Listen: “No Hay Igual” and “No Hay Igual (Instrumental)” 4
Listen to “No Hay Igual”
Listen to “No Hay Igual (Instrumental)”
Loose is out 20th June 2006 in North America and 12th June 2006 the Rest of the World.
Archive for April, 2006
Listen: “Maneater Extended Mix” 96
Hi everyone, this is the extended version of the “Maneater” possibly the one that will be on the album, the club mix feel starts to kick in at about 3:17.
Listen to “Maneater Extended Mix”
Credit: MissingOrigin
Loose is out 20th June 2006 in North America and 12th June 2006 the Rest of the World.
“Promiscuous” to Premiere on TRL USA 3rd May 2006 1
Nelly Furtado drops in with her world premiere of “Promiscuous” music video! 3/5/06
Source: MTV
Chris Martin track not to feature on “Loose” 2
Chris Martin’s collaboration with Nelly Furtado has been mysteriously axed from her forthcoming album. The duet, ‘All Good Things’, was reportedly removed from the LP’s track-listing on the orders of the Coldplay frontman’s record company EMI.
A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Three days ago the order came through to remove it from her album. I don’t know if Chris knows yet, but when he finds out he’ll be furious. It seems EMI have a problem rather than either of the artists.”
This is not the first time a duet involving the singer has been stopped by his record company. The Coldplay frontman, who is married to Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow, recorded the original vocal to The Streets’ UK hit ‘Dry Your Eyes’. The group’s frontman, Mike Skinner, revealed: “I asked him to do it and he did, but I don’t think his record company liked it.” Rumours are now circulating that the track Chris recorded with rapper Kanye West may also never be released.
Sources: teentoday.co.uk, pr-inside.com
“Loose” ~ Song descriptions ~ thefader.com 0
Afraid
Real solid opener, with a hi-hatty beat (think the intro hits to Strafe’s “Set It Off” stretched for three and a half minutes), an unexpectedly catchy hook, Bubba-esque guest verse (is that Tim?) and a CHILDREN’S CHORUS on the outro. You can’t lose with kids.
Maneater
Right to the sternum! This one is a banger, with a lot of neat sonic extras and breakdowns that weren’t on the leaked version from a month or two back. No sign of Weezy F Baby however.
Promiscuous
The best update of “Shoop” we never even knew we wanted in the first place. Still a little weird that Timbo is calling himself “Thomas Crown” though. (The Pierce Brosnan remake is seven years old, duder!) But there is a welcome Steve Nash shout out.
Glow
Boom clap boom, synths, etc.
Showtime
Our secret favourite of the record. A bittersweet, Britpoppy ballad in 3/4 time that wouldn’t be out of place ending 120 Minutes in the mid 90s.
No Hay Igual
Does this song even have a proper chorus? It’s just one long intro. Which happens to really, really knock.
Te Busque featuring Juanes (English and Spanish versions)
Subtract Timbo, add Juanes, and get a fairly unremarkable track (or two, actually.) Nelly spits a Def Poetry Jam interlude though.
Say It Right
OK we need to step our pop reference game up a little for this one. Going to go with “Like A Prayer”-era Madonna, but there’s probably a random Cindi Lauper joint that would have been more appropriate.
Do It
That roller rink shit! Irrisistably hooky, with little Latin freestyle vocal cuts (”Yeah-yea-ye-yeah..”) interspersed throughout.
In God’s Hands
Another snoozy, Timbo-less ballad. Skip.
Wait For You
Hot damn, double-time R&B. With tabla!
All Good Things featuring Chris Martin
Don’t hold Chris Martin against it - he gets his Coldplay on and is still decent on this track, which is in the vein of No Doubt’s quieter moments. And if nothing else, it helps prove that the powers that be shouldn’t have hedged their bets with outside pop production on the other slow jams.
Message from Nelly ~ “Hello to all the fans!!!!!!” 2
Hello to all the fans!!!!!! Thank you for all your wonderful posts. The excitement and enthusiasm for “Loose” has been overwhelming. The album drops 20th June in North America, (one day before summer begins!), and 12th June outside of North America. I couldn’t be more excited and happy.
The band and I have been rehearsing, and we will be touring North America in July. We also will be playing a slew of festival dates in Europe in June…Watch out for live tv performances up until the release date. I just shot two videos. One for “Promiscuous” and one for “Maneater”. Hope you love it all. Can’t wait to see everybody on tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Nelly
Hello Nelly! From all at BITS and the BITS forum.
Photo: “Promiscuous” single cover 21
Hi guys someone on the forum happened to get hold of a large version of the “Promiscuous” single cover. So here it is for you all to enjoy, Nelly, yous is looking fine!
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Listen to “Promiscuous”