*screaming*
*intro music*
Umu: So, this is an R&B hip-hop solo artist that debuted in 2011 under the Black label
Which is like a sub entertainment company of YG
So we'll be reacting to his song called 'No Makeup' that he wrote and produced in
2015 and he'll have like a backup band too, but he is a solo artist.
Charlotte: I just have mascara on.
Peyton: And you look great.
Charlotte: Thank you.
Charlotte: Oh!
Peyton: Woooh
Charlotte: Very R&B! Peyton's gonna like this one! (Peyton: Whoo! Whooo!)
Katie: Hmmm
Jarod: *vocalizes* Ohh my god Katie: Hmmm! *sings melody*
Jarod: Oh that was tasty, it's tasty. Katie: It's like I'm the way back of the beat.
Henry: Okay I kind of dig this?!
Kevin: I like the--
AYYYE LisTEN TO THAT
See the percussion interacting with the melody
Isaac: OOHP
Kevin: Oh
Come on.
Isaac: Oh! Kevin: Rhythm doesn't exist in this song but it does
Isaac: *sings along*
K: With the little triplets. Come on!
smooth smooth smooth
Lindsey: It's a nice message and a nice vibe too. like double song. It's like very laid-back and chill
Both: WoOOaHHHhhh
WOOOoOw
wOOOw
K: I was like, "was that a key change?" and then it goes back!!! I: The HDH 3 sound
Kevin: H3H3, yeah.
Henry: Oh, I love the way this is shot, actually. Emiel: Yeah, the music video is pretty dope
Henry: I love the shadows
The lighting and they really like talk about it in the lyrics too - I just I'm like looking they're like mentioning a lot of colors
And imagery and yet this whole video is shot in black and white and so like, that, that is really cool
I: *hums along*
K: See, the instruments actually have dynamics.
Oh my god, that's such a novel concept. I'm gonna start doing that on the piano now. Like...dynamics!
K: Oh oh minor 5 I: That sassiness jeze louise
Minor 5! Minor 5 add7! add 7? add 9. Minor 5 add 9
Both: *lose their sh*t*
H: It's a good bass player. This is like really good bass playing
Uhm, and I like that as opposed to setting up a real drum set and then having there just be like
Not real sounds coming out of them
Uhm, they do actually give him triggers. Uhm, they give him electric drums.
I: Take away the instruments. K: Oh, man. He's so suave
H: Okay, I can tell that we're going into the like one of the
Ayeeee
I think that we're moving into one of the final coruses and I want him to really commit to this like
sort of off, off kilter triply groove, but *demonstrates by vocalizing*
I want the double weirdness in the hi-hat.
K: H3H3 intensifies
I: OHH K: ohh
I: Oof
I: Ugh *sings* K: Ends on 1. Come on! The song just- no, it's a wholesome- it's a song that's just, it just feels whole
I: Feels good. I felt good. K: Yeah, it did feel good
I: Aghhhh this is what good music is.
umu: Yeah, so what do you think about that overall musically?
Katie: Definitely R&B *chuckles* 104%
I feel like R&B very much relies on like, sitting in the back of the beat. Like as far as possible.
So that it's not like actually late
Or like lagging , but it's just like, as late you possibly could be, with still being in time.
Jarod: Yeah, I really dug how the music and the video
like really played off of each other. Because he's like
You know singing sweetly about how he like you looked great
Naturally and the cool part is that like, the video kind of reflects the music in the sense that you know
It's black and white, very classic. There's not a lot of like, gimmicky stuff. They're not wearing like the typical like really flamboyant
Outfits that you can see, like they're not wearing the crazy makeup. They're not- they don't have the crazy hair everything
It's like super chill, super relaxed and they have the natural flow going. So the entire time
You're just like yeah, you're in a groove. It helps support that backbeat that they're going with. You're like watching it. You're just like oh
Wow, so it's like we listen to their eyes. You know? When you engage the multiple senses and you have multiple senses on the same page
Like that's when you can really create like, a really cool piece of art, because at that point it turns into an experience
Not just like a song.
H: That was really good. I- I very much liked it. Emiel: It was musically satisfying for sure
H:He's a solo artist, but he has a bad vibe. He has a cohesive vibe
It doesn't sound like it's him and studio. You know? It sounds like it's a cohesive unit playing music. Yeah, it fooled me
I wouldn't have been able to tell if this was a solo artist. I liked its texture, the most very simple, not complicated
Very prominent bass. Uhm... E: Thank God, someone took the high ends out. H: Yeah! Not complicated drums
Decent sending piano. Yeah, it didn't have more than it needed. It was a very lightweight
Streamlined song and that is: good. E:Yeah. H: It didn't sound like there were more than maybe
15, 17 tracks. Which for a pop song these days is rare.
E: I can tell these guys have been checking out either J Dilla or like similar
Influences and they kind of bring that vibe to their music and I like that
I: When you pipe around with your motifs and you make it different
expressive
meaningful, by means of changing it to, I don't know like instrumentation.
K: And how simple was that song?! Like there's so many elements that were so simple, but it made the most out of just the
fundamentals. Like rhythm, like harmonies and some
electronic effects when it needed be
I: Syncopation and then taking away... like they're taking away taking time. K: Yeah
Rubato on the instrumentals. I: Yes, the song that can be simplified as
simple, unique (because it's simple)
and....and what else was I gonna say?
K: C R E A T I V E
I: creative
C: That was lovely.
P: Yes
C: Fully enjoyed the aesthetic of the video and the song and his voice and his fashion sense and just about
Everything and the whole message. I- Yes.
C: Just yes. JUST YES. Y E S. 100%. yes. P: All of this. All of this.
C: *mouths* yes
P: I mean a lot of it has to do with like, when you're trying to establish like a vibe or like a certain sound
just like...Your choice of like, instruments and like sounds you're gonna use...Like that wouldn't have sounded the same
if it was like a piano, like a grand. Like if I were playing the same licks on that? I'm pointing at a piano
The same licks on like a normal piano..I just.. the vocabs, right. But it's not the right sound.
Yeah I liked how simplistic the whole instrumentation was and It really fit everything else.
P: Yeah, use of electric bass and drums, a nord.. and a sexy man
Umu: Boom.
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