[EarlyMorning]

Originally posted by KING.

I cannot, for the life of me, get into "Hell Yeah". I remember that getting the bye-bye on my iTunes a week or so after the release.

Hell Yeah just gives me commercial and endorsement tea. She could've made bank off of it if she released and promoted it a bit.

[Willy.]

Originally posted by KING.

I completely trust the Nicki tea you are serving. I'm ready for it, Onika.

Yeah. I don't think she expected the great reception from BAB, especially with the #1 Urban + #1 Rhythmic stations in the country adding it already, so she's going to wait a few weeks before officially beginning the new era.

[Kat]

Originally posted by Georges

This song has grown on me from a 2/10 to a 9/10

Originally posted by Georges

I really want to hate This Is How We Do but I can't .

Its' lyrics are the absolute gutters but incredibly catchy

Yes!!! Let the light in

[KING.]

I'm listening to Ariana's album for the first time ever and...

How hard must Disney be fuming that the braindead five-year-old from that Nickelodeon show stomps over their favorite wizard's and whatever-the-hell-Demi's-character-was-in-her-flop-show's 2013 releases?

[Georges]

Originally posted by Donatella

Oh, and "Beautiful Sinner" was kind of frustrating for me in the same way that "Dark Horse" is.

For both of them, the chorus is just so empty, but it sounds like it's building up to something. The verses are ll there, just like they should be, but the choruses feel like they're about to break out into some dance break or instrumental part, even in the last chorus, but it never does, and it kind of annoyed me.

But they slay anyway.

Dark Horse has a really good chorus. Not conventional but safe enough.

[C/H/A/N/E/L]

I-I-I I wanna give you one last option
I-I-I I wanna give you one last chance
If ya lookin' for the main attraction,
Just hold on tight and let me do my dance

Get him BACK, Nicki.

[Georges]

Originally posted by KING.

I'm listening to Ariana's album for the first time ever and...

How hard must Disney be fuming that the braindead five-year-old from that Nickelodeon show stomps over their favorite wizard's and whatever-the-hell-Demi's-character-was-in-her-flop-show's 2013 releases?

Ariana outsold the other girls by 40k max
They're in the same lane

[EarlyMorning]

Originally posted by Willy.

Whip It = VVV > Masquerade > Pound The Alarm > Beautiful Sinner > Starships > Automatic

Automatic is TRASH.

Automatic grew on me. it's so generic and campy.

Press rewind, press rewind
Einstein, I'm looking for that Einstein
Wales, London, Ireland, Scotland, I get idoled in South Africa and Brazil
Shut the club down, bring the bill
Bring the bill, bring the bill, bring the bill
Shut the club down, and bring the bill

the breakdown >

but yas for you knowing how inferior Starships is, like I liked it for a bit but then the song got so boring and annoying. She had WAY better dance **** to choose from on the album

[KING.]

Originally posted by Willy.

Yeah. I don't think she expected the great reception from BAB, especially with the #1 Urban + #1 Rhythmic stations in the country adding it already, so she's going to wait a few weeks before officially beginning the new era.

I just know for sure I need a trap song by Nicki to smash. I cannot take my fellow sistren claiming "Dark Horse" as their favorite rap song just because of that drop. Nicki needs to serve the general public some trap goodness, seeing as they weren't here her best song "Beez in the Trap".

[RihannasVeryOwn]

Originally posted by KING.

I'm listening to Ariana's album for the first time ever and...

How hard must Disney be fuming that the braindead five-year-old from that Nickelodeon show stomps over their favorite wizard's and whatever-the-hell-Demi's-character-was-in-her-flop-show's 2013 releases?

It's not like the bar was set very high tbh, Selena's music is average at best and Demi is plain awful

[Kat]

lol his avi is all over the place in here

[Willy.]

Originally posted by KING.

I just know for sure I need a trap song by Nicki to smash. I cannot take my fellow sistren claiming "Dark Horse" as their favorite rap song just because of that drop. Nicki needs to serve the general public some trap goodness, seeing as they weren't here her best song "Beez in the Trap".

Not TOO much.
BITT is less than 100K away from 1M copies sold.

It would've sold more if she was promoting her Urban stuff as much as she promoted her Pop stuff around that time.

[KING.]

Originally posted by Georges

Ariana outsold the other girls by 40k max
They're in the same lane

Oh, I could care less about sales.

I'm talking about the acclaim. I'm not sure what Yours Truly's Metacritic score is sitting at (is it even getting reviewed?) but this album could seriously set her up to be a critic darling and more importantly, the Grammy's with her future efforts. It's so good.

[Georges]

Originally posted by Kat

Yes!!! Let the light in

I have always loved Katy's music, I just didn't care enough to express it.

[C/H/A/N/E/L]

"Beez in the Trap" became a meme.

[C/H/A/N/E/L]

Wait, no. "Automatic" slays.

"Va Va Voom" > "Whip It" > "Automatic" = "Beautiful Sinner" > "Pound the Alarm" > "Starships"

[Guero]

Originally posted by KING.

Oh, I could care less about sales.

I'm talking about the acclaim. I'm not sure what Yours Truly's Metacritic score is sitting at (is it even getting reviewed?) but this album could seriously set her up to be a critic darling and more importantly, the Grammy's with her future efforts. It's so good.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/your.../ariana-grande

[Willy.]

This was always great. I hate that it was sandwiched between Starships & Beez in the Trap though.

[Georges]

Originally posted by KING.

Oh, I could care less about sales.

I'm talking about the acclaim. I'm not sure what Yours Truly's Metacritic score is sitting at (is it even getting reviewed?) but this album could seriously set her up to be a critic darling and more importantly, the Grammy's with her future efforts. It's so good.

Mhmm It's a cute album, slightly better than the Disney girls'.

But in your previous post I thought that you were acting like DEMI and Stars Dance were Stripped and Blackout (respectively) and that they were albums actually worth comparing to

[KING.]

Originally posted by RihannasVeryOwn

It's not like the bar was set very high tbh, Selena's music is average at best and Demi is plain awful

I agree. Selena should just never release albums and just flesh out singles, her singles are usually good and I check the album they spawn from out and I want to rip my ears off.

I just didn't expect to be floored by Ariana like this. When am I going to hear "Honeymoon Avenue" on the radio?

Originally posted by Willy.

Not TOO much.
BITT is less than 100K away from 1M copies sold.

It would've sold more if she was promoting her Urban stuff as much as she promoted her Pop stuff around that time.

I think I may need to start following sales now that I'm on ATRL.

Whenever I reference/introduce "Beez in the Trap" to one of my flop, local friends, they're always surprised because they've never heard it before. It never impacted me locally.