Britney Spears - Hold it Against me

I like this a lot more. Quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHVhwcOg6y8&

  On 3/28/2011 at 8:26 AM, GORDO said:

I find the production of some k pop a lot more interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQwCK_8VSM

that's a lot of girls! like wu tang... only asian chics!

google kpop, i think there are like a million of groups like that.

K pop is indeed awesome (though I prefer the Japanese flavor). Production is certainly a high point. I get a bit overwhelmed by the amount of girls in all these groups though.

three minutes it looks a lot like the "FLEX" thing by chris cunningham. black background, raging bull boxing sort of filming with sudden relative quiet, the way it stops and kind of locks in on the punches...

sounds like benny benassi, though. i guess she'll be doing chris clark tracks in another five years or so?

  On 3/28/2011 at 7:37 PM, Brandi_B said:

K pop is indeed awesome (though I prefer the Japanese flavor). Production is certainly a high point. I get a bit overwhelmed by the amount of girls in all these groups though.

Yeah, it's a bit insane. Seems like niche thing in and of itself, like any other common Otaku interest.

I thought I was going to hate this single as soon as I heard there was a "dubstep" part, but overall it's a fairly tastefully produced track in a world of terribly produced top40 dance songs. This pissed me off though. Skim it if dare.

Dr Luke and Max Martin

Why is anyone surprised

oh yeah and LOL @ Britney Spears thread on WATMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_JWxzXq0I

Kelis did a whole album with David Guetta and similar 4/4 types.

Reminds me of late '70s Diana where she would take a functional disco track and ELEVATE it. Britney couldn't elevate jack with that voice/phrasing. Kelis is a true diva.

  On 3/28/2011 at 12:30 PM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

are you serious?

What I love about many pop/dance tracks is when they have a super-hard driving beat but a quite minor-chord chorus, as in this song and "Until the World Ends." The post-chorus to that song is so fuckin awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK8xNeI5mQ

  On 3/29/2011 at 2:01 AM, analogue wings said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_JWxzXq0I

 

Kelis did a whole album with David Guetta and similar 4/4 types.

 

Reminds me of late '70s Diana where she would take a functional disco track and ELEVATE it. Britney couldn't elevate jack with that voice/phrasing. Kelis is a true diva.

I agree about what you said about Britney, she simply has a really weak and unoriginal voice and it does nothing to add to the track. She can have super slick production on the tracks, but it won't be more than bubblegum-pop to me. That Kelis track is good and she has a voice that works.

What I think Britney is strong at is adding breath and rasp, and cooing like a 16 year-old sex kitten for the mic (no ).

Compare the delivery by whoever sang this demo version, and you'll hear some of what Brit's singing style brings to the track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps0--HM6pYI

It just sounds better w Britney singing it, despite this demo singer's attempts to insert the appropriate gasps and voice-breaking.

that's cuz rusko produced that song

Soooo, the album came out today. Just got it off Amazon. Holy shit it's amazing. Best one yet, I don't wanna Jinx it but this will most likely be her peak album. If it can be topped, by all means....but I don't think it will happen.

This is apparently how many people it takes to make a Britney Spears album:

brandi.....

This is in the context of pop/dance/electronic music, not music as a whole in the universe.

i've never listened to a britney album in it's entirety . i just save the songs i enjoy... which isn't much. i love toxic though, probably her best.

This is shit

  On 3/29/2011 at 9:20 PM, yek said:

i've never listened to a britney album in it's entirety . i just save the songs i enjoy... which isn't much. i love toxic though, probably her best.

Blackout is a good album, it was during the time she was going uber crazy, lots of druggy songs on there. Good production on i'd say half the songs. Others are pretty miss.

is this all about the 'production' for you?

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Tiffany Amber — composer

Sounds like Deadmouse/Skrillex...the 17 year olds will eat it up.

Market demographic, they've got a hit on their hands.

  On 3/29/2011 at 8:55 PM, Brandi_B said:

Just got it off Amazon. Holy shit it's amazing.

No, it's Amazon. You got it right the first time.

  On 3/29/2011 at 8:55 PM, Brandi_B said:

Soooo, the album came out today. Just got it off Amazon. Holy shit it's amazing. Best one yet, I don't wanna Jinx it but this will most likely be her peak album. If it can be topped, by all means....but I don't think it will happen.

 

This is apparently how many people it takes to make a Britney Spears album:

 

 

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No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

1. "Till the World Ends" Lukasz Gottwald, Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin, Kesha Sebert Dr. Luke, Martin, Billboard 3:58

2. "Hold It Against Me" Martin, Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, Bonnie McKee Dr. Luke, Martin, Billboard 3:49

3. "Inside Out" Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Jomphe, Martin, McKee Dr. Luke, Martin, Billboard 3:38

4. "I Wanna Go" Shellback, Martin, Savan Kotecha Martin, Shellback 3:30

5. "How I Roll" Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll, Pontus Winnberg, McKee, Nicole Morier Bloodshy, Jonback, Magnus 3:36

6. "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" (featuring Sabi) Jeremy Coleman, Joshua Coleman, Ester Dean, Jomphe, Benjamin Levin Benny Blanco, Ammo, JMIKE, Billboard 3:36

7. "Seal It With a Kiss" Gottwald, Martin, McKee, Henry Walter Dr. Luke, Martin, Dream Machine 3:26

8. "Big Fat Bass" (featuring will.i.am) will.i.am will.i.am 4:44

9. "Trouble for Me" Fraser T. Smith, Heather Bright, Livvi Franc Smith 3:19

10. "Trip to Your Heart" Karlsson, Jonback, Lidehäll, Winnberg, Morier, Sophie Stern Bloodshy, Jonback, Magnus 3:33

11. "Gasoline" Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Levin, McKee, Emily Wright Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco 3:08

12. "Criminal" Shellback, Martin, Tiffany Amber Martin, Shellback 3:45

Total length:

44:02

 

 

Credits for Femme Fatale adapted from Allmusic.[50]

 

Tiffany Amber — composer

Ammo — Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, background vocals

Beatriz Artola — Engineer

Stacey Barnett — background vocals

Billboard — instrumentation, producer, programming

Benny Blanco — instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals

Sophia Block — background vocals

Christian Karlsson — Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Producer

Heather Bright — composer, background vocals

Jeremy Coleman — composer

Joshua Coleman — composer

Tom Coyne — Mastering

Esther Dean — composer, background vocals

Megan Dennis — Production Coordination

DJ Ammo — Drum Programming, Synthesizer

Dr. Luke — executive producer, instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals

Dream Machine — instrumentation, producer, programming

Dylan Dresdow — mixing

Eric Eylands — assistant engineer

Ashton Foster — background vocals

Livvi Franc — composer, background vocals

Fraser T. Smith — composer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer

Serban Ghenea — Mixing

Clint Gibbs — Production Coordination

Aniela Gottwald — Assistant

Tatiana Gottwald — Assistant

Venza Gottwald — Assistant

John Hanes — Engineer, Mixing

Jeri Heiden — Art Direction

Jacob Kasher Hindlin — composer

Sam Holland — Engineer, background vocals

J-MIKE — Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, background vocals

Cri$tyle Johnson — background vocals

Mathieu Jomphe — composer

Henrik Jonback — composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Producer

 

 

 

Claude Kelly — composer, background vocals

Padraic Kerin — Engineer

Savan Kotecha — composer

Alexander Kronlund — composer, Instrumentation, Programming

Adam Leber — A&R

Benjamin Levin — composer

Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin — Assistant

Magnus Lidehäll — composer

Magnus — Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Producer

Myah Marie — background vocals

Max Martin — composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Instrumentation, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, background vocals

Bonnie McKee — composer, background vocals

Nicole Morier — composer, background vocals

Jackie Murphy — Creative Director

Rob Murray — Assistant

Chris "Tek" O'Ryan — Engineer

Chau Phan — background vocals

Irene Richter — Production Coordination

Tim Roberts — Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant

Patrizia Rogosch — background vocals

Larry Rudolph — A&R

Kesha Sebert — composer

Sheelback — Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer

Shellback — Bass, composer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer

Nick Steinhardt — Art Direction, Design

Sophie Stern — composer

Ryan Supple — Photo Production

Peter Thea — A&R

Dave Thomas — Stylist

Henry Walter — composer

will.i.am — composer, Drum Programming, Engineer, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer

Pontus Winnberg — composer

Emily Wright — composer, Engineer, Vocal Producer

 

 

NIN: Strobe Light

1. intro skit

2. everybody's doing it (featuring chris martin, jay-z and bono)

3. black t-shirt

4. pussygrinder (featuring sheryl crow)

5. coffin on the dancefloor

6. this rhythm is infected

7. slide to the dark side

8. even closer (featuring justin timberlake and maynard james keenan)

9. on the list (she's not)

10. clap trap crack slap

11. laid, paid and played (featuring fergie of the black eyed peas and al jourgensen)

12. feel like being dead again

13. still hurts (featuring alicia keys)

14. outro skit

  On 3/29/2011 at 10:27 PM, joshuatxuk said:

8. even closer (featuring justin timberlake and maynard james keenan)

This track was the standout on that. Trent's best work ever. Justin + Trent + Maynard <3

You can still download the remix at www.aphextwin.com/thetussiskonklaver/even_closer_(prichardd.jiggityjamzversion).mp3