A kung fu fighter in a disco

It's tickable but not great. This was where the Neptunes got shit I think.

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If by "this" you mean "three or four years later, with lots of amazing work like NORE's 'Nothin' in between", then I agree.

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For some reason I think of "Nothin" as about the same time as this, it was the year after though right?

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Actually I think it was the same time, but there was still lots of good stuff to come e.g. JUSTIN!

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I don't think the Justin/Neps tracks are all that either, "Cry Me A River" is awesome but the rest of it - pfft (The Black Strobe bootleg of "Like I Love You" is titanic though).

The bloom of "gasp! wow! pop stars know who trendy producers are!" has worn off for me a bit, I think.

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i agree Neptunes never really did anything 'wow!' enough for Justin but 'Rock Your Body' and 'Senorita' are v nice anyway.

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I still prefer the original of 'Like I Love You' - actually if I had to call anything "generic Neptunes" it would be this, or 'Rock Your Body' (the production is the least interesting thing about both).

Also Justin was SO. FUCKING. FIT back then.

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'Cry Me A River' is Timbaland anyway...

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this is where Britney got good! (thought me back then)

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Gah, delete poptimists now please.

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Brit's second best single ever, easy, and her bast banger. It's ASTONISHING. How can you hate it?!

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It's not her best banger - "Toxic" and "Baby One More Time" get dancefloors going more. Maybe not at your poncey electro clubs tho.

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Yes but that doesn't mean they're better - in fact I have no idea why 'Toxic' does as it's almost impossible to dance to.

I like Britney's vox on 'Slave' a lot better than the other two.

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Toxic v easy to dance to, as much as No Good Advice or whatever really.

'I'm A Slave 4 U' vox over Fatboy Slim's 'You're Not From Brighton' is one of my better mash-ups you know...

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'Toxic' has a very stuttery, stop-starty beat which doesn't really flow in a physical way - 'No Good Advice' settles into a completely basic groove immediately!

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the flow of 'Toxic' is for the listener to assume tho. listen to the beats that AREN'T there etc. - tempo wise it's about the same as 'No Good Advice' hence comparison

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Beats that are there >>>> beats that aren't there!

Re: NONSENSE!

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blue-russian.livejournal.com

Perhaps due for re-appraisal. I just remember being terribly, terribly disappointed by the song at the time, and the "Slave 4 U" attempts to conjure up Prince greatness in our heads kind of pathetic. I liked 'Boys' much better.

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I always thought it was lodged in the Britney canon as one of the most weirdly abstract, forward-thinking, bonkers and incredible things she'd ever done - I didn't realise people disliked it!

'Boys' great too - both the album version and the single version.

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It just sounded like generic Neptunes at the time. In fact worse - it crystallised what 'generic Neptunes' might sound like. It was a disappointment, though nothing like as huge a disappointment as "Me Against The Music". It also seemed a kind of panicky attempt to shed the Max Martin years and 'grow up'.

(I've argued with you before over whether breathy Britney is sexy or not - I say not.)

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It was exciting because with the exception of 'Girlfriend' which came out just before this I think this was Neptunes entering pop territory and it did actually feel quite experimental for both them and a hip-pop track - weird, ethereal sounds and this vaguely tribal beat and of course quite minimal. Novel and thrilling in that respect. And still kinda sexy, in spite of Britney's bad breath.

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i love that Rishi Rich remix of 'Me Against The Music' tho. i had to ask the karaoke women in the Pint Pot what it was once after she played it at the end of the night.

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Kanye West and Justice rmxes of MATM also awesome!

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