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Old 27-06-2012, 00:37
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Like what happened for Adele? 19 didn't get as huge of a response as 21 did and maybe the same will happen for Jessie J? I think she is really talented, but she sells herself short with these stupid bubble gum pop songs. If she sang more soulful or rnb songs i think she would be more popular. this clip is just her messing around and the vocals are still better than most of her stuff now http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...9Q37PfsD0&NR=1
I think she has so much potential, but sings the wrong songs and works with the wrong producers. Dr. Luke makes hits, but they are always so cookie cutter and he rips off so many other artists with his arrangements
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Old 27-06-2012, 02:03
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Hell no. Only because she said it will be as eclectic as her first. Which means a lack of cohesiveness. I would love her to not oversing, and to get her own sound and she could really slay. She could do it though, maybe hit 4m WW sales if she plays her cards right (album sales). I didn't read thelast bit sorry! You're right, but she could become Xtina mark II (she kinda is).
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Old 27-06-2012, 02:33
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I might be in the minority, but I like that her album is eclectic. I hate predictable albums and I like that she draws influences from different genres and fits her background. Jessie J as an artist precisely is her last album. Unpredictable, and all over the place. That's just who she is. Artists who stick to one thing through their whole careers bore me and I find it fake. No one listens to just one genre of music so why should they make it? They should draw from their life and I think Jessie does that well. She also said her next album would have more stripped back tracks. I much rather that than overproduction. Club tracks are cool sometimes, but too many and you are just nicki minaj or rihanna. I hope she steps her game up.
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Old 27-06-2012, 02:38
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I have no problem with craziness, Beyonce's 4 had lots of subgenres in it. But Jessie needs to not have songs sounding like others. As long as it flows well she could hit 1m UK sales. Maybe more. As she has radio 1 and Capital on lockdown.
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Old 27-06-2012, 02:50
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True, I get what you mean. I think the problem was some of the songs she put on her album were songs she wrote for other people, but didn't get used. I think that was a big mistake on her management's part.
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Old 27-06-2012, 02:50
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i think the début could have been better and the re-release tracks were not very original. however, `price tag` wasn't exactly a million miles away from `party in the usa` either. `who you are` is probably her finest track though and she should do more songs like that. she needs to reign her vocals in a bit as well when performing live, less is more in that respect. the thing is, she is successful, but she doesn't seem to be well respected. despite of her seeming to crave that sort of recognition.

she could however, surprise a lot of people with her next album, but i suspect the label will crave the radio friendly material she has been producing so far.
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Old 27-06-2012, 03:26
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She just need to stop oversinging and practising what she's been preaching on The voice, meaning experiencing with her vocals...I loved Do It Like A Dude & thought Price Tag was pretty cool but after that any singles she released pushed me away from the album. none sounded true and Who You Are could have been such a beautiful song if it wasn't for her trying too hard to sound raw and emotional.
I really don't know if the second album will be much better and/or more successful than her debut but somehow I can't help thinking that it won't be as smooth as with her debut as people seem to be generally tired of her...
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Old 27-06-2012, 03:32
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Who You Are could have been such a beautiful song if it wasn't for her trying too hard to sound raw and emotional.
I agree with this 100% The album version is horrific, but I love when she sings it live. A lot of her album was recorded a long time over 3-5 years ago and Who You Are is one of those tracks. She should have completely redone it. I feel like her whole album should have been acoustic except for maybe Rainbow and Who's Laughing Now. All of her acoustics sound so good when she did them last year before she got into the over singing every lyric phase.
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Old 27-06-2012, 23:00
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If only her album sounded like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FJd...eature=related
she does acoustic very well
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Old 27-06-2012, 23:26
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Most of her album sounded like a bad 90's minor RnB group had written it. Dated & below average. Doesn't bode well.
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Old 27-06-2012, 23:32
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Her debut album was awful and i was really dissapointed as the singles showed promise the whole sound was dated there was no sense of cohesion and ironically we never got a sense of who she is when the album is so erratic not eclectic there were a handful of listenable songs but other than that one of the worst albums i own and released in recent years.

To progress firstly tone down the vocal theatrics you can do them doesn't mean you should or that they add anything find a genre or direction that suits her and no Guetta style dance who hasn't done that just do what she sort of promised be fun fresh and interesting its make or break for her second album.
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Old 27-06-2012, 23:50
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I haven't really liked any of her singles after Pricr tag tbh especially Domino & Laserlight Probably because radio has hammered them to death!
Sadly I think she'll carry the sound of them onto her next album and just make generic pop/dance
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Old 27-06-2012, 23:53
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The problem is her début wasn't eclectic in an experimental, genre melding way, it was eclectic in a "let's take 12 songs from the Capital FM playlist and try to emulate them" kind of way. And if the second album is like that also then it too will be awful.
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Old 28-06-2012, 00:19
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Hell no. Only because she said it will be as eclectic as her first. Which means a lack of cohesiveness. I would love her to not oversing, and to get her own sound and she could really slay. She could do it though, maybe hit 4m WW sales if she plays her cards right (album sales). I didn't read thelast bit sorry! You're right, but she could become Xtina mark II (she kinda is).
As a Christina fan, I am insulted!

Her debut was not eclectic. It was all over the place. Cohesive and eclectic are two terms that don't contradict one another. An album can have coherency and musical variety at the same time.

I hope her next album is a bit better. And I think she definitely has talent, it's the way she utilises it that can change her entire profile...
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Old 28-06-2012, 01:17
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She needs a cohesive album and not just a bunch of songs she wrote for someone else
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Old 28-06-2012, 05:50
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The troublesome 2nd album will break or make her. Too many artists have a huge 1st album into which they have poured all their energy and hopes to that point in their life and when they approach their 2nd album all creativity goes down the toilet.

I do think Jessie needs to haul in her ego- it is very off-putting indeed. And stop bending notes outside in! It drives me bananas!
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Old 28-06-2012, 06:57
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No. She said there is gonna be nothing different. Just another Pop album. While i am ok with that, it's just common knowledge that by the second album of any artists career, there needs to be major development.
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Old 28-06-2012, 07:10
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oh dear, there is much love for jessie on here and i thought i was being a tad negative. i do agree the last two singles are the least original, but it seems to me at least with dynamo. that was a deliberate label attempt to make her more us radio friendly, but frankly there is no excuse for laserlight. however, nonetheless donimo topped the uk chart without a huge promotional boost on her part and the follow up kind of followed the same pattern. so presumably, she must have a lot of fans in the uk, but possibly not many on ds or other forums i have been reading.

i do think she is talented and perhaps with some better vocal direction she could be great. i like a lot of her songs and i even have the deluxe album. to me `price tag` is a great pop song, but its not original or inspiring, just a great slice of pop. another favourite of mine is `who you are`, but again its nothing that hasn't been done elsewhere and it is what it is really. to be honest, it did occur to me a while back, that maybe she just isn't that original. so i do struggle to understand when people call her out for becoming generic, because i never really saw her as `cutting edge` anyway.

i will be looking out for the next album, but not because she may deliver the preconceived album people seem to have expected. i will be hoping for more of what she is good at, some good catchy songs. hopefully, with the right team she will be able to deliver that without sounding too similar to music already out there. which i have to admit, has been most evident on her most recent single releases.
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Old 28-06-2012, 07:32
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No. She said there is gonna be nothing different. Just another Pop album. While i am ok with that, it's just common knowledge that by the second album of any artists career, there needs to be major development.
No she didnt. She said that for her first album she was scared to have a sad ending and for her new album she realizes things dont always have to be so happy. She also said that she wants most of it to be stripped back first and then build from there as opposed to the first album having large backing tracks first and then writing lyrics to it. That is one reason she was slated for copying a lot of the time. The producers she works with are sh*t at making great, substantial music. Especially Dr. Luke. He just knows how to make hits with no meaning. I'm looking forward to the next album. I hope her vocals are showcased and she doesnt go overboard. I, personally, like runs because that is the type of music I grew up with, but at some point enough is enough. She also said there is a song on the album with just her and a piano. Hopefully that one is good. The problem with Universal is that they are so money hungry that they forget what music is supposed to be and fill it with nonsense. The songs that didnt make the first album are so much better than the ones that did. I felt bad listening to the leaked tracks, but they are so good compared to some of the songs like Domino and Laserlight. Honestly, though, I think those songs were just to keep her relevant enough in time for her to bring a new album and finish her tours this year.
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Old 28-06-2012, 07:43
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She comes across a bit too desperate to me... Too desperate to be seen as a really credible artist...too desperate to be seen as "different"... and too desperate to be seen as the best vocalist... It's off putting. She needs to use her voice properly, in my opinion.

However I don't see her material changing unless she stops having a major hand in writing it... It seems that she only really knows how to write catchy pop songs.
She needs to start making songs with more depth to the themes and lyrics - if she wants to really progress...
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