really feeling the song. Its a nice song and it suits his voice very well. But he does sound like singer, Houston. He really sounds like him.
what ever happen real muzic …….. if your looking for some soul muzic
that saterday morning house cleaning muzic . the babymaking muzic go to a real myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/shaunmykals
I WISH DAVE YOUNG WOULD JUST PUT OUT AN ALBUM ALREADY, HE’S WAY TOO TALENTED TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE SINGING HIS SONGS…(MARIO, WHOEVER THIS CAT IS…ETC ETC)
NICE SONG!!!!
Please! This is the same recycled, cookie cutter BS! A varitable mix of Usher, Mario, Chris Brown, Omarion, and on and on… You can literally hear his voice being electronically enhanced. Talent is worthless in the music industry these days. If it’s this easy to put crap out there and have everyone anxious to plunk down their hard earned cash for this garbage, then I seriously need get in on this.
@7 I SIGN ON WITH U, LIKE TRUE R&B HAS BEEN LACKIN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR A WHILE…YEH HES DEFINATELY NOT LLOYD CASE LLOYD BE WHININ ANYWAYS, CHRIS BROWN IS NOT EVEN REALLY R&B HES MORE POP AND DANCE N STUFF, DONT GET ME WRONG HE CAN SING, BUT HES MORE TEENAGE…LEE CARR I BEEN WAITIN ON THIS DUDES ALBUM FOR A WHILE AND ER BODY KEEP COMPARIN HIM TO USHER BUT EH EMM LETS THINK HERE USHER IS GETTIN UP THERE IN AGE AND WE NEED SOME YOUNGINS TO COME IN AND KEEP R&B ON THE MAP…LEE CARR I LOVE THIS JOINT THERE IS SO MUCH FEELNG AND EMOTION IN HIS MUSIC I FREAKIN LOVE THAT! AND THAT FALSETTO IS SICK AS HELL!!! I LIKE THIS JOINT HE GOT MY VOTE!!! IMA BE JAMMIN TO THIS JOINT MATA FACT IMA PUT THIS ON MY MYSPACE…IM OUT!
DO’RAUN CAPRI
I’m feelin u Lee lol nice voice, song and lyrics
Boring. Lyrically suspect at best -Got me looking crazy I ain’t got my baby? Stop it! A song is supposed to make you take on the emotions being discussied in the record! Also that intro is way too long. This writer allowed the producer to be self indulgent as if the listener wants to hear 28 seconds of wayward bongo taps and chords. Come Again!
I LIKE THE SONG
WOOOOW!
CL you should have done this like a year ago,
then it would have sounded less ‘generic’ to some maybe.
The song has actually been about for ages, click my name for the youtube studio session link (or use the address below).
I’m still feeling the song after all this time, i think it’s sung brilliantly.
He definitely has talent, but i want to hear some NEW stuff, hook it up CL
youtube link, check the date the vid was added
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePmc9hm_pkM
Must be hot if it made the RSS Feed on http://www.dmusicproductions.com !!!!
Put some moans and groans on the first 8, thats merely opinion though. I like the one on the Lee Carr Myspace too.
D Mus!C