That's Christina Milian, a new artist on Def Soul they are trying to turn into the Latina Britney. The song has been a modest US hit and is at least 6 months old. I didn't pick that up, but there's something on the new Mary J record that sounds hauntingly familiar to a Mills track from Metropolis on the intro (I think).
---------- >From: "Mann, Ravinder [CCS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 'Cyclone Wehner' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 313 Detroit <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [313] Re: it takes a millions of questions >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 3:42 AM > > Im sure theres a poppy rnb tune here in the UK called 'am to pm' by > some us singer that uses a sound, maybe even samples straight a stacy pullen > track from his yesterday is the day....cd....jeezs my memories is more > faded than my hair....Ill have to get back to you on this....might of been > tsnumai... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cyclone Wehner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:26 PM >> To: 313 Detroit >> Subject: Re: [313] Re: it takes a millions of questions >> >> I got a Missy Elliott electronic kit last year which I finally played on >> Christmas and for the first time she openly acknowledged "rave" and "techno" >> (and it takes some knowledge to differentiate them) as an influence on a new >> song For My People on her current album - Missy recorded it after she hit a >> club. The kit was made for the European market. Some R&B acts acknowledge >> electronic music, like OutKast and The Roots, but most don't know what >> techno is, and while they will tacitly recognise house music (like Destiny's >> Child) but recognise a house mix as a concession to international >> territories. I haven't heard much R&B from Kinchen for a while, 702 broke up >> or lost a member and could have lost their deal, but once he has that big >> hit (he should have had it with that brilliant Dave Hollister song a couple >> of years ago) he will be everywhere and it will be up to him to reinvent his >> sound as others will bite it under industry pressure. Of the current crop of >> R&B producers only Timbaland - and maybe Dr Dre - consistently does this, >> because they turn a lot of big opportunistic names down and are selective. >> Rodney Jerkins and The Neptunes, formidable as they are, are in danger of >> playing themselves out. That's the reality of a really tough industry. >> >> >> ---------- >> >From: Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: [313] Re: it takes a millions of questions >> >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 3:09 AM >> > >> >> > At 04:22 PM 2/21/02 +0100, you wrote: >> > >Detroit-techno influences on current - RnB - so much great music happening >> > >there >> > >> > I know Mark Kinchen is doing RnB production work these days, for 702 ('You >> > just don't know' from '99) among others. >> > >> > Otto >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
