#jordin

[sydneysageivashkov]

[this-is-z-art-blog]

♪ We live and we learn to take One step at a time There's no need to rush It's like learning to fly ♪

Dannymay2024: nails + shoes

[nicky35]

fun question, if you were their stylist, and you brought up the androgyny, what do you think could work for azzi? like paige, i can see what she’s trying to do and she definitely has good pieces, but i think once she gets to the W it’ll be more settled and put together.

These are some good examples. I just have noticed a pattern in her being interested in that. I know people will probably be upset cause they tend to prefer high femme azzi but I think it would be cool for her to switch between both if she’s curious about exploring that. Syd is a really good example of that. Her gf is an amazing stylist.

[filkyeahfilk]

I'm pretty sure ya'll ain't active any more, but, I'm looking to find a song, presumably it is called song of the bear. Basically, I want to find what song of the bear II on fire in the sky by Jordin Kare is a parody of.

[Added in later ask: Never mind, I found it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGxst2-vNY0]

Sorry, yeah, we haven't been active for a while -- I think all of the mods got a bad attack of Real Life at about the same time, and never picked this back up. Maybe we should ... fix that?

In the meantime, at the very least I'm going to go ahead and post this, with both the original and the parody.

[rhynehoward]

[neopuff]

shinigami // i am woman

[nexttopbadbitch]

Black Women x Cowboy Hats: Pt. 7

[kittykat8311]

Don't mind me, I'm just pondering who dies first for todays shitty day 🖤

[sotohpecnerefer]

Jordin Sparks

[rnbria]

Binders: 2011

[shinycelebs]

[ptxweekly]

PENTATONIX performance at the Grammys 2024 /official video

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #59: 2008

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Flo-Rida, Leona Lewis, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, OneRepublic, Jordin Sparks, Sara Bareilles Usher, Chris Brown. End description]

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Now well into the latter half of the decade, the direction pop music has been heading is even more evident. The music is starting to skew electronic in its sound and the plugin Auto-Tune is starting to be featured more as a stylistic choice, as seen with T-Pain and Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne's influence over rap would become even more prominent in the late 2000's and early 2010s. Especially with the artists that would eventually be signed to his label, Young Money Entertainment.

There are many reasons why the sound of pop was skewing towards club and dance music. Modern production techniques worked really well with the style, music-purchasing platforms such as iTunes worked better for listening to individual singles rather than full albums (which caters to dance music well), and the 2008 financial crisis. With the recession, more and more people were looking to pop music as an escape. As touring and traditional concerts became less financially accessible for both artists and audiences, clubs and parties served as environments to experience music with a group. To quote this article on the subject:

With themes of luxury, escapism and radical optimism, these upbeat and positive tracks provided comfort in the fantasy of extravagance. Despite most peoples’ situations at the time, almost every song on the radio was about loving life and getting money. Music was fast and people were dancing. (Amanda Kiefer)

But more than that, CD sales plummeted after the recession, while online music consumption soared. More and more, music was making its home on the internet.

There are a surprising number of articles written about dance music in the face of global financial inequality (and many of them have started popping up recently, I wonder why...), so I've linked to a few below.

"How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality" Scott Timberg, Vox

"The Recession in the Music Industry - a Cause Analysis" Peter Tschmuck

"How the Recession is Impacting Music, Too" Laura Palotie (this article is from 2008, so it's interesting as a contemporary reading of the situation.)

[nicky35]

who are your wnba crushes?

[neopuff]

elonid // battlefield

[idealuk]

Yes, we are right to riot over the cut footage, but ...

... Eddie is taking his abuela to the wedding, and Devin was filming again recently, so Catholic guilt is in the room with us.

I swear that my computer is psychic. It just started playing:

... only to be followed by:

... and then:

... and then:

... only to be ultimately topped by:

... and it was literally my birth day today.